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

party, but finding that could keep Z, high as the
rai' Z" them, rot diicontened, aud Nat determined
tn SO To Natehez. @ In what boat dill you Zee the
chez Of arms a In MAJOR Floyds boat. Mir Writ
DO you know any thing Of ihe guard \ was not
there ~ tina, time. MIR Hay. IN what boz, were the
other cheHs do not FAY they we're arms; but I
faw ione boxes board of eapr Deans boat. MIR
Writ Did You fay you had no otheri,afou for quit
ting. bat beeaaie you could nc. keep appearances
None.
CroG Exarirc!: Mr. R,-r. Who bro,igh. you
round here from New Orleans \ Gen Wiikinion
was introduced to him by SERGEANT Dunbaush be-
lore l vas iubpGnacl Every one of the party whom
he could find was carried the general. Q Did
Gen W ak you any queitions A He afSed fonie
. Was this before or after you were fabprnacd II
Before. . Dill you receive any money a re-
eeived about twenty dollars from the military agent
after was iubpcaaed. Since came here, have Ie-
funded it to the Martial.
SAMoEL MoxtEY
Mr. Hirt. Were you with this party F! a. was
z. Where did You join theml a. AT the Falls of
Ohio. Q. Were you at The mouth Of Cumberland !?
a. was. Q In whole boat did you defend the
river a In Capt. Berry's boa which built At
the Fails of the Ohio and there Joined the party.
MAJOR Fioyds boat alto joined them there beGdss
imaii ha'teaux, which not loaded with provili
ons asthe other two were. Q Did you not proceed
Down the river with the boats which from Blan-
nerh7fiert's ifland Yes; we were fometimes in
company with them. Q Flow many men Were at
the mouth of Cumberland } H. | iuppols more
than 100. Q Dad you fee thefe Introduced TO
Col. Burr 4 did not Q Nor heard his fpeeeh ?
heard nothing about it, till got 70 Orleans Q
DID you Conceive thar you belonged this party?
did Q With whom did you make engage
ment With Mr.. Berry Of Indiana, IL miles from
Jsne''onvle. Q What was the OF that en-
gagenient To defend the Ohio and MshlIppi
and TO Attend the Cd Tpt,la tha Ou,c
lands was not certain whether th.fe lands belong
ed TO Col. Burr or Mr. Lynch bu, iupPofed, the
latter lt was alto ated, that houd frontiers be
invaded BY the SPaniards, were to render every
aiiltance in our power to reiift them. Q How
ny arms were in your boat : A About Q. Q
Flow many : A About TO- Q Were you at
the Bayou, below Bayou Pierre a was. Q Did
any tning OF cenfequence occur there ] DO not
know what you may deem important Q Were
there any guards ttationed there y There were, K
Tor this purpoie the militia fad to be fling the
river above US in rats and the guard give the
ALARM = Was any grouRd cleared 70 exercile men a
There was ground cleared, but do not know for what
purpoie. Q How large a Zip? About half an
Gre To what purpoie was il applied know
NOT but the guard fationed there. o Was il
that the guard might FAY there q I do not know {;
but when it cleared, did fee the neceity of
clearing 1t. . What iuftru aions given to the
guard a heard only from others that il any one
approached they to fire guns and then the
guard was to go off in lmall boat. Q Did you
think that the Obea ef this enteprile fett.e
lands
Mr.. Burr objected to fich enquiries. How could
the merH opinions Of witneis have any influence in
court of juhice Might not thof- opinions be for
med upon idle rumeurs Gentlemen have FL bflantial
~ aier;ed that four fths Of the people of this Rate
have been duped by fuch fafe rumours. The fame
means ol deception were ui.d in Kentucky; but they
were not 70 eaGy duped the gentleman reprefents
the Virgnian' to have been c. Jna Let the 1ueffion
be propofed in this form: Did you fee any thing in
the party le which induced you to think that there
was different objea a. did not, before the ar
rival of the militia, when began entertain doub,.
Of the obieta.
Mr.. Ernt. Was there any part OF your engage
ment about fervice of months !? We were en-
gagged for months. Mr.. MeRae What fervice !.
a | am not certain W. to Gay there to fettle
land; and it was fuppofed the fet,lement would be
made in that time. Q. What confederation were you
to receive 4. Ten q liars month and 100 acres of
la"d. MIR. Writ Had ron any manual exercife q.
You went doWn 4. We had the roat Of The boat,
or s times O. The boats were rosfed a. Yes {;
they were Bat on top The exereife Of our own
accord. Mr.. Kay Did you fee the fame operation
in other boats 4. did not. Mr.. Wiy.. Did YOU
fee any thing Of the fearch by Col. Fitzpatrick? a.
was there. II happened at Thonpfons BAYOU o
were taken from boar, Sejsre Col T. made the
feareh. Q 10 what boa, we're they carried ? Z I
know not but they were taken on: of ours o Do
you know any thing ahout the burying or concealing
of arms? II do not. . Do you know any thing Of
holes bored in the gun wales of Col Burrs boat Il
] do NOT. Q You were in your own boat, luppofe /?
n was. We were toe great dGance from them
to have ieen any luCh Q DO you know a.
ny thing ct ii from public conversation among the
men II underlood that the arms had been conce al
ed heard it talked of in the company Of the men
by different perfons, hat they tied to fawyor,
HJo that tkey were taken up 5he Bayou and buried !;
and that they concealed underneath Col Burr 5
boat
No Cy9lj- E*7miaaii,u.
CHANDLER LIEDsLrY.
. Where did you begin with your voyage , II I
defended the river with Mr. Ellis from Pit.lburr
Q What was the objsa of the voyage? Il Mr.. Ellis
called IL trading VOYAGE Q Did you join the party
at the mouth of Cumberland? II | did. o What
do you fupPoie was the force the noah of Cum
berland n houd iuppoie that there were about
10 or go men. The circle, to which CO.. Burr was
introduced, coniGed of 80 or 10; and fhould fto-
pole, they competed about half Of the whole . Did
you Cop at Cincinnati ? n | did. o Dad yau receive
ANY information Of the party there n heard that
CO.. Burr been there day or two before and had
excited fome conformation smorg the people there
Did you itop at the Falls the Ohio 4 The water
WIS low; and oocahoned US to remain there two or
three days. . Was any OF the party there Il Mr.
Kibby was there, engaging fst:ie the Ouach.
IA laud. O DO you reeoiiett his chrnan name n I
DO nor, o On what terms did he win to engage n
MIR. Il bly, Rated to us the articles of agreement
They were nearly re fame, as thofe which Mr. Mox-
ley has dricrted. Were there any ruatures to the
articles n There were about 10 or ~. o Whar
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