Council of Vincennes, Speeches by Chiefs, Warriors, and Captain Pasteur

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Council of Vincennes, Speeches by Chiefs, Warriors, and Captain Pasteur

Description

All tribes had traveled far to meet General Washington and make their people one, offering wampum. Request for guns and land on either side of the Mississippi or near Wabash. French and Indian Nations requested pity from the United States for their efforts of peace and the suffering they endured by the British and Spaniards.

short description

all nations present had assembled to meet George Washington

year created

1794

month created

06

day created

20

secondary author

in collection

in image

notable person/group

Washionah
Chiefs
warriors
Captain Pasteur
Laques
Wheat Chaff
Fox
Kaskaskias
Piankeshaws
Owiattanons
Pashepahwhah
Captain Prior
Kickapoo
interpreters
Pottawatine
General Washington
Ducoin
Judge Turner
Shck-kowah
Colonel Jefferson
English
Spaniards

notable location

Mississippi
council
Illinois
Detroit

notable item/thing

tomahawk
guns
peace
treaty
land

document number

1794062074001

page start

43

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (8 pages) EAA19 (58 pages) Collection: Anthony Wayne Papers F: Oversize, 1745-1796

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Thomas Pasteur [unknown] [n/a]
Author Multiple Authors [unknown] [n/a]