Sproat is held accountable for the $6,203.06 pay due to the sundry Militia and Scouts of the County of Washington, northwest of the Ohio and should therefore be governed by the instructions respecting such payments.
McClean's recruits will be paid as soon as the musters are approriately qualified and returned to the Accountant's Office. In the meantime, McClean's own pay can be remitted to the 31st of December 1793.
Proceedings of a council holden at Buffalo Creek. Present at the proceedings were leaders of the Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Delaware and Tuscarora nations of Indians. Also present were several individuals representing the United States and Upper Canada. The boundary line was a source of dispute.
Cannot give accurate information on settlement of Commissioners debts. Widow of Oneida Indian Chief, Peter Otsiquette, requested all debts be discharged.
Lt. Col. Sproat's claim of pay for services rendered as Lieutenant of the County of Washington in arranging, mustering, and paying the militia and scouts called out for the protection of the frontiers seems fully justified.
A voucher is enclosed regarding a contingent account for Ensign Daniel Bissell for keeping a public horse which is not within what the War Department considers a contingent expense so perhaps it should be handled by the Quartermaster's department.
Steinmetz had already inquired about the future rent of house stores in Hodgdon's possession but has not received an answer. Therefore, he takes it for granted that Hodgdon has no objection to his propositions.
Arthur St. Clair has received his pay, subsistence, and forage as commander of the late Army against the Indians for the period from 4th March 1791 to 6th April 1792
Mentions the subject that gives Colonel Walker much anxiety. Madame Laval is making negotiations that would exonerate Walker from responsibility, but without effect. The sum is uncertain. At present she demands $40,000, a sum not probable for him to be able to obtain.
