the said commander-in-chief, or to the officer commanding the troops of the United States, at the nearest post, as soon as possible, that all causes of mistrust and suspicion may be avoided between them and the United States. In like manner, the commanderin-chief, and all officers acting under his orders, shall give notice to the said Indian nations of any harm that may be mediated against them, or either of them, that shall come to their knowledge, and do all in their power to hinder and prevent the same, that the friendship between them may be uninterrupted.

[Enclosure 2.]

Extract from a message from General Wayne, dated January 1, 1795, to the sachems and chiefs of Sandusky.

I have received information from Colonel Hamtramck, one of my principal warriors, commanding at the Miami villages, that the chiefs of the Chippewas, Ottawas, Sacs, Pattawatamies, and Miamies, arrived at that place three days since, and may be hourly expected at Greenville; the Miamies say that the chiefs of the remaining hostile tribes had acceded to the prevailing opinion, and wish for peace, and that those chiefs are now on their way to this place, and may be expected in the course of a few days after the arrival of the chiefs of the five nations, before mentioned.

EXHIBIT 72.

Secretary of War to Charles Jouett.1

WAR DEPARTMENT, April 2, 1805.

SIR: The President of the United States has appointed you a commissioner to hold a treaty with the Wyandot, Ottawa, and Chippewa Indians, or such of them, and such other Indians, as may claim a right to the lands, bordering on the southerly part of lake Erie, between the Cayahoga river and the Miami of the lakes, and extending southerly to the present Indian boundary line, as established by the treaty of Greenville.

1American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 702.

The object of the proposed treaty being principally that of affording the Connecticut land companies, (who hold the preemptive right, under the State of Connecticut, to a certain part of the land above described) an opportunity to purchase the Indian title to the lands claimed by the said companies, your duties will chiefly consist, in notifying the chiefs of the several nations, who are interested, of the time and place of holding said treaty; and in presiding thereat, for the purpose of seeing that any bargain, which the agents of the said companies may enter into with the proper representatives of the Indian nations, shall be fair and just, and well understood by the parties.

You will use your influence to induce the Indians to make a cession of the lands claimed by the Connecticut companies, on reasonable terms, such as they, and their respective nations, will, or ought to be satisfied with.

The agencies of those companies will produce their authorities for entering into, and complying with, any stipulations that shall be agreed upon, with your consent, as commissioner on the part of the United States. The said agents will provide the necessary accommodations and provisions, for those who attend the treaty, as well on their own part as that of the Indians, or the United States.

The price usually given for Indian cessions, in different parts of the United States, has not exceeded one cent per acre. And the Government of the United States is, in no case, except for some particular favorite tracts, inclined to give, at most, more than at the rate of two cents per acre. But, if the agents on the part of the aforesaid companies should be disposed to agree to a higher price, there should be no such objection, on your part, as to prevent the bargain; although it would be the most advisable, that the price should not exceed what the United States usually pay or would agree to pay for lands similarly situated, and of equal quality. From one to two cents per acre would, probably, be a reasonable price for the lands in question.

A deputation from the Six Nations will, probably, attend the treaty, and claim a right to a considerable part of the land to be treated for. If so, they ought to be heard on the subject; and, should their claim appear to be just, or such as the other nations will consent to recognize, stipulations ought, in the first instance, to be entered into between them, designating what proportion of the purchase money each nation shall receive.

If the Indian chiefs shall appear disposed to cede, not only the lands claimed by the Connecticut companies, but any part, or the whole of their lands, lying between the lands, claimed by the said companies, and the present boundary, as established at the treaty of Greenville, and since run and marked by the United States, you are authorized to negotiate with them for so much of the same as they will consent to cede, on terms not exceeding two cents per acre.

You may agree to pay, in money or goods, a reasonable proportion, say one-half of the whole purchase money which shall be stipulated to be paid, on account of lands purchased for the United States, as soon as the treaty shall be duly ratified; and, for the remainder of the purchase money, you may agree to pay yearly, an annuity, which shall be equal to the annual interest of said remainder.

