The Secretary for the Department of War, to whom was referred the Petition of Samuel B. Turner, late an Ensign of the Maryland Battalions of Lewis, on the expedition under Major General St Clair. Respectfully Reports. That the petitioner was taken prisoner by the Indians, who defeated the troops under Major General St Clair on the fourth of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety one. That after some short residence at the Indian towns, he was at the instance of a French trader sent to Detroit. That Major Smith, the commanding Officer of the said post, exhibited on this occasion as well as on many previous cases, the greatest humanity. He directed that the petitioner should be furnished with a credit by some of the traders, whereby he not only paid his ransom to the Indians, amounting to forty two dollars as the petitioner informed the subscriber; but he also cloathed himself, and obtained the means of subsist-