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Indian treaty... Burning of Steamboat Erie...
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December 04, 1841
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 1841
* Wyandot people - Indians
* Silver Creek, New York
* Steamboat Erie disaster
The front page has: "Treaty with Wyandott Indians" which includes: "... the "Wyandott nation were assembled y the Chiefs in General Council o the 20th and 22d instant, to vote upon the question of selling to the United States all their lands in Ohio, and emigrant to the West. After two days and a part of last night taken up in debating the subject, it was determined, without a division, to authorize and empower the Chiefs to enter into a treaty of cession and removal...". Also on the ftpg: "Burning of the Steamboat Erie - Account by a Survivor". Many lives were lost in the explosion (see hyperlink for the details).
Four pages, minor spine wear, nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War