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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05596 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0113] September 1792 |
| Title | David McClure to Henry Knox about hostilities with the Native Americans |
| Date | 3 September 1792 |
| Author | McClure, David (1748-1820) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes concerning the state of the Indian wars. Though he prefers peaceful ways to settle the conflicts, acknowledges that "[p]acific measures which I wished ardently at first, are now probibly [sic] too late. When I wrote you, I knew not that so many attempts had been made to conciliate the hostile tribes, as I find by your public declaration, had been made." States that "The calamity of the Indian war, is, I think productive of one great good of the negative kind, which is the prevention of a too extensive emigration over the western Territory, Were this embarresment [sic] removed thousands would spread themselves over that boundless region from the Lakes to the Missisipi [sic] & I have no doubt would gradually & speedily lose the habits of subordination in society, the restraints of law & government & the means of education & religion & adopt the habits of savages ... " |
| Subjects | American Indian History Northwest Indian War Religion Revolutionary War General Peace Frontiers and Exploration Westward Expansion Northwest Territory Diplomacy Government and Civics Law Education |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) McClure, David (1748-1820) |
| Place written | East Windsor, Connecticut |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Westward Expansion; Native Americans; Government & Politics; French & Indian Wars |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |