THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY
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Account
(Fort Chartres, Sept. 13, 1768)
Baynton, Wharton and Morgan
in: The Papers of Sir William
Johnson, vol. 6,
pp. 366-394.
[ ] [ ] full for the foregoing Acct [ ] and three Receipts of this Tenor [ ]
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BAYNTON, WHARTON & MORGAN |
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[ ] of One thousand [ ] Currency of New York by which
[ ] said Baynton Wharton and Morgan [ ] of Gordon Forbes
Esquire of his Majestys 34th Reg[iment ] to different Tribes
and Nations of Indians at different [ ] his Majesty Service- vizt.
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To two party of the Vermillion and Kaskaskia Indians, who [came] the Black Fly, in Consequence of a Message Sent to them by Me [ ] into the Truth of a report which was spread abroad that they had re[ceived] a Belt to Strike their Fathers the English.- |
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To the Black Dog a Chief of the Piorias and Sundry Parties of his N[ation] who came here on their Return from their Winters Hunt to take th[eir Fa]thers the English by the hand agreeable to their usual Custom with [their] late Fathers the French- Signifying- That as they had now brought their Trade to the English, they expected and begged the same Encouragement which they were used to receive from their late Fathers the French. |
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To a Chief and Tribe of the Missouris, who returned from their Wint[er] Hunt, and expressed their firm Attachment to their Fathers the English and to Confirm their Speech made in March last, and also to acquaint Us that as Peace was now Established on the Missouri River, they intend [ ] |
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(page 391) [ ] and other Indians living at and around [ ] their Fathers the English by the Hand, and declare [ ] Resolution to live in Peace and promote it throughout all the Coun[try.] They begged that as they had brought a Considerable Share of their Trade to this Side they might receive Sincere Marks of our Friendship for them.- To the Piorias living at Pain Court, who had returned from their Hunt and had waited thus Long, knowing the Concourse of Indians which had resorted at that Season to brighten the Chain of Friendship with their Fathers the English.- On which Errand, they now also came and to Express their firm Attachment to Us.- They also begged A Mark of our Friendship and peaceable Disposition toward them.- |
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To the Chief of the Osages with a large Party of warriors who came to Trade and ask our Advice how to Act in Consequence of the Spanish Commandant, having demanded their English Colours from them, which they had planted in their Village and were determined to preserve.- They assured Us that in Consequence of the Insult offered to them by the Spaniards, that they would return early with their whole Summers Hunt and Bring [ ] [ ] |
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To La luche and Tomar [ ] to beg the Means, where with to [ ] their firm Attachment to our Interest.- |
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To Seven Chiefs of the Putowatamies, with their Sa[ ] bring back the two Prisoners named Stewart (& his Wife) taken [ ] Young Men from this place in April last.- They expressed a Sin[cere detest]ation of such an Act and to Convince their Fathers the English that [they] had done everything in their Power, to wipe of the Stain, and that [no ill] Consequences might ensue, they humbly implored foregiveness.- Promised faithfully that nothing of the Kind should hereafter happen.- That in (page 392) regard to some former imprudent Acts which their Young [Men] had Committed, they begged that they should be forever forgotten.- [ ] hoped this Instance, will convince their Fathers the English of their Penitence and detestation of the Act And begged to receive a Convincing Token of their Forgivenness to Shew their people on their return.- |
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To the Black Dog Chief of the Piorias who with great part of his Nation came to acquaint us that they were going out on their Summer Hunt on the Grand Prairie, to provide Meat for their Old Men, their [ ][ ]ly those who came to [ ] Friendship with the English and to [ such trade] with us as might tend to the Advantage [ ] they were egregiously imposed on by the French and Spaniards [who] came among them.- To a Chief of the Arcanzas and one of his Warriors, who came to know whether or not the Report which the French had Spread, concerning the English Fort having fallen into the River was True, in Consequence of which they had carried their Skins home.- But now demanded to know, whether they may hereafter come and Trade with Us on the Same Terms with the rest of their Brethren. For assurance where of they begged a Token to carry to their Nation.- |
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To Pondiac and his Attendants, who came to Visit his Fathers the English.- He had Wintered on the Wabash and had now Come to see all his Brethren the Indians in this Country and to know their Sentiments and Dispositions in General, And that if he found any bad reports amongst them, he might warn them to Shut their Ears against all bad Birds.- As he intended not to return to Detroit. [ ] intention of [ ] between all the Ind[ ] |
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To the Grand Chief of the Osages together [ ] agreeable to their [ ] with a Considerable [ ] Example of their future Intentions.- They say the [ ] Nations intend soon to take their Fathers the English by [the hand] and for the Future to bring their Trade to this Place. On [ ] Passage here the Spanish Commandant a Second Time demanded [their] Colours and the Wampum they had received with them [ ] they left with him on his Promise that he would bring them [to the] English in Person in two days, and there deliver his Speech in [ ] of Both parties.- They flattered themselves that their Fathers [the] English would Consider them agreeable to their Promise in the last Speech, that they would be entitled to their Notice in proportion to the Trade they brought amongst Us.- |
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To sundry Chiefs and Partys of Ottaways and Chippaways, who came to assure Us of their firm Resolution to Maintain and Promote Peace to the utmost of their Power, betwen all the Indian Nations and the English [ ] [ ] different Nations of Ind[ ] return from War, In [ ] to divert their Atten[ ] into any League [against Us] [ ] Goods charged in the foregoing [one thousand] Six hundred and one p[ounds ten shillings and sixpence] of the Province of N [] by my App [] from Mess. Baynton Wharton & Morgan by Edward Cole Esquire [ ] Affairs and were delivered by him and my Self at various Times [ ] Tribes and Nations of Indians as particularly Specified in the foregoing [cer]tificate under the Hand of the said Edward Cole Esqr.- Which Expen[ses were] abso-(page 394) lutely Necessary to be made for the Benefit of his Majestys Service. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand |
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FROM THE EARL OF HILLSBOROUGH
In Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. N. Y., 8:91-92, is a letter of August 13th from the Earl of Hillsborough, asking Johnson to examine into and report on a petition for a grant of copper mines circumjacent to Lake Superior, and inquire into the probable attitude of the Indians toward the grant.
FROM THOMAS GAGE
A. L. S.1
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DEAR SIR,
I have just received your;'s of the 5th Inst.:, whether the Belts mentioned by the Chippewa Chief, to have gone amongst the western Nations, are those which were passed thro' the Nations the Beginning of the Winter, or any new affair, he has not explained. There was no doubt a stir amongst them, and the French Traders will invent Lyes, and excite them to Mischief, as long as they remain Neighbours to us, and that there is a Competiton for the Trade between them and the English Traders. I have ordered all the French Traders to be Seized who are found on our Side of the Mississippi; and have given Notice thereof to Don Ulloa,2 that he may publish his orders, to prohibit either Traders or Hunters from transgressing their Boundarys, by coming into His Majesty's Territorys.
I have heared Nothing from the Province of Jersey concerning the Business of
the Boundary, as I did not write to the Gov. of that Province about it. But
Governor Sharpe laid my
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1 In Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Mass.
2 Antonio de Ulloa, Governor of Louisiana, 1764-68.
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