for his sake. I will be to you and your Country, as my good old Countryman John Galphim was your real friend. I am &c. James Seagrove to the Leader of the Cowetas— dated S^t. Marys 20^th February 1793 Brother. It always gives me pleasure to hear from my true friends, your kind talk which I received by M^r John Galphim made me very happy as it will our great and kind father General Washington President of the United States, when he hears of the peaceable wise conduct of his Creek Children. I am very glad to hear the talks from the upper towns continue good; I hope my friends in the mother towns the Cowetas and Cussetahs will always be found in good doing— Do not my friend suffer your people to be imposed on by the bad talks from red or white people. Follow what I have already told your Chiefs and you will do well. I shall be in the Cussetahs the first of May when I shall renew my talks to you which shall always be straight, clear, just and friendly to your nation. I am told there are some of the Northern Indians among you giving bad talks. Do not on any account as you value your happiness, listen to them, but drive them from your land. They behave like bad people and involved themselves in a War and now want to bring the same on you. The Chiefs of all the Northern tribes seeing the great army that is prepared and ready to go against them in the spring are now begging for peace, I think it is probable that our great father the President of the United States, will have pity on them and not destroy them, although they have been very bad and deserved to be severely punished. But he is kind and merciful. Do not suffer those bad northern Indians to give out talks in your land as it may poison the minds of some of your young foolish people. Continue my friend to give your people good talks and keep them straight until I meet you. M^r Bernard will deliver you this, and I must request that you and your people will assist and befriend him and M^r Holmes and pay attention to what they will tell you. James Seagrove to the White Lieutenant of the Oakfuskies. S^t. Marys February 20^th 1793 Brother, A few days past I received a talk from you through the medium of M^r Townsend and M^r Timothy Bernard. I find by this talk that you had not then received my letter by Alexander Cornell with the present of silver ware which I sent you by him. Your being from home when he arrived must have been the cause. I was very sorry that you was not with us at the treaty on S^t Marys, as there is not a Chief in the Creek nation, I have a greater regard for than yourself— I am led to this favourable opinion of your character from the voice of all who have known you, but in particular am induced thereto from the great regard our great and good father General Washington President of the United States has for you. He considers you as one