Chapter IX

Difficulties between Great Britain and the United States after the
Treaty--Refusal of the former to surrender the western posts--Mission of
Baron Steuben to Canada--Indications of fresh Indian
hostilities---Movements of Captain Brant--Grand Indian Council at the
Huron Village--Address to the United States--Letter of the Secretary at
War, General Knox, to Captain Brent--Letter of Sir John Johnson to
Brant--Letter of Major Matthews to Brant, disclosing the views of Lord
Dorchester respecting the retention of the western posts--Message from
the Hurons to the Five Nations, proposing another grand
Council--Preparations of General St. Clair for negotiating with the
Indians--Brant begins to distrust them all--Letter of Brant to Patrick
Langan, Sir John Johnson's Secretary-Letter of Brant to Sir John
Johnson--Great Council at Miamis--Letter of Captain Brant to Patrick
Langan--St. Clair's negotiations at Fort Harmar--The policy of dividing
to conquer--Letter of Captain Brant to Major Matthews--Jealousies of
Brant among the Indians--Council against him at Montreal--Letter to him
from Major Matthews--Letter of Brant in reply--Letter to Colonel
McDonnell--Suspected plot against the English at Detroit, and Brant and
his Mohawks, by the Hurons, Chippewas, and Pottawatamies--Letter to
Brant from Sir John Johnson--Brant turns his attention to the
cultivation of letters--Endeavors to obtain a stated Missionary--Resumes
the preparation of Religious books--Letter from President Willard--John
Norton--Land difficulties among the Indians in the state of
New-York--Letter from Governor Clinton to Brant.
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