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Source: Annals of Congress, 12th Congress, 1st Session (1811), I, 426
Congressman Felix Grundy –Tennessee. Dec. 9, 1811
…It cannot be believed by any man who will reflect, that the savage tribes, uninfluenced by other Powers, would think of making war on the United States… They have already felt the weight of our arms; they know they hold the very soil on which they live as tenants… How, then, sir, are we to account for their late conduct? In one way only; some powerful nation must have intrigued with them, and turned their peaceful disposition towards us into hostilities. Great Britain alone has intercourse with those Northern tribes… British gold… baubles and trinkets, and the promise of support and a place of refuge if necessary, have had their
effect…
This war, if carried on successfully, will have its advantages. We shall drive the British from our Continent- they will no longer have an opportunity of intriguing with our Indian neighbors, and setting on the ruthless savage to tomahawk our women and children…
Source: Annals of Congress, 12th Congress, 1st Session (1811), I, 426
Congressman Felix Grundy –Tennessee. Dec. 9, 1811
…It cannot be believed by any man who will reflect, that the savage tribes, uninfluenced by other Powers, would think of making war on the United States… They have already felt the weight of our arms; they know they hold the very soil on which they live as tenants… How, then, sir, are we to account for their late conduct? In one way only; some powerful nation must have intrigued with them, and turned their peaceful disposition towards us into hostilities. Great Britain alone has intercourse with those Northern tribes… British gold… baubles and trinkets, and the promise of support and a place of refuge if necessary, have had their
effect…
This war, if carried on successfully, will have its advantages. We shall drive the British from our Continent- they will no longer have an opportunity of intriguing with our Indian neighbors, and setting on the ruthless savage to tomahawk our women and children…