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Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 4
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From Henry Knox, Secretary of War.
War Department, 10 April, 1791.
SIR,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your separate letter of the 4th instant, and also of your joint letter of the same date, to the heads of the departments. By the information from Fort Harmar, of the 17th, and Pittsburg, of the 31st, it would appear that the Delawares and Wyandots are committing depredations, and that they will be joined in the war against us. But, what is still more disagreeable, it is to be apprehended that the Senecas, mainly, may be in the same predicament. For a party of Munsey or Delaware Indians, who reside upon the waters of the Alleghany, towards Lake Erie, on the 21st ultimo, murdered nine men, women, and children, within twenty miles of Fort Pitt, on the west side of the Alleghany.
This was on the day the Cornplanter set out from Fort Pitt. The inhabitants were so blindly enraged, as to suspect the Cornplanter and his party, and agitated plans to cut him off. Had they proceeded and succeeded, it would have completed the business, and the war would indisputably have become general. Lieutenant Jeffers, of the federal troops, accompanied Cornplanter, and would probably have shared his fate.
Every exertion must be made to prevent the Six Nations from joining the western Indians. The post at French Creek must be strengthened, and perhaps a party sent to protect the Cornplanter’s settlements from the fury of the whites. Affairs being so critical with the Six Nations, I have judged it advisable to assemble them as soon as possible, in order to brighten the chain of friendship, and to prevent all jealousies. I have accordingly desired Colonel Pickering, who may be depended upon, to invite them to a meeting, at some convenient place, at an early day, and that, in the mean time, he should repair to this city for particular orders. I shall lay this subject before the Vice-President, and the other heads of departments to-morrow, for their approbation.
The recruiting service proceeds well. I judge we have about three hundred regulars and levies enlisted in different places, to Connecticut, inclusively. One company of levies, well clothed, will march from Carlisle about the 25th, and the rest as fast as recruited. The marching of the regulars will commence by companies, I hope by the 1st of May, and follow in succession as fast as recruited. Present appearances indicate that the main force will be collected by the 15th of July, as originally designed.
Brigadier-General Buffer was directed to have set off for Maryland on the 6th; but he has delayed it until this day. But, as the Virginia and Maryland levies will not have far to march, I hope they will be on the frontiers by the 15th or 20th of June. I have the honor to be, with the highest respect,
Your obedient, humble servant,
HENRY KNOX.
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Chicago: Henry Knox, "From Henry Knox, Secretary of War.," Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 4 in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, ed. Jared Sparks (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1853), 366–368. Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8RPTSEIMABBTIN.
MLA: Knox, Henry. "From Henry Knox, Secretary of War." Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 4, in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, edited by Jared Sparks, Vol. 4, Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1853, pp. 366–368. Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8RPTSEIMABBTIN.
Harvard: Knox, H, 'From Henry Knox, Secretary of War.' in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 4. cited in 1853, Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, ed. , Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, NY, pp.366–368. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=U8RPTSEIMABBTIN.
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