N^o 1 Virginia— Harrison County. February 2^d 1790. [Representation from the field Officers of Harrison County] The President of the United States. Sir The alarming predicament in which this County now stands as touching the State of Indian affairs, and the small prospect of protection from his Excellency Arthur S^t Clair, hath moved us the Subscribers to meet this day in Council in order to concert measures as far in our power to calm the minds of our exposed frontiers who expects early in the Spring to be again harrassed by the Savages— It appears to us by the address of the General Assembly of Virginia dated the 30^th of October 1789— that official information has been given to your Excellency of the Indians wanton barbarity on the frontiers of this State; we also have the strongest assurance that the Members of the General Assembly from the Western