The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . ior and all the vast regions adjoining it. From these garrisons went forth British traders and emissaries in thepay of the government, furnished with all kinds ot Indian supplies to temptIndian cupidity and excite Indian cruelty and savagery upon Americanfrontiersmen and their families, and resist the authority of our government,in direct violation of the treaty of peace between our country and agents left nothing undone to excite the savages to murder andslaughter; and even when the savages themselves seemed about to tire
The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . ior and all the vast regions adjoining it. From these garrisons went forth British traders and emissaries in thepay of the government, furnished with all kinds ot Indian supplies to temptIndian cupidity and excite Indian cruelty and savagery upon Americanfrontiersmen and their families, and resist the authority of our government,in direct violation of the treaty of peace between our country and agents left nothing undone to excite the savages to murder andslaughter; and even when the savages themselves seemed about to tire oftheir merciless deviltry, they were urged to continue by these, worse thanIndian barbarians. Inflamatory speeches and lying statements were made to the Indians toexcite them against the Americans, and they were particularly urged to in-sist upon the Ohio river as the south boundary line of what they called theIndian country. They were urged to claim all that territory now embracedin the four great states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, and to. . ANTH()N^• WANM-. THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HAMILTON, O. l^ place themselves and that country under the protection of the king of Eng-land, their Great Father, whom they were taught to look to as their friendand the only one who was capable of protecting them and doing them jus-tice. It may be remarked here that the loss of the American colonies was thegreatest, the severest blow to British power it ever received, and one whichit hoped to retrieve. The treaty which made the United States a free andindependent nation was signed by king George III, with the greatest reluc-tance ; and English statesmen secretly cherished the hope that it would bebut a short time until they could find an excuse to renew the conflict andfinally triumph over the young Republic. This will explain to a great de-gree, the conduct of the British government and its representatives in thiscountry. But the sweeping victory of Wayne in the presen
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