Camp on the Wabash. Nov^r 6^th 1797 I have been labouring a Month, against every impediment of low water, to advance towards & have as yet made but little progress. — A letter from L^t. Col. Sargent since the 28^th Ulto, apprises me that the com-motions of your Settlements are tran-quillized. This circumstance & the lateness of the Season, will prevent the Establishment of a Post, untill the Spring, & the troops destined for the Station, will go into Winter Quar-ters at Massac, the Commanding Officer of which will from orders, should occasion render necessary, to give to the Civil Authority of your Quarter and supply as may guard for the maintenance of its tranquility & the protection of its numerous Citizens — I am just sorry & will People (Pittsburgh) that I shall take as my Head Quarters for the [undecipherable], and am very [undecipherable] fully Dear [undecipherable] Your Most Ob^t Serv^t [undecipherable: probable reading: Wilkinson] Col. Egan [undecipherable] [undecipherable]