Necessary Accumulation of Men & Materials
Document 1793Wayne emphasizes that he is only accumulating the number of men and provisions necessary to carry out his mission and objects to the complaints of the hostile Indians who say that the build-up indicates that he is about to invade their territory.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Wayne emphasizes that he is only accumulating the number of men and provisions necessary to carry out his mission and objects to the complaints of the hostile Indians who say that the build-up indicates that he is about to invade their territory.
Date
08/07/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Headquarters, Hobson's Choice near Fort Washington
Collection
Document number
1793080753500
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Anthony Wayne
our Commissioners
hostile Indians
Cornplanter
New Arrow
Contractors
Quartermaster General's department
savages
hay makers
General Wilkinson
Colonel Strong
General Posey
Chickasaws
General confederacy
Creeks
Cherokees
non-commissioned officers
privates
Captain Ford
Captain Peters
Captain Kingsbury
Captain Pasteur
Captain Prior
old sodiers
raw recruit
Lieutenant Glenn
Captain Pike
the President [Washington]
contractors
Captain Howell Lewis
Notable locations
Headquarters Hobson's Choice near Fort Washington
Head of the line
swamps and precipices
the prairie
Fort Hamilton
waters of the Ohio
mounted volunteers of Kentucky
Indian country
Notable items
open the road and increase the deposits of corn and provisions
unnecessary arms and apprehensions
accumulation of flour and grain
rations
means of transport
Indian intelligence
cattle
pack horses
small enclosure or fence
guns of the fort
grass
herds of cattle
starving condition
hostile Indian intelligence
advance posts
serious alarms and apprehensions
depredations and murders
Grand Council of Hostile Indians
ordinance and military stores
serious disaster
time of service
service of a veteran soldier
reenlistment
flying howitzer
wilderness
uncommon heavy fall of rain
reinforcement of troops
cartridge boxes
iron trunnions
wagon teams
expedition from Pittsburgh