[563] my power or insult to my Country, it is necessary that our friends in the nation should be informed beforehand that they may take such steps and form such plans as will secure the object intended. This I think will be best effected by all the friendly chiefs having a meeting and appointing a respectable guard to wait on me on the Oakmulge by the 10^th of September next such as will protect me free from the insults of our enemies on this occasion; it will give me great pleasure to meet so many of my Cusselah friends as convenient, together with the chiefs and warriors of the other friendly towns, as their forwardness on this occasion will serve to convince their kind and great father, the President of the United States that they continue his dutiful children. The great good that must result from our living together must appear clear to you. Hope therefore that nothing may prevent its being carried into effect. M^r [undecipherable] who is now with me will inform you of my sentiments in your favour, and that no troops will go on your land until all hopes of satisfaction is given over. I have received the big Cusselah Warriors oath, and will send it to our great father General Washington. Until we meet you have nothing to fear provided your bad people keep still, but should they dare to do mischief on any part of the frontier of Georgia, they will be pursued as the same is strongly guarded by horse and foot from St. Marys to the river Tugalo. If you wish to prevent blood being spilt you must prevent those bad people from coming out, even if you are obliged to use force. Those bad people are making war on you, that is they will draw it on you, if not prevented by yourselves. So should they do mischief and our people follow them (which undoubtedly will be the case) you or other of our friends may suffer, when it