83.) Letter from the 13th day of March 1882, by H. Dearborn from the War Office of the United States. Communicating answers from the President of the United States to Handsome Lake from their meeting three days prior. (3 min. read)

 Here is the complete letter:

"THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO THE SENECA NATION OF INDIANS

TO CONYODAREYOH (HANDSOME LAKE)  WITH HIS BRETHREN AND ASSOCIATES OF THE SENECA NATION OF INDIANS, NOW PRESENT AT THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Brothers: 

Your Father and good friend, the President of the United States, has taken into consideration all that you communicated to him when you took him by the hand three days ago, and he has authorized me to give you the following answers:

Brother, the President is pleased with seeing you all in good health after so long a journey, and he rejoices in his heart to find that one of your own people has been employed to make you sober, good and happy, and that he is so well disposed to give you good counsel and to act before you such useful examples.

Brothers, if you and all the red people follow the advice of your friend and teacher, the Handsome Lake, and in future be sober, honest, industrious and good, there can be no doubt but the Great Spirit will take care of you and make you happy.

Brothers, the Great Council of the Sixteen Fires, and the President of the United States, all wish to live with the red people like brothers, to have no more war or disputes, but to pursue such measures as shall contribute to they're lasting comfort. For this purpose the Great Council of the Sixteen Fires are now considering the propriety of prohibiting the use of spiritist liquors among all their red brethren within the United States. This measure, if carried into effect, will be pleasing in the sight of the Great Spirit who delights in the happiness of his common family.

Brothers, your Father, the President, will at all times be your friend, and he will protect you and all his red children from bad people who could do you or them any injury, and he will give you writing on paper to assure you that what land you hold cannot be taken from you by any person, accepting by your own consent and agreement.

Brothers, the Handsome Lake has told us that four Angels have desired him to select two sober, good young men, to take of your business, and that he has chosen Charles Obeal and Strong for that purpose.

The President is willing that his red children should choose their own agent for transacting their business, and if Charles Obeal and Strong are the men whom your people can best confide in, he has no objection to there being appointed, but it would be improper for the President to interfere in your national appointments.

(Seal)

Given under the hand and seal of the War Office of the United States, this 13th day of March, 1802.

H. DEARBORN."

End of document.

Thomas Jefferson was the President of the United States in 1802.

H. Dearborn was Henry Dearborn, Secretary of the War Office in 1802, serving under President Thomas Jefferson.

At the bottom of this transcript of the letter, a message was added in parentheses, apparently by the person who copied this letter in recent times. I received a copy of this letter from the University of Buffalo in the 1970s, from a class by Oren Lyons titled: Contemporary Indian Problems. The message in parentheses is as follows-  

(Preserve this transcript of the original: it may not be printed again.)

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