Response from Federal Commissioners for Sandusky Conference to General Council at rapids of Miami speech of 13 August 1793

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Type

Copy of document

Title

Response from Federal Commissioners for Sandusky Conference to General Council at rapids of Miami speech of 13 August 1793

Description

Response to Council of Miami Rapids speech of 13 August 1793 [received 16 August and submitted on the same day] and relayed via two Wyandot runners from Captain Elliott's at the mouth of the Detroit River. Addressed to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Indian Nations assembled at the foot of the Miami Rapids. The commissioners restate that it is impossible to make the Ohio River the the boundary between Indian lands and the lands of United States. Commissioners state that, since the Council has made this point non-negotiable, the treaty proceedings must therefore come to an end. Commissioners express regret that peace was not the result.

year created

1793

month created

08

day created

16

sent from location

Mouth of Detroit River

sent to location

Rapids of Miami River

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notable person/group

Council of Miami Rapids
Wyandot
runners
Captain Elliott
Federal Commissioners Sandusky
Benjamin Lincoln
Timothy Pickering
Beverley Randolph

notable location

mouth of the Detroit River
Miami River Rapids
Ohio River
Ohio
New York
Lake Erie
Sandusky

notable idea/issue

Sandusky conference
Ohio River as boundary between western Indians and United States

document number

1793081637050

Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) NOP01 (506 pages) Collection: Third Congress: Transcribed Confidential Reports and Other Communications Transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, 3d Congress, 1st Session, 1793, Vol. II [3C-B2] (RG 233) {M1268, roll 14} M1268, R: 14, p 84-85

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Federal Commissioners Treaty at Sandusky Mouth of Detroit River [n/a]
Recipient Chiefs and Warriors Council of Indian Nations at Rapids of Miami River Rapids of Miami River [n/a]