[undecipherable] [undecipherable] tion of the Chickasaw Nation. [undecipherable] your father has considered the [undecipherable] delivered by Piomingo, Chintatabe, and [undecipherable] others, [undecipherable] George Colbert Thomas [Brown?] John [Brown?] & George [Augusta?] the 24 [undecipherable] last. [undecipherable] it is said that your chiefs on their way to see him, found the road crowded with people going to [undecipherable: Cumberland], and that the [undecipherable] the boundary line between your nation and the Un-ited States to be seen. Your Father knows that a great many people go back every year towards [the?] Indian country, [there?] cannot be [kept?] at home, but he will as soon as possible have the boun-dary line run and marked that is now [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] shall have any [excuse?] for trespassing upon [your?] land from ignorance of it. He will [undecipherable] all the means in his power to protect you from the [intrusions?] which he hopes will prove [effectual?]. Since the [undecipherable] of Piomingo, your Father had a talk with [those?] who [remained?] [undecipherable] here to know when the Spaniards would leave the [Chickasaw?] Bluff. [undecipherable] your father could not tell them. He has made a treaty with the King of Spain, a copy of which he has sent to you, by [undecipherable], in which the King of Spain [promises?] to leave that Post; but as the order [undecipherable] [comes?] in a great [way?] to the [Governor?], the [undecipherable] [may?] not be as soon as has been promised. [undecipherable] will see in it, the [undecipherable] King of Spain has agreed to can and mark the boundary [undecipherable] their country from the United States. This line is very important to all the na-tions as well as the United States [undecipherable] it [undecipherable] away in future all pretense from Spain for trespassing on our side of the line. [undecipherable] Chiefs [have?] asked that the Fort at the Chickasaw Bluffs [should?] be demolished when given up by the Spaniards. To this it has been answered, if the Spaniards should [undecipherable] before the boundary line shall be [settled?] between the United States [undecipherable], that [there?] [undecipherable] only be held by the United States [undecipherable] as that line is run and settled. If however the Chickasaws will be [undecipherable] kind to the United States [undecipherable] Spain, and are not willing that they should [hold?] it for that short [time?], [their?] Father will not [undecipherable] upon it. But he [requests?] that the nation will go [undecipherable] to [carry?] his request, and [send?] their [answer?] [undecipherable] [Mr?] [Hunter?], or to [Mr?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the commanding Officer at Fort [undecipherable]. Some of your Chiefs [are?] [undecipherable] a claim against the [State?] of South Carolina [undecipherable] [lands?] upon which [the?] State has [undecipherable] upon the plea that the Indians [belonged to?] [undecipherable] [belonged?] [before?] the United States [army?] during the great war which the United States had [with?] England. As your Father wishes to be [just?] [undecipherable], he will instruct his [Secretary?] of War [to?] the claim [to?] South Carolina, and will [employ?] his good offices to obtain [compensation?] to them for the land. George Colbert has also [undecipherable] upon the Chickasaws for three Negroes [undecipherable] by some individual of [the?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that some of the Chickasaws [received?] from the [Creeks?], and [undecipherable] the account can be [settled?]. If this account cannot be settled the President recommends to the Chickasaws to pay George Colbert the value of his Negroes or [the?] annual presents made to the nation. Your Father has requested the Secretary of War to mention to the Chickasaws nation that it will be proper that they should in future, and every year meet together before [taking?] of the [presents?], which he has promised them, to [fix?] upon the persons who ought to receive them, in order to avoid confusion in this [business?]. Let them [undecipherable] write down the names of these [undecipherable] nation [undecipherable] upon, and [give this?] [name?] [to?] the person whom the President appoints to distribute the [said?] [annuities?] in [future?]. [undecipherable] But this [undecipherable] and every thing else may be done according to the [intentions?] of the United States, he will [direct?] his [undecipherable] agent, Benjamin [Hawkins?], [who?] [already?] is appointed to reside among the Creeks, to [inspect?] and [watch?] over the [interests?] of all the Southern Indians, to [visit?] the Chickasaws from time to time, to see that the [presents?] have been properly distributed among them, and that nothing is wanting [undecipherable] which the United States can afford them. The President requests his Children the Chickasaws, his [other?] [beloved?] [men?], as often as [he?] [undecipherable] to [visit?] them or write to [him?] [undecipherable]