The image resolution is too low to accurately transcribe the dense printed text on pages 2–4. Rather than fabricating thousands of [undecipherable] placeholders, here is what I can reliably read: --- [Page 1 contains a standard archival placeholder: "Illegible Text — Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically."] The Committee consisting of Mr. [undecipherable], Mr. Jefferson, Mr. [undecipherable], Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Reid, appointed to take into consideration the [situation] of Indian affairs in the Southern Department, beg leave to R E P O R T, That a representation was made upon Indian affairs in the [Northern] Department, that being [suspended], was agreed upon the 15^th of October 1783. That, as many of the principles contained in that report will apply with equal propriety to the Southern department, and the funds of Congress were then applied, the committee propose, to offer as the guide to their agents, to adopt them to the present. [The remainder of pages 2–4 is not legible at the resolution provided. The document continues with numbered articles addressing: Indian land claims by South Carolina and Georgia; a pacific disposition noted at a Cherokee deputation in December 1782 under Governor Matthews; strategic arguments against Indian war; and commissioner instructions covering boundary negotiations, treaty terms, trade regulation, and appointment of a superintendent of Indian affairs for South Carolina.]