THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Miami Speech
(Mehamies, May 7, 1767)
In: The Papers of Sir William
Johnson, vol. 5,
pp. 546-547.
many has yet come; last will and testament of Grace Cosby, the 4th, London; a letter of the 5th from John Wetherhead, New York, about letter from Lieutenant Prevost, orders for the purchase of a negro girl, carpenters who will settle in Johnson's village, a young schoolmaster who wishes to come, laborers whom he will send, forwarding goods through R. Cartwright and the failure of James Rivington; one of the 5th from Captain A. C. Cuyler, Albany, recommending Benjn. Egberts for a commission as 3d lieutenant, mentioning the growth of the company and inquiring about an account against Major Rogers.
SPEECH OF THE MEHAMIE INDIANS
D. S.
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[Mehamies,1 May 7, 1767] |
[ ] which there [ ] & Fathers of the Indians
First That himself and People [ ] People came to his Villiage to supply [ ] in Consequence of wch. This day M[en ] with the English and French to Acquaint [ ] & his Peoples Hearts were Good.-
Secondly In Consequence of an Order fm their Father to [take] from them those Necessarys, and Oblige them to go to Detroit, (they think those Orders very hard) that a Person Wanting a Shirt, appr. Leggins &ca, must go so far, and that the Chiefs thinks his Fathers Eyes are not Open'd but that Himself will soon be with him.-
Thirdly That the Smith must return, they think [it] still Harder, and are Greatly Surpriz'd how their Fathers, can think a person so Necessary amongst them must leave em, How can they Support the Familys and Hunt, if their Guns & Tomhawks are not Kept in Repair.
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Consequence of those Orders &ca &ca himself and Principal People, smoakd, the Pipe with the Trading People, and has (page 547) sent it to their Father to Receive & Convince him their Eyes are Open'd, and Further says that perhaps he will Look up to the Sky's & Recieve it, and Perhaps not, but that Himself will be very Near, Perhaps when their Father Receive's the pipe His Eyes will be Open'd & have Pity on them and their Children as to Himself he's not Afraid has is Heart is Good & shall go Down to Talk with Him soon.
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sing'd by the Chief of Mehamies |
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his Mark |
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INDORSED: |
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Speech of the
Miamee |
FROM JOHN WETHERHEAD
In the Johnson Calendar, p. 355, is entered a letter of May 11th from John Wetherhead, New York, regarding the land dispute between Mr Duane and the Schoharry people, the application of the government's decision to a pending case in which the writer is interested, an accommodation proposed by Mr Schuyler and a report that the home government will remove Johnson from the superintendency in the interest of economy. Destroyed by fire.
FROM THOMAS GAGE
A. L. S.2
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New York May 11th, 1767. |
DEAR SIR,
I have received Your Letter of 25th, Ulmo;3 and am very glad that you have restricted the Commissarys
in their Expences, for continual Complaints are made of the great Sums
expended. This is now a Subject of great Debate at home, I mean the Expences of
North America in general. The Estimates were before the House of Commons; and
Nobody could Say what
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1 Miamis. The speech is addressed to some traders.
2 In the New York Historical Society, New York City.
3 In Doc. Hist. N. Y., 2:850-52; Q, 2:494-95.
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