[The following letters now written] Executive Department Georgia Louisville July 7^th 1799 Sir The last post brought me yours favour of 11^th ulto and I am thus early in answering that you may receive provided other channels may fail important information affecting this State in particular and the United States in general at the most early period of conveyance. The enclosed papers will speak for themselves: the Mission from the Creeks was direct and explicit and leaves room for suspicion of immediate hostility — to corroborate this I have to inform you, that the Indians are very insolent in our frontiers of Washington and Montgomery Counties — stole two horses from the former County and went off with threatening — It has required all my address to prevent retaliation — My conduct toward the Chehaw King and the thieves who stole the horses, ought to have made the impression you have in your line been pleased to express — but their conduct evinces some hostile intention, which is expressly avowed in Milledges Embassy — Whether the State of Georgia does, or does not, complain unnecessarily me feel is certain, that if the treaty of the Lorenzo, should cause Indian depredations [undecipherable] brought and exclusively felt, the dangers of the contact — and there is every probability of hostility ensuing the completion of the line — At the present moment the force of the United States in Georgia is not adequate to the protection of twenty miles of frontier, until that deficiency is remedied — ought not the Governor of Georgia to be furnished with discretionary power to call forth her Militia at the expense of the Union to protect in case of actual hostility, her defenseless frontier Inhabitants, and the South Western Inhabitants of the United States? I think in the course of my administration I have little reason to be complained of by the United State on the score of expense; I know not a shilling expended by them on the call of Georgia — the expense of the Chehaw King and payment for his stolen horse you seem to think at least unwarrantable by law — but when the motive is considered I am well persuaded that you will agree, that the ten times that sum was no object to the United States compared to the prospect of Indian warfare. The offenders are not worth a shiver and are admitted to bail by the Circuit Court of the United States until the next sitting The money Congress sent on has I believe been paid to the Corps it was intended for, but several Corps are yet unpaid, on whose demands I M^r St Baldwin and Tattnall you appeared favourably inclined towards — the time may occur when Georgia Militia may again (as they have once had) become very serviceable to the United States — to make them so, payment for former services, will greatly contribute. General Pinckney has been at Louisville and has informed me an investigation of Colonel Gaithers conduct would take place — what has been done, I am a stranger to — he no doubt has informed you, as the Secretary of the Navy also must of a transaction lately at St Mary — I mean the Ships laden with foreign articles — the present situation of affairs gives a higher feature to the suspicion their arrival occasions. I have the honor to be Sir with respect Your most Obt Servant Ja^s Jackson Hon^ble J^as McHenry Secretary for United States Executive Department Georgia Louisville 1^st July 1799 Dear Sir I received your letter of the 2^d instant by favour of Major Parsons this Morning giving me an account of the murder of Allen Womack in Franklin County of this State by one Hardy Hardon — from the circumstances there appears little doubt but that Womack was killed to prevent his becoming an evidence against the remainder of the Gang — As to Womack, there can be no doubt, but that he was a very bad character — but bad as he might be Hardon —