Perhaps to distroy our Women & Children, I know the Hearts of the Savage he is desperate and barbarous particularly when supported which is the case now ———————————————— I now call upon you Sir, in the name of the Wyandots & Delawares for protection, remember my first Speech to you when I was at Greenville — A provisions should be a difficulty, I can Supply us — There is two Villains here Manso Francisco Duchouquet a french man & James Whi[undecipherable]laker, boath Traders of this place, who is working underhandedly to Corrupt the minds of my people, it is said that one of those men (the French) has given a belt of Wampum to the Cayagos, which is the party I have before mentioned of at the Miamie River — But be you assure so soon as I can Discover this bad Designing man, I will cause his Death to be hung to one of our bells — I will pledge my life for the good of my Country, and will for ever be a friend to the United States — I have now Sent you our Delaware & our Wyandot heath chiefs to conduct your troops here; make all the haste you can no time to be lost now as this plan now exists in Concentrating all our affairs with less expenses & trouble — [strikethrough: I am Sir with] respect to your Excellency, I a Major General Wayne Sincere friendship Greenville Head Quarters J^as Williams Agent & Commissioner For the Sachems Chiefs & Warriors Sir; Head Quarters Greenville 27^th May 1795 Have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17^th Instant by Leatherlips, & the Delaware Chiefs accompanied by some other chiefs & Warriors of the Wyandots who had been a considerable time upon the road & arrived at a period when I was in the act of mounting my Horse to [strikethrough: recommade] the landings, at Lorimes & Grays down in order to transport boats & Supplies from the Creek to Lorimes, over the portage into the St Marys for the Supply of the Garrisons of Fort Wayne & Defiance, & of the Shawanese, Delawares, & Miamis now planting at Grand Glaize, the Miamie Village, also on the St. Marys, & St Josephs & who have placed themselves under the Protection of the United States — all the Principal Chiefs of those Nations came up with their People and express the strongest desire and wish for peace, The Chippawa Potawatamiss, Sackies, & Ottawas from Michigan & Michilimackinac are on their way as well as the Wabash tribes for this place, & Blue Jacket assures me that all the Indians from Swan Creeks &^c will undoubtedly attend the treaty, he has accordingly gone back to bring them on and counteract M^cKee &^c &^c, Hence I am decidedly of Opinion that you have nothing to apprehend from any Hostile attempts against Sandusky during your absence, —— I returned last Evening from Lorimes after seeing every thing in a train for transporting supplies by that rout, A small Fort & Garrison will be built at that place to protect the Stores & Supplies that come by Water from Pittsburg so that our land Carriage to the [strikethrough: Brittish] post at the foot of the Rapids will be reduced to ten or eleven miles — this will be handed you by Cap^t Reid a Shawanese Chief who is Accompanied by a M^r M^cLean a man who you probably know — Reid left Swan Creeks on the 15^th of this month, I says that the Indians at that place were preparing to come to the treaty, same hearts that we left you, these young Chiefs are happy at this interview — These young chiefs are impatient to set you they represent [strikethrough: them] their Fathers who all agree that you have shown their Eyes, and turned their hearts from the bad advise of M^cKee: it required a great & powerfull Chief to bring about this change in you have made the path safe, wide and clear, we can now come to see you without fear. At our last meeting I told you that the Chipawas, Ottawas &^c were all impressed with the same Sentiments, their Hearts and minds are still the same as when we last met you, honest, true, and free from Guile — When we were last with you, you advised us not to listen to the bad advice and words that would be sounded in our Ears by the bad Birds, the have frequently since been Singing in our Ears, bad songs but we were deaf to their Notes, and drove them from among us — The Key you gave me when at this place I have kept safe its a true and good Key, it has opened the Doors to all your posts & Garrisons, and it remains bright, and I hope and trust that it will, to the end of time, that our Children & Childrens Children may enter your Garrisons in Security, and be received in Friendship. — This is the unanimous voice of the Chiefs now in your presence — at the opening of the Treaty we shall speak more fully. Sir/ Sandusky 16^th June 1795 The Receipt of your Excellency's Letter of the 21^st May, by Cap^t Reid a Shawanee Chief and Charles M^cLean has given me sincere pleasure at a time often anxiety was exhausted. We was just upon the point of dispatching seven Messengers to know what had become of our friends, and surmised many things, it appeared very extraordinary that they would detain so long as they did, when their Orders was to return in fifteen days if in case our Brothers the Americans could not comply, whereas it was thirty days before we had any intelligence, Emmerciencies of this sort ought never to be neglected. Very fortunately my address, in the form I did, to you was really the cause of a [strikethrough: suppression] of Mischiefs that was aimed at you as well as ourselves & hae not only this Effect but sent all the Bad People out of town — Your letter I have explained to my people so far as regarded the business, but be you assured I represents it in its purity, particularly the Wampum that ought to have been sent to take us by the hand to conduct to the Council fire — of late, then the reasons Why you did not, I find any because I had been already at Greenville and brought a few things, which was a sufficient token for us to rise upon our feet whenever the Period arrived, it would now be superfluous to send us any more, I made them to understand your mode of invitation was only ratifying the old, you will see by the Speech what their intentions are, I have certainly exerted myself to the utmost of my power to bring them all to a perfect understanding, and I believe they now Comprehend all matters in its proper light, I am pretty well convinced that the mode I have taken lately of applying to you for Protection has caused reflections in the minds of many, and I may venture to say as well as the Indian Department, — I was favoured with a letter from a freind Dalb the 25^th May last, This Gentleman is to inform me of every transaction going forward at Detroit — I now enclose you the Extracts of the particulars, you will [undecipherable] that we need not fear our Opponents — I have now the honour of informing Your Excellency, [strikethrough: that] all the Nations of Indians has taken hold of the Glorious Work of the Peace, this day we had intelligence of it from Sposhoday a^k Ottaway Chief,) I hope now in a few days we shall have a happy meeting, Sir