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[image -- B&W sketch of "Conference with the Indians at Buffalo Creek on Lake Erie". Remainder of the caption unreadable]

By C. A. Pilkington

POW-WOW AT SANDUSKY

Gibralter, 12th April. 1819.

A Sketch taken at a Talk with the Indians of Buffalo Creek, on Lake Erie, 1793. Present: Mr. Randolph, Gen. Lincoln, Mr. Pickering, Gen. Chapin, and Quakers, as peace-makers, who were in the suite of the American Commissioners. To the right of Mr. Randolph, an interpreter, an officer of the 24th British regiment, the Indian orator, and another officer of the 24th Grenadiers.

The above is the artist's own history and description of the interesting bit of water color which we acquired last summer in London. The extracts are from the Collections of The Massachusetts

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