The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries: Extra number, Wydanie 10W. Abbatt, 1910 |
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2d series Allan MacLean Americans Arch army arrived assurances Benjamin Lincoln British Captain McCully Chiefs Colonel DePeyster command commissioners copy Council Creek crossed Delawares delivered Douglass was appointed Elbow street Elliot Ephraim Douglass Excellency's expedition Fayette County Fort Pitt friendly frontier George McCully Half King halted to refresh Hist honor hostilities hours halt moved Hurons Indian Nations inform Instructions Irvine John Connolly Journals journey July Keller land letter Lincoln Major DePeyster MATTHEW ELLIOTT messenger Miami miles militia Monongahela of Old Niagara night o'clock October officers Oswego passed peace Penn Pennsylvania PEYSTER Philadelphia Pitt Pittsburg prisoners received regiment resolution Richard Butler River road Sandusky Secretary of War send to Detroit sent Shaunizes Six Nations soon timber tion township treaty tribes troops Uniontown United wait Washington western Westmoreland whiskey Whiskey Insurrection William Hendricks wrote Wyandotes Yallow
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Strona 237 - But succeeding intelligence has tended to manifest the necessity of what has been done, it being now confessed by those who were not inclined to exaggerate the ill conduct of the insurgents, that their malevolence was not pointed merely to a particular law, but that a spirit inimical to all order has actuated many of the offenders.
Strona 234 - Tanyards, one of them only occupied, one saddler's shop, two hatter's shops, one mason, one cake woman, we had two but one of them having committed a petit larceny is upon banishment, two widows and some reputed maids. To which may be added a distillery. The upper part of this edifice is the habitation at will of your humble servant, who, beside the smoke of his own chimney, which is intolerable enough, is fumigated by that of two stills below...
Strona 234 - ... we were placed near one of the poles. Pray have you had a severe winter below? We have been frozen up here for more than a month past, but a great many of us having been bred in another State, the eating of hominy is as natural to us as the drinking of whisky in the morning.
Strona 285 - The Indians get this day from the King's Stores the bread they are to eat tomorrow, and from his magazines the clothing that covers their nakedness ; in short, they are not only our allies, but they are a part of our Family; and the Americans might as well (while we are in possession of these Posts) attempt to seduce our children & servants from their duty and allegiance, as to convene and assemble all the Indian Nations, without first communicating their intentions to His Majesty's Representative...
Strona 273 - Peyster very earnestly to examine minutely into this affair; to forbid the Indians in the most positive manner to be guilty of such future misconduct; to order them to deliver up immediately such prisoners as they had captured through the spring into the hands of himself or his officers, and further to tell them that if they did not desist from these practices the British Troops would join the Americans to punish them. He afterwards read me the Copy of a Letter which he had written you in answer...
Strona 230 - Britain, and to communicate to them that the forts within the United States, and in possession of the British troops, will speedily be evacuated; intimating also that the United States are disposed to enter into friendly treaty with the different tribes; and to inform the hostile Indian nations, that unless they immediately cease all hostilities against the citizens of these states, and accept of these friendly proffers of peace, congress will take the most decided measures to compel them thereto.
Strona 270 - They carried their civilities so far that my lodging was all day surrounded with crowds of them when at home, and the Streets lined with them to attend my going abroad; that they might have an opportunity of seeing and saluting me, which they did not fail to do in their best manner, with every demonstration of joy. On the morning of the 7th I took my leave of Colonel De Peyster, after having received more civilities from him than the limits of this report will suffer me to enumerate; but not 'till...
Strona 272 - On the evening of the i3th I received a note from the General requesting a copy of my Instructions, &c., to send to the Commander in chief ^-to facilitate business. I sent him word that he should be obeyed, and early in the morning began to execute my promise, but before I had finished copying them I received a verbal message that he wished to see me at his quarters. I finished the copies and waited on him with them. He informed me that he had sent for me to show me the copy of a letter he was writing...
Strona 268 - Sandusky on the 30th, accompanied by the Pipe and two other Indians in addition to my former Companions, and travelled onwards to Detroit till the afternoon of the 1st of July when we were met by Mr.
Strona 241 - On my part, and on the part of the patriotic army I have the honor to command, assure your fellow citizens that we come to protect and not to destroy, and that our respect for our 'common government and respect to our own honor, are ample pledge for the propriety of our demeanor.