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271 523 and brothers; and an appropriation of money was made to procure forage for their horses. After having showed them every friendship, we did not expect that William McIntoch had any ungenerous disposition towards the interests of this nation; but we were mistaken. We find that his visit here must have been entirely through speculative designs. He has used intriguing language with some of our chiefs, to yield their land to the United States Commissioners, who are now here for that object; and made promises of procuring a large sum of money from the United State's Commissioners for them, in which he proposed to participate himself, for his trouble. His verbal suggestions, at first, was not taken notice of; but he still continued in the same course, and made a written communication to John Rolf, the President of the National Committee, on the subject, promising the sum of nineteen thousand dollars, to be paid over to such individuals as he may think proper, in case of a cession. He further stated, verbally, to some of our chiefs, that he had offerred his whole country to the United States' Commissioners for two dollars per acre, and suggested the idea of the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws