The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-07-18

| WIVES " ChldTen u!luef We frOtectl n of
ye + or nor cuu'd | undertake (as do ia
| my offers) to be answerabie for their
i Protection any where else. AS | think
they are IN Earnest about coming as we
nave gone some Steps to which they
have aecedeu of Treating on he terms
| so think We cannot use any Hostilit!es
against them and their planting Ground
| While things remain as they are. Yet |
cou'd still wish that Strong body of our
People might go up to their Plan ting
Ground, which possibly may be brought
about as follows. Ii they give you hopes
of their coming in You must offer to
fetch their Wives & Children & what
Goods they may haye &C in our Whale
boats & to Escort them safe. Push this
piece of Kindness upon them that you
may have proper pretence for sending
a Strong body SO farr as their Dwelling
4 Planting Ground, but with strict
Orders under the Severest Penalties to
do them no violence, TO seek no quarrels
nor even to revenge any, unless absolute
ly drove to it for safety. This is what l
would wish to have done without delay,
but how to give you Orders is absolutely
! lmpractlcable for me as know nothing
of ye State & Situation in which You &
We Indians may stand at present.
Ii they have broke off all treaty & you
have discovered their design to deceive l
Wou d have You send as Strong body
as You can Spare to burn & Destroy
their Corn & Means of Subsistence & to
destroy the Indians too if they can catch
them. But as Matters now stand, No
Risques are to be rum. You must have
it executed in such Manner & to make
ye Matter sure, or not do it att all. For
it is much better never to attempt it
than to miscarry. If therefore You can
not do it so as in all human probability
to secure We Success Lett it not be done
at all. Remember not only ye Indians
but their Allies We Renegadoes Neutrals
are also to be taken into ye account.
When the time draws near for dismiss
Scout mention d to You before namely
that of sending by Land a Hundred Men
from Penobscot to Fort Halifax on Ken
nebeck first up We little River which
comes into Penobscot RI on We West
side about IL miles above You. Thence
over We Indian carrying Place & down
Sebestoocook to Fit. Halifax thence to
Cushooc, thence to Amescoggin & Pc
sumpscot, to Falmouth.
| have order'd Provisions (marching
allowance) for 100 men, for seven daies
to be lodged at Cushoc.
AS have found out that Fort Halifax
is not above 80 miles from You in N &
by W course & that ye Swamp or Mead
oW at We Head of We West branch of
Georges River is not above 8 or 10 miles
from Fit. Halifax & the great pond at we
head of ye East branch of Georges from
whence they carry into Pausegusawac-
keag is about, if not exactly, half Way
between You & Fort Halifax | must by
all means have Scout that Way & have
it thoroughly reconnoitered Give Orders
to We Scout that goes by Sebastoocook to
build Logg house at We Carrying Place
& Order the Scout that goes by We heads
of Georges River to build a Logg house
either at the East or the West head as
they may be most convenient. A hun
dred may do for both these Scouts as
that which goes by Georges River need
be but Small one of ten twelve or fif-
teen & should apprehend between 80 or
80 enough for the other. However |
must leave you to judge of that accord
ing to the Circumstances you are in, &
according to the accounts You have of
the Enemy. had promised Capt Her.
rick that if it was in my Power He should
have ye Lieutenancy under You but 1t
happens there is no Lieutenant allow q
! You at Present. Nor is there allowance
for Gunner or Interpreter. You can
not do without We Latter And as Macfar-
lin ask'd me to make some provision for
,, l think if You make him SERGEANT with
Ensign's or Lieutenant's Rank he will
! be very we'll off & the end will be an
! swered & l make no doubt of his Accept
ing it, & being thankful for it. The
Reason of my giving him the Rank is
that he may appear with proper Charac-
! ter to We Indians & also as he has had it
already. And as 10 We pay tbs more than
he has ever had before or cou d have ex-
pected except ON this Expedition. You
dismiss Mr.. Burbank as soon as the Es-
tablishment is over. You will detain six
of we Best of We Whale Boats.
T. POWNALL.