living on the River S^t. Marys, and that their orders were not to return to their employers without committing murder on the Americans. That Burges further declared that those three Indians were joined by a party of Indians belonging to the Town where said Burges lives, and proceeded together to S^t. Marys, where they killed Captain John Fleming and Daniel Moffatt, and robbed the store of Robert Seagrove, and said Burges also declared that he saw the three Indians before mentioned on their return from S^t. Marys towards Pensacola, that they were loaded with goods the plunder of Robert Seagroves store and had with them the scalps of Captain Fleming and M^r Moffatt. That Burges also said he firmly believed that the Governor of Pensacola, and Panton, were the means of having the said persons murdered and robberies committed. Burges acknowledged that his Brother in law, an Indian was one of the party at Traders hill but denied that his own son was there. Further this deponent sayeth not. George Galphins. Sworn &c this 24^th. May 1793 J Seagrove, J P James Aikin's Deposition. City of Savannah District of Georgia } Personally appeared before me James Aikin a resident of the Creek nation who being duly sworn maketh oath, That about twenty two days since, he left the Creek nation, when the Chehaws and Oakmulgees and Hitchitas towns were in a restless situation, and there was no probability of the demand of M^r Seagrove being complied with. Kinnard the principal man in the District from whence the perpetrators of the mischief came, pressed them very hard to comply, but the headmen and warriors of the different Towns told him in answer that M^r Seagroves talks in behalf of the United States were too hard, and that they had no reply to make until the nation at large determined the matter. They had proposed to give up the plunder, until M^r S's talks came demanding those who had done the mischief and committed the murders, when the Indians turned into killing the Cattle which they had taken. That previous to his leaving the Chehaws where he resided the old far off King, and the second man of the Town, with another had left it, under the apprehensions of the White people making an attack on them and taking satisfaction, and that a number of others were preparing to remove also. That the Chehaws party alone took upwards of seventy head of Cattle fifty three of which belonged to a M^r Regan, a negro fellow and a Negro Wench and child, wearing apparel and household furniture, and even a Bible belonging to the same person (M^r Regan). That the Chehaw party brought in four scalps, but that he has not seen any of the party which robbed M^r S as they lived forty miles below the Chehaws, and was a part of the Siminola Indians. That one of the Chehaw Indians known by the name of Savanoca, and who was one appointed by the Creek nation to run the line between the S^t. Marys and the Alatamaha, and who on his return was asked by the deponent how he had been treated, and replied that Major J had treated him very well as M^r Elliott had done also and that he was perfectly satisfied, and had received to this deponents knowledge two hundred dollars, was one of the party who killed the travellers between Satillas and S^t. Marys. That Kinnard desired the deponent to write to Burges a white man in the Seminola towns in Kinnards name previous to Major S^r. talks arriving in the nation, that the proceedings of the hostile Indians which number Burges's son was one, was disagreeable to the nation at large, and that if they persisted the nation would throw them off requesting that the property taken might be lodged in his (Burges's) hands to be delivered to Kinnard, who proposed to return it. That Burges's answer was, that the principal people who murdered the two persons at M^r S^r. Store had came a head of the rest of the party (then in number,) and had taken the goods they had plundered in a boat, and had hid them in a swamp, and proceeded immediately to Pensacola with the scalps they had taken to the Spanish Governor and M^r Panton. That the rest of the party as soon as they returned called at his (Burges's) house, where he made them acquainted with Kinnards demand, when they told him likewise they had left the property they had plundered in the woods, but would not agree to give it up." That Kinnard was still faithful to the Americans and had the United States standard flying in his yard when the deponent came off, and informed the deponent that he would continue it flying, and that if any American parties came, he would receive them with it. A number of others told this deponant also that they would fly to those colours for safety. That he knew nothing more respecting the proceedings in the nation, but after he resided in the settlements of the State he staid two days at Captain Harrisons near Carr Bluff on the Oconee, when he proceeded down the Oconee in order to take the Alatamaha path in his way to M^r J. after travelling almost twenty miles he took up at the house of a M^r Barryhill, and shortly after being in bed, the family were alarmed by the dogs and the battle in the yard, which they supposed to be occasioned by the Wolves. But in the morning when the deponent got up to proceed, he found his horses were gone with five head of horses belonging to Barryhill and on hunting for them, the deponent discovered the Indian tracks and followed the Indians about two miles in one direction, but finding they were not to be overtaken the deponent and those who was with him returned to Barryhill's house, and the deponent going back to Harrisons house to get another horse, which he had left there, followed the tracks of three Indians up to the plantation of Francis Pugh Esq^r where he saw his son lay dead, having been killed and twice scalped by that party. That there he was informed by Barryhill himself who was not at home when the mischief was committed at his house that the night before he was at Harrisons, and that another party of Indians had also came there and had taken three head of horses from there, when this deponent thought it dangerous to return to Harrisons and came through the County of Ogechee on foot. signed James Aikin. Sworn this 5^th. May 1793 before me....... signed W^m Stephens, Mayor of Savannah.