Speech to the Indians from the Secretary at War, Urging Peace into the Future, and Replies
Document 1796Speaking for Washington, McHenry urges the Indians to maintain peace with the U.S. and each other, and to settle all intertribal disputes peacefully. Opens the set of Indian negotiations with a message from Washington to "hold fast the Chain of Friendship." Document includes replies of the Chiefs.
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Speaking for Washington, McHenry urges the Indians to maintain peace with the U.S. and each other, and to settle all intertribal disputes peacefully. Opens the set of Indian negotiations with a message from Washington to "hold fast the Chain of Friendship." Document includes replies of the Chiefs.
Date
12/02/1796
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War Office
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Collection
Document number
1796120200001
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1
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2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one without images.
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James McHenry
Indian tribes
President of the United States
Chiefs
soldier
Chisuber
Chickasaw
Captain Chisholm
Colonel John Watts
Cherokee
Red Ble
Creek
Chippewa
Putawatamies
Potawatomi
Secretary of War
Blue Jacket
Notable locations
War Office
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assembly
war
moderation
hatchet
beads
land
talks
string of white beads
treaty