Report of the Secretary of War of the measures taken for opening a trade with the Indians.
Document 1795Details on allocation of funds to be expended to foster trade with Indians along with speculation on why peace with Indians occurred. Pickering felt that none of the Indian tribes would benefit from the trade agreements forged with the U.S. Believed that trading posts needed to be established on the Mississippi river.
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Printed Document
Description
Details on allocation of funds to be expended to foster trade with Indians along with speculation on why peace with Indians occurred. Pickering felt that none of the Indian tribes would benefit from the trade agreements forged with the U.S. Believed that trading posts needed to be established on the Mississippi river.
Date
12/12/1795
Author
Sent from
Department of War
Collection
Document number
1795121200100
Note
Enclosed in Pickering to Adams, 12/12/1795.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Six Nations
Secretary of War
Indians
Indian Nation
Creek
Cherokee
Chickasaw
tribe
British
Choctaw
Wyandot
William Blount
Anthony Wayne
purveyor
Delaware
Notable locations
Department of War
Great Britain
Canada
St. Mary's Georgia
river
settlement
Ohio
Colerain
lower towns
upper towns
Tellico Blockhouse
trading post
block house
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
frontier
territory
Mississippi
Notable items
goods
annuity
money
treaty