Canandaigua Sept 19^th 1794 Sir, Since my last I have endeavoured to obtain information from the Western [undecipherable] party. M^r [undecipherable] having been employed in that Quarter for that purpose and last evening and the minutes he has made is inclosed and also the Copy of a letter from Capt Brandt. I have had the annual Rebuking Good Wayne addressed the Indians. Several ways the particulars are mentioned in M^r [undecipherable] minutes. I first had the act by the Indians from [undecipherable] Creek and also by a man and his [wife?] from Detroit the latter having been a Prisoner with the Indians three Years and than and doubt [checking?] the truth of it. Since the Indians were first invited to the Treaty the British have endeavoured to [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] if possible, to prevent their attending, & I have used every exertion to persuade them to Join the Hostile [Missions?] at the Westward till at last they found the Indians would not Generally Join in the War the Government then told them in Council at Fort Erie that they might attend the Treaty & if any thing was given them by the Americans to take it. & &c. About one hundred and fifty of the Indians came to this place from Genese River in Order to attend the Treaty but it did not commence at the time Stipulated & I thought it best for those M[r?] Indians to Genese River and come on again with those from the Westward to which they readily Consented. The Indians will Generally attend the Treaty in my opinion or especially those of the best part of them [who?] [are?] generally in Council and the best friends to the [United States?] The goods and stores forwarded by Col Pickering have arrived [undecipherable: Disposition?] [undecipherable] that they [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the best [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] they are [undecipherable] Col Pickering is expected daily and [undecipherable] the Indians will be collected in the course of 8 or 10 Days [undecipherable] [Copy of a letter from [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Sept 19^th 1794]