. The Westward Movement; the colonies and the Republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798; with full cartographical illustrations from contemporary sources. s to the date for the finalsurrender. The victory of Wayne had. before the negotia-tions closed, rendered the question of a barrier territory nuga-tory. The actions of Simcoe, aimed at the accomplishment ofsuch a reservation, had of late increased in daring. At theend of August, Washington had had occasion to bring a rashdeed of that British aoent to the attention of Jay. During the summer, Colonel Williamson, who, as trustee ofSir William
. The Westward Movement; the colonies and the Republic west of the Alleghanies, 1763-1798; with full cartographical illustrations from contemporary sources. s to the date for the finalsurrender. The victory of Wayne had. before the negotia-tions closed, rendered the question of a barrier territory nuga-tory. The actions of Simcoe, aimed at the accomplishment ofsuch a reservation, had of late increased in daring. At theend of August, Washington had had occasion to bring a rashdeed of that British aoent to the attention of Jay. During the summer, Colonel Williamson, who, as trustee ofSir William Pulteney, managed a large landed property inNew York, which had been bought of Robert Morris in April,1792, on the borders of Lake Ontario, had begun a settlementat Sodus Bay, forty miles west of Oswego. On August 16,Lieutenant Sheaffe, sent by Simcoes orders, had appeared inthe harbor and demanded the abandonment of the place. Theparty, on retiring, is said to have carried off some flour, and Note. —The opposite map of the Genessee country and the Niagara road is from Samuel Lewiss State of New Tork.: in Careys American Atlas, Philadelphia. 476 JAYS TREATY. Williamson made preparations to resist in case of furtherdemands. The ground assumed by Simeoe was that, while the negotia-tors in London were at work, the Americans should not haveadvanced their occupancy. When Washington heard of Sim-coes movement, he looked upon it as the first denial by theBritish of American rights to their own territory beyond thejurisdiction of the posts, and wrote to Jay that he considered itwt the most open and daring act of the British agents in Amer-ica. This served to bring Jay to this part of the negotiationwith more nerve, perhaps, than he assumed on any other point,though his critics later blamed him for not pressing a claim ofindemnity for the twelve years of the posts detention. Jaydoubtless saw the difficulty in this last particular, as Hamiltondid in defending him, for it would
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