The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-16

certrn moft of nv papers are IN Williamsburg.
the. troops defended 1.-THE beginning of May.
| Q. Did you authorize any officer TO arree any
psrton after you defended : A. No. gave
inarucliors to lieutenant P<ter, whom had
left at Nstclw,., ard required him TO give me
regular information. tSre drp"li'ion of Lieut..
Peter note Ky Al Tbs time ;.efccndtd the
river we had no potts except the Chickaf,w
Bluff on the Mififippi, AID Ma'iac near the
mouth of the Ohio. except a inIaii party at the
Arkantaw, and another oppciite to Cincinnati.
ar Hay. Was there any poll between the
Ch'kaisw Bluffs & M@ilac A No. was there
any military poh between Pi'tibure aud New
Ot'eans. a None, except thoie which have
mentioned hir. W;ckbaw aiscd gen. W,Ikin-
Ion for his Alphabetical cyph,r, who went to
his lodgings for it.
In the mean time, the Court examined GABRIEL
6. VAN sioaNE
H.nyG.--Iwas a, the Chiekafa-r Bluffs, at the time
Of Col. Burr's deficient down the river. On the 9TH
day OF January 1907, Lieut.. Jacob Jackion came to
the Uuhed States Factory at Fer, Pickering, accom-
panied by gentleman whom he introduced to Tho
mas Peter!1in, United States Factor Peter Morgan
and myielf clerks to faid Factory, Col a. Burr.
After tome conversation, Col Burr aud Lieut. Jack
Ion let the factory, and went TO the garrou. Short
iy alter of the folders of the garrilon to
the factory, with orsr igned "A. Burr, for thirty
weight OF lead 90 lbs delivered the folder.
ed to the factory, with number OF n,ueuet balls in
his hat, laying he wanted to have ,hem Weighed, to
know hovs much the original quantiry bad ot in
nng the balls. After his having them weighed, he
took them away in hi, hat In the couse OF the day,
tome boats same to the Bluff, aud the UP
10 the factory. COL requened Mr.. Peterkin LET
the men have goods aud he would pay for them Col
g. was frequently the faory in the courfe of the
day, and often had conversations with MIR. Peter
kin.
In the evening, Mr.. Pe,erkin, MIR. Morgan and
myeli, went TO the garrfon, where found Col. b.
took notice thar Col. Burr frequently called to
the door by the that had arrived in the boats to
have private convention with them. Lieut.. Tackon
aiked COL Burr, when Mr.. BlennerhafIett would be
there ! to which Col. 3. replied, that he was then
floating by and eohld not land his boat In the
ing Got Z. came to the factory, and demanded bill
tor the articles which his had got the day before
The bill was made out, amounting 60 or 20 dolls.
winch he paid. The only articles can remember,
were, the lead, doz. tomahawks, and s bear 1kns.
\ After paying the bill, Col Is. departed, and faw
him no more.
| C'siJ-EsasrineS. Mr. Burr. What kind of To-
maha~ks were thefe were they intended for war or
Tor more peaceable pupofess A. They were fueh as
were generally ufed. for fhingling. Mr.. A1eRae
Would they do we'll for fighting A. They would an
fwer very well.
| Mr. E7eAbam to Gen R7lkinfon, after his re.
|
eroyliphc cypher was madeG' A The arbitra-
ry characters were defgned, think, in 7e4 |;
but do not fay it was given to col Burr at that
time. Mr. WIekbam. Will you give me leave
to ak upon what occafion it was formed !?
Gen Hilkisjon. will with pleafure. Pending
the Indian war, we had unhappiy much diaen.
ton in the army. l felt myfelf extremely op-
Preiied and perfecuted, and / had reafon to be-
ieve that every artihce was put in operation to
ms fan live tlax
have me removed from fervice If pof1i bic and
there were many who fhared my perlecution.
In the autumn and winter of the year alluded
TO, number of officers retired from the army
either on furlough or by Resignation, among
whom was that mott gallant officer capt. Leo.
nard Covington, ince member of Congrefs.
AT this time my quarters were embofomed in
a wilderness, and remote from any poR- office,
and we had no regular mail. The cypher was
therefore defgned to fecure fafety to a free cor
reipondence and an unrelcryed interchange Of
icntiment respecting public men & public mea-
lures, particularly iuchas related the army. Mr.
Uiekban. think you fay it wasformed in 1904?
! A. Yes: and will give you my reaions. |
have another cypher in which the hieroelyphcs
representing the PRECEDENT and Vice Prefident
are the fame as in that now before the court.
which was defiened by capt. Smith, for capt
Covngton in the year 1891; at the time he re-
tired from the army. See an extract of let
ter from capt. CoVington to gen. Wilkinfon,
| Noe Y.
| Mr. WTfibnm. I obferve the word rebu5E
can is repreitnted in the hierogyphic by rs,
| arjPoerHfie by 80, Daqy by go, City Of nan.
iHg10H by fDg'e houic and that AN Indifferent
one Pray why WAS that, as the feat of govern
meut was not removed till many years after
wards obftrve lie city of Warrington, but
not Philadelphia, nor any place mentioned as
the feat of government? a. The cypter was
formed by my aid-de>camp, capt. Smith and
| the designations originated in his caprice,
without my prviy or participation.
| Mr.. Wiekban. Do you recollea for what pur-
pote New Orleans was deiignated in the hero
eIyPhics /? can probably account for it.
IT you will refer to thofe periods, you will diff
cover that we were in an equivocal ftuation
with all the maritime powers more particu-
larIy with England and Spain. The navigation
of the Mifiifippi had been fubieet of much
diiculIion, and one in which the weftern peo-
pie felt confderable degree of nteren. The
Ohio is alto de6gnated. That is probably con-
fined to mere locality. We were then engas-
ed in war with the Indians, and were in the
woods on the waters of the Ohio. have be-
fore tsid, that could not account for the va
rious designations but offer thefe as crcum
itauces which may have Influenced captain
Smith in forming them. Mr. tYekbam. Do
you reco'lc6 when the alphabet in cypher was
put on this paper, (alIuding TO paper on which
the hleroglypbcs were written, which he then
held in bis hand J LAT winter, / believe,