Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Extract from the Journals of Congress, August 24, 1786

 Massachusetts Centinel (Boston), October 14, 1786

Resolved, That the Secretary at War give orders to Lieutenant-Colonel Harmar, that he signify to the Moravian Indians, lately come from the river Huron to Cayahoga, that it affords pleasure to Congress to hear of their arrival, and that they have permission to return to their former settlement on the Muskingum, where they may be assured of the friendship and protection of the United States; and that lieutenant-colonel Harmar supply the said Indians, after their arrival at Muskingum, with a quantity of Indian corn, not exceeding five hundred bushels, out of the publick stores on the Ohio, and deliver the same to them at Fort McIntosh, as soon after next Christmas as the same may be procured; and that he furnish the said Indians with twenty Indian axes, twenty corn hoes, and one hundred blankets; and that the board of treasury and secretary at war take order to carry the above into effect.


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