month, and doubtless his principal object was to attend the preparatory council of the Indians to be held at the rapids of the Miamis, as mentioned by Colonel McKee. We know not when a conveyance of this letter will present, we shall embrace the first. We are &^c B. Randolph. T. Pickering. On the same day (May 21^st) The Commissioners sent the following message in writing by Henry to his father the Complanter, New Arrow, and the other Seneka Chiefs in their settlements. Brothers — By your conference with General Wayne about sixty days ago we find it was proposed that you should beat Niagara about this time, to meet the Commissioners of the United States, and go with them to the treaty to be held at Sandusky. We take this method to inform you of our arrival here, and that General Lincoln the other Commissioner, who went by the way of the Mohawk river and Oswego is expected in a few days to join us. We have been to give you this information and to repeat the invitation to you to accompany us to the Treaty because it will not begin at Sandusky so soon as we expected. The Great Chief of the United States, had proposed the first of June (ten days hence) for the opening of the Treaty. But Colonel McKee writes that the Western Indians will not be able to assemble so soon, probably not till the last of June. We therefore give