Extract of a letter from Major Gen^l Knox Secretary of war to His Excellency Major Gen^l Wayne, Commander in Chief of the Legion of the U.S. "The accounts received since the departure of Major General Scott of the establishment at the rapids by the British is not precise; such however as it is, it is herein enclosed. But it is expected that you will have accurately ascertained the truth of the reports the situation and number of troops posted there, and the nature of the works which have been erected. The occurrence of the establishment of a new post within our territory is of a nature not to be embraced in the orders heretofore given you, relatively to the respect to be observed to the previously established posts of Great Britain. If therefore in the course of your operations against the Indian enemy, it should become necessary to dislodge the party at the rapids of the Miami, you are hereby authorized in the name of the President of the United States to do it."