A report has been current, my Lord, that the rebels are supplied with ammunition from New Orleans, up the Mississippi to Fort Pitt, a laborious hazardous attempt. The Indians, my Lord, will certainly consider it, a noble inviting prise, I am hopeful, they will entercept them.
Mr Stuart 2 mentions a Batteau with sixteen thousand weight of Gunpowder escorted by the Rebels, up the Mississippi for Detroit or Fort Pitt, and, that he has sent the Indians to way lay them, I hope, with all my heart, they will succeed.
These accounts, my Lord, I shall convey, with all possible dispatch to the commanders in Chief of the Army and Navy . . .
St Augustine 7 Decr 1776
