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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe. 145
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26th of last Month, the Acct is made up for him by some of the
Woodsmen, who are a very bad set of People he may be a very
useful Man if he can be kept from these Wretches; If he is
allowed his own Pay & Salary he cannot expect to be paid as
Interpreter at the last Treaty — I dare say Johnstons Beeves
are included in the 306 I paid, & am convinced all the Supply
of Flour was paid, they therefore do wrong in not paying
him. Gist was never employ'd by me to make any Contracts
if he was by Mr Carlyle he is to answer for him. If you desire
it, I will pay for the Beeves at Mr Cresaps when I know the
Amo. — I am not a Judge of Waggons &c but as they are much
wanted, I think you shou'd purchase Twenty, & when you
write me I shall either send Money or a Bill of Excha to pay
for them; four of them to be sent from Wills's Creek to Win-
chester will be constantly employ'd in carrying Provisions &c.
to the Camp & probably may have the good Effect of engaging
the Country People to hire their Waggons at moderate Prices.
I shall be glad if the Method you propose for Conveying Pro-
visions &c from Belhaven by Rock Creek, Conegocheek &c
may prove Successful, but I fear in Freshes the Battoes cannot
go up, & in Sumer they will want Water, but a Tryal will not
be amiss. In the mean Time I have ordered flat bottom'd
Boats to be built on all the runs from Winchester to Wills's
Cre'k, such that will receive a Waggon; & I am told by cutting
a new road from Winchester to Wills's Creek, they can shorten
the way 30 Miles, which I have ordered to be done — I shall
endeavour to procure some Carpenters. I think there is at
Alexandria Cartridge Paper, Flint & Match, the other Things
I shall endeavour to procure I shall send the Wampum up.
Raingers are surely a very necessary People as Scouts, but
pray be on your Guard in respect to the Traders, who appear
to me to be an abandon'd sett of Fellows, however if you can
pick out such you can confide in they will be of great use on
many occasions — Mr Cox know no more of him, than a small
Knowledge of him formerly in Bermuda, but his Character
with you is the only rule to guide in Affairs of that Nature, &
I therefore will by no means interfere. — Mr Burney was very
solicitous with me for a Comission, which I by no means thot
him equal to, but proposed his acting as Armourer at 2/6 p
Day, he refused & pray'd my Letter to you — Colo Stephens
wrote me you had advanc'd him some Money for recruiting.
The So Carolina Compa shd be supplied with Blankets, but
this Colony will not pay for them; as they are a very good
Company, I think the Capt may draw for such necessary Supply
the N. York Company's must pay for theirs — It was entirely
right & kind of you to send to the Catawbas, informing them
of the Warriors that were gone out against them to put them
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