To Captain Alexander Trueman of the first United States Regiment War Department April 3^d 1793. Sir, Confiding in your judgment and abilities to execute the business herein designated, I do hereby request you, in the name of the President of the United States, to hasten upon the duties thereof, with all possible dispatch. You will therefore, immediately repair to Pittsburg. I have herewith given you an order to Captain Hughes to furnish you with an Escort, and a Boat, to transport you to Fort Washington. On your arrival at that place, you will deliver a letter from General St.Clair, the object of your Mission, and mount will him the proper means of carrying it into Execution. I have directed here, in a letter herewith delivered you, to afford you all possible facility, in pursuance of your order. I have herewith also delivered you a Speech for the Western Indians, with which — for