The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-08-28

belonging 10 Col. Tvisrss boats. o Did you
fee any arms! A. I faw the men mad rHes.
] know that Mr.. Blannerhafe,t took away with
him two Blunderhuifes, , pair Of Horfe Piaols.
par OF Pocket Piftos and Dirk. Some ia.
! Ices were pot in the boat bu, not more than
or A. O. And what arms had Tyler's men |?
a. Piaols. Diris and kiHesthey brought there;
Eat not All were armed with Rifles. I know
not whether they were armed with different
things. Being as how, Mr.. Banperbafett's fer
want, that IS his groom, went down the river
with him. O. Did you fee Taylor and All
/ bright there? A: knew Peter Taylor very
: VIII and lsw Albright. i faw Mr.. Wood.
bridge too. .. What iime did you fet fail A.
we were the iaft TO embark and we f,t off
between i2 and /. We parted with General
upper in the ereateO frendhip. o. Did
you lee he prtoner on the iaand! A. 1 never
iaw Col. b. on the illnd. frft faw him at
Natchez ABOUT and half years ago. O..
What took place after you left the if1and |!
a. That night was very cold. The next mora-
ing we itopt and made fires. Mr.. Bannerhaf-
lett and Col. Tyler went aiiore aud called the
company together; and the belt could make
out, was, that the governor of Ohio had ut
tered Itate-warrants againft Mr.. Bl. and Tyler
and that they wanted to make their efcape as
TAFT AS poffble. went down with the party
to Bayou Pierre, where--
MIR. Burr expreflsd with that the attention
OF the witnefs fhould be at prefent confined to
the Plantations on the ifland. MIR. Martin.
Gentlemen had better conhne themfclves to
facts within the Difrif of Virginia. When
they travel beyond the Difret, we fhall have
toms important queaons to bring forward. We
hall object to the production of fuch evidence.
MIR. Hay atquieiccd for the prsfent in this ar.
| rangement.
Croft. Examined
Mr.. Burr. Were not fome of Mr.. BANNER
haifyftS clothes put up in the boats? A. Yes
. Were not his books put up in boxes and
trunks A. None that ever faw. O. How
long had you lived with Mr.. Bannerhanett
/! A. Ten or twelve days. Q. How many guns
had the partyt A. do not know. A great
many of the men went out a hunting. O. Did
you Zee amy thing like military appearance A.
The men were in fate of preparation to de-
TEND themtelves, becaufe they expected peopIe
from the mouth OF .kanawha to attack Blan-
nerhanett and the illand. And to the bet of
my opinion, they did not mean to be killed,
without fome return of the ihot.. 1t was faid
at Marietta, that the people of Kanawha were
to attack him and 4 fuppoie they would have
done she beft to reiift. fhould be forty if a
man tapped me on my face without returning
The blow. Q. Was there no dturbance as,ong
the party on the illand? a. None did not
part with my friends in Esgland, more COM
fortabiy than in parting with the people on the
ifland. Mr.. Parker(a juror) Did you ever
| lee ailthe raen with arms? A. cannot fay.
When got to the mouth of Cumberland Ri
yer Jaw chef OF arms opened. Mr. Burr.
Were any chefs of arms put in,o the boats at
the illand A. Not that faw. They might
have been put on board without my feeling them.
Many things were put into the boats, before
got in. Mr.. MeRae. Was the chef which
you faw opened at the mouth of Cumberland,
the lame AS thote that you faw go from the if
land! A. No. O. What did you think of
this buiinets A. underftood the object of
the expedition was TO fettle Ouachita lands.
M. Hay. Were the perions who went from
the iaand, young active men? A. Yes. Mr..
1 Burr. What kind of looking men were they
a. They looked like gentlemen fuch as live
up, upon tns'r row own property. 9 Did they look
| The witnefs added, that Mrs BlannerhafTett
was at the boats when they tartcd and that
he night was rainy and freezing.
4 Examination Of DuoLEv WoopBR1pcE.
Mr.. Hay. Were you the Hand, when BIsn-
nerhafic,ts party left it A ept there on that night
MI Wirt. What party do you mean A. allude to
the Boats, with MIR. Ilrael Smith, Comfort TYLER
ard Others. Q. Were you at the boa,s' A. paiIad
them about duik. g. Did you fee any of the men
a. flaw or about the boats, and abou, 5 or 90
~,
What do you conceive was the whole number A. a.
aout go. Q. Was ta5ou, dufk when You arrived
there a. 1t was. Q. Had they any arms in their
hands when you fa~ them ? A. No: recoIlea no
arms but pair of pios on the bureau of the room
where ilePt which gone in the morning.
MIR. Hay. Will you inform US of what you know
Oh this fubje6t
MIR. WooS6riSgs. About the beginning of Septeni-
Der or the lan Of AuguR, MI BlannerhaiIst,i in COM
pany with Col Burr called compiling houle at
| Marietta had been connected in commercial buff
neis with MIR. Bl, for or $ year, pafl under the
firm OF Dudley Woodbridge & Co. Mr. b. obferved,
that Col Burr wiihed to purehafe quantity Of
provifons Col. Burr wen, into the enquiry abou,
the price of different kinds of provions and the ex
pence OF boats be calculated to carry thofe prevops
up and down the river. After his making number
OF ENQUIRIES and my giving him all the Information
that could. he LETT memorandum Of fueh proyif
ons as he wanted and of the boats that he whed TO
have built. They to be on the Schenectady mo-
del ;, 10 feet wide and so feet long This memoran-
dam ordered s Of them; but only were compile
ted. Q. What Provihons were ordered A. Pork.
| Flour, Whitley, Bacon and kn-dried meal were
wanted; but mo- articles to be purchafed except
the Pork, unlefs they came under certain prices
! Next day made contraas with Col Barker for
building the boats, and proceeded to make arrange
ments for Pure'aiing Proyilions The boats were
built up the MuiEingum about miles above Marie,-
ia, aod were to be brought down by the 9Th of De-
cember. On the morning Of the 9Th faw 6 or 8
armed men going take pohrHion of the boats