CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

PART I. RELATIONS OF CIVILIZED NATIONS WITH THE INDIANS

PRIOR TO 1876.

Exhibit 1. The French Policy.

Exhibit 2. Article XV of the Treaty of Utrecht.

Exhibit 3. The English Policy..

Exhibit 4. Proclamation of the King of Great Britain..

Exhibit 5. Article V of the Treaty with Spain, October 27, 1795.

Exhibit 6. Legal Status of the Indians.

Exhibit 7. Vattel, "The Establishment of a Nation in a Country"

PART II. INDIAN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT

BRITAIN.

1. The United States.

Exhibit 8. Policy of the United States..

Exhibit 9. Robert R. Livingston to Benjamin Franklin, January 7, 1782....

Exhibit 10. The Secretary of War to the President of the United States, May

23, 1789....

Enclosures:

1. Speech of the United Indian Nations, November 28th and Decem-

ber 18, 1786....

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2. Instructions to the Governor of the Northwest Territory, October
26, 1787....

3. Additional Instructions, July 2, 1788.

4. The Governor of the Western Territory to the President of the

United States, May 2, 1788....

Exhibit 11. An Ordinance for the Regulation of Indian Affairs, August 7, 1786.

Exhibit 12. Resolution on the Message of the President, on the Six Nations,

the Onondagas, and others, August 12, 1789...

Exhibit 13. Indian Treaties, September 18, 1789.

Exhibit 14. Statement prepared by the Secretary of War, and communicated

by the President to Congress, January 11, 1792.

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Enclosures:

1. Speech of the Cornplanter, Half Town, and Great Tree, December
I, 1790...

2. Reply of the President to the Speech, December 29, 1790..

3. Speech of the Cornplanter, Half Town, and Great Tree, January

IO, 1791.

4. Reply of the President to Cornplanter, Half Town, and Big Tree,

January 19, 1791...

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5. Speech of Cornplanter, Half Town, and Big Tree, February 7,

1791....

6. Instructions to Colonel Thomas Proctor, March 11, 1791.

Exhibit 15. Correspondence between Colonel Proctor and Colonel Gordon...

Including:

Colonel Proctor to Colonel Gordon, May 5, 1791..

Colonel Proctor to Colonel Gordon, May 15, 1791.

Colonel Gordon to Colonel Proctor, May 18, 1791

Exhibit 16. Narrative of Colonel Thomas Proctor...

Including:

Colonel Proctor to the Secretary of War, June 8, 1791.

Speech of Little Beard, April 1, 1791..

Speech of Captain O'Beel, April 9, 1791.

Speech of Thyogasa, Chief of the Senecas, April 25, 1791.

Speech of Red Jacket, April 27, 1791.

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Speech of Fish Carrier, Chief of the Cayugas, May 8, 1791.

Speech of Conyandoeta, an Onondaga Chief, May 8, 1791.

Speech of the Farmer Brother, or the King, May 14, 1791.

Speech of the Young King of the Six Nations, May 21, 1791.

Exhibit 17. Instructions to Colonel Timothy Pickering, May 2, 1791.

Exhibit 18. The Secretary of War to Colonel Timothy Pickering, May 18,

1791....

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Exhibit 19. The Secretary of War to Colonel Timothy Pickering, June 13,

1791...

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Exhibit 20. The Secretary of War to the Governor of New York, April 12,

1791.

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Exhibit 21. The Secretary of War to the Governor of New York, April 28,

1791...

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Exhibit 22. The Governor of New York to the Secretary of War, April 27,

1791.

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Exhibit 23. The Secretary of War to the Governor of New York, May 11,

1791...

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Exhibit 24. The Secretary of War to the Governor of New York, August 17,

1791...

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Exhibit 25. Colonel Timothy Pickering to the Secretary of War, August 16,

1791.

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Exhibit 26. The Secretary of War to Major General St. Clair, August 4, 1791..

Exhibit 27. The Secretary of War to the Reverend Samuel Kirkland, July 20,

1791...

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Exhibit 28. The Secretary of War to the Seneca Chiefs, January 7, 1792.

Exhibit 29. The Secretary of War to the Reverend Samuel Kirkland, January

9, 1792..

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Exhibit 30. The Secretary of War to the New Arrow, Cornplanter, Big-Log,

and other Seneca Chiefs, February 10, 1792 . . . .

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Exhibit 31. The Secretary of War to Captain Joseph Brant, February 25, 1792.

Exhibit 32. The Secretary of War to Reverend Samuel Kirkland, February

25, 1792..

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Exhibit 33. The Secretary of War to the Reverend Samuel Kirkland, March

7, 1792

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Exhibit 34. Speech of the President of the United States to the Five Nations,

March 23, 1792...

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Exhibit 35. The Secretary of War to Captain Joseph Brant, April 23, 1792.
Exhibit 36. The Secretary of War to General Chapin, April 23, 1792.

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Exhibit 37. The Secretary of War to Dr. Deodat Allen, April 25, 1792.

Exhibit 38. Message of the President of the United States to the Five Nations,

April 25, 1792.

Exhibit 39. The Secretary of War to General Chapin, April 28, 1792. .

Exhibit 40. The Secretary of War to Captain Joseph Brant, June 7, 1792.

Exhibit 41. The Secretary of War to General Chapin, June 27, 1792.

Exhibit 42. General Chapin to the Secretary of War, July 17,1792..

Exhibit 43. General Chapin to the Secretary of War, August 14, 1792.

Exhibit 44. General Chapin to the Secretary of War, September 24, 1792..

Exhibit 45. Captain Joseph Brant to General Chapin, July 28, 1792...

Exhibit 46. The Secretary of War to the President of the United States,

December 6, 1792.

Exhibit 47. Israel Chapin, Jr., to the Secretary of War, November 22, 1792..

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Enclosures:

1. Speeches from the Western Indians to the Secretary of War,

November 16, 1792 . . . . . .

2. Speech from the Six Nations to the President..

3. Hostile Indians to Governor Simcoe...

4. The Six Nations to the Governor.

5. Fish Carrier's Speech...

6. Cornplanter's Speech...

Exhibit 48. Speech of Cornplanter and New Arrow to Major General Wayne,

December 8, 1792..

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Exhibit 49. Instructions to Benjamin Lincoln, Beverly Randolph, and

Timothy Pickering, Commissioners to treat with the Indians northwest of

the Ohio, April 26, 1793..

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Exhibit 50. Journal of the Commissioners appointed to hold a Treaty at San-

dusky..

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Including:

The Commissioners to the Secretary of War, May 21, 1793.

The Commissioners to Governor Simcoe, June 7, 1793. .

Governor Simcoe to the Commissioners, June 7, 1793..

The Commissioners to the Secretary of War, June 20, 1793.

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Speech of the Commissioners to the Deputies of the Confederated

Indian Nations, July 31, 1793...

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The Commissioners to Captain Henry Ford, August 12, 1793.

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The Commissioners to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Indian Nations,

August 14, 1793. .

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The Commissioners to Colonel McKee, August 14, 1793.

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The Commissioners to the Chiefs of the Six Nations, August 17,

1793...

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The Commissioners to the Secretary of War, August 21, 1793..

Exhibit 51. The Secretary of War to the President of United States, January

2, 1794.

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