The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-09
No. 'xxvII-TRANsLAr1o
Territory Of Alichiyaa-Disnics Of De.

Territory Of Michiy0a-Disrict ofDe-
iroif, sS.
Personally appeared before me, the up-
dersigned, one OF the Justices of the Peace.
IN the district of Detroit, Antoine ,toliard,
OF the river aux Raisins, who being sworn
ION the Holy Evangelisty depoSes and says.
chat ON the next day attsr the iast battle
IN river aux kaisins, he saw the indians
Kill the Secretary of the American Gene
raj, who was on the horse OF the Indie n
who had taken him prisoner. with rifle
shot; that the prisoner tell on one siue. md
IN indian came forward with sabre. finish
ed him, scalpcd HIM. sipt him & CARRIED a
way hi, clothes. The body renamed two
days on the highway. before the door of
,he deponent. and was part eat up by the
Ihogs. Afterwards, the eicpanen,, together
with Francois La>seile, Hubert Jecrolx,
Charles Chovin, and Louis Lajoye, took up
the corpse at dusk Of the evening, and Car
ried it into field near the woods. where
hogs did not go. They dared not to bury
il for fear Of being surprised by the Indians.
And further this deponent ,ayeth not.
ANTOINE (his - mark) BOULARD.
Sgoor1, and Subscribed, ia my presence, The
SIR February, 1918. Z.
PETER AUDRAIN. }. p. u. d.
No. xxvIII
hereby certify that the next day efser
the last battle at the river aux Ra;slns, the
Secretary of the American General was
taken near the door of the dsponcnt--was
wounded and placed on horse, that seven
or eight Indians were near the house,. one
of whom shot hin, in the head with a rifle
that he did not fall Oft his horse, until ano-
Their Indian drawing his sabre, 'btruck him
ON the head several times. and then he fell
to the ground; was scalped aud stripped
of his clothes, and left on The road where he
renamed one day and p half the depo-
nent With Franc ojs Lasse le, Hubert La
CroiX, & Louis Chovin, on the evening of the
second day took up the b. dy, carried IT to ii G
skirt of the woods, & covered 1t with few
DrancheS. but could not stay to bury it, for
fear of the Indians that wee in the neigh
borhDod that on the next lay after the las,
battle, was near the house of q abr eL G L.
frey jun. x the house Of Jean Baptiste Gere
aumc where agreatnuniber of prisoners we're
collected, and that heard the screaming
romahawking that the savages set the
house on fire and went off.
LOUIS (his Il mark) BERNARD.
Detroit te Febrier, 1919.
.. No xxx.
l certify, that the bodies of the Ameri-
Cans, killed at the battle of la riviere aux
iaisins. Of the 22d January last. and the
day after, remain unburied, and that
navc seen the hogs aud d ,gs eating them.
The hogs appear 20 be rendered IN al by so
,rotuse diet of christian flesh. / saw the
houses of Mr.. Gereaume and M. Godf:t Y
ON fire and have heard there were prison
ers in them. The inhabitants did not dare
ID bury them. on account If the Indians
HE inhabitants hsve been threatened by
he Indians If they did n OF take up arms
against the Americans
ALEXIS (his = mark) LABADIE.
Aitchigun, February 8, 1918.
No. xxx.
This is to certify, on or about the 3sth
day of January last, n Indian woman came
to my dwelling house on the river Rouge.
and informed me that on the m rrning of I'll at
day, an American prisoner had been killed
in the Indian camp, and the reason she as
signed for killing him vas. because he had
expressed an hatred for the Indians
ROBERT ABBOTT.
Detroit, 6th February, 1918
I've are obliged to omit, to-day, che
three rem aiming documents sent to US for
publication. No. 81 is AN affidavit of AARON
Thomas and Agnes his wife, de ailing the
description and value of property 10 the
amount OF s 1897 taken from them by the
Indians subsequent to Hull's surrender, and
The violation of the guarantee OF protection
made by the British This i selected from
great number of similar cases. No. So is
letter from Round Head and Walk in. the
water, Indian chefs, to the inhabitants on
the river Raisin. calling upon them to Join
IN arms against the the Americans, and in
timatns unp'easan Consequences it they're
fused No SO is a letter from the inhabi-
tants on the Raisin to Judge Woodward,
g '.iciung his counsel AMI ativ,c,e1
I'd. .Argus.
LATEST FROM LEWISTOWN.
BY the last account from Lewistown Il
appears that on Sunday all the blocks-
ding vessels had left the Delaware, except
one OF the schooner: tenders, which on
Suud y last took the Mentesquieu. belonging
e. Mr.. Girard of Philadelphia. The Mon
tesquieu had been out s8 months, and
mighr'have escaped, but did not hear of
the war until after her capture Her cargo
i, said to he worth ONE MILLION FIVE
iii M Il n ftIIfNJTE a Mn JNnI Ane