[endorsement: War Dep^t / 7^th June 1793 / from / Major Gen^l Knox / [undecipherable] / T. [undecipherable]] [Private] Major General Wayne — Fort Washington [Private] My dear Sir War Department 7 June 1793 To the draft of a letter to be written to you by the Commissioners, as mentioned in my letter to you of the 21^st of April, it is thought proper to make the following addition which will denote the number of warriors who shall be at the treaty. One Stroke under the address thus Sir will denote one thousand, and so on, one stroke for each thousand. And after the signatures of the Commissioners, the number of dots will denote the number of hundreds thus . . . each dot being in addition to the thousands intended to denote one hundred. And it will also be important that you should endeavor by every means in your power to engage some faithful Indians to be present at the treaty to inform you of the the numbers; for you ought to be acquainted with the numbers you have to combat. I am my dear Sir with the highest Esteem Your humble Servant [undecipherable: Knox] Major Gen^l Wayne— [undecipherable] [undecipherable]