No. 3 1791 [undecipherable] James Morrison County of Allegheny to General Butler [to the right of the above 4 lines]: Reflecting the [undecipherable] of certain Indians on Beaver bank. March 28 [there is a big X under and slightly overwriting March 28] Extract of a Letter from James Morrison [undecipherable] to General Richard Butler dated Pittsburgh March the 17th 1791 The Indians have not committed any depredations on our frontier since my Last. Notwithstanding, a party of Militia from Ohio County in number 30, came to the West side of Beaver [undecipherable], opposite the Block house, where William Wilsons, of this Place, has been trading for some considerable time past, fell on some Delaware Indians, who had been trading with Mr. Wilson, killed three men and one woman, took nine horses, the Indians’ arms [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of the Indians made their escape __ This ill timed stroke {to say no worse) has greatly alarmed the settlements opposed Beaver __ they have left their homes along the river for some distance, and collected in small bodies some miles Back __ should the Indians revenge the Injury done them, on our frontier (which it is more than probable they will) that thriving settlement on Raccoon, will break up and fly considerable distance into the interior part of the Country (Signed) James Morrison [undecipherable] Extract [on far left of page]: War Department 28 March 1791 [in center of page]: John Stagg Junior Chief Clerk [on far right side of page]: True [undecipherable] Copy A. I. Dallal Secretary