Copy of Harmar's Speech to the Indians
Document 1789Harmar seeks peace between Indians and the "Thirteen Great Fires" (13 States) and offers wampum, reminded Indians that U.S. are obliged to protect and defend all friendly Indians. Virginia settlers seek to live in peace with Indians. Mentioned deception of Indians by enemies, murder on Ohio by unknown Indians, and that the U.S. traders will provide Indians anything they need.
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Harmar seeks peace between Indians and the "Thirteen Great Fires" (13 States) and offers wampum, reminded Indians that U.S. are obliged to protect and defend all friendly Indians. Virginia settlers seek to live in peace with Indians. Mentioned deception of Indians by enemies, murder on Ohio by unknown Indians, and that the U.S. traders will provide Indians anything they need.
Date
1789
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Document number
1789999998801
Page start
1
Note
Published in John B. Dillon, Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America (Indianapolis: Robert Douglass, 1879), 458-459.
Notable persons
Brigadier General Josiah Harmar
Indians
Indian Nations
brothers
warriors
Thirteen Great Fires
Virginians
Big Knife
French
bad men
King of Great Britain
young warriors
prisoner
traders
Notable locations
camp
villages
towns
Wabash
Great Britain
Notable items
thirteen strings of wampum
wampum
injuries
protection
murder
trade
articles
skins
furs