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Show lG Al'PbNDIX TO PAn r I. . 1 J· vhich setting aside the chicnnery , 11 the followmg leac s, ' . assurances o '11 trictly aclh rc to: vtz.- of law, as a gent·nle ma. n, you Wl s. l. . to yout' alrcnts, at your head 1 c rcpre•,cnta wns .., That you wt m.t { . f 1 . 'ltity of goods w •. mtcd the L· ke Suprnor, o t lC quat . quarters, on. ,\ r .• y our csta'u·I · I lCilts in the tcnitory of the Um- 15 }I) ensuing spnng, 01 . · sufh• cl•C nt, . , . . ·ly as J>Ossiblc, fot· then\ to en- 01 .ts cat ' · d tecl States, w ume . . 1 . 1 ... c aud obtain a clearance an tcr them at t I1 e C · 11 · of i\llcln 1 mac ... ma ' licence to, •trade in dt~e fo.rm.. . 1 . tc instruction to all your posts 1 111 g1ve nnmec t.l 2<1. l 1n.t you '' .. , . . at no time and on no pretence . under y·nur du cctl011, . II' in saitl tcrrnory, '· 110 •1 "ted the En~hsh ILtg. you. l · t r suffer to uc ., ' ' · d whatever to lOts , o , 1·, usc of that of the Umte 11 cssarv you may ma ... c conceive a. a~ nee. . , which can be admitted. s 1 whH .. h 1s the only one . . . t a Oacr or me· " ta c;:l. That you will on no .furtl~elr otclcamslOJ~n lll~:~~~i~~al ~ubJccts, or 1• 1 ld councils wll 1 lC c1a1 to an lnt tan: lO f .. 1 . I l on bcinP· applied to on those r · f m that o U ct< e · Jll '=' others IOI'ctgn 1 ' 0 r , . , , ts informing them that I to the Amencan .tgcn ' .. l heads, re et t tcm I .· . ·d t hold councils of a pohttca they arc the ollly persons aut lOtisc o natmc "ith them . other suhJ. ects, such ns the distl ibut.ion of ~il· There arc tn:my 1 , . ,. ted of m <lctat. . ·l 1<1 be too lcn!;thy to >C ll ca . quor, &c. wluc 1 \YOU r . I tllcmsciYCS with QUI' laws, lint the cornp.my will do well to ut·ms • I . . tlatc themselves . ·· 1 the ~·lYage!:> am 1 cgt rc~ulatinp; the conii\\CJ cc '' tl l • • I , tl is opportunity, to ac· 1n.our tcrritorit.:s acco.rchngly. 1 cm>ra~e ', lli g·ations to your· . 1 nd under bltlg"ll at• o J knowledge my-;clt alll CO III Jn.,t. ·1. ·1 o J have rcnclcrcd us o..;eJ ves ,\lld " g.c uts, [o r the t<,s l ~tan. ce '" IlL t bye et n bonored. \ y·t tIl and the polit~; treatment wnl~' wllatch .~ l~l~:~mcut aud yomsclf. ~eutimcnt::. of hi. h r<..~. pect, or tIC cs ·• 1 alll, l-.ir, your obt:dicllt SCI'\':lllt, z. M. PlR£ JTugh Jlf•Gil/is, E.<uJ. Proprietor aucl agct1L u {. t Il C N · \\' • COffil>i.III•V , e-;tt\l>lished at Zone\ D u Lac. APPE~O IX TO PART I. 17 L ~o. 6. J Sm, / .('('c/7 [,a/.:r, 1 jth Fd;ruary, 1806. voun ;'lcldi(' ,,S J>I'C'Willcd on the Gth i llst. has uttractcd my UlOSt ~criuu ' COil ~i dcl'.lti•lll {l) till! ~<.' \ cr,d objeCtS uf dutil!'