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Letter to Gage
(Charlestown, July 21, 1767)
Stuart, John in: The Papers of
Sir
William Johnson, vol. 12, pp.
337-338, plus: "Extract from
a Journal of the Proceedings
of the Superintendant,"
vol. 12, pp. 338-339.
ORDER TO THE COMMANDANTS OF OSWEGO AND NIAGARA
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Head Quarters New York 20th, July 1767 |
Whereas the Officer Commanding His Majesty's Forces at the Detroit, has thought proper to send from thence two Chippewa Indians Prisoners, and to be conducted from Post to Post, till they shall reach Albany; The Officers Commanding at Oswego and Niagara, are hereby Directed to follow such Directions as they shall recieve from Sir William Johnson respecting the said Indian Prisoners; at whichever of the above Posts this Order shall be recieved.
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JOHN STUART TO THOMAS GAGE
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Extract of a Letter from Mr. Stuart3 to General Gage
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Dated Charlestown 21st, July 1767 |
By this Opportunity you will recieve the Belt of Beads, the head piece and Scalp referred to in the Prince of Chote's Speech.4
The Cherokees blame the Northern Indians for the Murder of Mr. Boyd of which I formerly acquainted Your Excellency; And a few days before the Chiefs set out to meet me at hard Labor,5 a White Man was killed and Scalped, near one of their Towns, the Enemy was pursued, Overtaken and Scalped, He (page 338) wore the head piece abovementioned by which the Cherokees pretend to know that he was a Youghtanow Indian and the Scalp was his; The intention of the Savages in sending them to Your Excellency is that the Nation who so much infest them and indiscriminately kill Indians, and White People may be known. They request of Your Excellency to forward the Blue Belt of Beads to Sir William Johnson, that he may use his influence with the Tribes at War with them to bring about an Accommodation, to whom the said Belt is to be shown, and they beg for an Answer as soon as possible.
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USTENEKA'S SPEECH
Contemporary Copy6
Extract from a Journal of the Proceedings of the Superintendant.
Usteneka or Juds Friend speaks.
Just before I left home, a White Man was killed, by the Rogue whose Scalp I now hold in my hand (holding a Scalp) At Keowee we lost one of our People, by a Northern Indian, whose Scalp I also took. We have now discovered who killed both the White and Red People: You believed that Cherokees killed Your People in Our Nation. We hope you are now convinced of their Innocence, for it was Northern Indians that did the (page 339) Mischief. (Producing a Head Band he said) This which I hold in my Hand, the Rouge7 who killed the White Man wore, by which we know his Country. My talk is now ended. (Delivers the Head Band and Scalp.)
SPEECH OF THE PRINCE OF CHOTE
Contemporary Copy8
Extract from a Journal of the Proceedings of the Superintendant.
The Prince of Chote9 speaks,
I now talk for all my Nation and when great beloved Men talk peaceably, other People may rest securely.
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I live and Sit with my beloved Brother Mr. Cameron10 in Chote; White and Red Men must help each other in their distress; I now apply to my Father and Our Elder Brother, for their Assistance, and Mediation betwixt us and our Northern Enemys, that Blood may not continue to be Spilt, I therefore desire You would send the Belt which I now hold to New York, it must be shewn to the General, and sent to Sir William Johnson that he may show it to his Indians, and Endeavor to keep them at home.
I proposed sending Deputies, to the Northern
Indians at War with us Attakullakulla and other Warriors were Nominated for
that purpose, but we have thought proper to stop them till we hear from Sir
William Johnson on the Subject, after which Attakullakulla with the other
Deputies, will go to New York. (Delivers the Belt to be sent to New York)
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1 In William L. Clements Library; inclosed in Gage to Johnson, July 20, 1767.
2 (1, Stuart to Gage) In William L. Clements Library. Inclosed in Gage to Johnson, Sept. 14, 1767, post pp. 359-60.
3 (2, Stuart to Gage)John Stuart, southern superintendent of Indians.
4 (3, Stuart to Gage)For two versions of the speech, see post pp. 339-40.
5 (4, Stuart to Gage)Hard Labor Creek in South Carolina.
6 (1, Usteneka) In William L. Clements Library; inclosed with Stuart's letter to Gage, ante, and with Gage to Johnson, Sept. 14, 1767, post pp. 359-60.
7 (2, Usteneka) Rogue.
8 (1, Prince of Chote) In William L. Clements Library. Inclosed with Stuarts' letter to Gage, ante, and with Gage to Johnson, Sept. 14, 1767, post pp. 359-60.
9 (2, Prince of Chote) Echota, a Cherokee town, five miles above Fort Loudon, at the junction of the Tellico and Little Tennessee Rivers in present-day Monroe Country, Tennessee.
10 (3, Prince of Chote) Alexander Cameron, commissary of Indian affairs.
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