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