> Oil jIll JlOI'tatioliS1 of pn; sclll~ ll~<ld<.: to, a11cl ou t· <:Otlsult.Jtiolls '"i th Indian~; of cnclo'>illg; our stOI'l'S ~IJHI dwt lli11~ bousus, and fin,dl), of the Cllbtom nbt:.iuing to hoi-;t the Br iti 'ih 11.t.-j 011 tiH· tet·l itory bclo11ging lO the L'nited State:, of 1\merica. l !-.h.dl at a~ c.trly a Jhriotl a~ po:, ..,iule present the <~gu1t; of the 1\. \\'. Comp.dlY " itl1 )OUr reprcl:icn t.ttions re~;anling tlH• JW) i11g· clu ti<:.., on the i ltl)>o t·t<ttion of g·oods to be seut tO Olll' CstabJi~hmcuts \1 ithin the IJoUtlc!S of tlte tl'l'l'itol }'Of the Ullltcd State!;, as also tllc it· bt i llg' Clllcrctl at the Cll'>tOill housv or :\lichili lllackinnc, but I bl'g to be allowed to present for con .... idn.ttiun, that the majo t' part of the goods lll'C S").tf'y to IJ · ~'Ill to the said estublishmeuts fur th · tr,tdc of tlt · t'tl'-;lling- wintn, ;ll't: now artua lly in out· stores at Kanu11ri ti t~11i.t our ll(·acl qual'tct'!> 011 L.d.- ·Sup ·riot", and that it \\o11ld C<llhC us \ :t:,t <"Xjh'tls<..: a11d troul>k to be oiJlit,cd to COili'CY those g-ood~ bad. to ~lichi'itnackitldC tt> he <..:lltt'red at the cu~tom hoLh<..: oflice ; \l't' tlan· l'ut·c pt'.t}' t h.Lt the \1 orcl of g-t•ntlc lllCI\ with reg-ard to the q u·t nti t) and quality of the 'laid goods to be ~ent to said est tbii slnllt:llt, nl.t) be rott-;ide t cd as cqu i' alt:ut to the ccrtaillty of"' Clt sto tJl lwww l'l'gi~t~ 1·. ()til' iote ntion II.LS nercr been to inj11re }Ulll' tr .. Hkl·s, pa) i t11~ the duties est:.lb li-;hcd by Ltw. \Ve hope those reprcsent.LtimJs to your g·o, trnnJcllt J'espt cting out· conccms \>i th tl1c lt di.t tts, n.a} ha1 e hl't'll dicta!t.:d "tth truth, and not exill{~<.:l'ated by L'll\ y to p rt·jttdicc our intcrc~ts, and to thro" a stain on OUt' character, \\ J'i< h llld}' l'tquil e tilll • to dl'.tc ' ft Olll the lllinds ofa Jh'oplc, to whom we lll\Nt cv~.;r COII..,idcr our·::.tlvcs i11dchtcd fot• the lcllity of procedure, or which till' pn !>l'lll j:-, ::.o 110\<Lblc a tcstimotty. The cnclor.;urc~ to prot<:rt ou1· sto1 ·s aucl dwelling hou~cs from the in sults and IJMba1 ity of S,\\' <lg(: l'lld 'lle~s, hm <..:been erected for the llccurity of my propcny a11<1 pt r:,otl in .L colltlll'y, till now, exposed to Ute wild \1 til of tl.c f'r.tnt ic ludi.l tls: \\ e IH.:Ift:t' lC.wtll<..:d ~he Sllli.dk.,t idea that the Siltcl cndo,.,ures 1 right t:\ t:l' he u~cCul i11 the JllnctUJ·eof a ruptut·c bl't\\ ·ct l tltt: l \IO J•<J\\t.:r;, Jlor do nc now conceive that such p(JOI' shifts "ill ever be cn1plo)cd by the Bri ti'>h !;OVct ·nrnent, in a <..ounlry ovt:t·~h.~clowtrl \\ ith "ood, ~o .Hil'quate to tvct·y purpose. Fort~ llli~jht in a shot t p ·riocl of time be builL Jar supctior to any stockades wc m 1y 1:,"' e o~c.,siun to erect. ,J |
