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395 the President and our brother general knox in order for them to hear there unclear from our lips and also to hear their answers to us. 5thly. We complain that the agents appointed by our great brother the President so not live in our nation where their business in we are at a loss many times for their advice and to do other business for us. We conceive that as the United States pay our agenst for all their services that their business is immediately with us and they at least ought to spend a large part of their time in our nation, especially when there is bad talks going from the white people to us or from us to the white people. Then the agents could have a true knowledge of facts and would be able to render a true account of everything to our father the president. 6thly. Double head complains that the beloved path unclear his nation and south carolina is so disturbed by the Gergians that it is like to hurt their trade. The path is often very laid by parties from Georgia so that their traders are often afraid to go up with their goods and have been obliged to apply to the head officers Maj. unclear Pickers and unclear Gen Anderson for a guard to conduct them safe into the Indian Coutry. He further says that the Georgians have long tried to bloody that hight path unclear the South Carolians and his people but he now hopes that something will be done in order to put a stop to all such proceedings. Nantuaka says that if it had not been for the good talks which his nation always received from general Pickens and his great friendship to the Indians as a free people the other two States to west of Georgia and the west state, would long ago have drove the Cherokees out of their land and they should have been obliged to look out for a new country. But Gen Pickens always gave good talks and was thier friend when all other friends in the other two states were unclear and appeared unfriendly which has been the gret cause of them standing their guard. This paper was given by unclear on the true sentiments of the Chiefs of the Cherokee present and the same was also confirmed by another unclear and John unclear the interpreter and the whole was interpreted to the Indians again in our presumed by unclear Thompson and unclear to by the Indians. Signed H. Knox T Pickens 11 June 1794