Chapter XII

Suspected duplicity of the British authorities--Conduct of Simon
Girty--Disclosures upon the subject by Captain Brant--Council at
Buffalo, and Indian report of the doings of the Great Congress--Speech
of Captain Brant respecting the Miami council--Mission of General
Chapin to Philadelphia, with the speech--Answer unsatisfactory to the
Indians--Red Jacket--Indian council--Speech of Captain Brant in reply to
the answer of the United States--Troubles thickening between the United
States and Great Britain--Inflammatory speech of Lord
Dorchester--Question of its authenticity settled--Conduct of Governor
Simcoe--Indignation of President Washington--His letter to Mr.
Jay--Speech of Captain Brant against holding a council at Venango--The
design frustrated--Affairs farther in the West--Singular message from
the distant Indians under the Spanish and French influence--Their
speech--Operations of General Wayne--Encroachments of Pennsylvania upon
the Indian lands--Indian council upon the subject--Address to General
Washington--Important letter of Brant to Colonel Smith--Pennsylvania
relinquishes Presque Isle--Defeat of Major McMahon near Fort
Recovery--Indians repulsed in their attack upon the fort--Letter to
Brant giving an account of the battle--Advance of Wayne to the Au
Glaize and Miamis of the Lakes--Little Turtle apprised of his movements
and strength by a deserter--The Chief determines to give battle--Wayne
makes one more effort for peace--Failure of the attempt--Advance of
Wayne to the Rapids--Position of the Indians--Battle and defeat of the
Indians--Little Turtle opposed to the hazard of a battle--Opposed by
Blue-Jacket and overruled--Tart correspondence between Wayne and Major
Campbell--Destruction of Indian property by fire, and burning of Colonel
McKee's establishment--Disappointment of the Indians that Major Campbell
did not assist them--Letter of Governor Simcoe to Brant--Aggression at
Sodus Bay--Simcoe and Brant repair to the West--Interfere to prevent a
peace--Indian council--The hostiles negotiate with Wayne--Simcoe's
address to the Wyandots--Division in their counsels--Brant retires
displeased--Letter of apology from the Chiefs--The distant Indians
become weary of the war.

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