Speech of the Wyandot Chief to the Commissioners
Document 1793In his speech to the Commissioners, the Wyandot Chief admonishes them that they know very well that the boundary line established by the White People at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix was the Ohio River.
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[Spoken by [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] by [undecipherable]]
To the Commrs of the
United States —
B[rother?]. We have sent the Deputies to meet you once more — [undecipherable] — there we want to —
The Deputies we sent to you do not fully explain [undecipherable] our meaning. We have therefore sent [them] to meet you once more that you may fully understand [the] great question we have to ask you and to [obtain] [from us] an explicit answer in writing.
2d. You are Sent here by the United States [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] Confederates to make peace with the [undecipherable] Indians
3d. You Know very well that the Boundary Line which was [agreed?] between the White people & us at the Treaty of Fort [Stanwix?] — it was the River Ohio —
Brother. If you seriously design to make a lasting and a firm peace you must immediately remove all your people from our side of that River.
Brother We therefore ask you, Are you fully authorized by the United States to confirm and [firmly?] fix on the Ohio River as the Boundary Line between your people and ours — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] —
[undecipherable] [Signed?] at the foot [of Miami?]. Dated [3?] July 1793 —
[In behalf of themselves?] & [the?] White [undecipherable]
and agreed to as a Settlement
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Type
Draft Document
Description
In his speech to the Commissioners, the Wyandot Chief admonishes them that they know very well that the boundary line established by the White People at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix was the Ohio River.
Date
07/27/1793
Author
Recipient
Document number
1793072790201
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Wyandot Chief
Commissioners of the United States
J. Gertz
Captain Brandt
Notable locations
foot of the Miami Rapids

