The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-09

teDoses x says-that on the next day after
the battle OH the .ad river Raisins, a short
time after sunrise, he saw the Indians
XIII the American prisoners, with their
,onahaw ks, and that they shot several, to
wit. SHAT the Indians set the houses on
fire, & that i'm going ont the prisoners were
massacred and killed as aforesaid that
is TO say, 3 were snot, the others were Kill
led in the houses, and burnt With the hou-
SEES. The Indians burnt hrst the house OF
lea, Baptite Jereaume, and afterwards
,ha, ,f Gabriel Godfrey. jr. The deponent
No. hasn informed that there were about
40 49, 40 nrisoners in the two houses. The
ssncnen, has seen dead bodies on the high.
49, Which the hogs were tearing and eat
,ra Mr. Brunot told the deponent that the
Jn,,;.ns had killed those of the prisoners
- ,v.,e least wounded, s. that the others
were burnt alive.
anto;ne Cuiellcrie and Alexis Salliot,
,phahi,ants of river Ecorces. told the depo-
nent that prisoners have been burnt in
the house of Gandon on the river aux Sa-
bles. The deponent has heard that the
Indians had tore out the hearts of the pr-
soners, and had brought them still smoak
inc into the houses, but does not recoliect
the names of the informants he believes.
however. they were men worthy OF credit.
The deDonent saws further, that after
fhe 6r.st action on the river Raisins the
Indians fired on one named Soio, son-ln law
20 S,-nben {.ebeau, AN inhabitant on tile
river aux Sables, when returning from the
house of GaDdon TO his tatber-in law On
his arrival he halloed to his father law
TO open the door. saying that he was NOR
t,lly wounded Stephen Lebeau opened
the door and told his son-in-law to throw
himself on his bed, but that in trying to
move he fell dead. An Indian Knocked al
the door, and Lebeau having opened it
received ball in his breast and fell dead.
The snn of Lebeau made his escape; the
Indians shot several times at him which did
not reach him.
fine deponent SAYS further, that Baptiste
Contour was killed near the house OK the
deponent on the day of the second battle,
on the riv er Raisin, a little after sunrise.
The deponent says further. that the
Indians have often threatened to burn his
house and barn if he did not march with
them against the Americans. The depo.
nent says ne is an American citizen.
The deponent says that several Of his
neighhors have told him that thev had re
seivcd he same threat. Other settlements
have been threatened with fire. The mills
and houses on the river aux Roches were
burnt in the msnth of September last. after
thc capithation Of Detroit. And further
this deponent saith not.
JOSEPH ROBERT. ,
Sworn and subscribed before me. the 18th
Of February 1918. :.
PETER AUDRAIN. J. T. D. d.
'r's'y -. No. XXVI. s'-:, s-
Tertiary &C .Miehigan-Disvist Of Detroit, Sc.
Be it remembered, that on this day. Feb:
the fou tn Il. d one thousand eight hundred
and thirteen, personally came before the
undersigned. a justice of the peace. for the
district aforessid---viz John M'DonnelI,
an inhabitant of the city of Detroit, who
after being duly sworn Upon the Holy
Zvangelists of Almighty God, deposeth &
saith. that a few days after the battle of
the ed January last, at the river Raisin.
ne was personally present at the house of
James May, Esq. when he heard the said
Jaraes May ask Mr.. William JONES' then
a. ting agent for the Indian Department., if
there would be any impr9 priety in purcha-
sing the prisoners from the Indians, and
that he heard the said William Jones saw,
" that he thought there would be no inn
propriety in purchasing them, but would
not undertake to authorize any person to
do So" that in consequence of which this
depOnent purchased three or four prisoners
amongst the number was one by the name
ef-tfaEilton, private in the Kentucky
volunteers, vino .ieuiateu 10 uiiis tepouent
eiiat ON the first or second day after the
battle ct River Pasin. on the 22d January
Lasts ashe and some Of his fellow prisoners
were marching with the Indians, between
this place and river Raisln, they came up
10 where one of the prisoners was burnt, ne
life just expiring and an Indian kicking the
ashes off his back, saying damn'd son of
u bitch "a
=. This deponant also further deposeth as
3fore said that Doctor Bowers, a surgeons
mate, of thei Aentucky volunteers, who was
pu7chasedby HIM K some other gentlemen
stated.to his depcnent, q that he was lief,
go take care of the wounded, after the bat
tie, b'it felt rather tinid on account OF the
$avages5 but that he received such assuran-
res from Captain or Col Elliott Of the safe
~ OF himself, as well as 4he remaining pri-
Soners, he concluded to ST ay, as sfeighs were
promised to be sent to fetch them away the
next morning. that near about day light OF
the morning following the day of the battle.
.he Indians came into the house, where said
sowers was with the otherprisoners & pro.
seeded to plumber & tomaha ak such as could
not walk, and stripping the said PoverS. &
the woundet% prisoners OF all their clothes t;
that while the said B07vcrs and two ether
prisoners named Searis and Bradford, as
near as this deponent can recolect, were
SttIng by the fire i'm the Indian camp, an
Indian came up, who appeared TO be drunk
and called the said SeurLg, as near AS this
deponent can reCellect " HLadiso1 or
Washington," then took up tomahwk and
struck the said Sedris in the shoulder TN I