[Speech to the Indians]

Item

Type

Document

Title

[Speech to the Indians]

Description

Partial text. Assurances of U.S. strength as ally and encouragement to maintain peaceful relations with the white settlers. Appears to advise Indians not to listen to the French or Spaniards who might be encouraging them to go to war with the U.S. Says that a bounty of arms and ammunition will be paid to any Indian who takes a spy or their papers and turns them in to the U.S. Government.

author

in image

notable person/group

H Burbeck
Spanish
Spaniards
Indians, Indian Nation
French
red children
white children
Father
emissary

notable location

Mississippi
frontier
land
nation
boundary
United States
Spain
France

notable item/thing

hatchet
talks
corn
hunt
rifle
powder
lead
fifty dollars
medal
testimony of his fidelity

notable idea/issue

peace
protection
alliance
fidelity

document number

9999999990901

page start

1

number of pages

2

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) EBC07 (0 pages) Collection: Edward E. Ayer Collection Item #122.

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Burbeck [unknown] [n/a]