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Show l <> APPE~ 'D1X TO PART 1. r 1\ · g head which setting aside the clncancry 2 sura Ices on t c lO o"m ' . .· . of l::w. a a gt: ntlc n l~ n. you \\ ill s nctly adh ere to.-\lZ. T ba ' ou " il' ke repre entations to your agen t~ , at your head · . c mrrters. o f the (lUcmtity of ~;oods wanted the 1 L kc. ~ renor, 0 1 • f u · . . . f . st blishmenu. in the terntory o the 111· t: ~ 1 1 ,,. spl 1 .,. • ur ) v 11 e c1. • ·ed t t {' S .m u.r n su.ff il c.Ien 1• or as e rly as pos~1boe. for them to en- t.. e r them· ttheC. 11 · 0 f 1~ \1' hili mackinac, and obtam a clearance and lC e ·o ·ra.de i n due form. lC • c ' . • . 1 . . . medi te instruction to a l your posts "d T h ~ ' 'OU '' ll gl' e Irn . .-d · 't ' •. unde your d.t recl-l0 1l at no time and on no pretence r s 1 tern ory.' . {f . be hois•ed the En~li h fl<~g. If you v 1 ... tr' l w bOl!>t, or su .c, to . l ke use of th. t of the t;nitcd fiao- nccess ry. yo• m ) 11 . . h. ·h 01 , . one ' bich c:>.n be :ldmmed. " • J.C . 1 " • '1 J . o fu :.her occ • t a flag or me- ... ~ T ., t ' o "1 . on .l !:> on. pre::.e.n . _, ... • · .1 ··h them on pohucal ~UbJects, or l l · .1 • 1old coun 1 s • d .... ~o .. n n ..... • ~ r . d ~ . b ut on being applied to on those O!.at n f rei:n from t t o. t1 i..:. • • r · them that f I ltlcm \.O the .:"\. mt.rtcan ::.::::ents, Jn1ormm. • • o-Il ' erson~ ... m lOr · sed to hold councils of a political ... a.l • "' • -- \ -. c .., mp~~ · La.:. "/ ~L Ptn:. I~ , [ ~0 . 6. l LN ch Lakl', I 51 h F t hn.ar y, 1806. 3m, YOUR n<ldrc-,s presrutr cl on the Gth in st. has attr a.cted mr most se rion'> l' rm ~i dc rat io n to the se,·e r;d objects or duties on importatiOTis, of presents made to, and our r oll slllt.tt ious " ith Indian::!; of enclobing our stores ~ltHl <.hH.: llill g- houses, ancl fi nal ly, of the custom obtaining· to hoist the Bri tish 11 '~!; on tl1e t!'nitory belonging to the United States of Ameri ~.-a. I sh:-~ 11 at .1s e: rly a pe riod as p os~ib l c present the agents of theN.\\·. Comp \ll}' \\ ith youc repr sentations regarding the pay in g- dmics on th~: i ntportation of ~~oocb to be sent to oor establishments " i thin thr uounds of the tcnitury or the Uni ted States, as abo their hc i n~s entered at t he c ustom house of 1\ !i chili rnackinac, but I bq~ to he allowed to pr<:s<.:nl for COII Sidcr.~ti on , that the major p a l'l of the goods n l'c.:c~; ., ,u·y to be s <.:11l lo the said establishments fc r the trade of the cts s uin !~ win ter, arc now actually in our stores at Kan1<.\llitig uia, our h ead quarters on Lake Snpcrio1·, and that it would cause us va5t expe nse awl u·oublc to br obhged to convey th<Jsc goods back to l\Iichi l ~mack inac to be entered at the cuc;tom house olticc ; '"c thn 'l(H'C pr<1y that the word of gent! men with t·egartl to the quantity and quality of the said goods to be sent to said establishmen t, m'ar be considci·ed as r q uivulcnt to the cet·tainty of a custom house rcgiste t·. Our intemion has never been to injure your t rade rs, paying· the duties e stablish r:!d by law. 'V c hope those representations to your g-ovem ment r especting our conccms with the l ncli.ms, may have been dictated with truth, and not exaggerated by e nvy to prcjuc.!ice om· inte rests, and to throw a stain on our eha1·actcr, \ ihich may require time to efface f rom the minds of a people, to whom we must ever consider om·selves indebted for the le ni ty of procedure, of which the p resent i s so notable a testimony. The cnclosn1'Cs to protec t om· stores ancl clw·clling houses from the insults and barbarity of savage rudeness, have been erected fol' the secmity of my pt·operty a~d person in a country, till now, exposed to the wild will of the frantic Indians: we never formed the smallest iclea that the said enclosmes might ever be useful in the juncture of u ntptnre between the two powers, nor do we now conceive that such poo1· shi fts will ever be employed by the British government, in a cot~ntry overshadowed with wood, so adequate to every purpose . Forts might in a short period of time be built feu· superior to any stnrkade~ we m ~1y have occnsio'l to crcr·t. n u |
