[No. IV.] *Draft of a letter from Brigadier General James Wilkinson to the Secretary of War, dated Fort Washington, 4^d June, 1797, received 22d instant.* LIEUTENANT Colonel Howard, of the regiment of Louifiana, an accomplished Irifhman, has arrived at St. Louis, with four hundred regular troops; he is ftrengthening the works of that place, and organizing Militia; and I have information, through a confidential channel, that it was determined as early as September laft, not to give up the pofts on the Miffiffippi." [No. V.] *Draft of a letter from Brigadier General James Wilkinson to the Secretary of War, dated Fort Washington, 4th June, 1797, received 22d inftant.* LETTERS from all quarters announce the difcontents and menacing afpect of the favages; two white men have been recently murdered on the Ohio below Cumberland, and the favages beyond the Miffiffippi, and thofe who pafs Maflac, make no hefitation to avow their purpofe for war; the Shawanefe, at the old Tawa towns, are our neareft neighbours; they profefs friendfhip, but are making no preparations for a crop, which is a certain indication of their intention to change ground."