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Parrish, Jasper -- to Edward P. Parrish, 1828 Jan 3
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Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Date
1828-01-03
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Canandaigua Jany 3, 1828 Instruction for Edward P. Parrish You will proceed to St, Regis, to the Indian Villiage - there you will call the Indian Chiefs & Warriors together in Council; deliver to them my letter, and state to them that you naive a message from the President of the United States, through the far Department.- After the communication is explained to them, you will call on them to explain to you, the outrage' complained of, and said to have en committed in June last. take...
Show moreCanandaigua Jany 3, 1828 Instruction for Edward P. Parrish You will proceed to St, Regis, to the Indian Villiage - there you will call the Indian Chiefs & Warriors together in Council; deliver to them my letter, and state to them that you naive a message from the President of the United States, through the far Department.- After the communication is explained to them, you will call on them to explain to you, the outrage' complained of, and said to have en committed in June last. take it all down in writing. - you must take a list of all the names of the Chiefs, Warriors and headmen, residing with the State of New York - See that they understand where the division line is, - You must hold your Council within our boundary line - let the Indians living on the British side attend the Council, - the communlcatlon from the War Dept you will bring hack with you, - let no one take a Copy of it. - Jasper Parrish Indian AgentInstructions for E. P. Parrish Jany. 3, 1824
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Edward P. Parrish -- to Jasper Parrish, 1828 Jan 25
Creator
Parrish, Edward P.
Date
1828-01-25
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No. 3 - Canandaigua 25 Jany 1828 To Jasper Parrish Esqr Sub Agent of the United States to the Six Nations of Indians Sir, Agreeable to your instructions I proceeded immediately to the Indian Village of St. Regis (on the St Lawrence) I then called a Council of the American Indiana also invited the British Indiana to attend, which invitation they accepted. I then read the Communication from Government made inquiries, agreeable to your instructions. I was not able to find that any depredations...
Show moreNo. 3 - Canandaigua 25 Jany 1828 To Jasper Parrish Esqr Sub Agent of the United States to the Six Nations of Indians Sir, Agreeable to your instructions I proceeded immediately to the Indian Village of St. Regis (on the St Lawrence) I then called a Council of the American Indiana also invited the British Indiana to attend, which invitation they accepted. I then read the Communication from Government made inquiries, agreeable to your instructions. I was not able to find that any depredations or violence of any kind had been committed by one party of the Indiana against the other. The nature and extent of the outrage committed in June last by the American Indians, was their hoisting the flag of the United States in Canada (& this was done in the Indian Village, all of which is in Canada) No violence of any kind was used at, or since that time, by one party against the other. - I learnt upon my arrival at St Regis, that two lines had been run by the Commissioners, neither of which has yet been laid down as permanent - In this situation they are without any other boundary line than the old one. -This has been the cause (I fear) of most of the difficulties heretofore existing between them. Both parties are anxious that a boundary line should be fixed through their reservationsat present they differ as to the line that should be called the boundary. The American Indians informed me that the British Indians residing at St. Regis had told them that they must move into the United States in the Spring & leave their Houses &- improvements, most of which are in Canada. The population of the American Indians at St. Regis & within Canada, as near as I could learn is 350 & that of the British Indians 500 - I have endeavoured to enrol the Indians, claiming the protection of this Government, and herewith retort their names - I was well received by the Indians on both sides, and our Indians gave me assurances that they would obey the orders if the President of the United States, and would cultivate friendly feelings towards each other. I am respectfully Edward Parrish -Edward P. Parrish
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