Council meeting at Captain Elliot's, with the Commissioners of the United States, the Deputation of Indians and the British Officers and Inhabitants
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Council meeting at Captain Elliot's, with the Commissioners of the United States, the Deputation of Indians and the British Officers and Inhabitants
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Council at Captain Elliott's near mouth of Detroit River. Elliott is assistant to Colonel Alexander McKee. Those present were the Federal Commissioners of United States, Benjamin Lincoln, Timothy Pickering and Beverley Randolph, the Deputation of Indians, and British Officers and Inhabitants. Wyandot Chief addressed the commissioners and presented a paper that puts collective thoughts in writing. The writings were translated by Simon Girty, a British Interpreter. The contents of the paper, done at the General Council at the foot of the Miami Rapids, as follows:
Begins with a reference to the Treaty at Ft Stanwix and mentions that the boundary between Indians and whites is the Ohio River. If commissioners want peace, they must remove settlers from Indian side of Ohio River. Indians then ask whether commissioners have the authority to make decisions regarding Ohio River as a boundary line. Statement agreed to by the following:
Bear, of Wyandots; Turtle of Delawares; Snake of Shawanese; Miamis; Snipe of Mingos; Fish of Pattawatomies; Ottawas; Turkey of Connoys; Chippewas; Munsees.
Begins with a reference to the Treaty at Ft Stanwix and mentions that the boundary between Indians and whites is the Ohio River. If commissioners want peace, they must remove settlers from Indian side of Ohio River. Indians then ask whether commissioners have the authority to make decisions regarding Ohio River as a boundary line. Statement agreed to by the following:
Bear, of Wyandots; Turtle of Delawares; Snake of Shawanese; Miamis; Snipe of Mingos; Fish of Pattawatomies; Ottawas; Turkey of Connoys; Chippewas; Munsees.
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07
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30
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Near the mouth of Detroit River
Mouth of Detroit River
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This document is enclosed in instructions to the commissioners appointed to deal with the hostile Indians north of the Ohio, in the form of a journal of their proceedings, submitted to the House of Representatives on December 4, 1793. This document is an integral part of [Public Reports] and other communications of the Secretary of War, 12/99/1793.
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Captain Elliott
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Beverley Randolph
Federal Commissioners for Sandusky
Colonel McKee
Bear of Wyandots
Turtle of Delawares
Snake of Shawanese
Miamis
Snipe of Mingos
Fish of Pattawatomies
Ottawas
Turkey of Connoys
Chippewas
Munsees
Simon Girty
British interpreter
Indian interpreter
Wyandot Chief
British Officers and Inhabitants
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Near the mouth of Detroit River
Ohio River
Ft Stanwix
Britain
United States
New York
Detroit
Canada
Miami Rapids
Upper Canada
notable idea/issue
Treaty of Ft Stanwix 1768
Conference at Sandusky
Conference at Miami Rapids
British and Americans at Sandusky Conference
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1793073090055
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59
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (3 pages) | NOP01 (506 pages) | Collection: Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d Congress, 1st Session, 1793, Vol. II [3C-B2] (RG 233) {M1268, roll 14} | M1268, R: 14, p 59-61 |
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| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky | Mouth of Detroit River | [n/a] |
| Author | General Council of Indians | Near the mouth of Detroit River | From the meeting at the foot of the rapids of the Miami |