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Show APPENDIX TO PART I. las been some s. m all check tot hrm this w. in. ter,I as lI l\iy p•lrty I }'no • of OUI' i1.lg, or dlC Ill t 1e a· wa~ deternlm· ec1 to preserve the c l::>nlly tempt. ·neral that my voy..t o~- e will oe productive of much I pre':lumc, rg c '. . . r . 11ation to our !!;Ovcmment, l . I llllGI'esllng ll)t011 ' new m<~tt<·r, n:.e u anc . d I' ·t· on of a soldier of fortune. . 'l I . the unpohshe <.lc I although c1ctat cc m . k· 1 ( 600 miles above h ere ou • 1. I II> at my Stoc <tC e, The nvcr uro "e L • . .• blc lot' boats only, on the 1 L·ll e Pcplll was passa the 7th instant, am • " . . . I have not been slow in my dc- .1.1 lli '\Y perCeive, 511, . · 'll \ J4.tll. IUS you • . d , From the tunc 1t "'1 tai.e · 11 the traders bchm me. scent, I a\lng a · . . , f the water, I c,dcu 1a te • r • •nts :me\ the !il<ltC O to make my an dllgc m~; , I 4·th of .l\lay ; ami hope my . . I cantonment on t lC bl on arrn lll g. · atb t \C . ·eel that not I u. ng b u l the most insurmounta e ~eneral will c a~sut ' ~bstaclcs shall detain me one. moment. 1 am, dear ~u·, vVith great comidcration, Your obedient scrvanl, (Signed) Z · M · PIKE, Lt. N. n. I be!j leave to Ci.\L\U. On t 1l C g.e ne n•l aga. ins. t atte' ndians gt htoe . . 'cJ ·1· asit relates totlnscounlly, the reports of any mdni ua ~, ' . , . ade almost gc-mo::~ t unbounded prejudices and party runcoul pel y, nerally. (Signed) -·- [ No. 12. J \ SPEECH P. .t ElKS THE DELl\ EHED '10 TilE PUA. "lS , AT THF• l'HJ\1 HIE DES Cil • ' 20TH DAY OF Al'lliL, 180 6. TinoTII Ens-vVhcn I passed here last autumn, I requested to ::;cc you oun•y n~turn. I am ple, .ls, ccl .t? ~ce }· ou l al ve l.i.s t,e, noefd atlol mthye won!~. It h.1s plc.1StlI tl 1e grJ 'CUt Spll'lt LO open t lde catll se words of. 11atinm; throu!:!,h wh1· c 11 I p,.s:.: . e: l1, to .h ear and allen t.o o1f the mo5t t 1) CU. ' f at ll CI'. p 1. u • ce II'"''""' bee l e-;tabh!:>hcd betw een t" o Powerful nutions in this quarter. . 1 . IJccn bold Nol\\lt.h st<nHh.n g- all tin· s, some 0 f you1• nauon 1a\e 'tJ 1 firing enough to kill some uf the " 1u •t e lH OJ )\C • Not content "'1 11 they on the canoes, m. <le~,cCil< !'m g tl c, 'li c.o u!. ->ill~ last bal u, tiunu th is' tent. h~we killed a mm'l on Roc\. rive I·, ''hen s1ltwg pcacea y APPENDIX TO PART I. Also-they have more J'cccntly mmdcrcd a yo11ng man near this place, withottt any provocu.tiqn whatcYcr. As <t il oOicu· of the United States, it is my duty to demand the murderers; and 1 do JZ0711 demand t!trm. RnoTuEns-In this action Jam not inOuencecl or UI'ged by any inclividucd of this place, or the people g-cnct·ally: no more th an, as it is my duty to gi \'C all our citizens all the pt·otrction in my pon ct-.· I will not deceive you. If the prisoners arc clclivercd to me, I shall put tltcm in irons, undct· my guard.9; and in ,dJ illstanre<; treat them as men guilty of' a capital c1·ime; ancl on their anival below, they will be tried for their lives, and if it be pmvecl they ha\e lul:cd the people without pt·ovocation, in all probabi lity tlwy will be put to death. If on the contt·ary, it is proved that the whites wert• t iH· .tggres!> ot·s, and h was only self defence, it will be deen1ed justifiable, and ther will be sent back to their nation. It becomes you to consider well, if in case of a refu sal, yo11 are sufficiently powerful to protect those men ag-ailt::.l the powc1· of the United StateS-11 ho has always since the tl'<.;aty or 1795, treated all the savag-es as their children; but if obliged 10 m ,,·ell troops to punish the many murders com mit ted on their· citizens ; then the innocent will su fl'c,. with tltc g·uilty . My demand will be t·cportecl in candor and truth below-when the general will take such step<; as he may deetH propct·. But I Jwpe f~t· the sake of your innocent women and child ren, you will do us and yont·selvcc:; juc;tice. I was directed to invite a few chiefs down with I1JC to St. Loui-;. l\1.tny of differen t bands nrc abcut to de<;r'cnd with me. I now give un invitauon to two ot· tht·cc of your prin~'ipa! men, to descend with me. \,Yhatevcr are yout· dett:rnJinatinn -;, I pledg-e the f..~ith of a so/difT, for a safe conduct back to yo\11· nation. At pt·cscnt, I am not instructed to act by fo,·cc, to procure those mcn-thct·efure, yon will consiclet· yourselves as acting- without r·estraint, and under ft·ce delibet·ations. They replied-" That they thanked me for the generous and cc candid mGnnet· in which I had explained myself, and tlwt they ((would give me an answer to-monow." 2 1st .djlril. -The Puants met me in council, agTccably to promise, and Karamonc, theit· chief, addressed me and said-•• T :1ey "had come to t·eply to my dcmanu of ycstcr·day. lie rerp tested that "I, with the tr·adtl'" won)() listen." A soldier, then called the Little T!nouler, at·o~e atHI said - .c' The chic('-; were fo r· ~iving- up lhc "mur·clerrr pt·ec.;cnt; hut, that it wa<; the opinion of the soldiers, that '' they should thcmschc s ti.lkc him with the others to their fathcl' |
