The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-09-30

him captain who is fuppofed 70 be the hcit wa.
tersDan. q How are new countries f.ttled ?
is it not The way to fend j party ON before, 70
explore II and prepare for the reception of ~
theirs! Ineyer feitled a new country hu,
irppoie that is the way. Mr. Hlrt Ave I
that's an hiitorical facl, for which We had bet
ter apply to the general record, of ndtions.--
9 Didyou fee any powder on BPS 'lland A
i5w aiquar,er cafs with about IS los. of pow /.
der. MIR. Burr. Did you use tina, continually
onthe river A Thofe, who chofe, did. o
DID you know of any more powder on board
the otbeaaboats A Not till latterly. Mr..
BarS Were there not iome keg. of bifcuit !!
Yes. 9 Were there any bullets in barrels |?
a Ailthe bullets faw were in cauulfers on
BIS lland. Mr.. ETrs. Had you any, reafon
to believe, that you were gong to New-Or.
leans! Not before got TO Natchez, when
determined myfelf to go dawn.
W. "WEDNESDAY, Sept. %.
o. account of MIR. F,fe's indifpoGtion, the
following depolition was taken and read /:
The affidavit of David Fix, OF lawful age.
who being hrlt fworn before me, Daniel l.. Hyl-
ton, Juitice of the Peace for the county of
tienr'co, faith, that fone time in the month of
Sep'emoer, 1906. certain Davis FLOYD, of the
Indiana Territory, came to this affiant and ak
ed him it he did not with TO take a voyage down
the river with him during the courfe of the fall
or winter, that he was going to f,ttlc new
country, the Waihita on the Red liver. This
happened either the next day or a few DAYS af
Ter col. Burr had left Jeferfonviile, the ref
dence of the faid Floyd. At that time this aft.
ant did not tell him whether he would 90 or
not bat about two or three weeks afterwards
he did agree to go, the fad Floyd having feve-
raj times mentioned what fine chance there
would be tor him that they would not agree
to give to any one man more than tx Give do IRIS
a month, and one hundred aud fifty acres of
land at the end of fix months, belide. clothes
and provliions but as he aud this af,;ant were
well acquainted, if he would have a confidence
IN him, he would do fomething very clever for
hin; and if they fucceeded in their object there
would be fortunes made for all that went. This
athant aiked what other object they had befides
tettling the Waihita land. The faid Floyd
ahiwered, that there was new road to be cut
a great ditance and fevrral houfes to be built
which would be very profitable undertakine
No pohiIye bargain was made Between the faid
Floyd and this afiiant. On the 10th of Decem.
her, 1906, this affiant moved down the river
from the Falls of the Ohio in the Indiana Ter
ri'ory, with the faid Davis Floyd, with two
boats and one batteaux, which the faid FIovd
mad butt there. On the fame day iuft as thew
were about to fart, they were Joined by Herman
B'annerhaliett, Comfort Tyler and Ifrae, Smith.
with four BatteauX and number of men the
exact number he cannot fate, nor does he know
The number that harted with the faid Floyd {.
but when the boats joined col. Aaron Burr ar
the mouth of Cumberland, (Which was-of 81.
iurday night, either on ChriHmas night or the
trit Saturday after Chrtmas,) he underfood
that the whole number of men, including thofe
OF the lad Aa'on Burr, were one hundred and
three. After the boats had left the Falls of the
ONO three or four days, he diicovered for
the hrtt time, on board onc of fad FIoyd's boats
Chef and box, the former of which il after.
wards appeared contained mukets and bayo.
nets, Few tulees and biunderbuiIes and pinoI3 .
the after, rifles. A day or two afterwards the
faid Floyd cnquired of the men if they did not
want each of them gunto take care of that
he had fome there which he was afraid would
get ruty. The chef and box were then Open
cd and all the arms taken out and cleaned, and
lone OF then occasionally ufed by the men in
"u"'ihg as they went down the river There
were, as near as he can Judge, between twenty.
nVe and thirty muikets with bayonets, two or
three tuiees, three or four blunderbuiTes. fen
par of piftoIs, and about eight or ten ri0ss.
Some Mort time after the boats had Joined col.
Burr and before they got into the MififIppi RI
ver' while thTs affiant was lying ick on his
trunk, he heard the faid Floyd tell feveral OF
the men that they were going to tax, Baton
Rouge and Mexico. This afiaut ak ed hou,
they We're gong TO do it with 70 few men. Th.
iaid Floyd aniwered that large party of men
were to JOIN us at NatcheZ, and general Wilkin.
ION ana ms army were TO join US at the mouth
o, Ned river. Nothing OF importance occurred
the ooats got down to Bayou Pierre. a day
OF TWO before their arrival there, COL Burr took
ooat and four or five men and went on ahead
as thls afilant underaood, to do fome On 5ne(s
|hinh ne expected 10 do before the boats GOT
Gown. fioyd's boat, in which he went him.
ieif' and IN which this affiant was, arrived there
ct Sunday morning, and the other boats not
TIL the evening. On our arrival, col. Bur,
was Handing on the bank Of the river about 2
mile above the town fome fhort time after the
men from our boat went on ihore, this afTiant
law col Burr and certain Robert A. New.
lwho had the charge Of Floyd's boat in his alb.
lencc, he having then gone on to Na;chez) talk
ing together for Tome time. The faid New then
came on board our boat and called all the men
'''e Il, and iaiI he u1dertood they were all 90.
ing to be itoPped, and enquired of them whe
ther they would fand by col. Burr and 90 on
or quit. Mott Of the men were for going on +:
bnt two or three were for quitting. IN the
courie OF that day this affiant mentioned to
TIC iad New that he minrufcd they were 90.
ING upon Tome unlawful fchemc. He annr-
ed him that they were not that nothing was
gong 10 take place but what was lawful and
countenanced by the government. After dark
The boats were removed over TO the other (ide
OF the river. This afIilnt enqufred the reafan
OF their htng removed, and was anfrered bv
the faid New that there was party of men
Coming to taks,thero aud - u,,. In G.. 81