Arthur St. Clair Letter to President George Washington

              [written in another hand in corner] 1789 
[written in another hand] Sept 14 
New York Sept r. [superscript] 14 th. [superscript] 1789 
Sir 
The constant Hostilities between the - 
Indians who live upon the Wabash and the People of 
Kentucky must necessarily be attended with such - 
embarrassing Circumstances that I am induced to - 
request that [crossed out] you will be pleased to take the Matter 
into Consideration and give me your orders respecting 
the Case.  It is not to be expected on the one Hand - 
that the Kentucky People will or can submit patiently 
to the Cruelties and Depredations of the Savages__  they 
are in the habit of retaliation; perhaps without attending 
precisely to the Nations from whom the Injuries are 
received__  they will continue to retaliate or they - 
will apply to the Governor of the Western Territory, thro' 
which Country the Indians must pass for redress _ if _ 
he cannot redress them (and in present Circumstances he 
cannot) they also will march thro the Territory to [illegible crossed out] 
redress themselves and the Government will be laid 
prostrate.  The United States on the other hand are at 
Peace 
The President of the United States