Speech to the Indian Nations

Item

Type

Copy of Signed Document

Title

Speech to the Indian Nations

Description

End of negotiations due to inability to reach agreement on boundary. Indians demanded Ohio River as boundary, U.S. requested land west of the Ohio River.

year created

1793

month created

08

day created

16

author

sent from location

Treaty Negotiations with Western Indians

sent to location

Foot of Miami River Rapids

in image

author note

Benjamin Lincoln; Beverly Randolph; Timothy Pickering.

recipient note

Indian Chiefs

notable person/group

commissioners
Indian Nation
Six Nations
chiefs
warriors
Captain Elliot
McKee

notable location

mouth of Detroit
Detroit River
Miami River
frontier
boundary

document number

1793081690301

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (4 pages) GAB09 (4 pages) Collection: Superintendent General's Office, 1791-1828 V: 8
[view document] (1 pages) WFG18 (1 pages) Collection: Benjamin Lincoln Papers P: 85

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Commissioners Treaty Negotiations with Western Indians [n/a]
Recipient Chiefs and Warriors Council of Indian Nations at Rapids of Miami River Foot of Miami River Rapids [n/a]