150, vol.iii.
Harmar's speech to the Indians at Vincennes, September 17, 1787.

Richard Butler to the Secretary of War, May 4, 1788, etc.] These efforts to negotiate were as disheartening as was usually the case under such circumstances.

There were many different tribes, and some were for peace, while others were for war; and even the peaceful ones could not restrain their turbulent young men.

Far off nations of Indians who had never been harmed by the whites, and were in no danger from them, sent war parties to the Ohio; and the friendly tribes let them pass without interference.

The Iroquois were eagerly consulted by the western Indians, and in the summer of 1788 a great party of them came to Sandusky to meet in council all the tribes of the Lakes and the Ohio valley, and even some from the upper Mississippi.