of the United States to this effect, nothing remains but that you and Seagrove may strive to carry so desirable a business into effect for this purpose. I most desire that you do immediately attend the Capital I hope and in conjunction with them call a meeting of as many of the friendly towns as possible and adopt such plans as you think best calculated to ensure acquiescence into the nation and security there. I am ordered to Rocklanding where your next dispatches will find me and when I shall expect to see you a day or two before the meeting at the Oaks, to give you must give the Indians every expectation of receiving any presents at our meeting the thing will be impossible in the present distracted state of this Country for me to attempt any thing of the kind would be highly resented. I must them to move there and establish them in peace unless that is accomplished and all is quiet I shall attend to these events, but I cannot help saying that too much hath been given already to ungrateful Indians, I shall find extreme difficulty, I expect to carry out a few articles of provisions for myself for which reason the Indians must bring their provisions to the Oaknulgas. I know your want of money or goods to enable you to be and carry on the public business. I am sorry that it is not in my power to assist you with money, I have not had a dollar belonging to the United States in my possession for twelve months past, and I do assure you that I have exhausted all my own little revenues in purchasing ready money articles and paying unavoidable public demands. The afort[undecipherable] of goods in the public stores at St. Marys is much back, I shall send orders to M^r Jordan to send you a supply of such