[438.] lately from Timothy Barnard advising me to disband with or any guard untill I may hear from him again; this Shaw wrote to General Black and other Militia officers in this State, and this day sent back the express to T. Barnard. Have enclosed Barnards letter to me. Shaw the horse to be &c. --- Enclosures in the foregoing letter. From Timothy Barnard, to Major Henry Gaither. Flint river 2^d. April, 1793. Sir, I was honored with your letter of the 25^th February at the Cusptale town, which I delivered to the heads then assembled which proved of no small service in convincing the Indians here for the leading men of the United States were from wishing to encroach on their Territories. I did myself the pleasure to write you from the Cusptale, but am under some apprehension that my letter has not reached you, from what has happened since; at my meeting the Cusptale, with a number of the heads of the lower Creek and some of the upper very well or soon to conclude with a fair prospect of peace, between our red brethren and the United States, as the voice of the nation was for me to send off an express for Major Seagrove, to be up in thirty two days from that time with all fast, from the last day of the meeting, in two days after I arrived at my own house, on Flint river and next day was preparing to dispatch an express off to Major Seagrove,