Captain Chapin discusses Indian affairs with Pickering
Item
Type
Extract of Letter
Title
Captain Chapin discusses Indian affairs with Pickering
Description
Letter, discusses appointment to Superintendant of Affairs to the Six Nations; describes business conduct of the late General Israel Chapin; encloses extract of letter from Capt. Brant.
short description
Ltr, dis appointment to Superintendant.
year created
1795
month created
05
day created
06
author
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Extract enclosed in Chapin to Pickering, 05/06/1795.
notable person/group
Captain Israel Chapin
Captain Jo. Brant
notable item/thing
less sum than five hundred dollars will by no means compensate my family for their repeated troubles
father had determined to make some addition of buildings for the accommodation of the Indians
small house for them
store for their provisions and goods
government has made provision for those buildings
lay in a stock of provisions in store in the fall of the year
corn
beans
pork
beef
justice to the United States and to the indians will ever be my pursuit
meeting be held with the indians I hope you will be the person to transact the business
your father managed business to give us general satisfaction
know his plans and mode of dealing with us
knowledge we have of you makes me think you a fit person to fill his office
your father ever transacted business with openness and fairness
employers
dollars for interpreting
managed the business merely on account of the benefits of the settlement
made a speech to the president and yourself requesting you earnestly that I might be appointed
extract of Capt. Brant's letter
meeting be held with the Indians
hope you will be the person to transact business
your father managed business to give us general satisfaction
know his plans and mode of dealing with us
knowledge we have of you makes me think you a fit person to fill his office
that you may be appointed is much our wish
your father ever transacted business with openness and fairness
sincere wish of giving justice to his employers and to the indians
occupy the whole of my time in their service
obliged to hire considerable labor not only to manage my farm but to assist me in many things for the indians
troubles of the indians are very considerable but not so much to an individual as it is to a family
trouble and embarrasment of the family
attend to their various calls and applications
past services would be rewarded
Oneidas, Stockbridge & Tuscarora Indians will be set off to the care of some agent in their vicinity
salary of the agent in this place will undergo another change
agree on the first proposition as I believe it would be best on many accounts
they are at such a distance from us makes it allmost impossible to attend to them so far at the east
westward
Oneidas however have not complained to my knowledge excepting in the case of the schoolmaster and blacksmith
ample encouragements to work since my father's death
Oneidas observed to me the other day the U.S. believed them to be like beavers
beavers legs are short and cannot run fast
people of the states supposed they could not run away and do them any mischief on the frontiers
document number
1795050690001
page start
3
Item sets
Transcribe this document
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | AEK07 (4 pages) | Collection: Henry O'Reilly Collection | V: 11, P: 18 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Israel Chapin Jr | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Colonel Pickering | [unknown] | [n/a] |