and called upon the Annex for support of [undecipherable] and Commissioners were appointed, and all this in determinateness have not been effectual to remove the causes of the unforwardness of their Nation, and his Citizens have continued to be killed and plundered in the most cruel and distressing manner, until the late Steps for Peace. Even the new Commissioners which the States themselves so highly respected, has been frustrated with an instrument which ought not to have been expected. The Humble I have the honor to be, B. Lincoln Sir, &c. C. Griffin D. Humphreys Commissiones (signed) Geo. Mathews Return of Depredations committed by the Creek Indians since the commencement of Hostilities in the State of Georgia. [table: 77, 20, 300, 10, 1107, 1005½, 650, 936, 387, 30] Office of Secretary of Council, 5^th October 1789 I do hereby certify that the above Estimate of Losses sustained by the Indians since the commencement of Hostilities, is taken from the Returns made on Oath and filed in this Office. Signed J. Meriwether, Sec. C.E. From Augusta we sent a second Message by Pickens to the Cherokees, accompanied by a Duplicate Treaty. We also forwarded many printed Copies of the Addresses to the — Inhabitants bordering on the Towns and Settlements of the Cherokee Nation by the same Conveyance. Head Men & Warriors of all the Cherokees! We send to you a friendly Talk from Savannah made about one moon past. But lest that should not have reached you, as we now repeat it. We further inform you, that although a formal Treaty of Peace has not been concluded with the Creek Nation, yet we have received positive and repeated assurances from them, that the same tranquility which now prevails shall be faithfully preserved on their part. Brothers, Had not the hunting Season commenced, so we to prevent us from sending you at home, we should have been happy to have written to you personally before we returned to the fee distinct choice Forum of Congress. As that will now be impossible, we conclude by continuing you to be bearers of listening to Head Men, in such communications as to intercept the Truce concluded between you and the Commissioners of North Carolina. Now Brothers! In assuring you that the general Government of the United States will always do you strict justice, we bid you farewell! Done at Augusta this 5^th day of October in the Year of our Lord 1789, and in the 14^th Year of the Independence of the United States of America. Attest: D.S. Franks, Sec. (signed) B. Lincoln C. Griffin D. Humphreys On the 6^th of October we left Augusta and arrived at Richmond on the 25 reflex. We had the satisfaction to meet with Domingo, the great Chief of the Chickasaws, attended by other Indians. With him we had frequent Talks at which he gave us the strongest satisfaction of the good disposition of that Nation towards the United States, and also of the rooted aversion of the Chickasaws to the whole Creek Nation. By this Chief we sent a duplicate of our Messages to the Chickasaws and to the Cherokees. On the 10^th of November, we returned to New York. Thus Stating the facts in a Journal of their Transactions. The Commissioners are decidedly of opinion, that the failure of a Treaty at this time with the Creek Nation was the attributable only to three principal: Chief Alex. M'Galloway. 1^st From the repeated declarations and apparent good disposition of all the Kings, Head Men and Warriors to establish representation and peace with the United States. 2^nd From the proposed Boundary being offered to the good honor of the Nation, only as the Basis of possible Negotiation. 3^d From the deception and precipitate return of M^r. M'Galloway, without stating his objections to the draught of a Treaty either verbally or in writing. 4^th From many enquiries concerning this Man, and from M^r. M'Galloway's own declarations. That without obtaining a full equivalent for the sacrifice, he would not announce the class conversion which he had formed with the Spanish Government in the hour of distress, a conversion honorable and lucrative to himself, and advantageous to the Creek Nation. 5^th From his frequent intimations that no Treaty could be favoured with the Commissioners unless of full and each — point should be appointed to him upon the Alteration to River M^t. Many; and, 6^th From the most positive refusal to acknowledge the Creek Nation to be within the limits or under the protection of the United States, although in express contradiction to a former Letter written by him on the 3^rd of September 1785, to General Pickens. The Commissioners beg leave further to report. That after the most accurate investigation in their powers, to make, after consulting the best Documents, and having recourse to as creditable Depositions, they are unable to discover, but that the Treaty of Augusta in the year 1783, the Treaty of Galphintstown in the year 1785, and the Treaty of Shoulderbone in the year 1786, were all of them conducted with as full and well-apparent good faith, and under standing of the Business, as Indean Treaties have usually been conducted, or perhaps can be, where one of the contracting Parties is destitute of the benefits of enlightened Society. That the Lands in question from the Hunting Grounds, have been ceded by them to the State of Georgia, for considerable compensation, and were possessed and cultivated for some years, without any Claims or molestation by any part of the Creek Nation. As M^r. M'Galloway and all the other Chiefs, Head Men & Warriors, have given many strong claims in their Talks, and by writing that no further Hostilities or — Depredations shall be committed with the part of their Nation, and as the Governor of Georgia by signing Proclamations, seconded by other Spiritual measures, will prevent the Commission of Hostilities & Depredations upon the Creek Nation on the part of Georgia. The Commissioners in the best of their Judgement Expose. That all animosities with the Creek Nation should henceforth cease. That some Person should be dispatched to the said Nation with the ultimate Draught of a Treaty, to establish perpetual Peace and Amity. That when such a Draught of a Treaty shall be properly executed by the leading men of the Nation, all the Presents intended for the Indians, and appearing in the State of Georgia should be distributed among them. That if the Indians shall refuse to execute such Draught of a Treaty, the Commissioners humbly Submit. That the Arms of the Union should be called forth for the Protection of the people of Georgia, in the peaceable and just possession of their Lands, and in case the Creeks shall commit further Hostilities and Depredations upon the Citizens of the United States, that the Creek Nation ought to be deemed the Enemies of the United States and punished accordingly. B. Lincoln (signed) C. Griffin D. Humphreys A Letter from the Commissioners to the Secretary at War. New York, 26^th November 1789 Sir, We transmit our Commission [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] —