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Show 'I'JJc governor, rrganli<'!:IS of lhr safdy ol' Hac ronnnunih· sold to an inrlivitlual tlac ri~ht of vcu<ling amon~ the India~: cve•·y spceies of mc1·cha.ndise; thus bartering, in cflcet, his only efficient eheck on the J aulians. rrhe tr·adct·~ alhu·rd by the hope of ga.in. Jl(·ithrr· sha<'ld<"cl with di~w•·diun, nor· consulting tile public good. lli'O(,e<•dell to supply the Indians. 011 'vhombe was d('I>cndenf~ with ~u·Has, ammunition, a111l all other at·ticlc · they might J'<'<jui•·e. The l ndian, 1 hus indep< ·ndcnt, acknowledg ing no auf hot·ity but his own, wilJ procerd without compunetion of <·on s<·ienee o•· fear of punishment, to" age \Hll' on the ddcnccless inhabitants ofth<· t't·ontier. who c lives and prope1·ty, iu many iustauces, were thus sacr.ilict'd at the slu·iue ol' an inor£linalc Lhi1·sljor wealth in their gover·nm·s, which in t•eaWy occasioned all those evils. AHhough the goYcr·not·s could not have been ignorant that the misfortunes of the J>eop1e we•·c caused hy the independence of the Indians, to which they were acccs· sar·y, still they wcr·e the mor·e unwilling to apJlly the corrective; l>ccau e the ver·y system whi<:h gave thorn wealth in the outset, in lhe eout·se of its progress, afforded thens many plausible lll'ciexts to }Hlt theit· hands into the tr·ca" sury of the king theh· master. }"or example; the In" tlians attack the f1·ontier, kiJl some oflhe inhabitants, plunder many others, and agt·eeably lo thcit· custom or warfare, retire instantly to their villages with their booty. 'l'he governor inf'or·me<l of this tr·ansaction, pt'Ollt})tly calls on the inhabi(ants to aid all(l assist in repelling OIC invasion. Accordingly a party assemble unde1· their officers, som~ three or four <lays af'ter the mischief had been done, and the Indians, one hundred, or one humh·cd and fifty miles f•·om them, Uwy pu1·suc them, as they usualJy ditl, at no rapid }lace, three ot• four days, an•l t·etu1·ncd without ovcrtaldug the enemy, as they mig·ht have well l\.nown befot·e they set ou( .• On their return the men wel'e dismissed, lmt ordert•d l~ hold themselves in readiness at a moment's wa1·ning. When at the end of some two or three months, the governor e)tose ~ 0 (~ on :-, uh.·r thr cb.ng;t>r hlown ovt"r, he causes receipts to 1m tu:ule out lin· the ('u ll pay of two or· tht·ee month~ sel'Vi<.'e, to \\'hicft tJw s ign .&tUI'(' ~ of' the iudividuals ai'C alJixcd; lJul as tho:e pct·srnJs \\CI'C only ahscut f1·om fheir homes ten or twcl\'e tlays, a.ll that was rraJJy paid them, did not amount to mor·c than one ftnr•·lh ot· one firth of what they rec•·iptecl fot·, ami the hala.ncc of cour·sc was taken by the ~-;ovt·t·rwr, as lhc t•ewa••d fot• his faithful guar·tlianshii> ol' the live~ ant{ pl'OJlCl'ty ofhi'l ma.je~ty's subj<>cts. The 'p.anianls holdiug the cnf •·ance of tlac Missouri, could l'rgnl:de a th(•y Uwuf.;hl pl'opc·•· the intc•·cou1·se witli the Indians th•·ou~lt that ehannl~l; hut l'rom wha.t has hcen said, it '"ill uc •·eadily lH.'l'ct·ived, Oml tht·it· h·ad<'I'S, ~ hacl, l efl with the l,ecunhu·y isuposilions of thd1· gov<'J'not·s, could neve•· uecome the sucecs"l'ul•·ivals ol'the B•·itish mcr<:hanls on the wt~ st side of the l\ l i ~ ~issippi, which. 1'1·om its p•·oxrmity lo the United SL.ates. the la ll<· r· <~ ould t•rtft'l' without lhe m·ccssit) of a Spani ~ h pas"pm·t, ot· the reaa· or l.wmg detected hy th<.'lll. The COrtSf''}liCll Ce WCIS I hat the tt·a.de or I he l'iver·s Demoiu, ~l. lJclcJ•'s. and all tile l·ountr·y west or dlC ~ l is-sissippi nral'ly to the .Mi!:isou t·i, wu extlu sivcl.} t·ujo) (•d by the lh'iti ·h mct·chants. The Spaui~h govl'r·uot·s, sl imula. Cll by their OWn SOl'!lid views, <lct:faa·elf that the llOUOUI' or his majesty was gt·ossly cotHfH'orniltcd hy t!tc lihcr·tJ that ll ,ose mlvcntu•·~r·s look in tnttling with the natives Within his tenito•·y, without thl'i1· i>ct·nai ::,siou, and ther·ef(H'e took the lil>et·cy of t•xpnuling his maje~ty's mo•wy hy eqnipving a.ud maun!n~ scvct·al ~;alleys to cnaise in 1 he cltaunds of the .Mis!-!issippi in ot·clet· to in1 ea·<:cpt thow h·atlers ol' the St~ l)ctct·'s aud Hemoin •·ivet·s, inlhl·i•· passa;;c to and l'•·o•u 1 h~ enta·a.nce or the Oiseousing rive a·; uut arter sevca·al llll HWccsst'ul ca·tlises. and findinl; the lndi.llls su hostile to them. in this quar·tc1·, thal lhcy dat·e not (;, nd no1· rt>uaain I on.~. irt the channel without lwing attackl·<l, they ther·el'oa·e a·ctin·d aml gave over the p•·oject. The lnclia.n~ we1'e f'a·it'IHIIJ to the British met·ehants, ami unl'ticnilly to tue ~lliUti 'h, fur VOL, Jr. 3 To |