Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-17
TRANSLATION I

ersigned, one e he Justices of The Peace,
in The distriot of Detroit, joseph Robert, an
inhabi ant on river Aux kssIn vino be,
ing duly sworn by the hoy Evangelist, de-
noses and SAYS that on tit ntx DAY .iter
the battle on SAID river L., Sur. line
aftr, sunrise, lie saw the lodisns XII The
| American prisoners with their Tomshawks,
and that they shot several, o wit, thee -
that the Indians set the houses on he, and
| ,hst in gong ut, The p,is aers were mas.
sscreed aud killed, AS rssaid /; la, IS to
say, three were shot the oNf.s were xiii
el in the houses and burnt With the houses.
The iud.ans burnt frs, tie aoas Of lean
b pts Jereaame, and 8 wsids hat of
o'O'.es Godfrey, j.. lhe ..ap..oeai has
Gee" iliss mr. q TIA, there were slsaut Tfcty
siBh' .. tofty-niae prif ff.t4 - = two hod'
| ses. TIN dolonem nss seen -. deed sod
ies on he highway. winch the hogs were
lug and essIng One Bruno, told the
| deponeni, that the indians had killed those
4 he prisoners VIC were least wounded,
Ind that The othe,s were burned alive.
ANTOINE Cuiele &c. and Aiexls salliot,
nhsbi ants of river Eccocces, told the de
| ponen, that wo prisoners bad been burn
| IA the house Of Gsndor on tie river Aux
Sable. The depnnent has heard that some
| lndisns g. torn cut the hearts Of ST me prs
| ouers, ard mad brought taem sill smoking
N some houses, hu does not reeollect the
| name of the iniormsn, he believes how.
eyet, hey were men worthy oil credit.
The deponent says further, that after the
| fl, o. action on the rive Raisin, the lndiens
| fred on one named soho, sOs.ln-law 10 SIC.
| hen LebeAu, an lnhabitsnt of the aver Aux
otoles, when reluralrg ttom the house Of
! GrudDn - MS tar.hec IA law IN las arrival
| he hslootd o his farthei-n law - open The
! d Jor, saying he was mottaly wounded
I STEPHEN LebeAa opt ned he door. and told
| h., son IN isw 10 ihiow himself Oh las bed,
! bui hat ~ tying 10 mOVe he fell dead An
| Indian knocked at the door, and Lebe su
having opened il, received a ball M his
oreas and fell dead. The son OF Lebeau
made his escape The Indians shot several
| snu.s at h,m which cid not each HIM.
The deponent says further, tat Baptis,e
| Con,ear was killed near ,he house OF the
| deponent, on the day of the second battle,
| on river Ralsln, lt,le af,er sunrise.
The depont nj says further, that the In
dams have of en- threatened Il burn his
louise aud Darn, if he did not march viii
| them against the Americans The depo
men, says he is an American ci,iZen.
The deponent says. that several Of his
neighbors have toid i'm that tbe) had re
| ceiyed the same threat. Olher settlements
have been threatened xi,h Ii. e. The mills
I'D houses on the rivet Aux Roche were
bntnt IN the month II Sep emuer i-si, after
ms c.pitula ION of Dstrou. And further
! he deponent saiin MT.
! JOSEPH ROBERT.
Sw,rnto and subscribed before me, the
An Feb. 1915
PEER AUDRAIN, J. 1. ID d
IN. XVI IS an sifidavn I i. N Don
ne.i, WHO also could write. lie states, that
IL heard Mr. May Of Detroit. ask the In.
dian Agent about purchasing the smerc an
prisoners,-lhst several were purchased
among them was one Hamilton, who told he
deronent, that as he ard some o. hrs fellow
prisoners were marching with The Indians,
between Detroit, and the river Rssin,
=" they came up 10 ,rhe'e one Of me prisoners
VOns Dunn, Tie iste just expiisg, and an In
dian t'9tiag the ashes IT his Saet saying,
4" d4ns'4 s0n Of a bieh.'
He also stated, that one DIR. Bowrrs, q
prisoner, t'ld hun, Quo deponent) ths, the
day after the battle, The Indians came in
where the prisoners were and proceeded to
| strip, plunder. and tomahawk The wounded
| prIs"ners-ihat one Indian " who appeared
| 10 be dsunk," Came up to one SEAgLs, and
called him "a Miaison"--Thst the said
Bowers also tod HIM that being appre-
hemsi,e for his own oaiety, he pun himself
under the protection Of N" old Chief. who
had sold him. and who was very kind 10
him. &c.
No. XIII follows at iargel
No XXI. TRANSLATION
| Ioyaoy + Michigan cisrict IF DepOtf, IS
Personally Appeared before NE lie under
signed, one 1T * Justices Of the Peace IN
the dis .flct II De- 1t, Antoine 5oulard, OF
fhe over aux Ra's,n, who being sworn on
The Holy Eyangells,, drpuses snd says, ,hat
OF tie mex dav AT er the bs lie ON river Aux
II ism. ne saw he Indians XIII the secre.
tsry a. the American General, who was On
the horse e The Indian who had ,sktn hun
prisoner, with rife shot that ,he prison.
! er fell on one side and an Indian came tor.
ward with sabre, flushed him, scalp
| "A b,m eif,5tt INN and carried away nis