1Enclosure: To the Chiefs and Warriors of the Chickasaw Nation, 11 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
I thank the great Spirit that I have the opportunity of taking you by the hand in this City, and that you are all in good health after so great a Journey. I have long desired to see you and I have caused you to be invited to make this visit, and I thank you for performing it—I love the Chickasaws and it will always afford me sincere satisfaction, to be instrumental to their happiness in any...