Hi! I REALLY need help with this project. I was editing my group's work. This is one of the parts: The Treaty of Fort Pitt On September 7, 1778, three Lenape chiefs signed the Treaty of Fort Pitt. AKA The Treaty With the Delawares. Andrew Lewis and Thomas Lewis signed on behalf of the Americans with British General Lachlan McIntosh, Colonel Daniel Brodhead, Colonel William Crawford, and several others signing as witnesses.
The Treaty of Fort Pitt gave the United States permission to travel through the Lenape territory. In exchange, the United States gave “articles of clothing and implements of war,” as the treaty said. They gave this gift “for the better security of the old men, women, and children... whilst their warriors are engaged against the common enemy."
Although this was excluded from the treaty, the British commissioners pointed out the American alliance with France and intended that the Lenape would become active allies in the war against the British.
The 2013 Sacagawea dollar commemorates the Treaty of Fort Pitt.
Within a year, the Lenape were delivering complaints about the treaty. A group of Lenape representatives visited Philadelphia in 1779 to explain their dissatisfaction to the Continental Congress, but nothing changed, and the peace between the United States and the Lenape collapsed
The treaty also recognized the Lenape as an independent nation, guaranteed their territorial rights, and even encouraged the other Ohio Country Native American tribes friendly to the United States to form a state headed by the Lenape with representation in the Continental Congress.
What would you change? Give me a good reason too, please.