Failed Attempts to Reach a Peace Agreement
Document 1793The Commissioners describe their attempts to reach a peace agreement that ultimately ended in failure.
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The months pay will be transmitted immediately and also a duplicate of this letter—
I am Sir
with great esteem
Your Obt Servant
H Knox
Secy of War
Major General Wayne
[From the Indian Commissioners to the Secretary of War]
On Lake Erie
August 21st 1793
Sir
The Indians have refused to [strikethrough: make] the peace. We have not been admitted to an interview with them, except by their deputations. The transactions with the first deputation at Niagara have been transmitted to you. Immediately afterwards we returned to Fort Erie, and embarked for the mouth of Detroit River where we arrived on the 21st of July and expected in a few days to receive notice from the
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Recipient's Files
Description
The Commissioners describe their attempts to reach a peace agreement that ultimately ended in failure.
Date
08/21/1793
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1793082140155
Page start
239
Note
Spans Images 239-246 of this collection.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Indians
Captain Matthew Elliot, Colonel McKee's adjutant
Puckonchehelas, Head Warrior of the Delawares
Hadiiapilathy(?) Head Warrior of the Shawanese
La_avagh_da_wunk(?) who is said to be head man of the Wyandots
their Confederacy
their warriors
our interpreters
Captain Henrick's men
Munseys and Chippewas
Senecas
Miamis
Capt. Brant and his Mohawks
hostile Nations
Chiefs of the Six Nations
runners
Sylvester Ash
General Chapin and Mr. Jones
Indian Council
the President
General Wayne
Commanding Officr at Fort Franklin
Western Indians
two Seneca runners
Major Craig
Mr. Wilson
General Chapin's son
British agents
Notable locations
Niagara
Niagara
Fort Erie
mouth of the Detroit River
Sandusky
mouth of the Miami River
Ohio River
Miami Bay
Fort Erie
Buffalo Creek
Fort Pitt
Fort Franklin
Presque Isle
Genensee River
Susquehanna
Pittsburgh
Canandagua
Philadelphia
Notable items
meeting with the Indians
deputation of Indians
written message in the name of their Confederacy
boundary between your people and ours
principal concessions
ample compensations
fair prospect of peace
decisive answer from the Indian Council
final answer of the Indians
strong and unalterable friendship of the United States for the Six Nations
our letters to General Wayne
numbers of Indians at the rapids