The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-09-26

mutt go up to the yarrfon, and ak the com.
manding officer, If he could not get quarters,
that night for hinfelf and men. When ar
rived at the garrifou, was conducted TO Lieut..
JacSion's quarters. He rsturncd his compIi.
uients, and faid: he would furnifl, them with
lodgings. Col. Burr went up with fome of his
men and fnpprd. The next morning col. r.
aiked me, if was acquainted with the men in
the carlton. Itold him, 1 was. He afked me.
1t | could not get 10 or IL of the bet men
TO deiert. told him, would not. He then
laid, he would fpeak to them himfeIf, and get
2of the bvtt mel, and afked me to name them {;
which lid. Upon being Intercepted the
witnefs fad, there were / 9 men in the fort ; few
pieces OF cannon; and the river about as wide
as at Fl. Mafiac.) Sometime in the afternoon,
! aiSSed col. q. i! he had got the men to go with
him lie laid he had. Sometime that evening
he told me that Lieut.. Jackfon and the other
men would follow in few DAYS. That day
col. b. employed man, one Skinner to run
him lone muiguet balls. He run him GOO for
which Col Il. paid him one dollar. He bought
dozen Tomahawks out of the factory, which
col. B. distributed among his men fome he had
he'ved. That day all the boats landed at the
Bun, aHd on the 5th they all ftarted, except 2
imalI boat left for col. B. He foon overlook
us, and got into his own boat. No one came
from the garrifon with hin. We proceeded TO
place, called Palmyra So miles above Bayon
Pierre, on the 10th Jan. Col. B. again ailed
me, If would go down to Bayon Pierre with
him.
Mr.. Wiekbam aRed the court, whether the
witnefs ihould proceed. How was this kind of
tetimony calculated to prove the overt act ;,
How was 1t relevant to the charge Was it
not better for gentlemen to extract Whatever
they deemed material out of the witnefs by put.
ting in'errogatories MIR. HTrt The witnefs
was Jult coming to certain declarations of the
accuied, which directly related to the objects
OF this exPed ton. When he has arrived at
bayon Pierre and is about to tell fomething that
IS important, he is ffopt. Oh. Jutice wilhed
the Attorney to put Undergraduates
Mr.. Hay. Did you ever get out of col. Burr's
boat to go into another? A. Never, except at
Chlckaiaw Bluffs and Bayou Pierre, when |
went with col. b. at his particular requeh o.
DID you go afhore at Judge Bruins? and tate
what happened there.-The council for the ac
cuied Objected TO this general interrogatory
On. JUS. AK him whether any thing happen
ed there respecting this expedition. Mr.. Hay.
Perhaps the witneis may omit facts, becaufe be
deems them unimporant, which may conf
der extremely relevant. Did any thing happen
at Judge Bruins refpeciing publication and
tate what it was. WItu-G. On Sunday 18th
January, while we were 3 or 400 yards from
the ihore, col. Burr told me to arm myfelf with
a rifle and conceal bayonet under my clothes.
! he told me he was going to tell me fomething
mutt never relate again. He then told me
that gen. Wilkinion lad betrayed him that he
had played the devil with him and had proved
the greateA traitor on the earth. told him /
could not believe it and afkcd him how he knew
IT. He laid he had feen pubihed i'm paper a
letter, which he had fomc time before written
TO gen. Wilkinion in cyphers. He mentioned
that gen. w. had made oath to this letter before
the court or in open court, do not recolleet
which: He then told me he was fearful of be-
ing injured or taken; that mutt keep good
look out about Judge Bruins. Col. Burr went
INTO J. Bruins to breakfalt: and went into
the Cotton Gin that was near the houfe. A
boat came; and he told me to take foygIafs
and fee whether it was his boat. / could not
determine: He then directed me 10 go down,
and IT it was his boat, to fire muket O
Where is Judge Bruins? A. About mile and
quarter below Bayou Pierre. MIR. HTyt.
Where did he fay he had feen the paper? A.
HE paper had been handed by Judge Brun TO
col. B. the evening before. .. What was the
conversation at ]. Bruins? A. col. Burr aked
him, it he had any papers; he handed him this
paper; and after reading i 5 or 90 minutes, he
role up and fad he NUT 60 to the boats. Mr..
nay. DID the troops from the boats land
there? A. Yes. Q. With what view did the
men go afhore below the mouth of Bayou
Pierre A. They landed about Q or miles
| oeio", IN the Louillana territory.-Ihe oppoGtc
couniti objected to thefe quel1ions but were
overruled by the court. Mr.. Hay. State what
| happened at the landing of the men. HTfneG.
Some days after the men landed (they all land
ed) col. B. ordered ground to be cleared for
parade ground, for the purpofe of exercfng the
men; but never faw the ground mylelf, nor
the men exercifng. Some of the men however
are here; DR.. MunholIand is one of thofe
men who af1iited in clearing off the ground.
| There was guard of I2 men paradcd at this
place. Wyle for one had rifle and fword.
| Mr.: Wi1. Were there any Indians at that
place! A. None. Q. What produced this
guard! a. They underftood that the militia
were coming to take col. B. and tbefe e men
were placed to alarm the boats. o: Was this
before or after linking the mufkets {! A. It was
before. The qOiiEeJJ, upon being further inter
roga.ed, depofed, that Mr.. Lemater had ia
ken potatoes out of hid. then in Mr.. b. boat,
barrel of potatoes, with which he faid he was
| going to fill the boz of arms, 70 as to make it
appear like box of potatoes that he was afk-
| ed in the prefence of col. b. TO go and help to
clear the ground that col. Fitzpatrick came
TO take all inventory OF all the goods and arms
| that he could fee bot that he did not fee Col
Z. iearch for the arms. Mr.. Burr. Where
was | all this time? A. know not but
faw you handing mufRets out of the ca
bin window of your own boat into Mr.. BANNER
haliet's boat. The 7UifneG further Rated, that
the arms which were funk were funk between