Seneca Chiefs

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  Speech of the President to the Seneca Chiefs

  01/19/1791 Printed transcription/modern copy of Document

  Washington refuses to restore any of the lands ceded by the Indians in the treaties of Fort Stanwix and Fort Harmar but assures them that he is still their friend and protector and will help them …

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  Knox's Speech to the Seneca Chiefs

  02/08/1791 Printed transcription/modern copy of Document

  Knox responds to the Seneca Chiefs' speech of 2/7/1791 with assurances that an interpreter will be appointed, men will be sent to teach the Indians the principles of husbandry, and provisions will be …

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  Friendly Indians Killed at Beaver Creek

  03/28/1791 Printed transcription/modern copy of Document

  Knox assures the Seneca Chiefs that the President had nothing to do with the recent murder of friendly Indians. He will ensure that Samuel Brady and the others responsible for this reprehensible deed …

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  Copy: Notification of Dissatisfaction with Murder

  04/23/1791 Copy of Signed Document

  Copy of letter sent to Corn Planter for the Seneca Nation, sent to Lord Dorchester and Lord Grenville. Govt upset with murder of friendly indians at Beaver Creek, reward offered for apprehension of …

  Archive Reports 1891
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  A Warning to the Seneca Nation

  03/10/1791 Letter

  Reminds the leaders and warriors of the Seneca and other of the Six Nations that the United States desires to live peaceably with the Indians in the Western Territories and requests that they accept …

  Northwest Territory Collection, M367
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  Resolving Issues with the Senecas

  02/10/1792 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

  Knox tells New-Arrow, Cornplanter, Big-Log, and other Seneca chiefs that he would like to meet with them in Philadelphia in order to resolve any issues that might stand in the way of friendship …

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  Speech to the Senecas at Buffalo Creek

  Contemporary Copy of Letter

  Chapin has been in Philadelphia attending the Seneca's business. Phelps will make his payment within a month and a half. Phelps and others plan to settle near Presque Isle, but Chapin told them they …

  MG23 HI1 John Graves Simcoe, Papers