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Show APPENDTX TO PART J; , er them to me I have to request of you, as ma!:;istrates of this territorv, that you wlll now haYe all the drpositions of those facts taken. ,~•hich it j-, in your power to procure; and, if, at any futUI'c period previous to the final decisions of their fate, further proofs can he ob1:tim:cl, that you will have them properly authenticated and for warded to hi!l excellency g c·neral \\ ilkinson. I am, gentlemen, vVith r espect, Your obedient servant, (Signed) z. M. PIKE, Lt -·- [ No. 14. J Fcrt St . Louis, 26th Jlfay , 1806. lJEA n Sot, I had hithe1·to tletajned the medals and fla~s, intendin~ to lm·o presented them to you at the fuwl conclusion of my vouchers, on the subject of O•Y COt'l'espondence with the Sa\·ages. llut in ot·cJcr that the gent'ral mi 1~ht know of whom I hacl obtained medals ::mel fltw", I t?;ave him a memorandum when I handed in my vouchers on the bubject of the N . \V. contpany. But I have thought proper to send them by the bearet·, marked with the names of the chief'> from \\'hom I detainee] them. I abo sentl ~ ou a pipe and beaver robe of the Tonnere Rouge, as they arc the handsomest of any which I received on the whole rontc. I have Re ver<~! other pipes, two sacks, and one robe; but as they bore no particular messahe, 1 conceived the general would look 011 it as a matter of no consequence; and indeed, none except the Sauteurs '"ere accornpaniccl by a talk, but just served as the emblem o[ the good will of the mon•cnt. I likewise send the ~kins of the L} nx and Hrelaw, as the general may have an opportunit) to forwarcl them. Some gcntlen1cn have pron1ic:;ed me a mate for my do~: if I obtain him, the pair, Ot' the sin gle one with the sleigh, is at the general's scrYice to be transmitte(l w the states as we had determined on. I mentioned in my memorandums the cn ~age ments I was under relative to the !lag<> ot· mecluls, anfl should any early commu" nications be m~.clc with that country, I hope the subject may not be forgo:.tcn. I haYc htbellcd each article, with the name of tho~c APPENDIX TO PART I. 31 from whom I obtained t1te m-also, the names of the )'IY' unimals. uuerent I am, sir, 'Vith esteem and hig-h consiclet·ation Your obedient servant ' (Signed~ r/ "·l' p / u. U' • IKE, Lt. G encral James 1 Vi/kiwwn. [My faith was pledg-ed to the sava e chiefs . , . the medals and fl,ws of the Brit!. ·I .g- fat the t cplacmg- of " • ., 1 go' ernmcnt whi 1 tl dcred me. by others of the S" • · ' c 1 try strrren- "111e mag·mtuclc o f tl U · d · but O\\ing to the chanP"e of "P" t· . · c1 • te mtc Sta·cs; • '=' "Den s, .tn a varJet f · . It "as ne,·cr fulfilled. Tl · 1 , 1 r. Y ° Cll cumst ances, • · 11S HI::> Cit a number of tJ S' Suuteur chtLfs without their cl' t' . 1. le lOll x ctncl · 15 tngm!l Hn~ marks f I' · h:.ts tnclucecl them to look 011 1 · ' 0 c l g'nlly, and l my cone 1:ct towat·d them as . . . tatec fraud, and would rend . 1. r . a P' cmedi- u my ltC lll dang-et• sl II r amongst them, and the situation of, h ·. '. lou c e'er return . <IllY ot Ct' oiTtcer wl 1 ld sume to make a &imih' t· clc· m.·m d extre•m e! ) ·I' . . 10 s. 1 0U . pre-compromitted the fiLitlz of . y c ~ Ic.\le' bestclcs ll has · ow go,·ct·nment witl 1 not·s, which, to enable un >· • "' 1 t lO<>e savage war- Jleld inriolate.l y go\ c.nment ercr to do gond, should be DEAn SIR ' -·- [ No. 15. J Bc/lt'fontaine, 2d J uly, I 806. I h~we nt leng-th fiili~hed all m re arts , .. . . nals, whtch arose f'. y p ' obset 'ell tons, and JOUr- • 1om my late voy·1gc t 1 stppi, and hope they m ·:~.y l)l' . ' . o t 1e source of the 1\lissis-d ·a· ' ove mtercstmc.,. fro tl · r . l erent subJ'ccts I. ·I 1 . o' m 1e llltormatwn on ' w nc 1 t ley contmn. ' I perceive that I diiT'cr mated· 1 . . count of the numb . a Iy ft om capt. LeWis, in my ac- . . et s, ma:mcrs, and morals of tl S. lcccptiOn by that nation at the fir . . . 1~' loux.. But out· no doubt left all imnressi'o( st ~uteiview) bemg so cllffcrcnt, it to ourselves) )'. . t-' n on our mmds 'w1 u •c 1 1 may have ( un known given a cast to our obscr . vouch for the " Lttlt t' . f vatwns; but I will not only " Cl1 l CJly o m from my own not . b f y ac_count as to numbers, arms, &c. cs, ut rom h'lV 1 1 d rectecliJy a p·entlen1"n f I''· ' Jlg la them revised and cor-o " o luerQ) edu "t' 1 . }'c;u·s in lhat n·nio I . c,t wn, w 10 has resided eig·!ttecn ' n, spca \S th<:Ir h\ng·unrrc ancl cot· s . o ' 11 ome years past |