It is not easy forme to describe the variety of business & trouble in which I have been involved since the commencement of the Indian war, but I have the satisfaction to find that my labours have secured these Frontiers & Communications, as well as preserved the Fidelity of Five out of the Six Nations, with those of Canada & many others who have repeatedly desired to be employed against our Enemies, and as I am now enabled to send them on Service I have accordingly this day, sent off a party of near 200 (with proper Indian Officers) who are destined against the Delawares Shaioanese &ca-, which party shall be speedily followed by some others, from -whose operations I Expect the neighbouring frontiers will be rendered pretty secure, & the Enemy reduced to great straits.

The utility of employing Indians ag^ Indians will I believe appear plainly to you, since the engaging them as principals in the War will break their connections hereafter, and end in the destruction of many of our Enemies, besides, they are the best calculated for attacking one another, in a Country where our troops must inevitably meet with the greatest difficultys and losses, without being able to effect any thing considerable, whilst some partys of Indians accompanied by Experienced and well chosen Woodsmen will be able to discover our Enemies haunts, compellthem to come to an Action, and cut off their Retreat -- at least such party's will greatly contribute to the success of any operations of our troops in the spring, as will prove a means of breaking their union, & of intimidating those Indians who are too much elated with the successes of last year.