[Meeting minutes of Colonel Bouquet and the Indigenous Peoples at Fort Pitt].

[1764]

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Meeting with Colonel Bouquet and Indians at Fort Pitt. The Native Americans aligned with the English suggested to Bouquet that he go to Sandusky so he and Colonel Bradstreet could decide their battle plan. The Colonel, in his no-nonsense approach, said the Delaware, Shawnee and Wyandottes had deceived them all. They were still attacking settlements and had not returned prisoners. He and the Army had come to attack them. If they wanted to talk to him, he was on his way to Tuscarawa. If they came, he would give them terms. If they agreed, he would send them to Johnson to conclude peace. If not, it's their loss. Bouquet was sure there were spies in the audience that would carry the message back to the Delaware. On October 3d, the Army started moving and reached Tuscarawa on the 13th. After that, the usual ceremonies and palaver went on. Bouquet was very stern and listed all the ways the Delaware, Shawnee, and Wyandotte had broken the peace--it was a long list. "It is in our power to destroy you", because all their allies had made peace. They had twelve days to deliver every single prisoner, with clothes and horses to get them to Fort Pitt. Eventually, three prisoners were returned, so Bouquet told them to send deputies to Fort Niagara to finish the peace. The Army would not go anywhere until that was done.

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