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N:B: A Duplicate was sent in the packet committed to the Indian
 
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Letter to Major General Wayne, Fort Washington.
 
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Fort Erie, 23 .<sup>rd</sup>  August 1793
 
  
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Sir,
 
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We are on our return home from the mouth of
 
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Detroit River, where we lay four weeks, waiting for the Indians to close their
 
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private Councils at the Rapids of the Miami, that we might all remove
 
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to Sandusky, and open the treaty.  But after sending repeated deputations
 
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to us to obtain answers to particular questions, they finally determined not
 
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to treat at all.  The final answer we received on the 16 .<sup>th</sup>  Inst. when we
 
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immediately began to embark to recross Lake Erie. 
 
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<u>Altho' we did not effect a peace yet we hope that
 
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good may hereafter arise from the mission.
 
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The tranquility of the Country North West of the Ohio
 
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during the (supposed) continuance of the treaty, evinced your care of our
 
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safety, and we could not leave this quarter without returning you our
 
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unfeigned thanks.  </u>
 
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We are Sir, yours &c.
 
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B: Lincoln,      }
 
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B: Randolph,  } Commissioners.
 
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T: Pickering.  }
 
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Letter to General Knox.  
 
Letter to General Knox.  
 
Sir,  On Lake Erie 21.<sup>st</sup> August 1793.  
 
Sir,  On Lake Erie 21.<sup>st</sup> August 1793.  
 
The Indians have refused to make peace. We have not
 
The Indians have refused to make peace. We have not