he left home, and several of our company
were
sick.
I spent this evening with Capt. Welbank,
and
Capt. Bunbury, at Capt. Caldwell's, where Capt.
Welbank talked freely respecting the southern
In-
dians, and their confederates; among whom was the
governor of
Pensacola, and the Indian nations
quite
to the Mississippi, and the mountain
Leader also,
who was considered fully attached to the interest of
the
United States. All which intelligence, with
the present tardy process of our
commission, im-
pressed my mind with ideas of horror and
distress,
approaching our extensive frontier, with some
doubts, that the
speculation in western estates, will
be disastrous to public tranquility
and peace.
Col.
England wrote to Capt. Bunbury,
to
despatch the Dunmore to Fort Erie.
Bunbury, ha-
ving Gov. Simcoe's orders in writing, to keep her
for the
convenience and protection of the commis-
sioners, withstood the colonel's
orders.
Three Wyandots came to our camp, and
report
they have received accounts from the Indian
council, that they had at length
agreed to invite us
to the council. This day my head felt much
disor-
dered, occasioned, I supposed, by getting wet in our
tent by
rain, just as we lay down. William
Savery
poorly, Jasper Parrish
very ill, also Horatio Jones
and Joseph Moore complaining.