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Show 86 APPENDIX TO PAHT Ill. r No. 19. J EX.Cl~T.LF.NT SlH, 0~ the 16th of February bst, John Robinson appe~m:d before the governor of New Mexico, saying that he w:1s a Frrnchman, inhabitant of St. Louis, which place he left on the 15th June last rc:u·, with the view of going· to the countt·y of the Pananas to make 1·rco,• eries; thnt haYillg received infot·mation that his debtors had directed their steps to ~aid province, he had coucluded to follow them, in compaPy with 15 other per:,on-;, who wrnt for the pmpose of hunting- on the rivers of At·cs, At·kunsaw and ColorMlo; (Hcd river) that in the nCt!;hbOtll'ing mountains the two last of his company had left him, fo1· which rra~on he saw him~rlf u11de1· the necessity o[ proceec!StJ [~ to the Yutas Indians, to whom he exposed his situation, and who according-ly agreed to conduct him. On the 25th of the same month of FebnHwy, at the tli stance of·l· <1ays march from the town of Santa Fe, and 9 leagues west of its settlcntcnt, at the place called the Ojoralicnte, (Hot Spring ) ne,n· the confluence of Rio GralJ(le del Notte, (Greut N01th river ) and that known under the name River de los Con<"jos, (of Rabbits ) a ciGtach· mcnt of the garri~on of said province of New Mexico, met 1\lonq;-o~ mery Pike, fir::~t lieutenant of the inEmtt·y of the United States, with eight men of the said iufuntry; who on heing given to understand that he must be conducted to liaicJ town, consented to accomJ)tlllY them. It was then settled that two of his men should remain on the :pot with half of his catholic majesty'~ deUtchment, to wait for six others who had not yet arrived, and he proceeded to the governor's, to whom he declared, that his being- in th<\t neighbourhood was owing solely to his having· been lost, t~nd h<n·in~ mistakcll the Hio (lei Norte for the Colorado. But this ollicer in colllpliance with the orders of this, hi'> ~upcriot· offtcer, forwarded the said first Ji tttcnant with the six rnen of the American army, and the abo\'e mentioned ·John Rohin~on to thi~ capital. • . , They anivcd here on the 2d instant, and said o!Ticer on being presented to me, laid before me in the ~a111c manner a~ he had clone to the ~OV('I'JIOl' or Santa Fe, the papers relative to his misbiOtl; tltc corrc~pondencc he had caJTicd ou with your cxccll<.:ncy bince it commenced, with his jout'ttals and note books. Your excellency is not ig-norant of the t·epeated 1·eprcscntarions nndc h}' the king's mini~ter in the United States, ancl by the marquis of Cassa Calva while he was in Loubiann, summoning the APPENDIX TO PART III. ,,.,. \) . American governrnent to carry into effect any projects of extcndi1H; its expeditions into tcniwt ies unquestionably belonging to his majesty; you must therefore, without any further observations 01· remarks on my part, be :)atisfl('d, that the documents contain evident, unequivoca l proofs, that an offence of magnitude has been committed ur;ainst his mujesty, and that every individual of this party ought to have been con~ickt·ecl as prisoners on the very spot, notwithstanding such substanti .. ll and well grounded motives that would have warranted such a m easure. \\ ishing to give the widest latitude to the subsisting system of harmony and good understanding, and aboYe all, finally persuaded that your excellency will take such steps as your judgment may suggest, as best calculated to prevent any bau consequenc:es on the occasion, I have concluded to keep in this general g-oYcrmucnt, all the papers presented by lieutenant Pike, ancl to give him and his men full liberty to return to yout· excellency, after having treated them with attention, and offet·eclthcm every assistance they stood in need of. I am without reserve, and beyond expression, your most obedient, humble, and respectful and faithful servant, and prayeth God may preserve your excellency many years. (Signed) S.uc EDO. Chilwalma, 8th .lljtrit, 1807. Genera! Jame~ 1 Vi/kin son |