Buffaloe Creek, May 5^th 1791. Sir Altho I have not the honor of being personally known to you, the extraordinary Nature of the Subject I have to address you with I presume, and hope to [undecipherable] you, that I—— [Charged?] [undecipherable] to attend to:—— I received from his Excellency the Secretary at War for the United States, to the Six Nations, and Nine Tribes of Indians, inhabiting the lands on the borders of Lake Erie & One of these Messages are particularly sent to the Indians, now with me, appealing to have both the Americans, and well [undecipherable] People it to [undecipherable] Desires of [undecipherable] [undecipherable], the [undecipherable] &c of the United States, that a Peace should be established on the lasting Terms of Justice & [undecipherable] than any [undecipherable]. And to accomplish the Same, I am commissioned to conduct them to a Treaty [at?] that this not far [undecipherable] from their Settlements. The better to accomplish this desirable Object, Couriers had [undecipherable] made to the Reverend [undecipherable] [undecipherable] act by certain [undecipherable] who came to Philadelphia or [undecipherable] to the Six Nations, that they would appoint [undecipherable]