since of the President on the subject of peace or War shall be attended to on my part. The Arms and ammunition mentioned in your last are not yet arrived. It is my very earnest desire that two thousand stand of Arms in addition to those expected, with a proportionable quantity of ammunition be forwarded as early as possible. I have the honor to be Sir your most obedient servant Edw.^d Telfair The Secretary of War} Savannah, 29^th. April 1793. Sir Since my last to you dated the 22.^d instant I have received the intelligence contained in the enclosed extracts Viz. From the deposition of Benjamin Harrison and Francis Pugh, and from the information of Joseph Dabbs from which there is little expectation of avoiding a general War, with the Creeks and Cherokees. Blood has been spilt in every direction on the extended frontier of this state, and one man killed in the State of South Carolina. I have directed fourteen block houses to be erected, each to be garrisoned by one Commissioned Officer, two Serjeants, and seventeen privates - those stations extend from St. Marys river to the river Tugalo, which with the federal stations may serve as a temporary defence adding thereto troops of horse to act on the spur of the occasion: I shall follow this plan of operation until measures be taken by the President for the better protection of the unfortunate settlers on the exposed frontier. If I find the pressure becomes great the opposition must keep pace with the several emergencies. I shall make the necessary communications to the Governor of the State of South Carolina, in order to obtain aid, as I have every reason to hope that provident measures have been taken to that effect. Should general hostilities continue it will be well to give Governor Blount the needful instructions to cause a co-operation on his part. I have the honor to be Sir, your most obedient Servant Edw.^d Telfair. The Secretary of War} Extracts from the deposition of Benjamin Harrison and Francis Pugh of Washington County. "On the 18^th. April, the Indians killed William the son of Colonel Pugh and had taken Dick a negro man of Col.^o Pugh and shot said William Pugh through the body and two scalps were taken off his head, there is some horses missing." Extracts from the Information of Joseph Talbs of Franklin County. "That on Tuesday (23.^d April) he saw General Clarke at the town of Washington, Wilkes County, who informed him that six persons were murdered by a party of Indians at or near the Skull shoals of Oconee in Greene County on Monday last about 10 O'clock in the morning. Taken from the files of the Executive this 29^th. April, 1793. Attest W. Urquhart S.E.D. State House, Augusta 8^th. May 1793. Sir. Such is the havock and carnage making by the Savage, in every direction on our frontier, that retaliation by open War, becomes the only result, the horrid barbarities committed (some recitals of which the enclosures contain) have impelled me to cause the additional aid of six troops of horse to be drawn into service to range on the frontier; and also to establish a Camp at Shoulderbon to consist of three battalions companies, and I have directed a General Officer to repair to the said camp, to be repair to the said camp to be reinforced, as circumstances may require; the late respite is only to be attributed to the heighth of the waters, and so soon as they subside, I have nothing to expect but an immediate renewal of the like barbarities, every measure in my power to repel and annoy shall be taken, and as far as means will extend shall be carried into effect. Let no idea of peace so far amuse as to divert the necessary and immediate preparations for War, every information you may receive tending thereto, must proceed from ignorance or design; the field is now taken - the people must be protected, and a failure