Speech Requesting U.S. to Converse with the Indian Nations
Document 1794Warriors request peace with U.S. and to converse in the manner of the Indian Nations.
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Directions
If you are not with force now to be instructed in the profession of your militia, Servis into hunting ground more fortunate with all the American Weapons and of your Forces and an ordinary, you shall serve, all with prisoners and them belonging to your Nations — Mayor a number of your Nations any chief. Because we esteem them as Brethren, all the quantity of your meat and kindred Brethren. I Shortly pledge our word of honor for your satisfaction, for your bread continued while with our Officers many feats of [undecipherable] and the like offering your fare and perishable times of peace, as shall be for the time interest and frequency of both the sides, are completely own that you may go follow place you have now fixed in from our supply — and fly an interchange of knowing and your Officers toward each other, the more toward that Brotherly love an affection which shall continue to the hour of times —
The Commanding Officer at this place has orders to receive and treat you with kindness and to assist with you one of his Officers to conduct you safe to those Quarters where you shall receive a curious welcome from your friend and Brother.
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J. Anthony Mayor
Grand Stairs
12th September 1794
Answer of the Battle pursuant to the Speech of Mayor Greene —
Repare 12th August 1794.
Brothers Brethiness.
The Receiver of full instruction which has to you fall to entrust your action in what you are, coming up and in — Show us remain sanctified by a word and borders with all before Establishment now you have taken position of my Days — Brothers you read an anguish from those which you feel, you the with some fifty or one German Children — Brothers want to be too great a degree, you have very wide but we and the you which people who do not residing in the manner into — You have only to wish in your hunting grounds some one that deal at every towards with sorry, whose all the Complaisance which belongs a great deal of them — Brothers you are every in your heads you split all them with, when you are good heard Lords in our history — this in the days of the days you while always removing with the story offer you have become into — The flag would in our show you to address with the word of the Americas and the whole of a statement summons of our force there to it near after — But when you have two miles from a probable [undecipherable] address believed from Grenada I pray you to our homes and children — thus to further agreed that so shall bear advance an Envious to our Breaches — We will also all screen again here with our removed til that times —
5 August 1794.
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Description
Warriors request peace with U.S. and to converse in the manner of the Indian Nations.
Date
08/13/1794
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Document number
1794092790101
Page start
7
Note
Poor legibility.
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Anthony Wayne
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