Notes on the Speeches of Good Peter and Red Jacket
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Type
Autograph Draft Document Signed
Title
Notes on the Speeches of Good Peter and Red Jacket
Description
Bolt describes in his notes the speeches of Red Jacket and Good Peter and discusses the progress of civilizing the Indians.He talks of the hostility of the Western Indians and mentions Indians and Indian warfare. He alludes to prisoners of war and land sales.
year created
1791
month created
07
day created
10
author
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
A. Bolt
Red Jacket
Johnson
Colonel Butler
warriors
citizens
adopted children of prisoners
white man
Shawanese
Delawares
traders
Western Indians
British
independent people
Congress
Six Nations
the President [Washington]
notable location
Tioga
notable item/thing
warriors minds uneasy
a true voice
no sale of land without knowledge of the President
council
chain of friendship
wish for peace
thoughts of revenge
Indian way of making war
Treaty at Tioga
the treaty
talks of peace
advantages which the white people [gain] from their labour
all our old rules
a bill
hard thoughts
notable phrase
Come to us with a true voice.
Take one of our people prisoner.
You said you would speak with an open heart
Take one of our people prisoner.
You said you would speak with an open heart
you addressed us not to speak with our lips only but to speak in sincerity.
When you laid the whole speak before us we took it into consideration.
It is the opinion of all the Six Nations here that we cannot take all the ways of white people at once, but by degrees.
The President
When you laid the whole speak before us we took it into consideration.
It is the opinion of all the Six Nations here that we cannot take all the ways of white people at once, but by degrees.
The President
told us you would speak plain words.
document number
1791071090001
page start
1
number of pages
4
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (5 pages) | BBC07 (5 pages) | Collection: Timothy Pickering Papers | B:3, F:3. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | A. Bolt | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Red Jacket | [unknown] | [n/a] |