[Illegible Text notice: 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] [Sec^y at War] French Lick 29^th [undecipherable] 178[undecipherable] [undecipherable] ring any material here [undecipherable] since my letter of the 18^th [Inst?] more than a general con[undecipherable] rnance of [undecipherable] the Indians that [at] least [undecipherable] is gone with a number of Warriors to the [northwest?] — the [undecipherable] Tribes & [that?] of the [undecipherable] tribes living on the [undecipherable] give very [undecipherable] urance of Place, the [undecipherable] are with me have a [Speed?] to deliver the [undecipherable] [Brothers?] of which they [tell?] us is to [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of their [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] not in [undecipherable] a War [undecipherable] they may not be [drawn?] from their Hunting Ground [that?] they may be [permitted?] to trade with the Americans as [heretofore?] — for a more [particular?] detail [of?] the present appearances with respect to Indian Affairs I beg leave to refer to M^r [undecipherable] one of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Commissioner?] [undecipherable] me the Honor to [undecipherable] this — I have [undecipherable] to his care [undecipherable] with [descriptions?] of the [undecipherable] at this Place — Some time since [I?] [furnished?] Col [undecipherable] with the regular [Despatches?], but the great distance makes it so uncertain whether they have reached the Post Office that the [undecipherable] of the present [con]veyance [induces?] one to transmit [copies?] of the [undecipherable]. The Continual [complaints?] during the Summer have been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] ring the Works that [undecipherable] [compleat?] [undecipherable] agreeable to Order [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] these [undecipherable] them [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] will remain [undecipherable] I [take?] the matter with due [undecipherable] [respect?] to the Hon^ble Sec^ty at War, [undecipherable] most Ob^t & hum^ble The Hon^ble Maj^or Gen^l Sec^ty at War [undecipherable: Joel?] [undecipherable]