[N.B. A Duplicate was sent in the packet committed to the Indian Runners] Letter to Major General Wayne, Fort Washington Fort Erie, 23^d August 1793 Sir, We are on our return home from the mouth of Detroit River, where we lay four weeks, waiting for the Indians to hold their private Councils at the Rapids of the Miamis, that we might all come to Sandusky, and open the treaty. But after sending repeated deputations to us to obtain answers to particular questions, they finally determined not to treat at all. This final answer we received on the 16^th Inst. when we immediately began to embark to recross Lake Erie. [underline: Altho' we did not effect a peace yet we hope that good may hereafter arise from the mission.] The tranquility of the boundary North West of the Ohio during the (supposed) continuance of the treaty, secured your care of our safety, and we could not leave this quarter without returning you our unfeigned thanks. We are Sir, yours &c B. Lincoln B. Randolph, } Commissioners T. Pickering --- Letter to General Knox. Sir, On Lake Erie 23^d August 1793 The Indians have refused to make peace. We have not