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Show JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE " trace which they said led to American establi hments; " and ~s soon as the Indians left him he directed his " course as he supposed for Saint Antonio. lie then killed " deer and rnade himself some clot~cs. lie proceeded on " and expended all his an1munition three. days before he " struck the Grand Road, nearly at the R10 Grande. He " further added, that he had discovered two mines, one of " silver anJ the other of gold, the situation of which he " part 1' cu 1a r ly dc""''C l'I·bcd ·, but ' that the o·cneral had taken o " the samples fron1 him. That he would not attempt to " pass himself on us for a physician, and hoped as he only " used simples and was careful to do no ha:m we. wo~1ld " not betray him. lie further added, t!1at smcc. llls bemg " in the country, he had n1ade (fron1 1nfonnatwn) maps " of all the adjacent country, but that they hacl been taken " from him." I had early concluded that he was an agent of Burr's, and was revolving in n1y n1ind whether I shoulcl denounce hin1 as such to the commandant, but felt reluctant from an apprehension that he might be innoc~nt, wh~r.,1 o.nc ~f my men came in and infonned me that 1t was 1 ramer, who had killed major Bashier in the wilderness, . between Natchez and Tennessee, when he was his hirclmg. lie shot him (when taking a nap at noon through the head) with his own pistols. The governor of the state and t~c major's friends oficred a very c?nsiderab~e reward fo_r hts apprehension, which obliged h1m to qmt the state ' and with an Amazonian won1an, who handled anns and hunted like a savage, he retreated to the source of t~e White River, but being routed from that retreat by captam Maney of the United States anny. and a p~rty of Chcro- kees, h'e and his female comp~1m· on b ore \.Yes t , an d she h. · 1 d rt and proving to be prcgm111t, was left by tm Ill t 1c cse : . (I was informed) arrived on the settlements of Red nvel, TilHOUGII TilE I~TERIOR PRO,.INCES, &c. 26S but by what means is to me unknown. The articles and n1oncy taken from hitn by the Osage's were the propert of the deccascJ major. I then reported the circumstanc~ to ~aptain ~arelo, who had him imxnediately confined, until the will of governor Cordero was known, who informed me (when at Saint Antonio) he woulll have hin1 sent to some plac of perpetual confinement in the interior. Thus vengeance has overtaken the ingrate and murderer when he least expected it. In the evenmg we went to see smne performers on the slack rope, who were no wise extraordinary in their performances, except in language which would almost bring a blush on the check of the most abandoned of the female sex in the United States. 2d June, Tuesdr1y.-In the day time were endeavoring to regulate our watches by my compass, and in an instant that my back was ~urned some person stole it; I could by no means recover It, and I had strong suspici ns that the theft was approved, as the instrument had occasioned great dissatisfaction. This day the captain went out to dine with some monks, who would have thought it profanation to have had us their guests, notwithstanding the priest of the place had escorted us round the town and to all the missions· an~ we found him a very communicative, liberal and in~ tclhgent man. We saw no resource for a dinner but in the inventive genius of a little Frenchman who 'had acc~ mpanicd us from Chihuahua, where he had been officiatmg one, year a_s cook to the general, of whom he gave us many Interestmg anecdotes, and in fact he was of infinite service to us ; we supported him and he served us as cook, interpreter, &c. It was astonishing with what zeal he strove to acquir news anJ information for us; and as he had been four times thro11gh the provinces, |