Fair and Equitable Terms of Peace

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Type

Typed Document

Description

Following the defeat of the northern tribes at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, General Wayne proposes terms for a lasting peace that will serve the interests of both red and white people.

Date

12/04/1794

Recipient

Document number

1794091237002

Page start

13

Note

Typed document enclosed as part of a series of missives from Wayne to sundry chiefs and sachems.

Notable persons

Anthony Wayne
Sachems and Warriors belonging to the Chippawas, Delawares, Shawanese, Wyandots, Miamis, Tawas, Potawatomies
the President [Washington]
bad white men at the fort of the rapids
Stephen Young
George White Eyes
Robert Wilson, Interpreter
American prisoners

Notable locations

Grand Glaize
Roche de Bout
Greeneville

Notable items

permanent, fair, and honorable peace with every tribe north of the Ohio
voice of truth and peace
preliminaries of a lasting peace
scalping knife
tomahawk
drops of blood
your cultivated lands and hunting ground
corn