Hopewell on [undecipherable: Keowee?] Nov 28^th 1784 Your letter of the 12^th August and 15 Sept. are now before us, in answer to the first, where you Mention Nothing has been [undecipherable] are all of [undecipherable] trade, we are [undecipherable] to tell you that every thing in [undecipherable] Power has been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to bring forward a Treaty and under the Authority of Congress to give you full, and ample Satisfaction [undecipherable] on what concerns your [undecipherable], at the same time that that Honorable body will not lose sight of some Equal Justice to the State of Georgia whose claims to what you call the [undecipherable] Lands as confirmed by the Federal Treaties [undecipherable] by your chief Head Men & Warriors hereon are certainly [undecipherable] you and his Chiefs [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] under these Circumstances above [undecipherable] it is for us to comply with your Requisitions relative to removing the benefits from the Encroach[undecipherable] this can only be [undecipherable] by the Treaty after a full investigation of the Rights of Claims In answer to your [undecipherable] when you [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on have the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] Should be [undecipherable] treated into a congregation of Greedy [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] must be that Mind that would suppose that Congress after [undecipherable] one of the greatest Powers of Europe with its Allies, together with almost the whole of the Indian Tribes [undecipherable] Should at this day have resource to bear [undecipherable] in order to accomplish the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of a [undecipherable] Indian Tribes [undecipherable] [undecipherable] enjoying the Blessing of peace at home and the Amicable [undecipherable] Among the Nations of the World We have already [undecipherable] you the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Congress's Proclamation Dated July 3[undecipherable] [undecipherable] for a truce of Arms which has been as Strictly Adhered to as possible and any thing that has happened in [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] had you been more explicit [undecipherable] Mention the time and place when the Indians Stole and Slaves were Plundered [undecipherable] inquiry might have been made and the Offenders [undecipherable] If we take a review of the Conduct of the Indians on your part we have more Right to complain on daily [undecipherable] of the most [undecipherable] [undecipherable] committed by the Creeks on the Georgians, the [undecipherable] when you [undecipherable] to (Alexander) we are credibly informed was in pursuit of a Party of Creeks that had stole Twelve Horses from Green County, and Notwithstanding, we have had every appearance given us that Hostilities Should [undecipherable] the Humor of Georgia have lately handed us a late [undecipherable] the different [undecipherable] that have Recently [undecipherable] to Wit, Liberty County between 35 & 39 Degrees & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] State of Little [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Miles from 6 to 10 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Green 21 to 2[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Ditto Washington 6 [undecipherable] Ditto Glendales 16 to 2[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Ditto [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Wounded We must add to the Above a person [undecipherable] from Daniel [undecipherable] taken from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] by some of the [undecipherable] while he was sitting [undecipherable] Congress as Agent for the Cherokee & [undecipherable] Nation The Seminole Indians are likewise doing a great [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] whether they belong to any Part of the Creeks but [undecipherable] to be Informed from their [undecipherable] committed [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the American [undecipherable], [undecipherable] if a Truce [undecipherable] on your part is found in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] we are well persuaded Congress will not look on in Silence [undecipherable] see any [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] Robbed of the Citizens, Inclosed you will find a late [undecipherable] of Congress of a proclamation Relation to the Cherokee It [undecipherable] [undecipherable] think that [undecipherable] March as the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] here [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] had [undecipherable] this [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a Month Sooner will be no Objection [undecipherable] as in [undecipherable] the Treaty; In the [undecipherable] we [undecipherable] [undecipherable] assure you nothing Shall be wanting on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Suspension of Arms On a [undecipherable] that you will Act in the like Manner — we Request that you will [undecipherable] the Head Men of Warriors on this Occasion [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Signed [undecipherable] as soon as Possible We are with [undecipherable] Regard your your Obedient Hum[undecipherable] Ser[undecipherable] (A true Copy) Richard [undecipherable] Andrew Pickens George [undecipherable] Alexander McGillivray Esquire of the Head Men of Warriors of the Creek Nation [undecipherable] by the Commissioner [archival notation, partially illegible]