[The preceding six pages is a true copy from the original in my possession. (Signed) J^s Seagrove, Agent. S^t. Mary's 24^th May 1793. Sim: Barnard to James Seagrove. Mennard's Cowpen 18^th May 1793. Dear Sir, I arrived here yesterday where I have met M^r George Galphin, as I heard he was in the country. I sent in to the Cussetah King to meet me here and another of the heads according as they have. M^r Galphin has been so bad with the Rheumatism ever since he arrived here he has not been able to go about. Part of my business here was to try to get a woman, to have her sent back & her Child, that I hear is just carried by into the Chehaw Town, on the other side of the river for which purpose Sends by the Chehaw towns on that river below me, and brought five or six of them to Kennards of the Heads of the Town to assist in the business, as all that are left there at this time are they that are for peace, and chief of them friends to us. The Murdering and plundering villians are all moved into the Big Chehaw on the other river and carried off all their property — therefore all the violators of peace are very near together on the river Chattahoocha. The Cowetas are the highest upon the river. The Uchees ten miles below that, the Chehaws and the Uchees both on one spot three miles below that which are the only towns that have been the cause of all this mischief, and are still keeping it up. The Towns below are lying quiet, and will hear no bad talks. The Cussetahs are on the East side of the Chattahooche River four miles below the Cowetas, which have and are doing all they can to stop matters and picked out the men that were to die for satisfaction before your first talk came up, but the Chehaw villians expected how it would be, and some of them had gone out against to do mischief before your first talk came up, which put them to a stand to see what would be done, and they have kept up the game ever since, which is gone to such lengths now that the heads say that it is out of their power to kill man for man, the Cussetah king and M^r Kennard has concluded to send M^r Galphin down to you and let you know that all that can be done is for a sufficient number of horsemen to come up and drop above the Cowetas and to burn kill and destroy all they can find in them four towns, and that they will be sure to meet with no opposition from any of the other towns and for my part I see no other remedy, but there is one thing to be feared, without some very good commander should come, such a one as Major Gaither, the up Country people will be for making no distinction, and fall on the poor Cussetahs as they are so near, if they do it will make the matter General, which would be I think a pitty that so many towns should suffer for what the villians of four or five towns have done, and the rest are all lying still. Those Chehaw villians sent the War hoop down to the Town below them, they told them not to bring it there but to go to the Cowetas with it as they were of the same way of thinking as themselves. The Cussetah king begs of me to write to you to strive to keep the Rock landing path open from them, and from that to the Buzzard roost, on to the Cussetah Towns, as they never mean to lift up arms till the whites fall on them, nor none of the Towns in the Upper Creek except those rascally Shawanoes that live there, and the Faroff Kings people which are now he says stopped. The Cowetas passed a man shot through the head, both his ears cut off and scalped. And another wounded through the hand. The Cussetah King, and all his Towns, and Kennard think the sooner the Cowetas get a rout the better, as they talk of moving off the Oat Creek, near half way to Pensacola, I was beging of the Cussetah king and Kennard if they would not raise four or five Towns and fall on those towns and take satisfaction but they said it was not in their power, as I told them it would be dangerous to bring the white people in their land, they seemed to say it could not be done. There has 6 people been killed up above the rock landing, four below Carr's bliff, a woman and child carried off from the Kappoes, Captain Mulligan immediately sent off to run about the woman by a Mulatto that speaks the Indians tongue, I have got the head litarians of the Chehaws at this river that had no hand in the mischief to send in with the Cussetah king, to get her and send her to my place, which I hope will be done and I will send her down well guarded to Captain Mulligan at Buzzard Bluff, its a pitty that there was not some assistance sent to Captain Mulligan before this, as he has but seven or eight people with him there, and sometimes less, I expected daily to hear of his being killed and robbed. its very necessary I think, a station should be kept there as it is a main crossing place. They have killed one man within a mile of his little fort. I had a letter a few days ago from the Rock landing by two Indians that I sent down to guard M^r Holmes and M^r Graces and one Reuboson, which came up to my house from that quarter. I am informed General Black has got two thousand five hundred men ready to start for the nations, and am afraid if he starts before he hears from you, that he will kill all without distinction. I wish he may not be started before this. Major Gaither in his letter to me seems to dread some such consequences — I wish he may be stopped, till he hears who are his friends, as if he makes a breach on the Cussetahs its all over with peace in this quarter. There is news come to the nation that there are three Spanish Officers to come through the Chickesaws, and to come to the Creeks, and Seaton is to meet them there, and give out their talks. I would wish to go and oppose them, but there is one thing against me, I have no commission to shew if I should fall into their hands. The Indians all over the nation are much frightened, the offenders are more so than peaceable towns, there is not one out of twenty or thirty that will offer to take up arms if they were sure they and their Towns would be spared; you are the best able to judge what to do for them. Kennard is determined to write you fully what to do with the Murdering Towns. From Dear Sir respectfully yours &^c. (Signed) Tim: Barnard. I certify the preceding four pages to be a true copy from the Original in my possession. S^t. Mary's 24^th. May 1793 (Signed) J^s Seagrove, Agent. List of the Unfriendly Towns in the Creek Nation and them that the Friendly Chiefs recommend should be punished, also their number of fighting men. The whole of the Cowetas an enemy — 150 Effective Big Tallasee, or old Tallasee, Kings people the most unfriendly of any on the Nation. 120. Broken Arrow, all bad 50. The Upper or big Uchee Town. 60. Uchees, all bad, the residence of Bowles and Wellbanks, to them have joined a part of the Chehaws those who murdered on Saluda & robbed on Oatonaba. You all 45. 425 To these add probable straggling fellows may join to the number 75 500 In all Signed James Seagrove, Agent. The.