and Philip E. Thomas

, who were directed to write
him a suitable answer to them on behalf of the
committee

Detroit 12 May 1806
Friends

In the latter end of last Month I
had the honor to receive a packet from the
Secretary at War, enclosing your address to the
Wyandot Indians

, and your letter of 2 Mo. 20 to
Charles Jewitt. The Secretary at War directed me to
do the same with your address and letter as C.
Jewitt would have done, if he had been here, who
is in the public service as Indian Agent at
Chickago

The Chiefs of the Wyandots

at &
near San Dusky to whom your communication
appears to be immediately addressed are not ofter
at Detroit, they have not been here since me
came to this place in june last, but there are
chiefs of that Nation, residing a little below
Detroit on the Western Shore of Lake Erie, in two
Villages called Maguaga and Browns Town who
are often here. The most considerable and res-
pectable part of that Nation live in those two
Villages, where also resides the public Interpreter for
that Nation. I have conferred with this Inter-
preter and these Chiefs, who rejoice in the con-