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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1783
On the report of a committee, consisting of Mr. [Richard] Peters, Mr. [Abraham] Clark and Mr. [James] Duane, to whom was referred a memorial of Kelelamund, alias John Killbuck, an Indian chief:
Resolved, That the memorial of Kelelamund, alias John Killbuck, be referred to the Superintendant of finance and Secretary at War, who are hereby directed to take order for supplying this faithful Indian under the protection of the garrison at Fort Pitt and his family, and other friendly Indians at Fort Pitt, with cloathing and necessaries; and whensoever it shall be agreeable to Kelelamund and his family to remove into the Indian country, the Secretary at War is hereby directed to furnish order provisions, and other necessary supplies for their journey, and a guard for their protection, if the same shall be necessary.
That the Secretary at War be, and he is hereby directed to enquire into the numbers and wants of the faithful and friendly Indians of the Oneida, Tuscarora and other northern nations, and in conjunction with the Superintendant, to afford them such supplies of cloathing out of the stock of that article now on hand, as in the opinion of the Superintendant
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of finance and Secretary at War, shall be deemed sufficient to provide them for their necessities during the approaching winter. And the Secretary at War is hereby further directed, to cause such articles in the quartermaster general's department, as shall be useful to the said Indians, to be delivered to them, and also a sufficient number and quantity of arms, powder and lead, to enable them to procure their usual subsistence by hunting.
Ordered, That the Secretary at War convey to Kelelamund, and the chiefs of the Oneidas, Tuscaroras, and other northern nations, the just estimation in which Congress continue to hold their fidelity and attachment to the United States, through all the vicissitudes of the late war.1
[Note 1: 1 This report, in the writing of Richard Peters, is in the Papers of the Congress, No. 30, folio 357.
On this day, as the indorsement indicates, was read the memorial of Philip Dejean, formerly Judge of Detroit, dated Princeton, August 6, 1783, and referred with the report of the committee of the week to Mr. [Richard] Peters, Mr. [Theodorick] Bland and Mr. [James] Duane. On August 8, 1783, the indorsement states, it was to the Secretary at War. It is in No. 41, II, folio 505.
Also, a letter of August 6 from the Secretary at War. It was referred to the same committee. It is in No. 149, III, folio 109.]
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