[Duplicate. May 11. 1795 Col. Henley — from [underline: the Hon^l. Secretary — of War —]] War Office May 11. 1795 Sir, I received your letter of March 23 on the 21 of April — Having written fully on the subject of hostilities between the Chickasaws and Creeks in my correspondence with Governor Blount and anticipated your enquiries, it was not necessary again to answer them. I have no doubt that as you [underline: intimate], those hostilities have been precipitated on the part of the Chickasaws by men who sought neither their true interest nor the interest of the United States. Governor Blount has been informed that the United States cannot support the Chickasaws, and I think satisfactory reasons have been given him for refusing it. Money to pay the expences incurred the last year in the South western Territory was forwarded by Mr. King of Knoxville who left this soon after the departure of Major Evans. I have now to inform you that goods to the amount of about three thousand dollars, will go off this week (perhaps to morrow) for Pittsburg, whence they will go with little delay down the Ohio and up the Cumberland to Nashville, for supplying the Chickasaws according to a voluntary promise made to their Chiefs who were last year in Philadelphia. To whom should they be delivered at Nashville as the public Storekeeper? The Secretary of the Treasury has formerly written to you about the storing and issuing Indian supplies at Knoxville. As far as the circumstances will admit the like ^mode should be pursued at Nashville. But quere whether the quantity of supplies will render it worth while to have a special Storekeeper, who shall issue on the orders of the Superintendant General Robertson? You have the means of knowing characters there will be able to determine. The Superintendant for the Six Nations receives and issues himself all the supplies to those Indians. We have a perfect confidence in his integrity. The like supplies to the amount of three thousand dollars is annually to be furnished for the Chickasaws. I shall write you again on this subject, in the mean time you will think how the business may most properly be conducted and consider this letter as confidential. I am Sir Your humble Servant sign^d. Timothy Pickering Secretary of War Col. David Henley