Relations with the Northwestern Tribes
Document 1799Mc Henry discusses in some detail relations with the northwestern Indians and refuses to consider a reassessment of the lines established by the Treaty of Greenville which a number of Indian chiefs are advocating. He also alludes to the distribution of goods to the sundry tribes
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Letter Signed
Description
Mc Henry discusses in some detail relations with the northwestern Indians and refuses to consider a reassessment of the lines established by the Treaty of Greenville which a number of Indian chiefs are advocating. He also alludes to the distribution of goods to the sundry tribes
Date
04/30/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799043000001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in McHenry to St. Clair, 08/15/1799.
Notable persons
Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwestern Territory
James McHenry
Major General Hamilton
Lieutenant Colonel Hamtramck
Chiefs of the Shawanese Nation
Colonel McKee, the British agent
William Wells
Little Turtle
Miami
Potowatomies
Kickapoo
Kaskaskia
Wyandots
Chippawas
Ottawas
Delewares
Officers of the garrison
Notable locations
North Western Territory
War Department
Detroit
Grande Glaize [?] River
Fort Wayne
Notable items
martial law
council
Treaty of Greenville
general meeting of the Indians
illegal sales of land
revision of the treaty
invoices of the stipendiary goods
certificates of the delivery of the stipends
rations
Army provisions