United States, 39.76, -98.5Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-18171815-06-09Extract from a letter dated June 9, 1815 giving instructions to the U.S. commissioners (William H. Harrison, Duncan McArthur, John Graham) appointed to negotiate a treaty with the Northwest Indians from Alexander J. Dallas, acting Secretary of War. President James Madison wants the commissioners to hold a treaty with the Indian nations to remind the Indians that the United States wants peace and explain the peace terms between Britain and the U.S. The commissioners are to clarify that the U.S. does not seek any new land cession, but intends to adhere to earlier contracts. The Indians are to be warned against misrepresentations of the late treaty between the United States and Britain and told that continued trade with Britain is not ensured. The president wants to introduce U.S. military stations and factories into Indian territories, building a chain of posts between Chicago and St. Louis. This document was originally the enclosure of tcc437 of the Southeastern Native American Documents Database.Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc436engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 47, folder 05, document 04.Indians of North America--TreatiesGreat Britain--Foreign relations--United StatesUnited States--Foreign relations--Great BritainExtract from a letter, 1815 June 9 to Major General William H. Harrison, Brigadier Gen[era]l Duncan McArthur, and John Graham, Esq[ui]r[e], Commmissioners of the United States for negotiating a treaty with the Northwest Indians / Alexander J. DallasText