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Show . - NOTES. Note A-page 211. ·p,·oclanw(ion ' of colonel Nicholls to the southern and western inhabitants. NATivEs of Louisi;ma! on you the first call is made, to assist in liberating from a faithless, imbecile government, your paternal soil : Spaniards, Frenchmeq, Italians, and British, whether :~ett led, or rc:;itUng for a time in Louisiana, on you, also, I call, to aid me in this just cause: the American u.surpation in this country must be abolished, and the lawful owners of the soil put in possession. I am at the head of a large body of I ndians, well armed, disciplined, and commanded by British officers-a goo{l train of artillery, with every requisite, seconded by the powerful aid of a numerous British and Spanish squadron of ships and ,·essels of war. Be not alarmed, inhabitants of the country, at our approach ; the same good faith and disinterestedness, which has distinguished the conduct of Britons in Europe, accompanies them here : you will have no fear of litigious taxes imposed on you, forth~ purpose of carrying on an unnatural and unjust waq your property, your laws, the peace and tranquillity of youc couutry, will be guaranteed to you by men, who will suffe t· n'\) infringement of theirs; rest assured, that these brave red men only burn with an ardent desire Of satisfaction, for the wrongs they ha,ve suffered from the AJnericans; to jo!n yon, in liberating these southern provinces from their yoke, and drive them into those limits~ formerly prescribed by my sovereign. The Indians have pledged th{'.mselves, in the most solemn manne'l', not to in~ j ure, in the slightest degree, the persons or properties of any btJt enemies. A flag over any door, whether Spanish, French, or British, will be a certain protection; nor dare any Indian put his foot on the threshold thereof, under penalty of death from his S E |
