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A Pipe of the Sack [Sac or Sauk] nation of Indians who reside at the junction of the Tyger and Missouri Rivers

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

June 18, 1796

Primary Source Reference:

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 18 June 1796

Additional Source Text:

"This nation, it is said, are able to send out 10,000 warriors."

Notes:

Gen. Anthony Wayne (1745-1796) likely acquired these items during his service in the campaign against Native Americans that culminated in his victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the Treaty of Greenville in 1795.