Report from Colonel Josiah Harmar
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Report from Colonel Josiah Harmar
Description
Harmar reports on the politics of the country. Captain Heart says a council of all Indian tribes was holding at Buffalo Creek, near Fort Erie, to discuss the matter of giving up their lands. Discusses free navigation of Mississippi. If Congress wants to stop navigation on the Ohio River, recommends situating a post at Ohio and Wabash rivers. Reports on robberies of ships cargo and scalping, including the son of General Scott. People are in dread of savages. Recommends post high up Wabash or Great Miami. Discusses exchanges of prisoners with Shawanese. Major Hamtramck has evicted settlers in Mingo Bottom;
short description
Report from Colonel Josiah Harmar
year created
1787
month created
05
day created
14
author
sent from location
Fort Harmar
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
pp. 19-22.
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Josiah Harmar
Captain Heart
company
Indian tribes
Lieutenant Beatty
Lieutenant Pratt
Major Wyllys
Wyllis
inhabitants of Kentucky
county lieutenants
fighting men
emigrators
Congress
Wabash Indians
General Clarke
Indians
Captain Dalton
French
General Scott
savages
riflemen
expert woodsmen
Shawanese
prisoners
Colonel Logan
the Wold
chief
Thirteen Great Fires
young warriors
banditti
Mr. Ludlow
Major Hamtramck
notable location
Fort Harmar
Venango
Pittsburgh
Alleghany
Buffalo Creek
Fort Erie
Muskingum
rapids of the Ohio
Louisville
Limestone
Danville
Lexington
Falls
Kentucky
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Wabash River
Post Vincent
regular troops
Kaskaskia
Illinois country
New Orleans
Kentucky River
Great Miami
War Office
seventh range
Mingo Bottom
notable item/thing
council
give up lands
politics of the country
knowledge
free navigation
greatest of grievances
prosperity
flourishing country
boats
horses
cattle
wagons
shut the navigation
respectable post
irregular proceedings
treaty
peaceably disperse
commit no hostilities
want of provisions
legal authority
trade
cargo
seizure
Spanish property
retaliation
plundering the inhabitants of their horses
murder
killed and scalped
secure the frontier
customs of the Indians
exchange
expedition
official intelligence
surveying
insured
dear bargain
notable idea/issue
secure the frontier
document number
1787051451800
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The St. Clair Papers | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Josiah Harmar | Fort Harmar | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |