Indian Hostilities
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Indian Hostilities
Description
Opinion on Indian hostilities and white hunters invading Indian hunting grounds on the north west side of the Ohio River.
year created
1795
month created
04
day created
28
author
sent from location
War Office
recipient
sent to location
Virginia
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Governor Robert Brooke
Timothy Pickering
Indians
Indian Nation
Cherokees
hostiles
hunting party
Governor Virginia
Secretary of War
scouts
General Anthony Wayne
Shawanoe Chief
Shawanese
General Biggs
General Washington
President Washington
notable location
Virginia
War Office
north west
Ohio River
river
hunting grounds
Scioto River
Sciota
Little Kenhawa River
Wheeling
Indian Country
notable item/thing
hostile acts of Indians
western mail
capitulation
peace treaty
predatory party of Cherokees
hostilities
hostile acts
depredations
western papers
fatal Indian War
notable idea/issue
hostilities
hunting grounds
document number
1795042800001
page start
1
number of pages
3
transcription
Secretary at War
28th April 1795
on subject of frontiers
War Office April 28 1795
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 22d inclosing the copy of a letter from General Biggs, informing of some hostile acts of the Indians on the border of the Ohio. The appointment of scouts may therefore be very proper. By the last Western mail I received a letter of the 8th ulto from General Wayne, by which it appeared, that altho' all the hostile nations in that quarter had entered into a capitulation for the treating of peace next June & easing hostilities in the mean time, yet that there was a predatory party of Cherokees (and probably the banditti of some other tribes) collected or rather making their quarters, on the Waters of Sciota, from whence they annoyed the frontiers: but he had sent to them a message by a Shawanoe Chief, threatening their destruction if they persisted in the hostilities now that the Nations had stipulated a suspension of
of all hostile acts, & for making a general peace and the Chief promised to aid the General in extirpating that banditti, if they persisted in their depredations.
I had not before heard of killing of a man at the mouth of Little Kenhawa. The man killed on the Sciota ought not to have been there. The western papers have informed us of a party of hunters falling in with some Indians not far from Wheeling - but the hunters were in the Indian country - that is, on the northwest side of the Ohio, on the hunting grounds which have been the very object of this fatal Indian war. I am suspicious that this is the same party of hunters to which General Biggs refers. If so, I say of them, that they ought not to have been there.
The President is now in Virginia. On his return your letter shall be laid before him.
I am with great respect Sir, your most obt servant
Timothy Pickering
Governor Brooke
28th April 1795
on subject of frontiers
War Office April 28 1795
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 22d inclosing the copy of a letter from General Biggs, informing of some hostile acts of the Indians on the border of the Ohio. The appointment of scouts may therefore be very proper. By the last Western mail I received a letter of the 8th ulto from General Wayne, by which it appeared, that altho' all the hostile nations in that quarter had entered into a capitulation for the treating of peace next June & easing hostilities in the mean time, yet that there was a predatory party of Cherokees (and probably the banditti of some other tribes) collected or rather making their quarters, on the Waters of Sciota, from whence they annoyed the frontiers: but he had sent to them a message by a Shawanoe Chief, threatening their destruction if they persisted in the hostilities now that the Nations had stipulated a suspension of
of all hostile acts, & for making a general peace and the Chief promised to aid the General in extirpating that banditti, if they persisted in their depredations.
I had not before heard of killing of a man at the mouth of Little Kenhawa. The man killed on the Sciota ought not to have been there. The western papers have informed us of a party of hunters falling in with some Indians not far from Wheeling - but the hunters were in the Indian country - that is, on the northwest side of the Ohio, on the hunting grounds which have been the very object of this fatal Indian war. I am suspicious that this is the same party of hunters to which General Biggs refers. If so, I say of them, that they ought not to have been there.
The President is now in Virginia. On his return your letter shall be laid before him.
I am with great respect Sir, your most obt servant
Timothy Pickering
Governor Brooke
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | NCU04 (3 pages) | Collection: Dreer Collection | Pres.&their Cab., V:1. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Timothy Pickering | War Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Robert Brooke | Virginia | [n/a] |