This collection consists of two letters dated December 5 and 17, 1805, addressed to the Governor of the Louisiana Territory, James Wilkinson, from William Webber and John Capidy in regards to Cherokee land claims near the White River.

Webber begins his own letter by acknowledging Wilkinson’s desire for peace, and replies that the chief men amongst them also seek peace. Webber goes on to discuss the evil of the liquor being traded to his people and remarks that “the large quantities of liquor bought here proves the ruin of a number of our own people.”

John Capidy’s letter discusses a talk that he has asked John B. Treat to give to the Cherokee people as the leaders were away on a hunt. As he expected to be in Natchez when they returned, he gave his talk to William Webber “who is considered to be one of their principal men.”