Speech to the Northwest Indians on Land Sales
Type
Document Signed
Title
Speech to the Northwest Indians on Land Sales
Description
In light of confusion over the validity of past land sales to individual settlers and rent collecting - settlements that were allegedly made when the Indians were drunk - the Adams administration insists that all land sales in the future be made as public treaties, in the presence of an agent and authorized by the United States. Points to British precedent in defending his claim that Congress must regulate all Indian land sales. Alleges that this new policy will prevent the Indians from being cheated in private sales. On these grounds, the Adams administration denies the Indians' request.
year created
1798
month created
12
day created
24
author
in collection
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recipient note
Speech of the Secretary of War to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Putawatomies, Ottawas and Chippewa Nation.
notable person/group
James McHenry
Putawatomies
Ottawas
Chippewa
Chiefs
warriors
Indians
Anthony Wayne
Wyandots
President
Father
John Adams
agent
British
King George III
Crown
Congress
commissioners
Isaac Williams
interpreter
Deputy Superintendent
Miami
councils
notable location
Putawatomie Nation
Ottawa Nation
Chippewa Nation
Northwest
Indian country
Wyandot Nation
Detroit
France
Canada
Britain
Quebec
East Florida
West Florida
Miami Nation
notable item/thing
Land
rents
grants
[alcohol]
warrants
treaty
appointment
goods
notable idea/issue
Treaty of Greenville
intoxication
[drunkenness]
Treaty of Paris of 1763
resignation
hostility
document number
1798122400201
page start
1
