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hundred." Taken from the files of the Executive Attest W. Urquhart S.E.D.

Extract of a Letter from Andrew Pickens Esquire to General Clarke Hopewell 28^th April 1793 "I received this morning by express from a friend that the whole of the Creek nation except the [undecipherable] had declared War against the United States that John [Golphin] with five hun dred Warriors, had set out about sixteen days ago to join the Seminoles and was to fall on the southern parts of Georgia but my information leads me to believe that they intend to make a [undecipherable] along the frontier of Georgia and this State. Taken from the files of the Ex. Dept. Attest W. Urquhart S.E.D.

State House, Augusta, 12^th June 1793 Sire Our frontier settlers still continue in a state of alarm for notwithstanding the waters still remain high, the refia- tions from Indian murders and depredations of every kind are of so short duration that the Inhabitants have not a moments security. The number of militia drivers with actual service in consequence of the