Speech to the Indian Nations
Document 1793End of negotiations due to inability to reach agreement on boundary. Indians demanded Ohio River as boundary, U.S. requested land west of the Ohio River.
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[22 Augt / 1793]
Speech of the Commissioners of the United States to the Indians assembled at the Miami Rapids
15th August 1793
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Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
End of negotiations due to inability to reach agreement on boundary. Indians demanded Ohio River as boundary, U.S. requested land west of the Ohio River.
Date
08/16/1793
Author
Sent from
Treaty Negotiations with Western Indians
Collection
Document number
1793081690301
Page start
1
Notable persons
commissioners
Indian Nation
Six Nations
chiefs
warriors
Captain Elliot
McKee
Notable locations
mouth of Detroit
Detroit River
Miami River
frontier
boundary