Find out what is true and do what is right.
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Find out what is true and do what is right.
Description
This is the memorandum of instructions given to Captain Hendricks by Colonel Pickering respecting the discourse with the hostile Indians about the treaty. Hendricks should listen to their claims regarding the boundary and ascertain how they might be dissuaded from their rigid demands.
year created
1793
month created
06
day created
07
author
sent from location
Niagara
recipient
in collection
created note
This document contains entries from the 4th of June to the 7th of June.
notable person/group
Colonel Pickering
Captain Hendricks
hostile Indians
Commissioners
General Lincoln
General Chapin, superintendent of the Six Nations
Governor Simcoe
gentlemen of the army
British officers
Colonel Butler
the King's forces in upper Canada
Major Littlehales
Captin Bunbury
Lieutenant Givens
General Hull
notable location
Niagara
the Ohio
Little Beaver Creek
Great Miami
Chippewa
Navy Hall, Queenstown
Grand River
notable item/thing
treaty
claims with respect to the boundary
great council of the United States
large tracts of land
west line of Pennsylvania
treaty of Fort McIntosh
treaty of Fort Harmar
fur
skins
meat
hunting
large annual rent
grievances
negotiation
expenses incurred by the British government
declaration of a Mohawk
unfounded reports
deep rooted prejudices
Indian languages
speeches of the confederate nations
conquest of Canada
petty jealousies
notable phrase
At all events keep your minds open to the talk of the commissioners. Do not fix the terms of peace before you hear them
Tell them all your grievances and listen to their answers. Perhaps former transactions with you have not been fully understood and thence all the evils of the war may have arisen. I think there is now a disposition in the United States to find out what is true and to do what is right.
document number
1793060790000
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Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Colonel Pickering | Niagara | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Captain Hendricks | [unknown] | [n/a] |