Speech of the Wyandots
Document 1794Speech of a Wyandot chief, delivered to General Anthony Wayne at Greenville. The Wyandots plea for peace, and claim to be determined "to bury the hatchet and scalping knife deep in the ground." Asks that the United States "have pity on us, and leave us a small piece of land to build a town upon." Mourn that there is no longer sufficient land to live and hunt upon.
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Speech of a Wyandot chief, delivered to General Anthony Wayne at Greenville. The Wyandots plea for peace, and claim to be determined "to bury the hatchet and scalping knife deep in the ground." Asks that the United States "have pity on us, and leave us a small piece of land to build a town upon." Mourn that there is no longer sufficient land to live and hunt upon.
Date
11/03/1794
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1794110390100
Notable persons
Anthony Wayne
Wyandots
Indians
chief
Great Spirit
Sandusky
Notable locations
Greenville
Scioto
Notable items
peace
hatchet
knife
scalps
land
river
stockade
blockhouse
hunting