Letter from I. Schie[ss/ff]elin to unnamed recepient. 7 May 1793.

Letter from I. Schie[ss/ff]elin to unnamed recepient. 7 May 1793.

Letter from I. Schie[ss/ff]elin to unnamed recepient. 7 May 1793.

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In this letter, Schieffelin brings to the attention of a superior the contents of a speech that had been addressed to him. The gist of the speech is that the Indians have resolved not to attend the council fire at the Miamies River unless he indicates it is his will that they should do so. Shieffelin notes that he has never been treated better by Indians and that he "never saw Indians so Zealously attached or better in==clined to Government than those are at present : Nor did I ever experience better treatment in any part of the Indian Countries than I received at this Post during the Windeter and Spring." It should be noted that in the speech recited by Schieffelin, the Indians refer to him as an adopted Brother to the same father, named Egusheway.

Nation of Maker: None
Date Made or Date Range: 1793-05-07
Techniques or Format

Ink on paper

Motifs and Patterns

None.

Additional Context

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Description of Writing/Text

People: I. Schieffelin

Condition: Good.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date given in document.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Claus Papers, Vol. 5 (M.G. 19, F1) reel C1479, pp. 111-112.
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 0
GKS Reference Number: 944
How to Cite this Item

Claus Papers, Vol. 5 (M.G. 19, F1) reel C1479, pp. 111-112.

Record Creation Context

Created by Research Assistant Aaron Mills during the first summer of the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant 2007 to 2010

Approximate Place of Origin

42.3314, -83.0458