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A Proclamation by Anthony Wayne, on peace with the Indians...
A Proclamation by Anthony Wayne, on peace with the Indians...
Item # 713352
May 11, 1795
SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, May 11, 1795
* Treaty of Greenville prelude
* Mad Anthony Wayne
* Northwest Indians
Page 3 has a letter from an officer in General Anthony Wayne's army, datelined from Fort Wayne, Miami Village, in which he gives the latest on relations with the Indians in what is now the Ohio vicinity.
Also on page 3 is: "A Proclamation" for establishing a permanent peace with all the Indian tribes and nations northwest of the Ohio River, signed in type: Anthony Wayne.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, minor damp stains at the top margin, very nice condition.
AI notes: On December 22, 1795, Major General Anthony Wayne issued a proclamation titled “Peace Between the United States and Indian Nations North West of the Ohio River” from his headquarters at Greenville, acting as Plenipotentiary of the United States to put into effect the preliminary agreements he had made with the Wyandots, Chippewas, Ottawas, Potawatomi, Miamies, Shawnees, and Delawares toward ending the long conflict in the Northwest Territory. In this proclamation Wayne announced that, in light of the negotiated preliminary articles leading toward a permanent peace—later formalized in the Treaty of Greenville—hostilities were to cease and all prisoners were to be mutually surrendered, and he strictly forbade U.S. citizens from killing, insulting, or injuring members of those tribes (except in self‑defense) or from entering Indian lands northwest of the Ohio River with hostile intent without proper authorization, warning that violators would be punished; the order was intended to safeguard the fragile peace while the final treaty arrangements were being completed and ratified.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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