[Private] Col. Winthrop Sargent — Cincinnati October 29^th 1792 My dear Sir Captain Megatte will hand you a Letter of Introduction — he has been commissioned by me in this Country not only from the recommendation of the Governor and the high Confidence placed in him Apparently (which can be evinced to you by the Copy of Instructions respects in the Letter which he bears) but from I Deemed proper Policy — for if he is not for us he will be decidedly against us, and his Influence is very considerable amongst the Indians not only upon the Delaware's [undecipherable] with the Mihas [undecipherable] and I believe also with many other hostile