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Show 28 APPENblX TO PART I. " But, that if I pt·efercd their tal ... ing one clown now, they would "do it; but, il on the contr;.ry, 1 expected all three, they would "i111 na.: di;•u ty dcp.1rt in pur~uit ol the others, and brin g· them a to" gether to tiH.:ir r.~ther. TI IUt if he diet not bring them, he would "deli,et· himself 11p to the Americans." I replied-" lie mus~ not '' attl'lltpt to deceive, that I had before told hit~ that I was not au" thori !:->cd to seize their men by force of ;ums; but, that I wished " to kllu\\ explicllly, the time when we might expect them :1t St. " Lutll ·, in order tktt our gctteral s;.ould know what stc:ps to take " iu ca~e they did not <lrrive. That the consequence of a non-com" pliance \\ ould be serious to th ·ntsclves and their children. Also, "that they had recent!) hoisted a Britillh f1ag ·ncar this place, which, " had I h,lVC bc<.u here, I should have prevcuted. I auviscd them " to uri iJO:-,' theit• Bntish nag·s anu meclab down to St. Louis, to de- "li\'er them up, <llld rt:ceive others in cxch::,ug·e." Their reply was, " in ten <l.t) s to the Pr<..irie, and from thence to St. Louis, in ten "days tuot·c." lleJ<.l a council witlt the Sioux, in which the chiefs of the Yanctonp:!--, ~Hissitong·. ' Sioux, of t lte heat of' the De l\tloyen ' and part or the Ccn:-. Du Lac Wall pr('~enl. v\ aba!>ha fir!:.t spoke, in CIIISWCI' to n,y speech, wherein 1 recapitulated the cond uct of the Sauteurs-thci~ de~ire and willingness for peace-theit· anaugcntents for next summer- the pipes th ey had sent, &c. Also, the wish of the general for some of the chiefs to descL·nd below. Hccommendccl the situation aud good illtentions of' the young- chiefs at the mouth of the St. Pet rs, to the others; and that they should give them assistance to keep the bad nten in awe. They all acquiesced in tbc peace with the Sauteurs, but saiu generally, that they doubted theil' bud faith; as they had experienced. it nle:tny u time. The Nez Corbeau said he had been accused of being· hired to kill 1\lr. Dixon, "'hich he here solemnly dcuietl e\Ct' having been instig·atcd to any such action. The T omu>re Houge, theu arose and saici-Jealou.sy was in a great measure, the prindpal cause of his descending. That if ever any tra· dct· had any cause to complain of him, that, now Jet him do it publici) . That last year au officer went up the Missouri-gave flags and medals -made chid's, and played the devil antl all. That this year the li~tlOl' was restricted to the Indians on the Louisiana side, and permitted on this. Ue wished to know the reason of those aJTangcmcnts. lrep lit:d, that the ofTtcet· who ascended the Missouri, wa~ authorisefl hy their father; and that to make chiefs of them, &c. APPENDIX TO PART I. wa wltat I now invited them down. 13ut that for· the liquor·, it \\'ac:; too long an explanatiou to give tlrcm here; but that it would be cxpJa; ned to them below-and that in a very shon time the lir 1 uo 1 • would be restricted on both sides of the river. The Puunts in the evening, came to the house, and MaCI'aragah, alias the Merchant, spoke-That last spring- he had Ill barked to go down to St. Louis; but, that at De Buques, the Heynar ·ds gave back. That when he saw me la!:.t autumn, he g-ave n 1 c 1 1 is !rand without shame; but, that since it had pleased the Ltthcr of life to cover them with shame-that now they felt thcmsel\'eS 111iscrablc. llut implored me to present thcit· flags and medal.y to the g-eneral, as a pr·oof of theit· good intentions; and that when I anivcd at St. Louis, to assure the general they were not far behind. (The childs and the soldiers would follow with the murderers; but beg-g-ed I would make their road clear, &c. &c.) Delivered his pipe a 11 d n tg-. Karamone then spoke ( with <lppa rent difiiculty), assured of the !~hame, disg-race aud distt·css of theit· nation, that he would fulfil what the others had said; and that he seL1t by me the medal of his fathc1·, which he cot tsidercd himself <.~s no long-er worthy to wear (pu tting- it round my neck trembling'), and begged me to intercede with the g-eneral in theit· favor, &c. &c. I assured him that the American nation was a generous nation, not_ confounding the innocent with the guilty; that when they J 1 ad clch,•et·cd up the tln·t'f' or four dogs who had covered tl1cm with blood, we would again look on them as our c hildren; to take courage, that, if they did well they should be tt·eatcd well; tllul I would tell the general every thing relative to the all'ai1·; also, their· repentance, and cletet'nJination to deliver themselves und the murderers, aud explain about their flags and medals. -- [ No. I 3 . J ,\i.Jtice to MeBars, Camj1bell and FiN/u-r, j'o1· taking dt1JO~·itions against tl1t: umrden:r~ of the Puant nation. G~;NTLEME"J, Prairie des Chicns, zoth April, I8o6. . Having demanded of the Puants the authors of the late atrocrous nturders; and UIH.lcrstau<.llng that it is their intentions to deli- |