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


read in The clerk then read the paper in the
following terms
The Attorney of the U. s. for the Virginia diff.
"tri9, charges Aaron Burr, Hartman BlannsrhaIett
s-Ii ffrael Smith, with miidemeanor agana the
United Ssates in beginning, or iet,ing foot,
/" or preparing providing the means of military
" sx2e3ition or enterprise, againit Mexico, pro-
q vance in North Anierics, OF the king of Spain,
I" ~ith whom the United States are at peace
Mr. Hay I, is imn,a,erisl beiides, whether this
charge has been preferred; besaufe though the
charge actually aedged is treafon, yet if tn, other
crime ihould occur during d'e nvefigatian of the
vdenee it is the province of the cnquire
,ois Chief Juiiiee. !, would certainly be unneeef-
fairy to re-examue the fame witneiles aecppd time
Mr. Writ. Did you then hear nothing of the Mex.
lean invaiion did not from any leading charac-
tiers. MIR Hay. Who did you csnlid,r as the lead
ing eharaaersf Col Eurr, Tyler, Smith. Blan,er-
haflett and Floyd. Had you not been informed of
the plan by the PreGdents Proclamation. That did
noe reach US before got Bayou Pierre. Q Were
you at I hoTpfons Bayou was. q Do you know
any thing of the ground that cleared for exerei
fling the men aiiiitcd in clearingt. Mr. Burr.
The wtneis does not perhaps attend to the quetton
Was this ground cleared for sxerciliug the men a
There was talk that it for that purpofe but
do not know, whether it was for that. Mr. Wir,
DO you FAY that the men never eyerciied there a
Never my knowledge Do you know any thing
OF the guard Yes Sometime in the af,ernoon,a
young came up the river in and faid there
were 400 militia without any authority, coming 10
Seitroy the bosts that night. This told Col
Burr, and we determined to get out o! their way, II
Pofible. Major Floyd concluded put our ceutinels
TO give us Information of their approach The lignal
was TO be the firing Of gun. Mr. Writ. under
Rand this Bayou is below Bayou Pierre 1t is
Aunderood you alto that you did receive the Pre-
ident's Proclamation before you arrived at Bayou
Pierre iaid that yea had not reached us before
we got to Bayou Pierre; but am not certain whe-
Their it was there that received it CD. TuH. Had
you received the Proclamation, before the guard
put out /! do not recolIea. MIR Burr. Was it not
afterwards! do not r.colleet, heard that it was
Contained IN Tome newspaper, perhaps in your boat
Mr. WTt. Do You know any thing of the fearchi a
do; vas in our boat that time. When Col
Fitzpatrick came, Col Tyler lifted the curtain and
he was introduced. We did not change cur pof-
tire. 2 How many arms did he find there ! There
were coaPie Of rifles belonging MIR Lamb, and
tome piitos Did you hear of the earching Of the
other boats did not trouble n,yief about them.
Did you hear of the linking of arms a did not
C'eii Examined Mr. Burr. How many guns had
you at Beaver Five rifles. Didyou fee any
guns At any othsr time ? did not. Among the
tour boats thar went from the iland, how man,
Not more tkan 5, that iaw Did you itop acciden-
tally at the iiland fuppoied 70 frf bur after
wards undertood, that Col Tyler and Mr. Blannerhaf-
lett were connected. How much powder had you
with you Z About IS pounds. Did you no, Dor
row from one another a We did Was the pow
der fcaree among You at lat a It was 9 Was there
any game killed I believe two deers were
Killed, at the time We're at the land @
WAS there any tiiturbance the lland None
Had you any reaon believe that any of that par
~ would have athaed in any unlawful d.Gyn a None
3 Did You fee printed report by Mr. Fitzpatrick
NO. Did you uudertsnd that the country was
much alarmed there /? a They were. And that the
party was to be nobeed Yes. That they were
coming on board at night, with tomahawks & knives
do notrecoea Would not the militia have fufer-
ed extremely, II had not fed them know that YOU
Gent over provifons to them. q How many of then,
were there q About 70. Did you not underfand,
That had made treaty with Cowlcs Mead for the
preiervation of nay people ] did not know it o
"Ae iett us word that muf move down to
the mouth Of Coles Greek Major FIeeheartv.
The aniwer from Major Floyd was thas he NUT
get more militia. Mr. Burr This was piece of i'm
PeFfinsnee M fsshearty, for it after the fipua
tions entered into between MIR Mead and myfell
was at that time, 50 miles off at Wafhineton a, Try
where went to Rand trial. Mr. BlannerhalIett Did
you near OF any report about arreiting me- OH the
Eight LETT ny iiland did hear iomething about
but believe it before the next nierninp
ny whom! the mi.itis No. Mr. Hay. Did YOU
not hear OF an arref by Gen Topper. did not but
se morning aiter left the ifllnd, Mr. B!aunerhaett
hinieh mentioned, thar he underGood there was
"rl. or warrant to 10 IL; and aiked us if we were
w'ii'nS 10 take him Hiong after tbaf was out MIR
WIZ. Was MAJOR Fieehearty militia ufficer? a
BE ieemed 10 from his dreis MIR Burr Was
there not good deal of talk about Sbani(h war :
Yes. LAW good deal about mylslf, ia the new VT
papers.
HUGH ALLEN.
Mr Hay. Where did you embark? A.
enos' ked at Bc7ver with maj. Tyler & Smith.
9. Od What terms ? A. MIR. Tyler and Smith
to'd tiie, they were going to fetile lands and
mat whatever profits they hared, I ff,ould
mare bearing an eqna proportion OF the ex
pences. = How many men did you fee At the
mouth OF Cumberland? a. About 70. n
was that The whole parry: A. Perhaps there
h''Eht be mcre. Mr.. Tgler's party was about
40 aud Mr. Fioyd'o about 50 or do rn there
w'rc IN all about 70 or so. o. Hjw manv
III u came with Mr. Burr IN the month IF cam,
oSlaud a. do not know. NJ. KT,t. Did
.IWer'S and Fioyd's parties arrive II ere topF.
In9 a. We got there h,a, by few hours.
y When ono you arrive there A. On the
A''""5 81 The EGlh Dec. O. II I'd col. +. q
PHFy' IKE } yer aud Floyd A. There were
{" "u'"ner OF boats there, which underftood
W'te COT Burr's. 9 Did any isiug occur to
c"H"eee your opinion OF the object of this enter
pr'ze a. Tie only ground of my ever chang
ing my opinion, was, when ! underftood a.
the government defisned to arreA col b. Mr.
Hay. And do you think that zen would have
lett the better part Of the world, to 60 and frt.
tie wilderness Why did you go? A. /
made my rulations on this fubiea Mr.. w.
yer and Mr.. NTH had iad that the object was