Fort Washington, Aug. 20, 1792. x x x x x x x x x You have heard doubts of the overtures of peace, and from your knowledge of the Indians character, know how to estimate them (after the affairs of the 4^th of Nov.) The blood of some good Men has been offered up to satisfy the clamoring and discontent of the East, & I hope it will prove efficacious. The enemy opposed to us is an important one, if perfectly Man after; but a few more mismanaged campaigns may give him a degree of System & consolidation which may render him seriously powerful — however, inclined to believe the next attempt will prove decisively formidable to us — without possessing an idea of the views of our continent. I am to infer from present appearances, that no offensive operation is meditated this season. In the mean time, the enemy is pushing his petit guerre with vigor, but without gaining any advantages over us, altho' I have but fourteen twenty convoys to the advanced post since the beam of fever. I ventured a few days since to hazard a little affaire; by following a party of Sioux [undecipherable], & killed one, and wounded two warriors, & had stolen 10 horses from my rifle corps, and was all recovered, the cause of the injury taken