Meeting at Sandusky Delayed
Document 1793The proposed meeting of the Indian chiefs and the Commissioners will take place at Sandusky. However, the date appointed by the US is too early for the Indians, who will not return from their wintering grounds before the end of May. The meeting therefore should be moved back to accommodate the Indians' schedules. The Commissioners should be accommodated at Niagara until the Chiefs are ready.
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Anthony Wayne Letterbooks
1792 - 1794
Volume 2
Type
Extract
Description
The proposed meeting of the Indian chiefs and the Commissioners will take place at Sandusky. However, the date appointed by the US is too early for the Indians, who will not return from their wintering grounds before the end of May. The meeting therefore should be moved back to accommodate the Indians' schedules. The Commissioners should be accommodated at Niagara until the Chiefs are ready.
Date
04/11/1793
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1793041190455
Note
Extract.
Notable persons
Colonel McKee
Major Littlehales
Major of Brigade Littlehales
Western Indians
Indians
Chiefs of the Shawanese
Shawanese
chiefs
Southern Chiefs
messengers
Confederated Indians
Notable locations
Detroit
Glaize
Sandusky
wintering grounds
Michilimackinac
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Miami Rapids
Miami River
Niagara
Notable items
speech of the United States to the Western Indians
hasten the meeting
meeting
time appointed
full and permanent settlement
settlement
deliberations
accommodate