being committed by the Indians [received] from General Twiggs on the 8^th ult: who informed that those families to the amount of 30 had been killed in the Upper parts of the State; not far distant from Fort Matthew. I have very strong reasons for doubting the veracity of this report. There is no talk of it in the country, and Lieutenant Bird who has just been relieved from Fort Matthew knew nothing of it. The Militia are not yet discharged; the whole of the frontier are level with them. I have been informed that a party of Militia are to set off this day for the Buck nation, and are to engt at the old fording place above the mouth of Shoulderbone, held so great a secret that I cannot learn who is to command them. I have the honor to be &c Signed Henry Gaither Maj Commd. --- Major Henry Gaither to the Secretary of War Fort Fidius July 28^th 1793 Sir, There is nothing new in this place more than as contained in two letters from Mr Barnard, which I have the honor of enclosing you. The militia of this State are yet in arms, and I cannot learn when they are to be discharged. The Governor has published an order he has issued for raising one hundred twenty militia and one hundred infantry both to be under my immediate command for the defence of the frontier—