[undecipherable] the Secretary of War has the honor to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the President of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] his opinion with [undecipherable] of the other [undecipherable] Departments; on the propriety of [undecipherable] of a qualified person [undecipherable] [undecipherable] into the actual State of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Trading Houses or Factories, and [undecipherable] property in the North Western Territory, on the Mississippi and on the Frontiers of Tennessee and Georgia Should the President approve [undecipherable] the Secretary requests that he will [undecipherable] to appoint a person in order that instructions [undecipherable] be made out accordingly. [Signed] War Department James Mc Henry 23. May 1800 The President of the United States The the Secretary of War has the honor to submit for the consideration of the heads of Departments [undecipherable] propriety of [undecipherable] selecting and [undecipherable] a qualified person to [undecipherable] on occasions into the actual State of the Garrisons, Indian Trading houses or [undecipherable] and Public property of every description, with the [undecipherable] of preserving or disposing of the same for use or consumption, in the North Western [undecipherable], on the Mississippi, and on the Frontiers of Tennessee and Georgia. It is stated that it has been the practice throughout the Western [undecipherable] of the United States, for military [undecipherable] to hold [undecipherable] with the Indians; to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to them, occasionally to supply them with ammunition and [undecipherable] and sometimes to make them other presents, and [undecipherable] [undecipherable]