[undecipherable: 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.] [Col. Harmar - 93] Fort Pitt 1 June 1787 ...a Letter of the 29 Apr & 10 May are under Cover of my Work & enter more particularly into a detail of [undecipherable] & my present [undecipherable] than — On my arrival at Fort Pitt I ascertained [to?] [conceal?] the distributions of the Battalion but this [the?] various preparations & the information that I wished to attain rendered [undecipherable] [Butler?] them. I then [became?] acquainted with Indian affairs [undecipherable] their [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to give the Indians at [Venango?] information that [undecipherable] or [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of hope would drive the whole [Settlement?] from this [Place?] as there was then a [Council?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [taking?] holding at Buffalo Creek [undecipherable] [undecipherable] me to post [undecipherable] an [unfavorable?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] moreover Col [undecipherable] gave it as his [Mission?] Shayashuta a Chief of the Seneca tribe [then?] at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] insisted that Intelligence must be [undecipherable] to his People at [Venango?] or they would all run away on the first appearance of [Troops?] — I did not consider it my duty as a Soldier to give such information, but as [undecipherable] Butler had been treated with & new [still?] alliance I requested Col. Butler from [acting?] for [undecipherable] Butler to take part [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] advance to the Interest of the [undecipherable]. He accordingly sent Shayashuta a [Seneca?] [Chief?] me a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Speech to the [Seneca?] [Indians?] — In answer of [Gen?] Butler he has decided [undecipherable] [undecipherable] any Business with the Indians [undecipherable] and you this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Shayashuta & my [undecipherable] have — [undecipherable] or to the least [undecipherable] ill designing people might misinform you of the truth [undecipherable] or [nor?] [undecipherable] to you — You must know [undecipherable] Within that the great Congress of the United States have [ordered?] Col. [Harmar?] their Commanding Officer in this country to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Heart of his [dignity?] & a party of his Troops to [take?] [undecipherable] & build a Fort at [Venango?] — at the same time [undecipherable] you may [undecipherable] [undecipherable] most friendly manner & is [undecipherable] to protect people from injury the same as his own — I am [undecipherable] I will do the same as what I tell you is truth & I am [undecipherable] you will believe me & not the least harm will [undecipherable] Shayashula you with [undecipherable] Heart [she?] will more [undecipherable] from you every thing — [undecipherable] W^m. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 7 [undecipherable] 1787 the Chief [undecipherable] two days [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Shayashula out of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]