[107] gress of the occasion: I shall follow the plans of operation until measures to be taken by the President for the better protection of the unfortunate settlers on the exposed frontier. If I find the pressure become great the apparatus must keep pace with the several emergencies. I shall make the necessary communications to the Governor of the State of South Carolina, in order to obtain aid, as I have every reason to hope that provident measures have been taken to that affect. Should general hostilities continue it will be well to give Governor Blount the needful instructions to ensure a co operation on his part. I have the honor to be Sir, your most obedient servant Edw^d. Telfair. The Secretary of War } Extracts from the deposition of Benjamin Harrison and Frances Hugh of Washington County. "On the 12^th April, the Indians killed William the son of Colonel Hugh and had taken Dick a negro man of Col. Hugh and shot said William Hugh through the body, and two scalps were taken off his head, there is some horses missing." Extracts from the Information of Joseph Tabb of Franklin County. "That on Tuesday (25. April) he saw General Clarke, at the town of Washington, [undecipherable] County, where [undecipherable] him that six persons were murdered by a party of Indians at