State House Louisville Monday 14th March 1796 The following Communication was made to the Secretary of War. State House Louisville 14th March 1796 Sir I do myself the Honor to transmit you herewith enclosed certain Resolutions of the Legislature of this State, dated the 3d and 15th of February last five depositions relative to the depredations committed on our frontier by Indians, and also a certified copy of an Act repealing a certain Act therein mentioned and declaring the same null and void, all of which you will be pleased to lay before the President of the United States. In addition to the Representations made by the Legislature with respect to the distressed situation of our frontier, I must remark, that is is now become indispensably necessary that the Inocent settlers should be protected if possible from the ravaging hand of the Savage if they are not, and they should be compelled to leave their homes when they ought to be planting their crops, there is no calculatinf where it will end, or the scenes of distress that this Country may probably be involved in: to prevent such ends and at the same time to make the expences as little furthersome to the General Government as possible I have determined to pursue for the present, the Arrangement established by my predecessor Governor Mathews, which was to Garrison each Block House erected on the frontier with a Subaltern Officer and fifteen privates and to continue on duty two Troops of Horse, this mey serve as a Temporary security to the Settlers, but cannot be considered as adequate protections, should the Savages persis in committing depredations, which from circumstances there is too much [undecipherable] conclude is their intention in such an unfortunate event I shall be compelled to augment the the arrangement in proportion to the force of the Enemy. I am happy to have it in my power to inform you that some of the principal authors of our calamities are now in the hands of Justice_ Harris[?] with some of his followers have been apprehended and will stand their trial at the next Suprin Court for the County of Montgomery should they meet with their desorts, perhaps our unhappy Country may have once more freed from the Horror of a savage War [undecipherable] in any event I hope and trust the protection of the Government will not be witheld from the inocent and that I shall speedily receive the Sanction of the President to the measures I have adopted. I must beg leave also to remark that it is the first wish of the peiple of this Country that a Treaty should be held with the Creek Indians in order that the Lands between the Oconee and Oakmulgie may be obtained. On this Subject the Legislature have expressed their sense in the Resolution herewith enclosed which is consonant to my own Opinion. I am &C Jared Irwin

Secy of War Philadelphia

A deposition of Lieutnant Irwin relative to depredations committed by the Indians on the 28th December 1795 was read & Ordered to ve filed