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Knoxville 12 Ap^l. 1798.

Friends & fellow Citizens

By From late Accounts from the delegation of
this State, I am informed ^I have received information that the treaty is to comm
ence as early as possible, and particularly in
time they expect, for the you to return to make
your summer Crops - The goods for the treaty as
I am informed is now in this State, coming on to this
place, and I expect daily that the commissioners
will Arrive in a day or two- there is by the
General Government, ^there is a large sum appropriated
for the purpose of extinguishing the indian Claim,
and I have no doubt it but it will be affected-

Thus Gentlemen you see, the disposition
of the Government is to relieve your distresses,
and as such is the case, permit me to recommend
to you, patience, and fortitude, hoping as I do,
that a very short period will relieve your suffering
and reinstate you all on at your farms homes, and
plantations which is the sincere wish of