Making Amends for the Loss of Kentucky Horses, Etc.
Document 1799Along with a discussion of the opening for navigation of several rivers, Hamtramck explains the measures that should be taken to punish Indians for the theft of a number of horses in Kentucky.
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Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Description
Along with a discussion of the opening for navigation of several rivers, Hamtramck explains the measures that should be taken to punish Indians for the theft of a number of horses in Kentucky.
Date
04/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wayne
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799040140601
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
John Francis Hamtramck
Indians being at war with each other
the Chief
Delaware Nation
Potowatomies
prisoners
white people
Jonas Steel
the surgeon
Brigadier General Wilkinson
the French
Notable locations
Fort Wayne
Kentucky
garrison on the River St. Mary
White River
foot of the rapids
Detroit
the Wabash [River]
the Natchez
Notable items
return of February
speech I sent to the Potowatomies
horses they had stolen in Kentucky
violations of treaty
14th section of the Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes
stoppages
annual stipend
great expense
provisions made to the Indians
tomahawk against the [?]
peace
navigation of the Miami River
clothing of the garrison
sleighs from Detroit
duty of a soldier
muster rolls
pension
certificate
military and quartermaster's stores