James Seagrove to the Chiefs of the lower Creeks. St. Marys May 13^th 1793. Brothers, I received your good talk with your white wing which I shall hold fast — my Cussetah friends talks are always straight and good, I wish the other Towns were like them, but some of them are very bad, and are guilty of bad things. I have long expected to have seen the murderers sent in to me, or at least to have heard of them being destroyed as the only means of preserving your nation in peace. I begin now to think that it never was intended or it would have been done. I do not blame the Cussetahs, I believe it was their wish; but as the great mother town, I think she ought to have insisted on it. Hope it is not yet too late. and that you will exert every nerve to have justice done by complying with my demand. I send a strong talk to you all by George Golphin. I hope you have got it and are making good use of it. for fear it should not have reached you, I now send you a copy of it. Brothers. Should the bad actions of your people bring a war on your land, and which undoubtedly will be the case unless my demand is complied with. I now inform you in behalf of my Country that all the Towns in the Creek nation who sit still and continue friendly to the United States, that they will not be hurt but be protected in their persons and property. whilst all those towns and people who have been killing our Citizens, and robbing our country, can expect no mercy — my promise to you has always been to warn you of danger. I now do it, and tell you my friends how to avoid it — The Cussetahs have always been our friends — we will take care of them and such other Towns and people as they can say are good and friendly. Scarcely a day passes but I hear of murders and robberies on our frontiers by the Creeks. as yet we have not retaliated, as we waited an answer to my demand; I yet expect it and will continue to look for the delivery of the murderers for thirty days from this time — that is an equal number to what we have lost. I hope you will take care of M^r Barnard and not suffer any body to hurt him. I am told that the little Uche village has behaved well — take them under your care, they shall not be hurt. You see now my friends that what I have often told you, you find contrary to pass, which was, that listening to the advice of the Spanish people and bad white men among you, would bring ruin on your land. Shame, Shame. that great men and Warriors, would suffer themselves to be so abused by a set of designing villians — rouse my friends and clear your country of all those men — you know them well they deserve your severest chastisement. Hope soon to hear that there is spirit left in your land to do yourselves justice on those who have given you bad advice — who have encouraged your people to steal and to murder — and afterwards purchased stolen goods — those men ought to feel your resentment. Attend to what I have said, it is for your good, and that of your nation. Your friend James Seagrove. To the Kings, Chiefs and Headmen of the Cussetah Towns and all others of the lower towns of the Creek nation.