Reports French prize schooner taken by Captain Decatur, now at Fort Mifflin. Pennsylvania law prevent the ship from going up to Philadelphia, and the ship and the prisoners must remain at the Fort. They will make immediate use of the ship. Requests quarantine orders for prisoners.
Captain Guion declares that the Indians still appear pacific though constantly urged to the contrary by the Spanish. Many of the principal men [chiefs] have visited Natchez and declared their friendly disposition and their determination to discount the talks given them by the Spaniards. Some of the Six Town Choctaws and a tribe called the Huwanies are allied with the Spanish and may be troublesome to the party working on the boundary lines.
Certification that $628.52 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence and forage of the commissioned officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, through June 1798.
Certification that $691.75 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors Island under the command of Captain Frederick Frye, being the pay , subsistence, and forage of the officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, through June 1798.
Encloses copy of letter to Brigadier General Wilkinson and Governor Sumner. Suggests that convicts should not remain on Castle Island, but that a garrison with regular troops be used.
