94 To: The Govr: [undecipherable] the western territory, to the Secretary of War. - 19th Sepr 1790. at Marietta “The depredations on the Ohio and the Ouabache still continue-every day almost brings an account of some murder or robbery and yesterday a number of horses were taken from this settlement — not long ago a boat belonging to Mr Vigo, a gentleman from Post St Vincennes was fired upon near the mouth of Blue river: this person the United States have been very much obliged to on many occasions and is in truth the most disinterested person I have almost ever seen — he had three men killed and was obliged in consequence to ?all down the river. This party it seems had been designed to intercept me, for they reported that they had had thrice fair discharges at the governor’s boat and expected that they had killed him — in descending the river Mr Vigo’s boat fell in with Mr Melchor’s returning from Tennessee and attempted in company with him to ascend the Ouabache — here they were attacked again — Melchor escaped and fell down it seems to the Ance de la de la Graize, but the Savages possessed themselves of Vigo’s boat, which they plundered of all his and the crews personal baggage and arms, but as She was navigated by frenchmen they sufficed them to depast with the peltries, telling them that if She had not been in company with Americans they would not have injured them, and that if they found them in such again they would put them to death. Captain McCurdy likewise was fired upon between Fort Washington and this place and had five or six men killed & wounded.” “I am directed to write to the commanding officer at Detroit — I have enclosed a copy of that letter.”