Negotiation with the Indians at Fort Harmar
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Type
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Title
Negotiation with the Indians at Fort Harmar
Description
Knox reports to Washington on the status of negotiations held at Fort Harmar on 9 January 1789. Knox enclosed various documents with this letter in order to establish the context of the current negotiations for the new chief executive. These documents include the following: A "Speech of the United Indian Nations, at their Confederate Council, held near the mouth of the Detroit River, the 28th November and 18th December 1786," the "Instructions to the Governor of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio, relative to an Indian treaty in the Northern Department, 26 Oct 1787." Knox also references Congressional resolutions dated 21 July 1787, 5 October 1787, 12 October 1787, 22 October 1787, and 2 July 1788.
year created
1789
month created
05
day created
23
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
in collection
in publication
in image
note
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notable person/group
George Washington
Henry Knox
Oliver Wolcott
Richard Butler
Arthur Lee
Indians
Indian Nation
northern tribes
Confederate Council
United Indian Nations
sachems and warriors of the Six Nations
Wyandot
Ottawa
Chippewa
Delaware
Governor of the Western Territory
Five Nations
Hurons
Mohawks
Pottowatamies
Sac
Ottawa nation of Indians
notable location
War Office
Oswego
state of New York
Lake Erie
Fort McIntosh
mouth of the Great Miami
Ohio
Great Britain
Fort Stanwix
Fort Harmar
northwest of the Ohio
notable item/thing
treaty
territory
frontier
Indian relations
general treaty
peace
war
land rights
boundary disputes
agreement
politics
Constitution
proclamation
causes of uneasiness among the tribes
public good
resolve of Congress
Indian claims
treaty of the Miami
Treaty of Fort Stanwix
notable phrase
render it conformable to the Constitution of the United States
concur in their approbation of the said treaties
ratified and published with a proclamation enjoining an observance
such place and at such time as the Governor of the western Territory shall appoint for the purpose of knowing the causes of uneasiness among the said tribes and hearing their complaints of regulating trade and amicably settling all affairs concerning lands and boundaries between them
agreeably to the as shall be given him for that purpose
dollars be and hereby are appropriated for the purpose of Indian treaties whenever the same shall hereafter be judged necessary by a majority
resolutions
day of the present month
empowered to hold a general treaty
if in his judgement the public good requires it
authorized to draw for such sums of money appropriated by the resolve of congress
not exceeding the sum
defraying the expences of the treaties which have been ordered or which may be ordered to held on the present year
extinguishing the Indian claims
the whole applied soley to the purpose of extinguishing Indian claims to the lands they have already ceded
regular conveyances
extending a purchase beyond the limits hitherto fixed by a treaty
instructions to the Governor
the sense of Congress
Mohawks
Pattiwatima
Sac nations
justice due to the said Indians
reservation in the treaty
fort
Journals of the united States in Congress assembled
treaty of the miame
proper to observe that the Indians are very tenacious of their lands and generally do not relinquish their right excepting in the principle of a specific consideration expressly given to the purchase of the same
practice of the late English colonies and Government in purchasing the Indian claims has firmly established the habit in this respect so that it cannot be violated but with difficulty and an expence greatly exceeding the value of the object
state that the limits therein defined are by virtue of a purchase from the Indians
said treaties have been opposed ans complained of
representation to Congress accompanying this report
passed the following resolve
superintendant of Indian affairs for the northern department inform the five nations, the hurons and other indian nations who joined in
taken it into serious consideration and in due time will send them an answer
general treaty
tribes of Indians within the limits
inhabiting the country north west
chiefs and warriors of the Shawanese Nation
Commissioners Plenipotentiary
Sachems and warriors of the Six Nations
treaty entered into
Wyandot
Delaware
Chippawa
Ottawa Nations of Indians
Treaty at Fort Stanwix
Report
several treaties of peace which have been made with the northern tribes of Indians and those north West of the Ohio since the conclusion of the late war
Secretary at War
examined the negociations of the Governor of the Western territory with certain northern and north western Indians and the treaties made in consequence
document number
1789052300101
page start
1
number of pages
7
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | ARA11 (0 pages) | Collection: Berthrong Collection | [unknown] |
| [view document] (2 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Indian Aff | Volume 1 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | George Washington | [unknown] | [n/a] |