[undecipherable] had adju[undecipherable] our [undecipherable] The Commissioners then said that they would wait to hear again from their council at the Rapids; But desired that their answer might be without delay. Aug^t 2: ...I walked, towards evening, on the bank of the river; was discovered by a man of opposing who met me and carried me to his house. from him I learned that a little distance there from [undecipherable] in a new field, he had discovered a large circular fortification, which must have been erected very many years Since; for, besides very large timber [thus] standing therein, there were many which having come to maturity, had fallen down, and appear to have remained in that situation for a long time. The fortification embraced about four acres. He also added that a fortification of some kind or other, would be [undecipherable] every four miles [square?] in all this part of the Country. In tilling the land, they plow up parts of earthen pots & some stone [undecipherable]. from this it is evident that the people who [Missing Page/s — Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part missing, and we have not been able to locate a more complete copy of the document.]