Newark Dec^r 21^st 1799 My dear Sir This morning I received a Letter from Canada, which informs me, that an account from Detroit mentions, that the Indians have not been able to assemble more than between Eight and Nine hundred Men; That they had [undecipherable] of the Short of Provisions — This information I believe Authentic, and as it may be Usefull I embrace the earliest opportunity of communicating it. M^rs Ogdens health is much mended since her last severe attack. She joins in Love to M^rs Knox and Family Your most Aff^t Serv^t [signature] Gen. Knox [address panel: For / General Henry Knox / Secretary at War / Philadelphia]