[Copy] Extracts from General Wayne's Instructions to General St Clair. The Post at the Miamie Village is intended for the purpose of aawing and curbing the Indians in that Quarter & as the only representative of federal Authority. It ought therefore to be rendered so as to command all attention & respect of the Indians. The Garrison which should be stationed there ought not only to be sufficient for the defense of the Place, but always to afford a Detachment of five or six hundred men either to chastise any of the Wabash or other hostile Indians or to secure any Convoys for Provisions. The Establishment of said Post is considered as an important Object of the Campaign & is to take place in all Events. Having commenced your march upon the [undecipherable] position and the Indian Country hostile, you will use every prudent Exertion to make them feel the effects of our Superiority, and after having arrived at the Miamie Village & put your work in a defensible state, you will seek the Enemy with