Letter from Federal Commissioners of Sandusky conference to Colonel McKee regarding delay in response from deputation of Indian Nations assembled at rapids of Miami
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Letter from Federal Commissioners of Sandusky conference to Colonel McKee regarding delay in response from deputation of Indian Nations assembled at rapids of Miami
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The Federal Commissioners for the Sandusky Conference, in writing to Colonel McKee, lament that it has been 14 days and no answer has arrived from rapids at Miami. They ask for McKee's help in getting the proceedings moving in order to forestall the closing of negotiations. This message was accompanied by wampum and given to Onandago and Oneida runners. Their instructions were to present the message to Captain Brant, Farmer's Brother, Cornplanter, Fish Carrier, Great Sky and Colonel McKee as a group. They are also to find Captain Hendricks, Chief of the Mohicans and inform him of this letter. Messengers are instructed to tell no one their business.
year created
1793
month created
08
day created
11
sent from location
Mouth of the Detroit River
secondary recipient
sent to location
Mouth of Detroit River
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note
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.
author note
Benjamin Lincoln; Beverly Randolph; Timothy Pickering.
notable person/group
Colonel McKee
Onandago
Oneida
Captain Brant
Farmer's Brother
Cornplanter
Fish Carrier
Great Sky
Captain Hendricks Chief of the Mohicans
deputation of Indian Nations
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Beverley Randolph
Federal Commissioners Sandusky
notable location
Mouth of the Detroit River
Rapids on Miami River
notable item/thing
wampum
notable idea/issue
Sandusky Conference
document number
1793081190055
page start
76
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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} | M; 1268, R: 14, p 76-78 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky | Mouth of the Detroit River | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Colonel Alexander McKee | Mouth of Detroit River | [n/a] |