The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-08-25

houie, who wanted TO know his name re .old
them his name was Tom Jones. He came OF, and
told me- the people in tn houie had aGei and he had
told them hi, name was Tom Zones, ard mutt mind
aud make no nii,ake but call him Jones TOO. So he
paiisd by that name, till we got to the Mudlick's-
He then told me he was knoyyn there, and nuil
call him by his own name. 20. When did ,hefe
things happen' a. All ibis was in OSober lSCc
! heneve} lie then began enquire for young men,
that had Rifles; good orderly men, that would be
eonformaoie to order and dfciplire. He allowed
that Col. Burr and he and few Of his friends had
bought 100000 acres OF land, and they wanted Young
men to fette it. He f4id, he would give any young
man who would go down the river, 100 acres oil
land, plenty Of grog and vtsuals while going Down
the river and three months Troviicns after they had
got to the ends every young 20 carry his RI
lie and blanket. agreed 70 90 myfelf If | could
carry my wife and family, but he faid he mua have
further combination upon that. When got home
began 10 think and afSed him, wha. kind of iced we
houd carry with us He faid, we did no, want A.
ny. tMr. Wiy! OF what occupation were YOU on
the Hand a. a gardner. Mr.. SIiyf I pu, this
queiion, that the Jury might undernand his laG OBJ
iervaon u urged thatlubje6l him ieveral times;
at lat he made fudden pauie, and laid Peter, we
are gong TO take Mexico; of the inct and rich
eli places in the whole world" He taid thu, Col
Burr would be the King of Mexico, and Mrs. Al
ton was to be the Queen of Mexico, whenever Col.
Burr died. He iad that Col. b had made fortunes
tor many in his time, but none for hin,relf hut
now ne was going TO make fcmething for him'eh-
lie fad that he had grea, many friends in the Spa
NH Territory; 1000 Roman Catholic pri.ns were
engaged, and that their ocks would ion If once he
Gould get TO Them; that the ,Spapiards, like the
French, had got tired of their government and want.
ed to fwaP it. He told me, that the Euglih a'Go
were friends in this piece of bufinels AID that he
was the very man go England, on this piece of
(Nn. Rur IL, II
like to go: faid, hould certainly ike to fee my
friends there then aSSed him what was to become
Of .he men, whe were going ie,tle the lands he
tailed about Were they 10 fiop tie Red river or
togo on He iaid, "you'll fee how I'll fix them"
when he got them far enough down the river. If
they ana NOT conform to order and dicipne, he
ivy, y God he'd lab them. was ationifhed |
told him was 10 folder, and could not fight. He
laid made odds; he did not want ~. to fight;
he wanted me TO go and live with Mrs. Blannerhai-
lett and the Children, either ut Na,chez or rome o.
ther place, while re west on the expedition. talk.
ed to him again, aud told him, the people had got
1t INTO their heads that he wanted to divide the u
MON he iaid Col. B. and ne could not do it them
e'ves All they could do was to tell the people the
eoniequenee OF it. He tad the people there paid
the government upwards OF 4oo eco dollars YEAR,
ann never received any benef, from it, He allow
ed It would be very fine thing, If they could keen
mac money among themieves, and make locks and
opiid bridges aud cut roads.--About two weeks af.
ter igot home, he ient TO DR. Benefits of Ma.
lon county with letter. He wanted to know, if Or.
bennvtt wou!dnt fell him the arms belonging to the
Militia, il he could fell them ard keep i,ir,ef out
OF danger; If he could, he'd give him draft upon
ms Trend IN kentucky Tor payment if he could not
ne mum lend HIM word, where they were kept, and
he would come and take them away in the night /
was not to give the letter TO DR.. Bennett, unI the
Doctor pron,!ed to deliver it back for me TO bura it
tnr tlsaffs $50 \ 4
he Dotfor iaid he unacquai,ted with the plot,
and eouldu't join in it.
Qnc,aiored BY tie P,siteufisu.
Mr., Fay. When did the boats leave the Inand
A. Ii was contemplated to fail on the 9th of Deem
Der but they, did not come till Io;h Sunday and
they famed ON the Wednesday nigh, following. O.
fio~ many boats were ihste 4. Four. o. How
many men from the boats came ahore A.. About
80. =. What did the men do, who did not belong
to the boats A. Some were packing meat and iome
were packing other things Nr. lfsl1a<. Who
went oil on Wednesday night A. MIR. Blannerlal
lett and MIR. Tyler and the whole OF the party O.
az what time III the night A. About o'clock o.
piu al that came down TO the liland goaway A. All
out one who was iick. Mr. Hay. Had they any
guns: a. Some OF them had Some of the people
went a-ihooting. But do not know how many there
were. Mr.. J. AZ. Sb.pfa,a "a iurymsn.) What
k'hu 81 guns; rifles or nuiqpsts! A. Do not know
Y. were there any piltols2 A. ] faw none but
bannerhafietts Q. Was there any power or lead
a, bo'h ! law iaTie powder in long FINAL barrel,
Ike ehnrn But was 70 employed, / could not no.
uSe particularly. Some OF the men were engaged in
uhhhg bullets; but do not know how nlany-
NM 0l9Edt Why did they leave the Iiland at that
hour OF The night y. Becaule they were informed
that the kana~ha militia were coming down there
y Did ycu carry iome boxes the boats? a. car
RED hall bzhel Of candles and ione brandy levera
boxes we're carried, and great many things OF " Inch
anew nothing MIR. Hay. Were YOU Oh the H4nd
"hen they went OFF a. Yes They held a council at
the loot OF the pier determine which was the belt
way to &C. H!r. Biannerhafiett faid, if he went in
canoe, he would be an eaiy prey. faid to them,
= oe's t'sk together" And iothey determined to
TICK ,1 together. They went of in great hare. Q.
my did they go in body a. fuppole for feeuri-
ty.
Cr9j que9ieSeA
Mr ffifA6aN. You iaw Cen. Tupper and Mr.. !
Woodbl idse that night! 4. Yes. o Was Col. Burr
there a. No: ! did not fee HIM. O Didyou under
tano whether ne vas ID that part If the country at
that time A. uudertood not.
WEDNEssAY, AuguA 10.
b*0mirafisa u Gen. JoHN MORGAN
Sometime IN AUgun iait about this time twelve
MONTH my iathtr put letter into my hands Gyn,d
Aaron Burr, in hich lie fad that himieH asd II. !
friend Col. DupieiiSr would dine with him the fol |
lowing cay. ny father regucGed me and my bro. |
the go and meet Coi Burr; WHICH we Did abou,
7 miles diRani. After few woA Of General CON. /
veta,ion, Col Burr obfervei to me, thar tb. mic,
could not politely lat, and that fepara,ion of the
Rates nut eniue natural coufcq gu nee in d Or
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