[p. 176] E *Letters from the Governor of Georgia to the Secretary of War.* State House Augusta, 3^d April 1793 Sir, I have received, intelligence of a very disagreeable nature from James Seagrove Esquire agent of Indian affairs, N^o U. S. the following are extracts of his letter dated S^t. Mary's 17^th March 1793 "A party of Creek Indians in number about thirty from the lower part of Flint River, entered the store of Robert Seagrove at Traders hill on the river on the evening of the eleventh instant and in the most brutal and Savage manner murdered M^r John Sheming the Storekeeper, and M^r Daniel Moffat, a man of the name of Upton is missing supposed to be taken off a prisoner. Thursday the 14^th I received advice that some people had been killed the day before about six miles from that place. There being now twenty two volunteers not mounted we proceeded without a moments delay, and as lef them as here, came where we found three men and a little girl murdered, and one of the men scalped. These unfortunate people appear to have been coming on to settle in the Country, they had a wagon with their property, the Horses carried off by the murderers, and it is thought a woman and child who are missing are prisoners. From the defenceless situation of the Southern frontier the Inhabitants of the Counties of Glynn and Camden must remove from their settlements