ans; and to prevent their commencing hoſtilities (of which there is no appearance) againſt either, conformably the fifth article of the ſaid Treaty. That you flatter yourſelf, after theſe candid aſſurances, that you will have immediate pleaſure to announce to the Preſident, a compliance with the treaty on the part of the Com-mander of his Catholic Majeſty's forces within the Unit-States."— [No. IV.] *Extract of a letter from Brigadier General James Wil-kinſon to the Secretary of War, dated Fort Waſhington, 2d June, 1797, received 22d inſtant.* LIEUTENANT Colonel Howard, of the regi-ment of Louiſiana, an accompliſhed Iriſhman, has arri-ved at St. Louis, with four hundred regular troops; he is ſtrengthening the works of that place, and organizing the Militia; and I have information, through a confiden-tial channel, that it was determined as early as Septem-ber laſt, not to give up the poſts on the Miſſiſſippi." [No. V.] *Extract of a letter from Brigadier General James Wilkin-ſon to the Secretary of War, dated Fort Waſhington, 4th June, 1797, received 22d inſtant.* LETTERS from all quarters announce the diſcon-tents and menacing aſpect of the ſavages; two white men have been recently murdered on the Ohio below the Cumberland, and the ſavages beyond the Miſſiſſippi, and thoſe who paſs Maſſac, make no heſitation to avow their purpoſe for war; the Shawaneſe, at the old Tawa towns, are our neareſt neighbours; they profeſs friend-ſhip, but are making no preparations for a crop, which is a certain indication of their intention to change ground." " The encloſed extract of a letter from Colonel Hamtramck is corroborated by information from Ka[undecipherable], St. Vincennes, and Maſſac." " At the ſame time Colonel Howard is ſtrengthe[ning] his works at St. Louis, and organizing the militia, [who] are taken into pay at nine dollars per month."— [No. VI.] *Extract of a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Hamtram[ck to] Brigadier General James Wilkinſon, dated Detro[it,] May, 1797.* " THE departure of the fourth regiment, and n[ow] the artillery, makes us very weak—it has reduce[d our] guards from officer's guards to non-commiſſioned offi[cer's guards,] and our ſtrength does not admit of three relieves. " I have had, for a long time paſt, a large numb[er of] Indians—I do not know well their intentions—b[ut] think it would be prudent not to weaken the gar[riſon] more than it is; and I am pretty ſure that both the Fr[ench] and Spaniards have emiſſaries amongſt the Indians[. I] have it from indubitable authority, that a large Belt [from] the Spaniards is now travelling through the differe[nt na]tions." [No. VII.] *Extract of a letter from Lieutenant Piercy Pope, to th[e Se]cretary for the Department of War, dated Camp[,] May, 1797—Received 29th June.* S I R, " I ARRIVED at the Walnut-Hills on the 13[th of] laſt month. Previous to my arrival at that place, ord[ers] were lodged with the Commandant of that Poſt, no[t to] ſuffer my troops to come any lower down until fur[ther]