[Intrico] April the 3^d 1797 Benjamin Hawkins [undecipherable] Temporary agent for Indian affairs south of Ohio, to Efa [undecipherable]. I arrived here two days past with General Pickens to ascertain and mark the boundary line between the United States and the Indian Nations. We shall mark the Cherokee boundary first and then the Chehaws and rest. Morgan of Wewoca will give you his the has been waiting here for your presents which are sent on to you under the care of Serjeant Thrasy. M^r Rogers informs me that you have collected some horses, taken by your wild ungovernable young men from [undecipherable], and that you wished for an opportunity to send them to their owners. I have desired a written by M^cHendy, to receive them and bring them to this post from whence will be forwarded as most direct. You will order as many of your young men as you may deem necessary to accompany the Serjeant to this post. If they have any claims or furs they can have an opportunity of disposing of them here. You have had an opportunity to see the supreme executive of the United States and many of my fellow citizens, and I hope you have formed juster conceptions of the power as well as justice of our government, and that you will on all occasions impress on the minds of your countrymen the information you have received on those points and how necessary it is to your existence as a nation to cultivate a friendly intercourse with us as a [undecipherable] with the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]. I hope soon the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] will be able to do more than they have hitherto done to prevent horse stealing, by punishing the offenders that we may prove to our white brethren that the promises of the Creeks may be relied on, and that we mean to put a stop to this avarish abominable practice. accept [strikethrough: the] of my sincere Wishes for the prosperity of your Nation of Benjamin Hawkins P. I. Agent for Affairs S. of Ohio—