Recommendation for Peace Treaty to be Signed by the Sachams and War Chiefs of Sandusky
Document 1795Promises of peace by war chiefs of Sandusky and the U.S. military. Promises of protection by U.S. for Indian Nations who act peacefully but are attacked by hostile nations or settlers. Enclosed letter from Lord Dorchester, Governor of Canada.
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[To the [undecipherable] Sachems & their Chiefs of [undecipherable]]
Brothers,
I have received your letters and called on [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and thank the Great Spirit for giving you [undecipherable] and accepting the intimation of your minds from the peace and which the same would have terminated in your total anticipations.
[undecipherable] you [undecipherable] having my voice and the present you made [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to lay them that Hitherto I am [?] to [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to me —
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Brothers,
You say there may be some foolish young men, such as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to you for that, I cannot consent to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] foolish young men [undecipherable] [undecipherable] their [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable] all along and [undecipherable] were [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] for their conduct. But the you and me [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] how can [undecipherable] be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to prevent any mischief from being done to either of us [undecipherable] [undecipherable] it makes it our constant purpose to each other in [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] Day of January 1795, as particularly in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the United States [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] this Country they will [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] our [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Officers as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] relating [undecipherable] and the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] them that [undecipherable] and to let them know to murder and prevent the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] there may be [undecipherable]
Brothers,
It is the duty and interest of all of us to [undecipherable] this nation [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and occasions and particularly you, because should you permit the [undecipherable] Indians to pass through your Country to strike at any of our warriors, or at any of [undecipherable] [undecipherable], or to take property from the Inhabitants, they
will certainly be punished and [undecipherable] your own [undecipherable] any injury on account of the [undecipherable] of these [undecipherable], that you ought immediately to draw from among you in order to prevent mistakes.
Brothers,
Upon receipt come apprehension of injury from some Agent of the General Washington the President of the [undecipherable] General Prince of America and [undecipherable] his protection — I beg [undecipherable] to defend his wicked Children from any injury that may be attempted against them, on account of their permanent separation between the United States and the [undecipherable] purpose to unite Over to [undecipherable] on their [undecipherable] situation to be made at the [undecipherable] of the Nation of [undecipherable], on the [undecipherable] [undecipherable], as soon as the season and circumstances permit.
Brothers,
I have received information from [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] of my principal [undecipherable] [undecipherable] commanding at the [undecipherable] Village, that a Chief of the [undecipherable] was [undecipherable] at [undecipherable], [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at that Village [undecipherable] and say [undecipherable] at Grenville, the [undecipherable] say that the Chiefs of the remaining [undecipherable] Tribes [undecipherable] are now in their way to that place. I beg to inform you in the mean copy after the arrival of the Chief of the five nations before [undecipherable].
Brothers,
In order to convince you that you have long been [undecipherable] upon by [undecipherable] [undecipherable], [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and others at the foot of the Capital of the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable], I send you a Copy of a letter from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the British Governor General of all Canada, with [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] of October 1793, [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in this letter you can see that [undecipherable] General [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] in its [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] at the big [undecipherable] at the mouth of [undecipherable] these [undecipherable] [undecipherable].
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] have [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] with the Chiefs of the [undecipherable] Nations upon the [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the purpose of relating to remaining all causes of controversy for establishing a permanent peace between the United States of America and the Indian Nations North West of the Ohio.
(Signed)
Anthony Wayne
Grenville
1st January 1795
Major General Commandant & Chief of the Legion, Plenipotentiary & Commissioner of the United States of America for settling aforementioned peace with the Indian Nations, Northwest of the Ohio —
Type
Draft Document Signed
Description
Promises of peace by war chiefs of Sandusky and the U.S. military. Promises of protection by U.S. for Indian Nations who act peacefully but are attacked by hostile nations or settlers. Enclosed letter from Lord Dorchester, Governor of Canada.
Date
01/09/1795
Author
Sent from
Greenville
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795010190501
Page start
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Notable persons
Anthony Wayne
Sachems
War Chiefs
Enos Klum
Wayandot warrior
Wayandot
warriors
foolish young men
Indians
Delaware
Ottawa
Chippewas
Putawatamus
Six Nations
Governor
troops
commanding officer
Indian Nations
hostile tribes
General George Washington
President
Colonel Hamtramck
Chiefs
Sacks
Miami
Governor Lincoln
Colonel McKer
Lord Donchester
British Governor General
Captain Brant
Notable locations
Sandusky
Greenville
Muskingum
settlements
rapids of Sandusky
reserved lands
Miami Villages
rapids of the Miami
Canada
Quebec
Detroit River
Notable items
messages
hatchets
wampum
string of white wampum
mischief
treaty
hostile intentions
steal
horses
property
settlements
apprehension of injury
fort or fortification
general treaty
Northwest of the Ohio

