Tuesday, May 2^d. 1793. The Commissioners wrote the following letter to General Knox Secretary of War. Navy Hall, opposite Niagara, May 2^d 1793 Sir, At the moment of our arrival at the landing — (Lewistown) seven miles above this place on the 17^th we sent you by M^r Thomas Morris an extract of a letter from Colonel McKee of Detroit of which we now enclose a duplicate, it being important that you should be appriz'd of the probable delay for at least one month in commencing the Treaty, and because of the importance of the information we repeat it. On the 17^th we waited on Governor Simcoe and exp^ress'd a desire that a Vessel might be sent to engage for General Lincoln and the above. He assented with the utmost readiness to have it done as soon as a vessel capable of entering the port of Oswego should arrive and he daily expected one from Kingston. (Fort Frontenac) but she is not yet arrived. The only vessel here was a large bateaux Schooner bound to Kingston and waiting for a wind. It seems probable therefore that General Lincoln will be obliged to proceed hither with his bateaux. There is no tolerable tavern on this part of the boundary. We are at present at the Governors, he had provided for us, and insisted upon our taking beds at his house, and of partaking of such accommodations with him, as this settlement could afford. In a former letter we mentioned the information of the Seneka Chief, that Captain Brunt had set off with a number of Mohawks for the Westward. His departure must have been about the 3^d of this month