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October 14, 1777.
'Meffage from General Burgoyne to Gene
ral Gates, delivered by Major Kingston
to Colonel Wilkinson.
IF General Gates does hot mean to recede'
from the firft and sixth articles of his
propofols, the treaty to end, and hostilities
immediately to commence.
General Burgoyne's Proposal.
THE annexed answers being given to
Major General Gates's proposals, it re
rffiairis for Lieutenant General Burgoyne, and
the army under his command, to date the
following preliminary articles on their part.
1. The troops to march out of their camp,
with the honours of war and the artillery of
the entrenchments, which shall be left as
lierafter may be regulated.
I. The troops to march out of their camp with
the honours f war, and the artillery of the in
tr^chment to the verge of the river, where the
old Fort flood, where their -arms and millety
:sMs^ Ift
(Continued from tie frcmd P^.;
Cninks himfelf justified by eftablifning p r ^'o
ciplcs and precedents of fate and war, tq
Ipare the lives of brave men, upon honors
ble terms. Should Major General Gates v©
inclined to treat upon that idea, General
Burgoyne would propose a c^ffation of arms,
during th© time necessary to communicate
the preliminary terms, by which in any eX+
tremrty he and his army mean to abide.
General Gate': propositions with Gene-,,
ral Burgoyne's reply October 14, 1777.
1 rf"> ENE R AL Burgoyne's army be,
ing exceedingly reduced by repeat
ed defeats, by desertion, fickefs, &c. their
provisions exhausted, their military stores,
tents, and baggage taken or destroyed, their
retreat cut off, and their camp invested, they
can only be allowed to surrender prisoners
of war.
LIEUTENANT General Burgoyne's ar
sny however reduced, will never admit that their
re eat is cut off, while they have arms in their
bands.
2. The officers and soldiers may keep the
baggage belongingto them ; the Generals of
the united States never permit individuals
to be pilaged.
3. The troops under his excellency Gen.
Burgoyne, will be conduced by the most con
venient rout to New-England, marching by
cafy marches, and Sufficiently provided for
by the way.
This article is answered by General Bur
goyne's firft proposal, which is here annexed.
4. The officers will be admitted on parole,
may wear their fide arms, and will be treated,
with the liberality customary in Europe, so
long as they, by proper behaviour, conti
nue to deserve it ; but those who are appre
hended having broke their parole, (as some
Briiifo officers have done) must exped to be
close cofined.
Their being no officer in this army under, or
capable of oeing under the description of break
ing parole, this article needs no answer.
5. All public stores, artillery, arms, am
munition, carriages, horses, &c &c. must
be delivered to commissaries appointed to
receive them.
All public stores may be delivered, arms ex
cepted,
6. These terms being agreed to and fign
<d, the troops under his excelleny General
Burgoyne's command may be drawn up in
their encampment, when they will be orde
td to ground their arms, and thereupon be
inarched to the river fide, to be passed 0-
ver in their way towards Bennington.
This article is inadmissible in any extremity.
Sooner thm this army will conf ent to ground
their arms in their encampment, they will rufo
on the enemy, determined to take no quarter.
J, BURGOYNE.
~ Aceffation of arms to continue till sun
set, to receive General Burgoyne's answer.
Camp at Saratogas HORATIO GATES.
Saratoga, October 14, 1777,
Message from Lieutenant Gen. Burgoyne,
to Major Gen. Gates.
THE eight firft preliminary articles of
Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne's proposals, and
the 2d, 3d, and 4th of those of Major Gene
ral Gates's of yesterday being agreed to, the
foundaiori of the proposed treaty is out of
difpUte, but the several fuberdinate articles
and regulations, ritceffarily springing from
these preliminaries, and requiring explana
tion and preciftori between the parties, be
fore a difinitive treaty can be fafely execu
ted, a longer time than that mentioned by
General Gates, in his answer to the 9th ar
ticle, becomes indifpenfibly necessary. Lieur.-
Gen. Burgoyne is willing, to appoint two
officers immediately to meet two others
from Major Gon.enral Gates, is propound,
discuss, and fettle those fubordinte articles,
in order that the treaty in due form may be
executed as soon as possible,
J. BURGOYNE,
2. A'frecpaiQ^tobegranted to thisarmy
to Great Britain, Uport condition of not fcry
ing again in Nortb America, during the pre
fer.: contest ; and 4 proper port to be align
ed for the entry of transports to receive the
troops, whenever General Ffoe fhallfo order.
2. Agreed to, so port of Boftoru
3. Should any Cartel take place, by
which this army or any part of it, may be
exchanged, the foregoing article to be void
as far as such exchange Shall be made,
$. Agreed.
4. All officers to retain their carriages
batt horses and other cattle, and no baggage
to be mojefted or searched, the Lieutenant
General giving his honour that there are no
public stores therein : Major General Gates
will of course take the necessary measures for
the security of this ariicle.
4. Agreed.
5, Upon the march the officers are riot to
be devided from their men, and in quarters
the officers are to be lodged according to rank,
and are not to be hindered from assembled
their men for roll-callings and other necessary
purposes of regularity.
