[No. II.] *Extract of a letter from the Secretary of War, to Cap^t Isaac Guion, commanding a detachment of the Troops of the United States, destined for the Natchez, dated War-Office, June 10th, 1797.* "I ENCLOSE you duplicate of my letter to Brigadier General Wilkinson of yesterday's date for your government, in case he should have left Fort Washington, or by any accident be prevented from communicating with you the contents.— "Having a perfect reliance on your prudence and judgment, I cannot doubt but your command will be satisfactory to yourself, and advantageous to the United States.". [No. III.] *Extract of a letter from the Secretary of War to Captain Isaac Guion, dated War-Office, June 15th, 1797.* "SHOULD this dispatch find you, where I expect it will, at the Natchez, and the Spanish garrison still in possession of the works at that place; you will be pleased to lose no time in communicating to the commanding officer there, the enclosed copy of a message* from the President of the United States to Congress, and to the inhabitants of Natchez its contents, that both may be fully possessed of the intentions of Government. You will also so inform the Spanish Commandant, that you are instructed, to pay the strictest attention to the engagement the United States have entered into by the Treaty with His Catholic Majesty; to permit the demolition of the works, to use your utmost endeavours to preserve a continuance of the pacific dispositions of the Indians within our limits towards the subjects of His Catholic Majesty, or hi [* 12th June 1797.]