[ Enclosures ] Extract of a letter from James Seagrave Agent of Indian affairs to Constant Freeman, dated Fort Fidius 28^th September 1793. "I am most unpleasantly situated with respect to the business I set out on. I find that I am opposed by the armed force of this frontier militia in my endeavors to give them peace. Parties are continually out between this and the Oakmulge, to intercept me or any Indians or Messenger from, or to me, and they have not been successful. I have received expresses from the nation since I have been here, and from appearances of matters in that quarter, I am led to believe I can settle matters to satisfaction of the general government, if not counteracted by the the bad conduct of the people of Georgia. A party of about one hundred men under command of Col^t. Alexander, and others went from Green County on the 15^th. instant and on the 20th entered a small Indian town on the Chatanucha river about forty five miles above the Copalah town, killed one Indian man, brought off as prisoners one man and four women. This information I have received from Jim Barnard who is now here, he had it from two Indians who were sent express after him and overtook him on the road the 17th instant; I cannot find that the white party lost any men. I cannot discover by what authority these parties are sent out, but I think it very unwarrantable. I have wrote Governor Telfair to put a stop to such practices in his State, but as usual I have no reply to my request or any notice taken of so serious an application. There is a number of Indians now waiting for me on the Oakmulge, [undecipherable] forward with Barnard and then to meet me into the towns. I shall leave this tomorrow with a guard of Federal troops, and hope to have Col^o. Gaithers company as far as the Oakmulge, from whence I will write you if I have time, by the return of the troops. The conduct of the Spanish agent in the nation is much changed in our favor." Fort Fidius October 14^th 1793 Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18^th ult^o which I received this day by express from Augusta, and to enclose you a duplicate of mine of the 7^th instant. I arrived at this post in the evening of the 10^th. I found M^r Seagrave had not gone to the Indian Country for the reasons he has assigned you in his letter upon the subject. I have very little news to communicate to you upon Indian affairs, the agent for this department has transmitted all the information to be obtained. I must however Sir, observe that a war with the Creeks is inevitable, such is the spirit of the frontier inhabitants, unless the general government should in more public and decided manner express their disapprobation of the measure. It is dangerous to advocate the cause of peace. The success of Col^o. Mellons inversion has given the people a strong desire to penetrate into the Indian Country; in hopes of destroying their towns and bringing off prisoners —