5. Agreed to as far as Circumjiances will ad
mit.
6. There are various corps in this army,
composed of sailors, batteau men, artificers,
drivers, independant companies and followers
of the army; and it is expected that those
persons, of whatever country,(hall beinclud
ed in the fulleft sense and utmost extent of
the above articles, .and comprehended in
every refpe& as British fubjeds.
6. Agreed to in the fulleft extent.
7. All Canadians and persons belonging
to the establishment in Canada, to be permit
ted to return there.
7. Agreed.
8. Passports to be immediately granted for
three officers, not exceeding the rank of
Captain, who Shall be appointed by General
Burgoyne to carry dispatches to Sir William
Howe, Sir Guy Carlton, and to Great Britain,
by the way of New-York, and the publicfaith
to be engaged that these dispatches arc not to
be opened.
8. Agreed.
g. The foregoing articles are to be con
sidered only as preliminaries for framing a
treaty, in the course of which, others may
arise to be eonfidered by both parties, for
which purpose it is proposed that twoofficers
of each army shall meet and report their de
liberations to their refpf&jye Generals.
9. This capitulation to b^finifhed by two o'-
Clock this day, and the troops march from their en^
campments at free, ana be in readiness to move
towards Bolton to morrow morning.
10. Lieutenant General Burgoyne, will
fend his deputy-adjutant General, to receive
Major General Gates's answer to-morow
morning at ten o'Clock.
J. BURGOYNE.
10. Complied with.
Camp ft SarMo^d, ;§$ O&ob^r/ %;„„
Major Kinyon has , authority to fettle ihe
place for the meeting the officers pro
posed;
Letter from Capt. Craig to Col. Wllhfon
SIR, A # °
UPON reporting the pfoedings of thill
evening co Lieut. General Burgoyne, 1
was happy to receive hi; approbation of,
and ready concurrence in every Article that
has been agreed on between US^ It howevef
appears, upon 2 retrofpc& to the treaty, that
our zeal to complect it expeditiously has led
us into the admifliori of a term in the title,
very different from his meaning, and that
of the principal officers of diis army
who have been confuted on thi fifopormr
Occasion. We have, Sir unguardedly cal
led that a treaty of capitulation •, which it
means only as a treaty of convention ; which
Single alteration & this word, Lieutenant
Cbl. Sutherland and my/elf wE meet you at
the stipulated time to-morrow morning,
with the fair copy figged by Gen. Burgoyne,
I hope, Sir, you will eftcufe rtiy trou
bling you so late; but I thought it better
than by any delay to prevent the speedy con
clusion of a treaty, which ferns to be the
wish of both parties, and may prevent the
further effufion of blood between vs ; I beg
your immediate answer, and ?m, Sir,
Tour Obedient Bubbleferlanfa
JAMES HENRY CRAIG, fy. 471$
regiment. Camp at Saratoga, 15th C^obcr.
half past ten o'clock.
Reply, " Col. Wilbirfcn's complements to
Capt. Craig $ Major General Gates will
admit the alteration required."
Caber 15, at night.
Message to Major General Gates
IN the course of the night Lieut. Gene
ral BVrcoyne has received intelligences
that a cohfiderable force has been detached
from the army under the command of Ma
jor General Gates, during the course of
the negotiation of the treaty depending be
tween them. Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne con
ceives this, true, to be not only a violation
of the Ceffatioh of arms, but Jubverfive of
the principles on which thetreaty originated,
viz a great superiority of numbers in Gen.
Gate's army. Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne there
fore requires, that two officers on his part
be permitted to fee that the flrength of the
forces now opposed to him, is such as will
convince him that no fuqh detachments;
have been made, arid that the fame-prince
pie of superiority, on which the treaty firft
began, still cxifts. J. BURGOYNE?
Camp, at Saratoga. ,ChWef 16.
Message to Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne from
Major Gen. Gates, Qaeber a 6, CT%
by Cob WiLkiNSON,.
jtfAJOR Gen. -Gates, in justice to hi^
own reputation, condescends to assure
your excellency, that no viohtiori of the
treaty has taken place, on his part, since the
commencement of it. I have further to in
form your excellency that the requfitiori
contained in your message of this day is iriad
mifhble; and as it now refrain's with your
excellency to ratify' or digblve the treaty.
Major Gen. Gates experts your -immediate
re pl)r
Lietit. Geri. &ROoV^E requeued timers
lay the message before his council, which
was granted, arid rhe treaty was signed and
exchanged in the evening.
The troops Surrendered their rirffis on the
morning of the a,th, ^777.
J. Wilkinson, A, Gen. N. Army.
The foregoing messages, proposals and
answers, are true copied from the original,
compared and examined by me, und fignei
on each of. the seven forgoing pages.
James Wilkinson, A. Gen. N. Army.
Herefollows the Articles Of CON VEN IJON,
and return of Ordinance and Stores Whisk
ha^e already been published in this TqperQ