[undecipherable lines] War Department, 7 October 179[undecipherable] The President of the United States, has received and acknowledged the receipt of your Excellency's letter of the 26^th ultimo, and the enclosures therein, [undecipherable] from General [undecipherable] and Colonel [undecipherable] dated the [undecipherable] 19^th and 20^th of the same month. — [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of the territory of the United States South of the [undecipherable], [undecipherable] [undecipherable] information [undecipherable] [undecipherable] relatively to the hostile designs of [undecipherable] the five lower [undecipherable] or Chickamauga Towns on the [undecipherable] river. — It would appear that the five [undecipherable] towns, containing perhaps from three to five hundred warriors, [undecipherable] by a number of [undecipherable] of the upper [undecipherable], chiefly young men [undecipherable] for war, and their principal [undecipherable] appears to be the [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. A [undecipherable] of the information [undecipherable] in the Papers N^o 2, 3 & 4 this day received from [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. — The information from M^r [undecipherable] agent to the Creek Nation, dated at St Marys on the 13^th Ultimo, appears to encourage the hope that the lower towns of the Creeks are peaceably disposed for peace. — The United States have [undecipherable] treaties of peace and friendship with the four [undecipherable] tribes of Indians, [undecipherable] have been [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] of those treaties, [undecipherable] nor does it appear that any of the Southern tribes have any just [undecipherable] against the United States. [undecipherable] presents have been given [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable] of the present year, and the Creeks and Cherokees have [undecipherable] of them an an- nual [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] thousand five hundred Dollars. — The Chickasaws and Choctaws are friendly and I cannot [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and Creeks, the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] former, and [undecipherable] individuals of the latter [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] been made to appear that the con- [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] is the result of any deliberation of any assembly of chiefs, or of any particular [undecipherable]. — It has been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] turn that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable] by the interference of a neighbouring European [undecipherable], but the evidence on this head may be questioned. — As Congress will be in session in a few days, the information on this subject will be submitted to them. The Constitution has invest- ed them with the right of declaring war. Until therefore their decision shall be made known, the Executive cannot authorize offensive measures; although in the mean time it may be necessary to make the most vigorous preparations for defensive, and eventually for offensive measures, by providing abundance of arms and ammunition. — The President of the United States, has commanded me to express his entire approbation of your Excellency's sentiments and orders on this [undecipherable]. The agent appointed by you to provide six hundred arms in this City, being unable to pur- chase any that were [undecipherable], the President of the United States [undecipherable] directed that he should be fur- nished from the public [undecipherable] at the prices mentioned in the within schedule — I have the honor to be With great Respect Your Excellency's Most Ob^t Serv^t [undecipherable] [His Excellency The Governor of South Carolina] [endorsement, rotated: undecipherable]