Extract of a letter from Brigadier General Harmar, to the Secretary at War, dated, Fort Pitt April 26, 1788. Sir. "I had the honor of addressing you last on "the 17^th ultimo. It gives me great Concern and "anxiety to think of the neglect of the Postmaster in "not delivering my letter of the 24^th Novem ber "but I hope Captain Bradford has long since arrived, "by whom a duplicate was transmitted." "I am now upon my tour to "Venango, and shall ascend the Allegheny tomorrow "in order to visit Capt. Hearts Post. Nicholson the Interpreter and Dew- -augen who resides at this place, returned from "Sandusky on the 17^th instant. His intelligence "is that the Indians will be late in assembling "to the Treaty, and it is their determination "to insist peremptorily on the Ohio river as the "Boundary. I do not think that full faith "and credit is to be given to his intelligence." "On the 4^th ultimo Ensign Near was detached "to the rapids of the Ohio in order to bring up the "remainder of the Commissioners Goods from thence, "and to lodge them at Muskingum ready for the "Treaty. His orders are not to exceed the 25^th May "in returning. He had also permission to proceed "to Post Vincennes." "My calculation is that upon my return from "Venango, which will be about the 10^th of May, that the Gover- "nor of the Western Territory and the Superintendent may "probably arrive at this Post, and that I shall have the "honor of accompanying them in the Barge to Muskingum." "I shall make a halt for the purpose unless "some unforeseen event should take place." "I left at Muskingum Capt. Pike with about 70 Men "women, and Children, of the [undecipherable: probable "Wyandots"], & Delaware Nations; per-fect- "ly contented, and trading very peaceably with the Contractors." Extract of a letter from Brigadier General Harmar, to the Secretary at War dated, Fort Harmar, Sep. 14, 1788. Sir. "Captain Zeigler arrived at this Post, on the 9^th "instant with his company, Total Fifty six, Escorting the "Corn-planter, Halftown, an Oneida chief and several "of the Six Nations, amounting in the whole to about fifty "including Men, Women and children in order to attend "the Treaty." "I have the mortification to inform you that "on the 27^th July last, a party of thirty six men un- "der the Command of Lieutenant Peters, who were "detached by Major Hamtramck to bring up Provisions, "was attacked on the Wabash near its mouth by the "Savages. Six of the party are killed, and eight "wounded." (Sgd) Josiah Harmar The Hon^l Major General Knox Secretary at War