Report from Colonel Josiah Harmar

Harmar reports on the politics of the country. Captain Heart says a council of all Indian tribes was holding at Buffalo Creek, near Fort Erie, to discuss the matter of giving up their lands. Discusses free navigation of Mississippi. If Congress wants to stop navigation on the Ohio River, recommends situating a post at Ohio and Wabash rivers. Reports on robberies of ships cargo and scalping, including the son of General Scott. People are in dread of savages. Recommends post high up Wabash or Great Miami. Discusses exchanges of prisoners with Shawanese. Major Hamtramck has evicted settlers in Mingo Bottom;