Peace Treaty with Indians, Goods and Prisoner Exchange
Item
Type
Typed letter
Title
Peace Treaty with Indians, Goods and Prisoner Exchange
Description
Prisoners and goods traveled down river this morning, supply to meet demands for 700 Indians to gather at Post Vincennes, hopes his choices of goods meet desires of War Department. Hopes exchange of Indian prisoners will show sign of good faith and result in a peace treaty.
year created
1792
month created
08
day created
16
author
sent from location
Fort Washington
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Putnam to Knox, 08/21/1792.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
Rufus Putnam
Major Hamtramck
Secretary of War
Anthony Wayne
Major Trueman
messenger
prisoners
Indians
Indian Nation
Captain Hendrick
Wabash
Kaweahatta
agent
General Washington
citizen
barbarous people
notable location
Fort Washington
Post Vincennes
Fort Vincennes
fort
frontier
territory
War Office
river
Post Vincent
Fort Vincent
Eel river
notable item/thing
Indian goods
blanket
shroud
breech-clouts
leggings
leggins
flag
medal
arm band
wrist band
hat
knives
knife
looking glass
mirror
small articles
jewels
lindsey
overalls
hunting shirt
linen
common woollen
murder
Indian relations
peace
war
prisoner exchange
council
document number
1792081640000
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Rufus Putnam [Transcript] Collection | V:3, P:163 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: American State Papers, Indian Aff. | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Rufus Putnam | Fort Washington | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |