Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-10-03

ness does not perhaps attend to the questi-
on: Was this ground cleared for exerci-
sing the men? A There was talk that
1t was for that purpose; but l do not know,
whether it was for that. Mr. Writ. Do
you say that the men never exercised there !?
A Never to my knowledge. Q Doyou
know any thing of the guard? A Yes.
Sometime i'm the afternoon, young man
came up the river in a canoe and said there
were 400 militia without any authority,
coming to destroy the boats that night.
This was told to Col Burr, and we deter
mined to get out of their way, if possible.
Major Floyd concluded to put out centirels,
to give lis information of their approach.
L he signal was to be the firing OF gun.
Mr. Writ. L understand this Bayou is be-
low Bayou Pierre? A 1t is. . ! under
stood you also that you did not receive the
Presidents Proclamation before you arri-
we'd 1T Bayou Pierre? a ] said that uou
had not reached us before we got to Bayou
Pierre /; but / am not certain whether il
was there that we received it. Chiej Jus
Hce Had you received the Proclamation,
Dcsore the guard WAS put out i? \ l do
not reco!leci. Mr. Burr Was it not af-
te"wards2 \ | DO not recollect, l heard
thai IL Was contained in some newspaper,
perhaps in your boat. Mr. Writ Do you
know any thing ct the search A / do !;
was III our boat at that time. When Col
Fitzpatrick Came, Col TYLER lifted the cur
tain and he was introduced. We did not
once change our posture. Q How many
arms did he hnd there? a There were
a couple of riacs, becoming to a Mr. Lamb,
and some pIsto,S. Z Did you hear OF the
searching o, other boats a i did not
trouble myself about them. q Did you
letr OF the sinking OF arms2 n l did
not.
Cross Examined MIR Burr. How
may guns had you at Beaver? A Five
rifles. q Did you see any more guns at
any other time A l did not. . Among
the four boats that went from the Island,
how many! A Not more than FIVE, that
saw. q Did you stop accidentally at
ihe Island n ] supposed SO first; but /
afterwards understood, that Co, Tyler and
MIR Blennerhasset we're connected. Q
How much powder had you with you A
About % pounds. q Did you not borrow
from one another' A We did. Q Was
the powder scarce among you at last ? A
IL Was. Q Was there any game killed
l believe TWO deers were killed, at the
time We were AT the Island O Was there
any disturbance on the Island None.
Q had you any reason To believe that any
Of that party wuold have assisted i'm any
unlawful design None. Did YOU
sec printed report by Mr. Fitzpatrick
A No. O Dad you understand that the
country WAS much alarmed therei They
were. Q And mat the party was to be
moobed Yes. o That they were
coming ON board ut nignt, with tomahaw ks
and knives | do not recolcCt. o
Would not the militia have suffered ex-
tremely, If l had not fed themi / know
that you sent over provisions to theml Q
How many OF them were there About
70. Q bid you not understand, that had
made treaty with COwles Mead for the
preservation of my people? l did not
know At. Q Who sent US word that we
must move down 10 the mouth of Coles
Greek! Major Flcehearty. The an
swer from MAJOR Floyd was that we must
setmore militia. MIR. Burr. This was a
piece OF impertinenCe in Fleehearty, for it
was after the stipu!ations entered into be-
tween Mr. Mead and myself. | was at
that time, so miles of, at Washington, IN
~ where went to stand trial. Mr.
Biannerhasset. Did you hear of any re-
port about arrcsting me, on the night /
lett my Island ? 4 did hear something
about it; bun / believe it was not before
the next morning. Q BY whom / the mi
litia No. Mr. Hay. MD you not
hear OF an arrest by Gen Tupperi l
did not; but the morning after left the
Island, Mr. Blennerhasset himaelf mention
ed, that he understood there was writ
or warrant 10 do It; and asked US if we
were willing to take him along after thar
was out. MrWirt Was Major Fleehear-
ty militia officer : A He seemed so from
his dress. Mr. Burr. Was there not a
good deal of talk about Il Spanish war
Yes. l saw good deal about it myiilf,
IN the newspapers.