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with regard to the time, place & unclear all these depend upon particular circumstances, such as, the season, price of provision, & the facility of procuring supplies. This season is unfavorable if the meeting is held any where in the Nation, because, the flies are remarkably troublesome and will drive the horses all but distracted, & provision is scarce corn & flower being unclear had only at two or three places in the Nation, and Beef and venison is both scarce and poor, whereas, in the fall or winter all these are plenty and good. It will certainly be most convenient to have the meeting at one of three places in the Nation unclear the Agency, Fort Mitchell, or McIntosh'es, and I have no doubt but the Indians will be satisfied to meet at either of those places the commissioners may designate. The object being, as I am instructed, to procure a cession on the Northern and Eastern Boundary of the Nation, if that circumstance can have