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On Friday the 14th of August, Mr Elijah Hicks & myself were arrest at Mr Blackburn's, on the Federal Road, by a detachment of the Georgia Guard, under the command of Serjeant Young. We were, together with Mr Robert Rogers, engated in making a record of those improvements wrested from the occupancy of the Cherokees by State Legislation, or otherwise, peparatory to a Treaty. Mr Rogers was left out of the scrape, but for what reason we were left to conjecture. Myself & Mr Hicks were told by Serjeant Young with a pale face and tremulous stammering voice, to consider ourselves prisoners & to take up the line of March for head quarters. My saddle wallet, together with all our books, were also made prisoners, Our horses were ordered; and we started about twelve o'clock & rode about fifteen miles; took dinner & rested awhile, after which we travelled till about eleven or twelve o'clock after night, when we stopped, tied our horses & lady upon the ground till morning. Serjeant Young said he had received orders to tie us hand & foot, was very reluctant to do so, but was bound to obey his order. Accordingly, when night began to approach, one end of a rope was tied around one of our arms, while the other end was held by one of the Guards who rode by our side. However, we were told that we might carry the ropes ourselves! When we lay down at the place of encampment, we were tied together after a fashion! I told the Serjeant I supposed the reason why he travelled so long after night, was, that he was afraid of the Indians. He said, No - It was to get out of the way of the Lawyers. About daylight on Saturday Morning we started