of this State. This I think sufficient provided they are judiciously posted; and arranged agreeably to a hint I have already received. The Militia officers are by no means pleased with the order, they say the numbers are not sufficient to cover them, and why give the command to a Federal Officer? I suspect they will not allow the two hundred men to be raised if murmuring will prevent it. I have the honor to be &c. (Signed) Henry Gaither. [Enclosures] Timothy Barnard to Major Henry Gaither. Flint River 21^st June 1793 Sir, I am under the necessity of sending down to your station, therefore think it my duty to give you information of the situation of affairs in this quarter, which is as follows. I arrived here four days ago from the Cussetahs, the head men of the Cussetahs and likewise head men from chief of the towns in the lower Creeks had just come from the Tuchabatchees principal town in the Upper Creeks where they had a full meeting of all the whole upper Creeks and may say lower, and it seems their conclusion was to take every step in their power to make peace and settle all matters with the United States, they fixed on the men that were to die for satisfaction for the murders done on the frontiers of Georgia there was men sent off to execute the business and I believe it would have been done had not that old villain Panton sent up some talks which was immediately spread about by some of his friends, which has for a while put a stop to it, but the heads of the Upper Creeks seems determined to pursue what they begin, there is one of the head men of the Upper Creeks sett off yesterday from my house down to Major Seagrove to receive his full instructions, to know particularly what he would have done, he wants likewise to strive to get Major Seagrove to come up with him if he can but I do not imagine he will venture up, the' if he was to come up with that man he would be perfectly safe, the Indians at their meeting at the Tuchabatchees agreed to gather all the horses that have been stole from Georgia that they might be sent down to their owners to the frontiers of Georgia but the Cowetas and Chichasaws as soon as they get back to their own towns again I find have refused to comply, those two towns are the Chief offenders and them it was that begun all this disturbance, the Upper Creeks and Cussetahs seem determined to force them to give up the property, if they still refuse how far they may succeed in that business a little time will bring about. The resolution that the upper Creeks and Cussetahs have fell into seems to have put a stop to hostilities for a while as I do not find that there has been any parties gone out for some times past to do mischief on the frontiers, there may be a horse thief or so out but no gangs as I can hear going out as going for War, how long it may hold so I will not take upon me to say, but I am apt to think that if Major Seagrove were to come up himself, that matters might still be settled and he would get almost any satisfaction he could demand, The Spanish agent and old Panton are Very busy in the Upper Creeks, I have said all I could say against them and would have gone up and faced them but have been very unwell for this twenty days past have been taken down with a head pleuresy attended with a violent cough which has reduced me very low and have not yet got better of it, besides I labour under one very great disadvantage and that is that I have no commission from the President of the United States nor from none that is in authority under him therefore if I was by chance to fall into the power of the Spaniards they would show me no quarters, besides the Indians are daily threatening to kill me or rob me of my property, which if they should only rob me, would be hard upon me to lose what I have on account of my services to the United States and nothing to show that I was in that service am under some apprehension, that I should not be made which as the appointment was verbal from Major Seagrove at which time he told me that a commission would come on from Congress to me, which was in November last, and have not had a scrape of a pen from him about it since. Reason must dictate to you Sir that such neglect as this is enough to make any man backward in risking his life and property to pursue the country business especially one that has before by paying attention to the service of the unthankfull State of     at the risk of my life and got nearly ruined by it and never no retaliation made me; I have likewise sent to Major Seagrove for a few goods to support me and to defray public expences that I have been under the necessity of borrowing goods to defray and I think I find myself somewhat neglected in that part as I have never had a ray of goods sent me since I left St. Mary's — I was obliged to borrow part of the goods the other day to relieve this poor woman that I now send down to you from one of the Spanish subjects a leader in Cussetah Thomas bar, who I must give the Character of being a good friend to the United States, you will see when this poor woman gets down to you whether she was in a situation to stay long in this quarter, I have been trying to get her ever since she has been up, which has been a month and never could effect it till about seven days ago and was then obliged to get two head men out of the Cussetahs, and one that came down from the Upper Creeks to go down to the Chichaus rascals that had her and demand her besides paying a great deal for her and still they were loath to give her up, I could wish those five towns, Cowetas, Broken Arrow which live mostly together within a mile, may say as partly one town, the Cussetahs and Chichaus which are twelve miles below that and on the same side of the river which is three miles above the Chichaus on the same side, west side of the river, if they could be made to suffer it would be the most effectual means to settle peace, but if men come up and fall on without distinction and kill any of the Cussetahs which are still our steadfast friends, it will bring on a very hot War and make the matter general, besides as all the upper Creeks are laying quiet it would be a pity to put all on a footing which should be the case that they are drove out of these lands, they would move over the Buso river which is never fordable and get down amongst the Spanish territories where they would not be easily come at and would then be desperate. And the Spaniards would make the Choctaws and Chickasaws join them, and then they would be a more terror to Georgia than the Shawanees are to the Northward States. I have been informed a few days that some of the scouts from the Upper parts have come out as far as this side the Eahmulgee on the Cussetah path which has frightened the Cussetahs a good deal, they have beged of me to mention to you to speak to the Captain of the Scouts not to trouble any one along that path, as they are their friends, except any parties should do mischief and come back that way, in such case to follow them and do as they please with them, as they may know they are Cowetas that does it as none of these people are so much distressed for provisions they are obliged to go out that way to hunt, shall leave you to the bearer M^r. Mordecai for further particulars. and remain Sir, Yours &c. (Signed) Timothy Barnard. Major Henry Gaither Flint River, 7^th July 1793 Sir. This goes by express by Barrs Bluff by General Jugg's man that arrived here several days ago on business to me, who I have fully informed of matters in this quarter, which I think has a worse appearance than when I wrote you last, chiefly owing to a rash piece of murder I suspect is committed on the body of David Terrel a head man of the Tuchabatchees a friend town to the United States as was nearly all the whole upper Creeks, this young man was sent down by the whole Upper and lower Creeks on important business to Major Seagrove, the thirteenth day after he passed my house two of the men that went with him