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Show 72 APPENDIX TO PART III. [ No. II. J LETTER 'fO IllS £~o xcELLENCY GENERAL SALCEDO. C!ti!Lua!ma, 6th Ajtril, 1806. Sm, HAVING been for near the space of a year, absent from my country, and the probaln. h. ty o f l· ls ye t be.i ng two or three mont.h s before I anive in the territory of the Umtcd Stat~s ; the. necess.lty of pass.m g throug h some 11 U ndred leagues of fot'elgn territory, wtth the distressed situation of my troops, has induced me to app1 y t~ your excellency for a necessary supp1 y of money . A. ny Ia rrainllg chm ecnr - which may be conceived proper for the remuneration, Ow 1 c c fully adopt, either to pay l· t to t 1l e s pam·s 11 consul. at New r cans, or the embassador of his catholic majesty at 'Vashmgton. • . . The sum which I conceive will answer t~le pres~n, ~Ull~oses of myself and troops 1. s 1000 dollars. • for which. I Wlll give such, youchers ns your excellency may conceive propet. I have the honor to assure your excellency, of my high respect, and to be your obedient servant, (Signed) z. M. PxKlr.. -·- [ No. 12. ] TRANSLATION. ACCEDING to the soh.c i.t atl.O n you h ave mad e 1·n your letter of 'l.·estcrday that from the royal treasury o f t h I. S p 1a ce, there sho.u.ld be ;c lclivcrcd ' you one thousand dollars, (w1 u •c 11 you say arc necessa. 1 Y for the accomodation of the troops of the Um. te d S tates 0 f Amencoan, which you have under your c h arge ) OI• w h a tsoever oUth e.r sdu mSt aYte s Choose to demand . and the government of the said nlte y . . sh all refund the s,a id sum to the Senor Marqui. s d e Cas· sa Id U' JO~'~·' I have directed the formula for you to s1· gn o f £o u r correspon mo and quadruplicate receipts. God preserve you mauy years, (Signed) (hilwa!wa, 7th Ajz ril, 1807. N IMESIO SALCEDO. Fot· the 1st lieut. Montgomery Pike. 'franslated. from the original, by Z. 1\'f. Pike3 captain. APPENDIX TO PART III. 7 :"'! L No. 13 . J Skrt<:h ofan r.ljlcrlition madt' from St. L ouis, to exj1lore t/1(• intrnml jwrt.'l qj' L rwiiJiana, by order of l1is c.rcdlcncy, generaL .lames Wi'lkinson. I EMBA HK ED at Be lle Font~inc, on the '\l i'$souri, (ncar its conlliJeiJce with tlH! Mi'>~is~i ppi) wi th a colllmand of one lic utcll'tnt, on~.; doctor, a Yolunteer, two sc rjcants, one corl'r)J',\1, seventeen pri vates, and one intcrprctn; l1avin :., under n1y cb.tr~,c:, ci~;ht ot· tea Osnge chiefs, who had l'ccently returned from a vi, it to the city of \Va~hington, togcthct· with about -10 lll Cn , Wv!IH' n and children, of the sam e uat iou, r eclcemccl from captivity ft 'Oill allothc t· l tJdi~1n nation; and two Pawnccs who ll:.td likewise l;ccn to the city of \\ ashington. \Ve asccndcclthe r\ Ji ssouri rivc1· to the river of the Osa~c, up which we a~ccndcd to the O::sage town5, and :.ttTivcd on or about the 18th of August, and dcli\'crcd to their natiou in safety th eir chiefs, women and chi ldren, with speeches to the nation. Here I remained making astronomical observations, and preparing for my mat ell by hmd tHllil the I st of Scptcrn:Jci·, when we took our departure fu r the Pnwnec republic, accompanied by some Osage chief:s, wlw WCI'C deputed by their nation to form a treaty or peace and amity "ith the n~Hion ofthc Kans ( with whom they were then at war) tllldct· the auspices of the United States. I arrived at the Pawnee republic about the 25th of said month, where I ca used to be held a confl'!'cncc bet ween the O sage and Kans chiefs, and mcdi:.~ted a peace for the two nations. After having ·h eld council::; with the Pawnees, made a~tronom ical observations, &c. I marc bed from the said villag-e on the 7th of October, and an·ircd at the A r kansaw on the II th of the said month, where we r·cm,1incd until the 2dth, preparint; CHnoc::;, &c. for· lieutenant \ Vilkinson, who descended the said rirc r, with one serjeant, six men, and two Osage Incliaus. During n1y stay at s<.~icl river, l likewise made astt·onomka l observations. O n the ~<lid day l m arched with the remaiudcr of the IJill'ty lip tl1c Ark,lllsaw, and nothing- occurred worthy of note, uutil a~ollt the middle or November, when Wt met a party or Pawnees, of 60 " aniors, who were retmning- fron1 an expedition ngainst the Kayaways : al lirst our conference was of the mo~t ft·icndly JH\lure, illld I llladc the~r ~OJl1C sm,dl presents, but they comntcncin!; to steill nnd pluudcr n lwtt!Vcr they could\\ ith impt111i y, lYC were Ein.tly \ |