Speech to Captain Thomas Pasteurs

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Description

Speech, by Ducayne, discusses murder & horse theft; discusses White encroachment; alludes to Indian retaliation. Document also contains Capt. Pasteurs reply to Jean Baptist Ducayne.

Date

10/25/1798

Document number

1798102590001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Jean Baptist Ducayne
Gemo
Meya
Lucayne
Jean Baptist Ducayne
Capt. Thomas Pasteurs

Notable locations

Cape Gerrado
Lorraines Town
Opea
Mississippi
Fort Massac

Notable items

white people intrude on our lands
kill Lucayne and take his horses
road to Massac
stole 12 of our horses
white people
brother
say but little
hold you & congress fast by the hand as long as I live
think of my father the president
love my father
fear them not
remember he is strong
coward
strike the man that strikes me
Indians listen too much to evil people
Kaskaskias have gained the displeasure of the other indian by not oining them
young men & women to receive the father's presence
Kickapoes
Chief of the Kaskaskias Tribe of Indians