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Show APPENDIX TO PAHT J " nut, that i r I prdered their ta\ ing on, down now, they would "do it; but, if on th contrary, I expected all three, they would " immediately depart in pmsuit or the othrrs, and hrin~~; them alto(( get her to their father. That if he did not b1 in~ them, he "o\lld 4' dclive•· himself Hp to the Americans." I n~plicd-" lie must not ''attempt to decci,·e, that I had before told him that l was not au~' thori5cclto seize their men by force of arms; but, that T wished (c to know explicitly, the time whNI we mi~ht expect them at St. " Louis, in order that Olll' geJJel·al should know what steps to take " in case they did not arrive. That the consequence of a 1JOn-com" pliancc wo11ld he ::;crious to themselves ancl their children. Also, "th <~L thry had recently hoisted a British llag 11ear thi place, which, " had I have IJcen here, I should have prevented. l advisee\ tbcm " to bring their Briti sh flags and medals down to St. Louis, to de" liver them up, and receive others in cxchan~c." Their reply was, " in ten days to the Prairie, and from thence to St. Lot1is, in ten " clays IHOre." Held a council with the Sioux, in which the chiefs of the Yanc-tonp; R, ~liSt-iitong...,, Sioux, of the he<~tl ofth ·De Moyw <llld pan of the Gen<, Dn Lac was pre~cnt. " abnsha fir~t spol,e, in <t1l5Wer to my speech, wherein 1 recapitulated the co11duct of the , 'autellrs- theiJ' desire and willingness for peace-their anangcmcnts for next summer- the pipe::; they had sent, &c. Also, the wish of the general for some of the chic('~ to descend below. Rcconnnended the 5ituation and !-;OOll intentions of the young chiefs at the mouth of the St. Peters, to the others; and that they should give them assistance to keep the bad men in awe. I hey al\ acquiesced in the peace with the Sauteurs, but said gcniirally, that they doubted thei1· batl faith; as they had experienced it m •• ny a titue. The Nez C01·bcau said he had been accused of being hired to kill Mr. Dixon, which he here solemnly denied ever huvin~ been in5ti~ated to any such action. The 1'ormcn: Rouge, then arose am.l said-./ca/ousy was in a great me~~sure, the principal cause of his descending. That if ever any trader J,ud any cause to complain of him, that, now let him do it publicly. That last yeat· an oflicer went np the Missomi-gavc flags and medals -made chid!;, :mel played the devil anll all. That this year the liCJUOl' was rl'strictcd to the Indian:; on the Louisiana side, and permitted on this. lie wi he<l to know the reason of those arr.mp;emcnts. I replied, that the ofi'tcer who ascended the 1\lissouri, was authorised by their H\thCI'; and thut to make chiefs of them, &c ... APPENDIX TO PART l. Q9 was wk\t J now iJwitcd them clown. But tl. . . . . too_lon !-\' <~ll <:xpl.utttion to g·ivc them here. 'tt !OJ .th? hquot·, It was phllled lo tl , 1 ·I ' >ut tb.tt 1l would bl' ex- ' H;~ u H ow-ancl that in a vcr, ~hot·t . - would b t d } tune the Ji,ruot· . , c r~s I'ICt~ on both ~ides of the river. 1 he 1 uunts m the e\'C'niJw,._, , c<. ~me to t Il e hou::;e I l\ .1 r:.u:~ah, .tlias the l\1erchant SJ 1- I 'J I . . ' :\!H l v .tcra- ' . 1 1 ' ' '0 ... c- 1.1L l.tst SJ)l'lll~>· 1 , 1 . 1 ,).II' <e< to go down to St 1 · . . 1 ;-, le 1,H Clll- , . ·Otll;:, ' >ut, t lnt 'II n . B 11ards ~ave- hac!<. That wh. 1 , .. , ' • c llljiiC'i, the Hl-y- J I . ell IC S.t \\ lliC J a~t aUUJ trill h ' r • , • 1a1H without shame . blJl tl . . . . ' e ~, L\ c me l11s ' ' l.lt ~m ce Jl had pleu::;ed th , f I . to C0\'1.:1' them\\· ith shanJe-th.tlllOW the , f<.;)t . e .tt l~t· or ,J!c l3ut implored me to prcsem tl '. '7 y themselves nuserablc. , . 1 ell .1' ag ... ,lJlcl mcda/.y to th r , a p1·oof ol thc·11• g-ood · 1t t' c general, as L , " en rons; and that when 1 arrive l . , Ollis, to assure the Fcncnl tl e r c •1 l St. I . ·" .. 1 Y were not lUI' bc:hi 11d r T . . anc the soldtct·s would foi l ow \\ .·l l 11 the murderers· • 1 ' 1'' c cllle/s would make their 1·oad clc·.. tr' &c . c. ) D . ·.' >llt >eg-g-ed I o;.C. chvcrcd Ius I>. . 1 Karclmonc then spoke ( 'tl . . . t.pc ..tllC fl,tg. I WJ 1 .tpparent ddl1rtdty) ass 1 f s 1n.me, disg-race and distress of tl , . , . ' . urcc o Lhc I · ICJt natiOn th·lt he . 1 1 f Wlattheothcrshadsaid· 1 l ' ' \\ Oll< 11lfil r · ' anc t wt he sent by me tl 1 1 . ,ather, which he considered 1 . ·If 1 mcc a of Ius ( . . Hmse as no lonrrer worth putting- It round my nerk trcm .. lJ. ) . I b •) y to wear . I u n ~ ' ant e~>·!rcd me t . Wit 1 the "cne1·al in th,.1• • 1 . • & '"-'h o mtercede ,_, " I ,I\ OJ ' • C. & ('. I assured him that the .A mcJ·ican nation . not confounclin'r the innoc·"nt 'tl I . was ,t generous nation, • h ' '- Wl 1 l le g'llllr)' · tJ . ·I , dehvcrcd up the tltn·r· or;· . I ·, ' l.tt \V len they had uw c or;s w 1o had rov, . , 1 • blood, we would a,rain lool I . et c them Wllh h < on t 1em as our chtldr· I • rag·e, that, if they did well they sl II I en' to take cou- tou ( lc t J·cated 11 would tell the genenl evet'}' th. I . we ; th.tt I • I • • • ' lllg I'C auve to the amlil' .. I 1 . lcpcntance, anti detcJ'lllination to d ·I' , , I ' a so, t wu· dcrcr . e Ivct t 1 ·mselvcs and the mur-s, :lnd cxplmn abotJttheiJ· llag·s and medals. -- [No. 13. ] Notice to J1h·ss1.".. ' ca mI /Ol f'1 1 and 1'~L. sht"r f or takinrr de' . · · . r ' .. , JIO~ztwns agmnst 1 tJC 711 nnfcrers qf the Pzumt 1latio11 GENTLF.l\lE "' }>rairic des Chiens, zoth April, I8o6. !laving demanded f tl J> - ' 0 1e uants the authors of the hl t. ClOlls murders- nncl t I . . . . . ' c a J O· ' me el standmg that rt IS thcrr intentions to deli· |