To Lieutenant Kinsley &^c N^o 2 Fort Erie 23^d August 1793 Sir, We have this day delivered to Sylvester Ash, a letter for Major Craig at Pittsburg. He will call on you for information and assistance. We enclose a Copy of our letter to you by him. This letter we propose to commit to Indian Runners, who are to be engaged to carry it to you and if necessary to Pittsburg. But probably you may have some of the Allegany Indians with you whom you know, and can trust, and who are well acquainted with the path to Pittsburg and will cheerfully undertake to carry the letter to Major Craig. We desire to leave this to your prudence. We suppose the passage by water more safe than the route by land, as it may be best for Ash to go by water, you sending with him one or two good Canoe-men. Then the Indian Runners can proceed by land, which we presume they may do with perfect safety. In this matter also we wish you to exercise a prudent discretion, governed by circumstances, with which we are unacquainted. Only we suppose it cannot admit of a doubt that it will be best to send one letter by water, and the other by land. We are, Sir Your friends and Humble Servants B. Lincoln, B. Randolph, } Commissioners T. Pickering [Instructions to M^r William Wilson.]