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1793 The Speech of the Commissioners of the united States, delivered to the Deputation of the confederate Indian nations assembled at the Rapids of the Miami Rivers.

in margin: Miami Rapids

 Brothers, you, yesterday addressed us, mentioning a former deputation, who met us at Niagara, at that meeting you said we did not come to a right understanding, that your deputies did not fully explain your meaning to us, nor we ours to them, that you desired we my rightly understand each other, and therefore thought it best, that what you had to say should be put into writing _ Then handing us the paper, you said "here is the meaning of our hearts. 
 Brothers, the deputies we sent to you did not fully explain our meaning, we have therefore sent others to meet you once more, that you may fully understand the great question we have to ask of you, and to which we expect an explicit answer in writing. 
 Brothers, you are sent here by the United States, in order to make peace with us, the confederate Indians. 
 Brothers, you know very well, that the boundary line which was run between the white people and us, at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, was the river Ohio. 
 Brothers, if you seriously design to make a firm and lasting peace, you will immediately remove all your people from our side of that river. 
 Brothers, we therefore ask you, are you fully authorized by the United States, to continue & firmly fix on the Ohio River as the boundary line, between your people and ours.