"this morning to be in readiness to march without delay under the... "command of Brigadier General Irwin to the place where [undecipherable] "crosses Flint River near Buzzard road from thence to the little "village known by the name of the Uchees, twelve miles below, and... "take if possible the head men of that town and bring them safe to "Camp; and to be cautious that no damage is done to any of the per... "or property of the Indians of that town, and to give them every assurance "of our peaceable disposition towards them." From the files of the Executive Attest. W. Urquhart S.E.D. State House, Augusta, 24^th July, 1793. Sir, Immediately on the return of the volunteers General Twiggs forwarded a letter to M^r Barnard who resides on Flint river, explanatory of his designs when he entered the Creek nation: the messenger was a sensible half breed, who remained some time in said nation as well to receive M^r Barnards answer, as to gain every information in his power. From the general conduct of the Creek Indians. It would appear, that they are not confident in their own strength, nor generally at this period disposed for war, that part of the nation who profess amity, still adhere to their former application, for our people to go forward in force to destroy the five inimical towns, who have... committed murders and outrages — my former opinion on this subject admits of no change. By a sudden stroke at those hostile towns,