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Show . '38 APPENDIX TO PART II . [No.9. J Cantonment, Jl!issouri, .1/ugu.~t 6, 1806 Srrt, IN consef]ucncc of the receipt of the enclosed letters, J have thought proper to send you an cxp1·ess, to enable you to announce to the Osag-e the de$ic;ns of their enemies, thnt they may take seasonable measures to c.ircumv nt them . You will not fail, in addition to the within talk, to enhance our patemal regard for this nation, by every proper expression; but are to keep c1 ·at· of any conflict in which th y may be involved, thou~h you arc to avoid the appearance of abandoning· them. If it should be the Potowatomies' intention to carry th eir threat into ex cution. It is probable they will not attempt to make the blow be fore the falling or the ]caves, and in the mean time the Osag-es ~houl d 'Stablish a chain of li g-ht scouts, along the coast of the Missouri, to ascertain with certainty the approach of their enemy. It is reduced to a certainty that --- and a society of which he is the ostensible leader, kl\'e dete rmined on a project to open some commercial interco11rse with Sanu Fe, and ac; this may lead to a connection injmious to the United States, and w·ill, I undcr!>land, he attempted withont the sanction of bw or the pcrnti!-.sion of the execntive: you must do what, consistently, you can to defeat the ph111. No good can be derived to the United States from such a project, because the prosecution of it will dcpcncl entirely on the Spani,trds, and they will not permit it, unless to serve thei r political, as well as their personal interests. I am infor m<'cl th;.~t the ensuing autumn and winter will be employed in reconn oitrin ~; and opcuing- a conncc· tion with the Tctaus, P :.mis, &c. that this 1~11 1, or the next ''inter, a g1·and magazine is to be e::;tablishcd at the Osage towns, where these operations will commence; that---- is to be the active agent, having formed a connection with the T cta us. Thi~ will c<IITY for· warrl their merchandise within three ot· four days travel of the Spanish settlements, where they v.ill deposit it, under a guard of 300 Tetaus. ---will then go forward with fou r o1· fi ve attcntlants, taking with him some jewelry and line goods. \Vith tl 10~0 he wi.ll visit the governo1·, to whom he will make Jll'esents, and intplorc hiS pity by a fine talc of suOcrings which h:.~\·c been cnclurcd by thr change of government: tliat they arc left here, with g-ood'> lObe sure, but not a dollar's worth of bullion, and tltel·c.for, thcy have ad 'entut·<'rl to sec him~ for the purpose of praying- hi~ lc<IYC for the in APPENDIX TO PART II. tt·ocluction of thcit· p1·ope1·ty into the province. If he assents, then the whole of the goods will be carried forward; if he rcfus s, then ---. will invi.tc some of his countrymen to accompany him to hi. deposit, and havmg- there exposed to them his tl terchnndi ·c, he will endc~vor to ~pen a forced o1· clandestine trade; for he ousel'\' cs, the Spanw1·ds wlll not dare to attack his camp. Ut:rc you have the piau, and you must take a ll pt·udent nnd lawful means to blow it up. In regard to your approximation to the Sp~llli'lh scttlemcr1l'>, should. yom _route lead you ncar them, Ol' should you fall in wi th any ~f thcu· p:trtics~ your conduct must be marJ...ccl by such citTurn~pc:c·twn and dtscrct10n, as may prevent alarrn o1· conflict, as you will be held responsible for consequences. On this subject r refer you to ~1y or~fet·s~ \V c have nothin~ new respecting the pen cling- n c~otiatl. ons m Europe; but from colonel Cushing· I understand the Spalllarc! s below are behaving now with gTeat courtesy. . By the return of the bearer you may open your concsponclencc Wlt.h the secretary of war; uut I would caution you against anti ci~, aung a step befo1·e you, fot· feat· of deception and disappointment. l? me you may, and must, write iully and freely, not o11ly g iving a Imnute detail of every thing past wonhy of note, but also of your P.~os~ects and the conduc.t o f the Indians. If you discover that any tt~cks have been played !rom St. Louis, you will give them to me With n~mes, and must not fail to g·ive particulars to the secretary of "ar,. Wllh names, to warn him against improper confid e nce and deceptiOn. Enclose your dispatch for me to colonel lillnt, and it will .follow me by a party which I leave for the purpose. It is inte1 estIng to you to reach Nachitoches in season to be at the scat of go~ ernmcnt peFtdin f~ the session of congTcss ; yet you must not sacri. ftcc any csscnt' · I I · t 1 • • s ld o >JCC to L 11s powt. hould fonunc favor yo11 YOU!' l)l'es t . . 011 en excursion, yolll· Importance to our country will, I think, make yout· futu1·e life comfortable. . To shew you how to correct yom· watch by the quadrant, after lt has bee . 1· 11 1· . n c~u c u y ac JUSlcd, p reparatory to your obset·ving· on the cch. pses of tl1 e s,.1 t c· IIl' les o f J up1.t e1·, I send you a very si. mple })lan Winch ·11 · ' you Wl readily undcrstancl: a bason of water, in some place protected fro tl · f 1 · · • 1 . m 1e rnotiou o t 1e mr, Will giVe you a fai1·e,· .trtifi ciaL 101'lzon than Mer · I 1 • k · · . 1 . ' cut Y· t 1m · a tent, w1th a smtnblc aperture in the Sic c of It w I l I 1\,f·. ou < co very we II. I have g·enerally tllll'oofed a cabin. Hlll anch lns b t I d 1 · · • • o c 1e Hs busmcss. lie has lost his two sdwoners capttu·cd 1 1 · £' • F ' anc nmsel 111 the Leander retmnccl to Jamaica. The l'Cnch h<l.Yc a S<]\ladron of four frig·ates t\t Porto Rico, aud of fin?- 11 |