be attempted.— * the money will soon go forward. — The Richmond detachment will soon be with you. Capt Brock, I see by the papers had arrived. — The recruits from the Eastward are ordered on, so that I hope you will receive one more detachment of one hundred & twenty before the winter sets in. Please to remember the indispensible necessity of attending to the safety & comfort of the Wabash chiefs.— I have the honor to be with great esteem & your most obed^t. Serv^t. Knox P.S. I enclose you a copy of the letter of the Contractor to me.— to which I request your attention & opinion.— H.— Maj. Gen. Wayne N^o 30. From Maj. Gen. Knox. War department December 7. 1792. Sir, I have received your favor of the 29^th ultimo from Legion Ville which place I hope both the troops & the public may hereafter recollect with great satisfaction as the school of discipline of the American Legion.— I now transmit you the result of the overtures to the hostile Indians in a letter from Israel Chapin Jun^r. and from the Chiefs of the Six nations at Buffaloe creek on the 12^th. ultimo. These papers have been laid before the two houses of Congress by a special message and are transmitted to you in confidence.— it is unnecessary to comment. I presume however the Commissioners will be appointed to meet the proposed Council at Au.Glaize.— The public voice demands it, and if it shall then appear upon a fair experiment, that peace is unattainable, but but by a sacrifice of national character and national Justice, it is presumed that public opinion will support the war in a more vigorous manner than at present, until it shall be successfully terminated.— It will hereafter be still more and more necessary even than the past Summer that no offensive operations be undertaken against the Indians northwest of the Ohio— But while this is the case it will be essential that the troops observe the highest degree of military [underline: vigilance] in all respects.— It may so happen that unarmed and perhaps friendly disposed Indians, particularly of the Wyandots and Delawares may visit your Camp & posts.— In such cases, at the same time that a watchful eye shall be kept over their conduct they ought to be treated with frankness & kindness.— It would really seem by the tenor of the Contractors letter to you of the 19^th that they some how consider the stale fed beef, flour, Whiskey &c. at the public risque. this cannot be the case, unless captured by the Enemy. they must be responsible for the safe keeping of their own Cattle and other provisions. In order to prevent repetitions I beg leave to refer you to my letter of the 24^th ultimo upon this subject, and I also enclose you a copy of the Contract with the Secretary of the Treasury. for the year 1793. entered into the 13^th of October 1792.— I enclosed you in my last of the first a copy of the Contractors letter to me dated at Pittsburgh the 19^th ultimo, relatively to Store houses for the reception of provisions; and rendering the road better from Fort Washington to Fort Jefferson. It seems reasonable that the public should furnish the store houses at the Military posts, where rations are issued. But it cannot follow that the public are to find them magazines or store houses at a distance from the Military posts where the convenience of the Contractor should require [undecipherable] of the road mentioned, you will be the judge and give such directions as you may think proper.— Two months pay is preparing.— The Secretary of the Treasury is exceedingly desirous of having the accounts of the pay closed in the manner directed, before any further advances shall be made on this account.— the Paymaster is essential to this End and I should hope that he soon will be [underline: with you].— I have the honor to be Sir, with great respect your obed^t. hum^e. Serv^t. Knox.— Maj. Gen. Wayne. N^o 31. From Maj. Gen^t. Knox. [Dec^y. Jun.] War department December 15^th. 1792. Sir, The post not having arrived, I have no letter of yours to acknowledge. I enclose a duplicate of my last.— I hope the Cornplanter may have complied with your invitation to visit you, and that you may prevail upon him to repair to this place.— If any thing should prevent his coming to you, I