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of them as they fhali judge necef- 
fary or expedient for the public 
good. 
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fatisfa€tory explanation. refpecting 
it, your,committee fent for the ori- , 
ginal letter, which accompanies this 
report. 
Two fenators, new prefent in the 
fenate, have declared to the com- 
mittee, that they are well acquaint-, 
ed with the hand-writing of Mr. 
Blount, and have no doubt that this 
letter was written by him. Your 
committee have examined many. 
letters from Mr. Blount to the fe. 
cretary of war, a number of which 
are herewith fubmitied, as well as 
the letter addrefied by Mr. Blount 
to Mr. Cocke, his colleague in the 
{enate, 
United States, July 3, 1797. 
Report of the Committee of the Senate (to 
the Senate, on the 6th of July, 1797) 
to whom was referred a Letter * from 
_W. Blount, Efg. one of the Senators 
Siom the State of Tenneffee. 
THAT Mr. Blount having de- 
elined an acknowledgment or denial 
of the letter imputed to him, and 
having failed to appear to give any 
* The following is a Copy of the Letters 
Dear Carey, Col. King’s Iron-works, April 2%2 
I withed to have feen you before I returned to Philadelphia ; but I am obliged 
fo return to the feffion of Congrefs, which commences on the 15th of May. 
Among other things that I wifhed to have feen you about, was the bufinefs of 
Captain Chifholm, mentioned to the Britifh minifter, laft winter, at Philadelphia. 
I believe, but Iam not quite fure, that the plan then talked of will be attempted 
this fail; and if it is atcempted, it will be in a much larger way than then talked 
of: and if the Indians aé their part, I have no doubt but it will fucceed. A man 
of confequence has gone to England about the bufinefs; and, if he makes arrange- 
ments as he expects, I fhall myfelf have a hand in the bufinefs, and probably shall 
be at the head of the bufinefs on the part of the Britifh. - : 
You are, however, to underftand, that it is not yet quite certain that the plaa 
will be attempted; yet you will do well to keep things in a train for a€tion in cafe 
it fllould be attempted ; and to do fo will require all your management. I fay, will 
require all your management, becaufe you muft take care, in whatever vou fay to 
Rogers, or any body elfe, not to let the plan be difcovered by Hawkins, Dinfnoor, 
Dyers, or any other perfon in the intereft of the United States or Spain. 
If L attempt this plan, L fhall endeavour to have you and all my Indian country 
atid Indian friends with me; but you are now in good bufinefs I hope, and you are 
not to ritk the lofs of it by faying any thing that will hurt you, unril you again 
hear from me. Where Captain Chitholm is I do not know; [ left him ia Phila- 
deiphia in March, and he frequently vifited the minifter, and {poke upon the fub- 
jet; but I believe he will go into the Creek nation, by way of South Carolina oc 
Georgia. He gave out that he was going to England, but I did not believe him, 
Among other things that you may fafely do, will be to keep up my confequence 
with Warts, and the Creeks and Cherokees generally; and you mult by no means 
ay any thing in favour of Hawkins; but, as often as you can with fufety to’ yours 
feif,; you may teach the Crecks to believe that he is no better than he fhould be. 
Any power or confequence he gets will be againft our plan. 
Perhaps Rogers, who has no office to lofe, is the-beft man to give out ta‘ks, 
againft Hawkins. Read the letter co Rogers, and, if you think it beft to fend itto 
him, pata wafer in it, and forward it to him by a fafe haad; or, perhaps, you had 
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