Request for white wampum and qualified Delaware and Shawanese interpreters
Document 1793Federal commissioners advise Major Craig they have dispatched Six Nations interpreter Jasper Parrish to Philadelphia to procure white wampum. They ask Craig to dispatch 40 to 50,000 white wampum. They reiterate request for Delaware and Shawanese interpreters to support the Treaty at Sandusky Ohio.
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Letter to Major Craig Pittsburg
Niagara 27th May 1793
Sir,
Since writing the enclosed of yesterday we have found it necessary to send Mr Parish express to Philadelphia where we know he can get some Wampum, so that if you can procure [undecipherable] send us $40 or $[undecipherable] of white
Type
Copy of document
Description
Federal commissioners advise Major Craig they have dispatched Six Nations interpreter Jasper Parrish to Philadelphia to procure white wampum. They ask Craig to dispatch 40 to 50,000 white wampum. They reiterate request for Delaware and Shawanese interpreters to support the Treaty at Sandusky Ohio.
Date
05/27/1793
Recipient
Sent from
Navy Hall, opposite Niagara
Document number
1793052790155
Page start
27
Note
This document is enclosed in instructions to the commissioners appointed to deal with the hostile Indians north of the Ohio, in the form of a journal of their proceedings, submitted to the House of Representatives on December 4, 1793. This document is an integral part of [Public Reports] and other communications of the Secretary of War, 12/99/1793.
Notable persons
Major Isaac Craig
Beverley Randolph
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Federal Commissioners
Henry Knox
Jasper Parrish
Indian interpreters
Indian runners
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Niagara
Philadelphia
Sandusky Ohio