The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-07-25
LETTER, GOV. BERNARD TO THOS.
GoLDTHWAITE ESQ'R.

GOLDTHWAITE ESQ'R.
Boston, Septem'r goth, 1857.
Sir: l have received your Letter in
forming me of the Indians insulting &
plundering the English Settlers. know
not whether my astonishment or resent
ment at these hostilities was the greater:
and | should have Immediately set about
furnishing the Authors Of them if you had
not in the same Letter informed me that
the Chiefs of the Tribe had apologized
for the Acts of their people and promised
to make satisfaction. l am upon that
account willing to leave this to Treaty;
but expect that they satisfy not only the
people for what they have lost, but the
Kings Government also for what his dig
nifty has suffered by this insult upon his
subjects.
l had intended upon this occasion to
have set out for Fort Pownall myself;
but am obliged to wait here for particu-
lar orders which | expect every day to
receive from the King. I must therefore
leave this negotiation to you: and If the
Chiefs with whom you have talked are
sincere,1 hope there will be no great
difficulty in it. | must therefore desire
that you will call them together as soon
after you receive this as may be, and en-
deavor to reduce what we are to expect
and they to undertake to as great GER
talnty as can be.
Tell them that the Reduction of the
Garrison which is supposed to have en-
couraged this insolence, was made by
this confidence in their professions of
friendship, and they should not have
rendered our considering them as our
friends, reason for treating US as ene-
mics. You have now an Order to aug
ment the Garrison if you think fit, and
tell them, that if nothing but Soldiers
can keep them in order, they shall have
Soldiers enough and higher up the River
than they are at present. There is now
at Halifax Regiment quite unemployed;
and | can have from thence at an hours
warning 2 or 300 men to send up to Passi-
doukeag if it shall be necessary. If
Phillip is among them, tell them | insist
upon their delivering him up as a public
disturber of the peace. For whilst they
harbor such Villain, their Enemy as
well as ours, they cannot expect that
their professions can gain credit with US.
For if they are really our friends, they
should show the same resentment against
Man who endeavors to make Breach
between US. which we do. If you can
lay hold of that fellow send him to
me in Irons; and will take care that he
shant disturb Penobscot again.
Tell them not to deceive themselves
with idle stories about War between
England & France. There never was
more cordial intercourse between the
two Kings than there is at present: there
is nothing for them to quarrel about
But it there should be a variance, N,
America will not be affected by it; for the
French know we'll they can never get
footing in Canada again. So that if the
Indians will fight on the side of France,
they must do it by themselves.
AS to the satisfaction to be made to
the Sufferers by these plunderers, if it
is not made when this Letter arrives, |
desire you will Immediately demand it.
And if they cannot pay directly let the
damages be liquidated & allowed by the
Indians, and let them give their note
for the mony payable as soon as can be,
And don't be put off with pretence that
they don't know who did the mischief:
they must know it, and if they wont dis
cover q deliver up particulars, they
must answer for it in the whole. But if
they are sincere & are really poor (for
understand their pretended priest has
plundered them numerically l would
have them allowed all reasonable time
for their payments, they giving Security
as afores'd.
AS for the satisfaction to be made to
the Government, you will consider what
is due to it's honour and dignity, which
has been violated on this occasion. Tell
them in general that am really & truly
their friend, and desire that they would
not oblige me to appear as their Enemy.
am Sir &c.
FRA. BERNARD,
PETITION: OCT. IL, 1857.