Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-12-14

teau filed you neutrality-suspicious. A. have
! said that thought il an indignisy offered
me, and twas SO thought Of by the ofi-
GERS. But let me here say. that gen. VIII
kinson having denied our interviews IN the
woods and rooms are incorrect. Aud I
can completely prove il on my return 20 ST.
Louis. @ Did you nat recommend Cold
/ Water as a suitable spo, for csntonment!
a. While general Wilkinson WIS at Wash.
logon. l received several letsefs from him,
10 ore Of which he stated that a canton.
ment was wanting for 500 men. lie d.
recsed me to select spo, near CahokIa -
Hedescrihed the kind of position hewish-
1 ed. reported several situations answrr.
ing his inslruc,ions, but do not rrcolsscs
that mentioned Cold Water among 'he13
! although had viewed il and thought it Of
fered gsod military position (aat rot IN
the .6ottom) which the genera! fixed or----
| nor did conceive ii was contemplated 10
| have a csnsonmens in the midst of the act
| dement's. Mr.. McRae, Were you not
/ in treaty for ii yourself? a | was, want.
| ed it for farm and mill seat, and nnt for
| a military post. 9. Do you know whether
siass place is occupied as military post,
or used merely for the convenience OF the
soldiers while stationed .here! A / think
it avery unmilitary position. The troops
were posted 10 a thick wood, which they
had TO cut down, dig up the roots, and
grub up the bnshes for q parade. Il may
hsreafser make good meadow OF fleld,
when they are ordered on. Q Is there .
factory there? Yes. @ Good Water !?
! A There is good spring and ahanasome
marsh next TO the second b4Dk. There is
also commanding situation for a canton
nens within the purchase: but cot at tho,
spot. Q Are you certain that there was a
! good understanding between general vii
kinson, colonel Burr aud Judge Easton !!
A believe there was. Easscn of,envi
| ed him, and eudeavored 10 reconcile Us at
serwe fsllout, and the geue,si has some
times read 70 me paragraphs from letters
be received from colonel Burr, about the
probability of a war with Spain, and a
change ct politics 10 the u. S. He has al.
so read others from Dayton and John
Smith Of Ohio, &c. O Have you any tea-
son TO believe there was 40 Intimacy be.
tween general Wilkinson and judge Eas,
/ ton /! | have said believed here was---
Easson has told me so. Have you any
other reason a Easton was almost every
day with The general O Al wha, period?
A On general Wilkinson's arrival, previ
Gus TO the fourth Of July, and for some
time after, Easson was frequen,ly ia the
! ge0eraps ofiee, I'D spoke Of h;na in tie
highest terms. e.Was there any Intimacy
previous 70 the generals arrival? ne-
yer saw them together previous to the &C.
nerai's arrival. Q Did major kibby reside
on the frontiers previous 10 the arrival or
/ general Wilkinson? believe he did,
have seen him and understood he lived
near St, Charles-1 esteemed him SIS laan
of honor !; whose @ord and oath would be
taken whtre peIhap. general Wiikinson
would be shaker. q. When major kibby
made the deposition which has been men.
toned, was II not reported aud believed
.that.ieu:ens1t Pike and his party had aeeo5
destroyed I a | cannos tell when he made
the deposition. Q Wheo you heard CT the
deposition wasit not rsported thatPike &
his party were killed A Generalization,
/ think ] haze seen 40 account 10 some
newspapers of sheirhssing been destroyed,
but the only report which Ideemedcorrecs
was, that they were taken by the Spanards
and conducted TO Santa Eco. G Did not
major Kibby quit our goyetBmeas and be.
come subjses OF the king OF Spains A
That is my presumption. | found him in
that territory when arrived there-bu, as
/ did nosreview the possession, il is mere
conjecture. Q When judge Eas'oo men.
toned to you that colonel Burr had made
him certain proposals did he speak Of Any
particular newspaper. Not lha. reeol.