The tract of land, claimed by the Connecticut companies, is situated between the forty-first and forty-second degrees of north latitude, and bounded easterly by the Cayahoga, and westerly by a meridional line, to be drawn one hundred and twenty miles due west from the west line of Pennsylvania, and contains about one million five hundred thousand acres. Although the western boundary has not been fully ascertained, it will, probably, be near the mouth of Sandusky bay.

And the tract which you will more especially endeavor to obtain the cession of, from the Indians, on account of the United States, is situated between the southern boundary of the above described tract, and the present boundary between the United States and the Indans, established by the treaty of Greenville, and extending westerly to the head-waters of the Scioto and the Sandusky rivers, and contains, probably, one million or one million and one quarter of acres.

If the Indians chiefs shall be disposed to cede a tract, between Sandusky and the Miami of the lakes, on terms such as are above mentioned, you will stipulate with them accordingly.

Your commission accompanies these instructions.

I am, sir, &c.

CHARLES JOUETT, Esquire.

H. DEARBORN.

EXHIBIT 73.

Charles Jouett to Secretary of War.1

FORT INDUSTRY, 4th July, 1805.

The

SIR: I have the honor to lay before you a treaty, this day concluded with the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippewa, Munsee, Delaware, Shawanee, and part of the Pattawatamy nation of Indians; wherein, they convey to the United States all that tract of country lying south of the Connecticut reserve, and north of the boundary lines established by the treaty of Greenville, and west of the Pennsylvania line, one hundred and twenty miles; the cession containing, by estimation, twelve hundred thousand acres. treaty requires not a dollar of the United States in advance, but simply an annuity of eight hundred and twenty-five dollars, the legal interest on thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dolllars; bringing the purchase to rather more than one cent per acre. The Connecticut companies have also obtained a cession of their lands, for eighteen thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents; four thousand dollars they paid the Indians in cash, twelve to be paid in six equal annual instalments, and two thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents into the hands of the President, in six per cent stock, and such other security as he may require, for producing an annuity of one hundred and seventy-five dollars, creating an annual sum to be paid to the Indians, at one thousand dollars per year; the several sums are to be secured to the President of the United States, in such manner as he may think proper to direct. You will see by those treaties, that an annuity is to be paid, of one thousand dollars, to the Wyandot, Delaware, and such of the Seneca and Shawanese nations that reside with the Wyandots; and an instalment of two thousand dollars per year, for six years, to the Ottawa, Chippewa, and such of the Pattawatamies, as reside on the river Huron of lake Erie; which several sums constitute the full amount of all the moneys given for the several tracts of land purchased. I am, your obedient servant,

C. JOUETT.

1American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 703.

EXHIBIT 74.

Message of the President to Congress on the Pattawatamies and other Indians.1

COMMUNICATED TO CONGRESS, ON THE 30TH OF DECEMBER, 1807.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: I communicate to Congress the enclosed letters from Governor Hull, respecting the Indians in the vicinity of Detroit, residing within our lines. They contain information of the state of things in that quarter, which will properly enter into their view, in estimating the means to be provided for the defence of our country generally. TH: JEFFERSON.

December 30, 1807.

[Enclosure 1.]

Governor Hull to the Secretary of War.1

DETROIT, November, 1807.

SIR: In consequence of your letter of the 27th September, last, containing the instructions of the President of the United States, to be communicated to the Indians, I have called together a number of the chiefs of different nations, and delivered to them the following speech:

MY CHILDREN: I have received a speech from your Great Father of the Seventeen Fires, with directions to communicate it to you. I do it with pleasure, because the advice in it is a further evidence of his paternal care. It is designed for your own good, and the good of your women and children. Listen to it with attention, and seriously consider its contents.

Your Father, the President of the United States, desires to recall to your minds, the paternal policy pursued towards you by the United States, and still meant to be pursued. That the United States never wished to do you an injury; but, on the contrary, to give you all the assistance in their power toward improving

1American State Papers, Indian Affairs, Vol. I, p. 745.