Navy Hall June 7^th 1793 Colonel Simcoe Commanding the Kings Forces in Upper Canada has the honor in answer to the Paper delivered to him this Morning by the Commissioners of the United States for making Peace with the Western Indians to state to these Gentlemen that. He is duly impressed with the serious importance of the Negotiation committed to their Charge, and shall be happy to contribute by every means that may tend to its success. He is much obliged to them for the polite manner in which they have expressed their sense of his readiness to afford them such facilities as may have been in his power to assist in the preparatory arrangement for holding the Treaty. He is perfectly aware that unfounded Reports, and deep rooted prejudices have arisen amongst the Indian Tribes; but whether from the Arts of a few bad Men living among them, he cannot pretend to say; But he must observe upon the instance given by the Commissioners of one of these unfounded Representations — "that a Mohawk from Grand River should "say that Governor Simcoe advised the Indians to make Peace, but not to give up their "Lands"; — is of that nature, that cannot be true. The Indians not having as yet applied for his advice [Page 1 GAE20]