The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-10
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TO purcfaf- lotne land ? A. ftave a letter here,
OF the 5th Of April, 1905, which fpra&cs OF that
iuhlSct. tSee letter Il which, was ,)u'iiin,ed ia
our lait paper) 9, IVhen did cen. Wi,iuIan
| tpeak to yen about his intention 10 ouit TIE.
army and retire to private lie A. have had
a number oi convcIfa;ions with gen. WYE nfon,
and in my evidence, have cncea, orrd to throw,
them INTO as rnuch order poll Ole; but it il
| didlcut 20 rate aTy preciie tine when he rcn-
TONED 70 DE that iuticcI. q. WAS it at St.
| Louie! q. Yes, but the letter before Inen,i-
oned gre; tul! explanation of his intention
! Q D'd he ccnti:ue in this fiylc Of converf,,ion
after his arrival at $; Louis: A. Ec do @.
But yGur iutpcions ftill continued OF his con-
nexicrs with col. Burr ? A. have fatcd that
my iuipicous aroi.- from two paragraphs in two
ispar"te Kentucky papers. Mr.. Ha1.-You
itated IN your evidence The other day, that vow
made communication to the ircrctarv 1T war,
and laid 10 him that YOU could.prove gen. WIS
connection with col. Burr. VIII zen Gate why
you iad 10 Il. In 0ne of my concentrations
named witneiies who believed could prove It,
and United il was fuftepthe of proof--I NOT
ouly thought 10 then, bat think 10 Rill and
ihsll make make it my duty 70 collect and ex-
hIbit prnnfs. Mr.. Mc'Rae. Did you iay thac
gen. Wiikinior's having lined with kir. Chou
teau allied you with indignation? a. have.
laid that thought il an indgnity offered me,
and It was 70 thought Of by the officers. Bar
let me here fay, tina, gen. W. having denied
ourinterviews in the woods aud rooms are il
eorre6s.-And can complea,iy prove it on my
return to 81. Louis. Q Did you not recon-
mend Cold Water As a iuitah'e fpot for A can
tonmrnt? A. While gen. w. was at NVaning-
ton, received fevera letters from him, in orc
OF which he ftated thai cantonment was want
ing for 500 men. he directed me- 10 fled A
tpot near Cahokia. He de.cribed the kind OF
petition he wi.hej.-i reported revcral Etua.i-
ona ai'iwerihg his nitruGtions, but do net re-
coLect that | mentioned Cold iVTater anion-
them--a!thoughI had viewed itard Thought il
offered a good military petition Cbut not in III.
6atf0nI which the general fScd on--nor did
conceive IT was contemplated to have canton
ment III the ;nidfi OF the iettements.-Ayr Me-
itHe. Were you not in treaty for it yOuf..lf2
A. Twas. ! wanted it fer flrm and min fear,
and not for military poh. q. Do you know
whether that place IS occupied as 4 military
poit, or uied merely for the Convenience Of the
folders white ftaiion-d there A. / think il a
very unGli:i'3ry petition The troops were
poited in thick wood, which they had to cut
down, Ill; n2 the roots, ard grub np the baltes
tor parade. IL may hereafter make GOOD
meadow or field, when they are ordered on.
O. Is there factory there? 4. Yes. Q. Good
wEter {! 4. There is = good ipring and hand
iome marta next to the iecond bank There
IS ALTO a commanding !ifuatIun for q csntonment
"''u'' NuS pdTC'Ih'e, nNt not ar that fpOt, o.
Are yoa ceciain that tj<re waa 4 good under
Ganding between gen. Wi.kinlon, col. Burr and
Judge Eaton !? a. believe there was EAT
ton often vrilted hin, and endeavored to re-
concH- u5 after we fell out, and the general has
iomeiinsFr.ad to me paragraphs from letters
ne received from col. Burr, about the proha-
n'lIty OF Ear with Spain, and change OF po-
l'tics in the u S. He has alto read Others
ron Dayton and John Smith of Ohio, Sc O..
van 1, = u
intimacy between gen, w. and Judge EaGons
I have iad believed there w7s--Ea(ton has told
me 10. .. Have you any other rcaion a.
Eaton WAS &Imoit every day with the general.
=. htwhat period A. On gen. WilkinEon'a
arrival, previous TO the fourth of July ana for
lone time after, Baton was frequently in thu:
Generals office, and tp0ke of him in the high
cit terms. O. Wac there any intimacy prcyi-
Gus o the generals arriva' a. never f.w
them together previous to the generals arrival.
.. DID Major Ki5by refde on the frontiers pre-.
"ou5 to the arrival of general Wknfom
4. ] believe he did. have feen hin and
u0ieritOoi he lived near St Charles--I ef.
teamed him "a man Of honor whoC. word
and oath would be taken where perhaps Cen.
"i'kin.cn would be ioaken. O. When Maor
ktbby made the depolition whica has been men
toned, was it not reported aud believed that
lieutenant Pike and his party had been dcRroy-
ed a. cannot tell wiln he made the depo-
htion. q. When you heard ofthe dcpoftion
was It not reported that Pike and his pary were
killed! n. On recollection, I think have f,sn
Al account III fomc newspapers ofthcir having
been dcfroyed, but the only report which (
deemed correct was, that they were taken ~
the SPaniardg and c nduHed to Santa Fee. C..
Did not Major k'6by quit oGr government and
become iuhjcct Of the King Of Spain? A..
That Is my prriuuDiion. found bin in that
territory when arrived there--But AZ did NOT
review the pohs ZION, it IS mere couiecfnr-.
9. When Judge Eaton mentioned to u that
Col. Burr had made him certain propofils did
he fpeaS ofany par'iculr new fpaper-A. Not
that recolIett. Q. You have f'id there once
isemed TO be a good undtrha ndiug between
Cen. Wi.kiniun and Burr why fhonl Burr
apply through Eaton for man Of enrercrze.
and not immedaely to- Cen. Wilk;pfon HIM
ieIt? A. The Col. can BEG arfwcr this uueiti-
But If may be allowed 20 conjecture, l.
was bccauie the general had tired me before
aud found ! WAS too mach Of democrat to lie
made = traitor 90. But will You Gsy how
came Burr to apply TO Eaton? A. You had
better az Col. BUR- that qutGion; be may au-
fNG it o Were you and Gen. ~ tinf1r,
about that time at yarieucs? 4. Y.q. lie
had before reprimanded nc about the iisedgn
with which fp,ke of tis military petition nj
Cold Water, mSaliyeJ and 6i.a5. O. Did ~.
fton know il? Il. prciuwe j.. did. . You