Captain Chapin discusses Indian affairs with Pickering
Document 1795Letter, describes Indian land complaint; describes Cayuga Reservation; discusses Cayuga delegation; mentions Western Indians; mentions Wayne's campaign.
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Letter, describes Indian land complaint; describes Cayuga Reservation; discusses Cayuga delegation; mentions Western Indians; mentions Wayne's campaign.
Date
09/07/1795
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1795090740101
Page start
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Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Captain Israel Chapin
Governor Simcoe
Capt. Brant
Clinton
Notable locations
Canandaigua
Detroit
Niagara
Fort Erie
Buffaloe Creek
Notable items
prisoner of Gen. Wayne's Army was set at liberty at Detroit
informs me in a letter
returned from the westward a few days ago and was sorry to say that the affairs of that country were in confusion among the different indian nations
power to help them in the business
minds would be more at ease
party consists of the principal chiefs from the Cayuga reservation
delivered their speech on four strings of black and white wampum
confirmed the Cayuga reservation to them that resided upon it treaty after treaty
commissioners had come forward from the same government and purchased the whole of the reservation excepting a small piece which is much too small to
treated with the Indians from under the British government who were not subjects of the states
those people had taken the sole prerogative of their lands and confined them to a small tract
national property
party of the Cayugas from the reservation come to me with a complaint that the Western Cayugas at the late treaty sold their land from under them