Commissioners Report Their Arrival at Fort Erie

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Type

Copy of document

Description

Federal Commissioners to Major Craig [letter no. 1] on arrival at Fort Erie and delivery of letters by separate conveyance to Major General Anthony Wayne and General Knox, and refusal of western Indians to make peace. Commissioners note arrival at Fort Erie on Friday, 23 August 1793 and dispatched letters to Major General Wayne and General Knox. They request multiple conveyance, utmost speed and the sparing of no expense. Report that treaty talks have collapsed and western Indians refuse to make peace.

Date

08/23/1793

Recipient

Sent from

Fort Erie

Document number

1793082390155

Page start

86

Note

Enclosed in "A Journal of the proceedings at Council with the Western Indians", 08/24/1793.This document is enclosed in instructions to the Commissioners appointed to deal with the hostile Indians north of the Ohio, in the form of a journal of their proceedings, submitted to the House of Representatives on December 4, 1793. This document is an integral part of "Public Reports" and other communications of the Secretary of War, 12/99/1793.

Notable persons

Major Isaac Craig Deputy Quartermaster Pittsburg
Sylvester Ash
Commissioners of Indian Affairs for the Northern Department [Benjamin Lincoln, Timothy Pickering, and Beverley Randolph]
Western Indians
Major General Wayne
commanding officer at Pittsburg
General Knox

Notable locations

Fort Erie
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Sandusky

Notable items

letters
packets
conference at Sandusky