have had just cause to have censured me, and perhaps done worse. These people are very happy, and do not wish to return home until some settlement takes place. One of the men cut his own throat the second night after he came here, in the room with his companions. no blame is laid on the white people, they say it was his own act, and no one is to blame, his time to come and his life was his own. The inclosed letter is to Alexander Cornell, and one to the Cupsclah King, also to Kennard, you will forward as you think best. the bearer Chaves will give you further particulars. The President has ordered the Governor of Georgia to act only on the defensive for the present, in consequence the expedition is delayed. I cannot possibly answer your letters by this conveyance, besides I dont know that it would answer any purpose — your own and the safety of all our white friends in the nation is my object at present. I certainly should have come up if David Cornell had not been killed. Send Chaves back as quick as you can, and give notice as early as possible of this to all our white friends in the nation. I am &^c James Seagrove, to the Cupsclah Chiefs. S^t. Mary's 5^th July, 1793. Brothers, I suppose by this time you have gotten inquiry about four men and four boys belonging to your Town, who have been from from home about three moons. About one moon ago these people following on our frontier near Colerain station, and were brought in there, and as soon as they were known to be Cupsclaks, were treated with every kindness. There being then several parties of horse out scouring our frontier, and there being an army going in to furnish the bad towns, I thought it would be wrong to suffer these our friends to go from this, lest they should fall in with some of these parties and be killed. I consulted with the four old men on the occasion, who were of my opinion, that it was best to remain with me until we could hear how matters were in the nation, or until the path was clear for them to go home. They are very happy here, they have as much as they can eat and drink, and live as well as I do, being at my house every day, and lodge in a house at the Fort at night lest any body should trouble them. Langly Digest stays constantly with them; they live so well that they are in no hurry to go home — you may depend that I shall take every care of them in my power, and you will tell their friends not to be uneasy as nothing shall hurt them. They shall be sent home as soon as it can be done with safety to them and us — I am sorry to inform you that the second night after they came here one of the men named Sullpay (from some cause unknown to any body, red or white) cut his throat with his knife, and died in a few minutes — His brother Sullaps and all the rest were sleeping along side of him, on the same floor, and knew nothing of it until it was done. His brother and all the rest tell me that nobody either white or red is to blame; — he was well used, had every thing he wanted and no white person was in the house, or near him when he did it — I am sorry he should be such a fool — this is a true state of the business, and