Letter from the Reverend Samuel Kirkland to Secretary of War Henry Knox on arrival at Oneida with a number of Oneida Chiefs, dissent between Western Confederacy and Six Nations, St. Clair's defeat, meeting of Chiefs at Philadelphia, and condition of Captain Brant: Page #2 Original title: 1792/BTA13_2.jpg Protection: Open to all Expiration: Never Status: In progress Mark this revision as complete Cancel Letter from the Reverend Samuel Kirkland to Secretary of War Henry Knox on arrival at Oneida with a number of Oneida Chiefs, dissent between Western Confederacy and Six Nations, St. Clair's defeat, meeting of Chiefs at Philadelphia, and condition of Captain Brant: Page #2 Go full screenExit full screen Layout Reset they begin to insult the Six Nations. They have like wise expressed their disapprobation of the treaty at Newtown Point as its tendency & object was to attack the Six Nations to the Interest of the White people & to dissuade them from joining the western Confederacy. It is <u>reported</u> that Cap<sup>t</sup> Brant intends to put himself under the protection of Congress. But this notwithstanding is afact - that he has privately sent to some principal families in the Six Nations to sound them & find what course they intend to take their own [undecipherable] <s>for the interest of Indians </s>& safety. On Monday next [undecipherable crossed out] Good Peter Skenondough [sp?] Cap<sup>t</sup> Hendrick & several others are to set out with me from Onieda, for Genessee - the place appointed for our rendezvous. So soon as I <s>shall</s> [undecipherable crossed out] see them actually started I shall go forward to make the necessary preparations, & be ready for any occurrence - I observed to Coll Pickering before left Philadelphia that it would be difficult for me to be limited to the precise number of Chiefs mentioned in his invitation Speech - that several others should be added to make their representation complete, otherwise jealousies would be excited.