expended about the 5th or 6th of next month. When I left Fort Washington, the agent of the contractors informed me that he expected a drove of cattle very soon; whether they are arrived or not I am not informed. I have written to him on this occasion; but I request you to inform yourself, and, if necessary, to make provision there also; and, indeed, there is not a moment to lose about it, and to provide for any deficiency. He writes me that the measures he has taken will give a supply to the last of December or a month longer, but nothing must be left to hazard."--_The St. Clair Papers_, vol. ii, pp. 248-249. [114] St. Clair's _Narrative_, p. 33. [115] _The St. Clair Papers_, vol. ii, p. 257. [116] _American State Papers_, vol. iv (Indian Affairs, vol. i), p. 137. [117] _Id._, p. 137. [118] See p. 89. [119] St. Clair's _Narrative_, pp. 213-219. [120] _American State Papers_, vol. iv (Indian Affairs, vol. i), p. 138; St. Clair's _Narrative_, p. 55. [121] Albach's _Annals of the West_, p. 584. [122] Atwater's _History of Ohio_, p. 142. [123] Captain Robert Buntin to Governor St. Clair, February 13, 1792 (Dillon's _History of Indiana_, p. 283). [124] _Annals of the West_, p. 590. [125] MS. of Thos. Posey, _Draper MSS._, xvi U, vol. 3. Cf. page 203. [126] _American State Papers_, vol. iv (Indian Affairs, vol. i), p. 227. [127] _American State Papers_, vol. iv (Indian Affairs, vol. i), pp. 234-236. [128] MSS. in the New York State Library in Washington's handwriting; _Magazine of American History_, vol. iii (February, 1879), pp. 81-88. [129] Wayne to Knox, October 5, 1792, _Draper MSS._, v U, fol. 21. [130] _Id._, Armstrong to Wilkinson, September 13, 1792. [131] Journal of Thomas Posey, _Draper MSS._, xvi U, vol. 3. Hereafter this will be referred to merely by name. [132] March 30, 1793. [133] The fourth article was the objectionable one. It read: "The United States solemnly guaranty to the Wabash, and Illinois nations, or tribes of Indians, all the lands to which they have a just claim; and no part shall ever be taken from them, but by a fair purchase, and to their satisfaction. That the land originally belonged to the Indians; it is theirs, and theirs only. That they have a right to sell, and a right to refuse to sell. And that the United States will protect them in their said just rights." _American State Papers_, vol. iv (Indian Affairs, vol. i), p. 338. No citizen of the United States had or has a right to refuse to sell land to the Government. Such a right could not be given to an Indian tribe. [134] _American State Papers_, vol. iv (Indian Affairs, vol. i), pp. 323-324. [135] _Id._, p. 244. [136] _Id._ [137] _Id._, p. 243. [138] A standing rock in the Maumee River. [139] _Historic Highways of America_, vol. vi, pp. 21-23. [140] _American State Papers_, vol. iv (Indian Affairs, vol. i), pp. 340-342. [141] _Historic Highways of America_, vol. ix, ch. 2. [142] _Id._, p. 356. [143] _Id._, p. 375.