Page: [1] Letter Wm [William] McIntosh 29 March 1825 [unclear text: Indian ] territory [unclear text: Comd. ] to the Legislature 23 May 1825 Page: [2] Chatahochee 29 March 1825 To his excellency George M. Troup My Friend sir I take the liberty of sending [unclear text: Sl. [Samuel] ] Hawkins to you by we [unclear text: seeing ] in the newspaper your proclamation [deleted text: of ] stating that the treaty was ratifyed [ratified] by the president & and senate we see in the papers of where Crowel had wrote to the Department that the Cheifs [Chiefs] of the lower grade that had signed the treaty & we see where he says that there will be hostility with us if the [unclear text: us. ] states [document damaged] the treaty we have not [unclear text: aney [any] ] ways into [document damaged] [illegible text] in danger until he comes home & Comence [commence] hostility & urge it himself on us if the treaty is ratifyed [ratified] if you can let [unclear text: Sl. [Samuel] ] Hawkins have two thousand Dollars or stand his security in the Bank to that [added text: amount ] we will send me on now to look at the [unclear text: Country ] for to trye [try] to move away this fall the money [illegible text] if lone [loan] to us will be payd [paid] back as soon as the money comes on to pay the first payment of the treatys aney [treaties any] information that you Can give him will be satisfacktorey [satisfactory] to us your Dear friend & [Signed] Wm [William] McIntosh [added text (appears to be different ink and hand): all written by McIntosh ] Page: [3] Genl Wm [General William] McIntosh [unclear text: ad ]