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Document 1793This is the memorandum of instructions given to Captain Hendricks by Colonel Pickering respecting the discourse with the hostile Indians about the treaty. Hendricks should listen to their claims regarding the boundary and ascertain how they might be dissuaded from their rigid demands.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
This is the memorandum of instructions given to Captain Hendricks by Colonel Pickering respecting the discourse with the hostile Indians about the treaty. Hendricks should listen to their claims regarding the boundary and ascertain how they might be dissuaded from their rigid demands.
Date
06/07/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Niagara
Collection
Document number
1793060790000
Notable persons
Colonel Pickering
Captain Hendricks
hostile Indians
Commissioners
General Lincoln
General Chapin, superintendent of the Six Nations
Governor Simcoe
gentlemen of the army
British officers
Colonel Butler
the King's forces in upper Canada
Major Littlehales
Captin Bunbury
Lieutenant Givens
General Hull
Notable locations
Niagara
the Ohio
Little Beaver Creek
Great Miami
Chippewa
Navy Hall, Queenstown
Grand River
Notable items
treaty
claims with respect to the boundary
great council of the United States
large tracts of land
west line of Pennsylvania
treaty of Fort McIntosh
treaty of Fort Harmar
fur
skins
meat
hunting
large annual rent
grievances
negotiation
expenses incurred by the British government
declaration of a Mohawk
unfounded reports
deep rooted prejudices
Indian languages
speeches of the confederate nations
conquest of Canada
petty jealousies