and will be confirmed to you, when you see his brother and the rest. Your great father General Washington hath forbid any troops going into the Creek Towns, until it is fully known whether or not satisfaction will be given agreeable to any demands, and in consequence of this, the troops that had crossed the Oconee, to punish the bad towns were ordered back and will remain on our frontiers untill the final determination of the nation is known. Hope it will be such as to preserve your land in peace which only can be done by punishing the bad men and restoring the stolen property. Sam^l. Jamis Seagrove James Seagrove to Alexander Cornell. St. Mary's 5^th July, 1793. Dear Brother. I now take up my pen to describe to you what I conceive an unfortunate affair to you and me, and I speak also to our respective families, it is as follows. On the 30^th day of last month M^cCould arrived at the station at Lebanon and informed Captain Randolph, the commanding officer that he was from the nations with dispatches from you, and the chiefs. he was hardly received, and after some time gave the people to understand, that four Indians came down with him part of the way, that he had come a head of them, but as they delayed so long behind he concluded they had been followed by a runner, and turned back, and gave as his reason for this