You will see herewith a Copy of a circular letter which I sent to the commanding Officers of the Militia of every County in this State being much in need of your advice and direction in the present conjuncture of affairs I am very anxious to hear from you. James Seagrove to the Kings, Chiefs, Head men and Warriors of the whole Creek Nation severally as well as collectively. St. Marys 22^d March 1793. Brothers From the solemn assurance given me by a large majority of the chiefs of your nation on many recent occasions but more particular at our conference on this river in November last, that you would at all events preserve peace with the United States and on no account join with any people whatever that were unfriendly to them, I was led to believe your declarations just, and as such communicated them to my Country who was pleased to think that your nation was acting with justice and wisdom. But alas of how short duration was this pleasing prospect, Scarcely had all those of your people who had been with me at the conference returned to their homes when the most wanton, unprovoked murder and robbery was committed on the frontiers by a body of Creek Indians on the peaceful, honest, unoffending inhabitants of the United States. Duty to my Country as well as regard for your future peace obliges me now to make known to you as headmen and rulers of the Creek nation that on the night of the eleventh of this month a party of the Creek Indians in number from twenty five to thirty entered the sto