The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-03

from tie nubiic properly ! it is literally ,
true that ny the death of s,Price an Indian
agent in the fopthern difr6le public did fui-
tain great lois.
During the purv-yorIhip Teuch Francis,
owing 10 the mifconduet an agent by the.
name of Easvard Price, and 'ohably partly in
conf-unence of his death, ;ofs of about ter
t6o..f md dollars arofe. in thsade carried on by
the " S. with the Indian t,1s.
Before the cel!ion of LHhana, the BrIt'ih
traders carried on I trade NJ the Sioux and e.
Their Indian nations wen of e Miihiippi river.
To facilitate tits trade, theeNabiiihcJl on that
river their principal depos-,his depot has
| grown almotto town. the explanatory
article in 1905. the Bri,inwere allowed is
trade with the Indians sv;sA tie thsn ter-itorr
Of the United States, and ;ocarry their gooaJ
mi hsi','irs acr,I5 tbef.territiff. The comic
Guence OF This has been. thasoming out OF Ca
NADIA above Detr1i., they tn,ygled their goods
mo what is now heterri.or OF Michigan
tofither srounI or acrofs ne Lake OF thai
name. Thew wave thus enaled to undertt.i
the traders of the United stats, and to mono
polize the trade with the noitern Indians and
TINS TO Obtain dangerous inlience over thofe
tribes with whom it-was pecnhrly the lntereH
and win ofthe union IA maitaiu good IN
d2rfaadine: = port md lrding houfe have
aeen fince cfahiilhed nearthebottom or iouth.
ern hend,o LAKE sE;aSiFan. thich will sfeetn-
al'v prevent this frpreliue :: The Eritiih not
having any rieht by treaty tornis the Al!iliip-
pifor the, purpoie Of trade, their lntercourie
with the tribes weh oSthat nvSr viii of courie
be prohibited ;qapd, as the United States ts'i
goods ctc,per, han private traders San. aii3rd
TO fen, the xs,--fcn ef ,lhe -sea 5hlhmept al
trsdlns hontes will in'oce the Indiausato mr.
.chaie. of and fsl % public AGENTS. The FIR arr
telt-r trade win thus be hr ught to our CIV q
ports and fuch an sf-erdency Will he obtSiFed
ovcr'the tribes With, our territories as ehec'u-
ally TO f.surea pernaneGoy Of peace and good
intelligence. ~
Wekrow thnt 4 the Ian fc!!ion of cougrefs
n fun of7o,ooo ci3l'ars was transferred to tie
frplus find frop the Indian trade which we
Ifippof. rcmainei unexpe0ed in confeqUsnce Of
the ncrcafed iro,ue of goods ; we know, al!u,
that ,hrre were 100. 0oo 5o'llrs, addedto the o.
riPinai fund. i. conf oucnce Of the exten6on &
fincreafe Of The trade. This may be tinin'eliiei.
bic 10 the editor OF the Gazette. and that i;
may not be 70 we H,all tnDpofr FOR as we have
not the doom s,er'' at had, aed would ne toe
much trouble inthis hot weather To go firther
than the inl, ,aand foriisas we .ihal even tate
the matter hypol hetically.
II isto he preIumed the trade of the Indian
factories was Ia promoted to be co00ucftO, as
to provide the Indian 'libes wtb the peceiIaries
OF civilized life ebeaber thin they con'd w
had in any other mode cheaper, is n relative
term, W. ich does not ,xoltie the idea al 4
reafonahle profit; found pJicy directed that
this profit fiouId he reenlltei Ivy two circum-
frances: one, the Accomplishment of the OBJ
Jets OF the eftablfhm-nts the other, that the
public fhould not fnfer apy lofs. For the
reader will obierve that the fun appropriated
was not an additional 5000 dollars laid oul
every wear hut the one original fnm, laid out
and the returns made from he factories applied
to keep that fun OF 10000 dollars undimin.
rhed. This was done. We mutt fIppofe
therefore, from the facts, tat the great lofs wal
fnitained nv the death of MIR. Price during the
agency Of Tench Francis, 1--WE mention the t
ter only to mark the time y and that there wa
a inrplus of 10000 dollars Iaft year, that til,
Indian factories were conducted with provi
dent view to the fafety OF the pnblic, from tn,
lois Gifts principal this no doubt is true bu
1T is not therefore, the lrfs trne. that the lof
was fuftained TO the public by Mr.. Prices deati
we indeed ftated. and the Gazette has literal
iv copied our words. that the capital flock fur
nifbed by the United States was not diminiili
ed.
We have, therefore, hated the truth rs IS We
rihed by facts; and the Gazette has eithcrmif
taken or nifreprefented US.
aurora.