Acceptance of Peace Offering, Land Grant to the Delaware Nation
Document 1795Acceptance of peace offering of prisoners and grant of permission for the Delaware Nation to plant the land they previously occupied in the vicinity of Grand Glaize.
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[undecipherable] instituto the heads of all the [undecipherable] hostile Indians to the [undecipherable] of peace from this and to inform the [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] work — [undecipherable] will show you the way to Greeneville when you shall receive a sincere Welcome from [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Anty Wayne
Sandusky 7. May, 1795
Sir,
Your Excellency's letter of the 8th March and 13th April last came safe to hand — I render on the [undecipherable] of hearing from you ever more — [undecipherable] in my last letter to you that every thing went on well, but was wrong in my [undecipherable] it as to the [undecipherable]
There is a most [undecipherable] strong [undecipherable] to hasten my poor Design, I think there will be a clear [undecipherable], from [undecipherable] Indians, it may be [undecipherable], that they see a Messenger came from the British Indians and was to [undecipherable] the Americans [undecipherable] as they has [undecipherable], make my [undecipherable] with the United States for they only wish to [undecipherable] you, as they has seen with us —
There are other encouragements given early to them given life and appear to the warriors upon that of the themselves are so [undecipherable] influenced by the [undecipherable], that they are inclined they should not make peace with you, there is [undecipherable] of a more [undecipherable] one [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] already [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] in a few days from the upper [undecipherable] [undecipherable] four days [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable], and is the forerunner to be [undecipherable] addressed [undecipherable] the Indians, he said that [undecipherable] and said that then was would go off up [undecipherable] the Americans they are to pay by this plan, in going on as many as they wish to make their own [undecipherable] by our [undecipherable], is advisable to [undecipherable] as if they would as to [undecipherable] at them or there to [undecipherable] the Plan of [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
This is not the only [undecipherable] which concerns me but to a [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable], [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] is more to [undecipherable] their Influence on the [undecipherable] Department to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] their Influence on the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and whatever they may say is to be a [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] there.
I am well apprised also by a [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] that the Arguments at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] not to pay any Attention [undecipherable] and yet the Indian Department also [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with them as being persons, and will spare no means of money to accomplish their [undecipherable] and have a person in [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] and as told [undecipherable] [undecipherable] they are [undecipherable] before [undecipherable] I am oblige to go more [undecipherable] any [undecipherable] against any [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] very [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I ought to — [undecipherable]
With [undecipherable] myself [undecipherable] in duty of the United States of America to [undecipherable] all them [undecipherable] them — I hope [undecipherable] Attention to me and my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] will not be [undecipherable] — Allow me [undecipherable] to State the matter clearly to you and the Danger our [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] when we [undecipherable] them, as they are oblige to [undecipherable] at home to [undecipherable] from — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] of no [undecipherable] [undecipherable] when you [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] please for [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] will take this advantage
[Indians]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Acceptance of peace offering of prisoners and grant of permission for the Delaware Nation to plant the land they previously occupied in the vicinity of Grand Glaize.
Date
03/21/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Green Ville
Repository
Collection
Document number
1795032190000
Page start
37
Note
Addressed to the Sachems: Tetepocksky, Big Cat, Pechetalmena; George White Eyes; Chief Warriors; Pockenjeheles; Watepuckehen (alias Allen)
Notable persons
Delaware Nation
Anthony Wayne
Sachems
Tetepocksky
Big Cat
Pechetalmena
George White Eyes
Chief Warriors
Pockenjeheles
Watepuckehen
Allen
Major Hunt
prisoners
Notable locations
Greenville, Head Quarters
Swan Creek
Grand Glaize
Fort Defiance
Huron River
Notable items
release
planting ground
peace
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