Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-10-03
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brought you round here from New Orleans
I A Gen. Wilkinson. l was introduced td
him by SerjeRnt Dunbaugh before : was
! subpoenaed. Every one OF tie part" whors
he could find was carried to The generals
y Did gen. w. ask You any questions
a He asked some. q Was this 5efors
or after YOU were su5poenaed 4 Before.
y Did you receive any money? 4 re-
ceived about 20 dollars from the mihtarv
agent after i was subpoenaed. Since j
came here, ] have refunded it to the Mar
shall.
SAMUEL MOTLEY.
Mr. Uirt. Were you with this party
a. was. Q. Where did you JON them
A. At the Falls of Ohio. Q. Were youat
the mouth OF Cumberland A | was. O:
In whose boat did you descel.4 the riycri
A. In capt. Berry's boat; winch was buiit
at the Falls of the Ohio, and there joined
the party. Major Fioyd's boat also Ioined
them there; besides a small bat .eaux,
which was not loaded with provisions as
the other two were. . ID d YOU not pro-
coed down the river with the boats which
came from Blennerhasset's island A. Us:
we were sometimes In company with them.
=. How many men were ut the mouth of
Cumberland A. / suppose not mere than
100. q. Did you see these men introduced
to Colonel Burr? a l did not o. Nor
heard his speech a. l heard nothing a
bout it, till got to Orleans. q. Did YOU
conceive that you belonged 10 Ilis parry
a did. y With whom did YOU make an
engagement! a. With Mr. Berry of lndi-
ana, miles from Jacksonville. Q. What
was the nature of that engagement 4. Tc
descend the Ohio and Mississippi, and 10
ascend the Red River, to settle the Qua
chita lands. | was not certain whether
these l;tnds belonged to colonel Barr or MIR
Lynch: but supposed, the latter. ltwas
also stated, that should our frontiers be in
vaded by the SpaniardS, we were to rem
der every assistance IN our power 10 resist
them. How many arms were IN yuur boat?
A. About eight or nine. 4. How many
men A. About sixteen. q. Were YOU at
the Bayou, below Bayou Pierre A / was.
2 ID any thing Of COILS -qGelcc occur
there ! A. do not know what you may
deem important. Q. Were there any
guards stationed there? A. There were.
and for this purpose: the militia were
said to be crossing the river above us in
RATS, and the guard were to give the a.
larm .. Was any ground cleared to *
erclsc men! a. There was ground clear.
ed, but do not know for what purpose.
Q. How large a slip? a. About half an al
Ncre. .. 10 what purpose was it app led ?
A. know not; but the guard were stat.s
CDed there. q. Was 1t that the guard
might stay there? y | do not know bus
when it WAS cleared, did not see the me-
cessity of clearing IT. q. What Ins.ructi-
oHs were gwen to the guard a. | heard
only from others that ii any one approach
ed, they were to fire 2 guns aud then the
guard was To SO off III a small boat O.
Did you think that the object of ,his enter
prise qpaS to settle lands?
Mr. Burr objected to such ENQUIRIES
How could the mere opinions OF witness
have any influence IN u court of Justice
Might not those OPINIONS be formed uo2n
! ide ruuIors Gentlemen have Substantial
/ ly asserted that four hiths OF the people of
! tn state have been d6ped by such false ru-
morS. Ihe same means OF dc, Otion were
used IN Kentucky; but they we've not so
easily duped, as the gcEt.em u represents
! the Nirgin!ans to have been. C. Justice.
Let the question be proposed IN this form
Did you see any thing ~ she party, itself,
which induced on 20 think thar lii re was
a different object! A. / did rot before
the arrival of the militia, when cyan TO
entertain doubts Of the object.
MIR Wirf Was there any pat Or your
engagement about a service OF 5. months
a We we're engaged for SIX IN tas MIR
1 4nLsdc. what service y / am not ccrS
tain. We we're TO stay thete to settle Eud
and 1t was supposed tire settlement would
be made in th { timc. q What conside-
ration were you 20 receive a Ten DOL.
lars month and 100 acres Of land. MI
! MR.. Had you any manual exercise al
you went down! 4 we had ON the root os
the boat, two or three times q The boats
were r,O.ed A Yes they we've At or
top; The exercise was OF our own tccud
Mr. Hay. Did you see the same oyerati-
on in other boats A ] did NOT. Mr IF.g..
Did you see any thing of the search by COL.
Fitzpatrick? a Twas there ], L,hpcu,d
at Thompsun's Bayou Q D.d F,zbatr -Is
see all the arms A The must&s wore
taken from our boat, bcfcre coli r. made
the search. q 70 what boat were tbcy
4 carried? A l know not But they were
taken out Of ours. q 10 you know any
thing about tGe bury ing or conccalne 6f
arms: A I do not o DO YOU krow ANY
thing OF hoes b5red in the gun wales Of CO
lionel BuFr's boa; a j DO not o You
were in your own beat, suppose &Iwas.
; We we're AZ too great distance from them
20 have seen any agch occurrence. o DO
You know any Thing If it from public coma
cessation amoGg the ment \ understood
, that the arms had been concealed Ilicard
, II talked Of IN the company Of the mon; by
j different persons, that they were tea to i
) lawyer aiso, that they were taken up tie
) Bayou and bar cd and that they were cons