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Sir.

FROM D. HOGAN TO JOHN SMITH.

EAST LANDING, 25th Augt. 1793.

The Chiefs of the Tuscarora Nation have sent an Express to me desiring I would make their wishes known to the Commandant of Niagara, which is that he would not permit any Indians within side of the Garrison for a few days, but that they may be permitted in the bottom, their Reason for this is that they have reason to believe that some of them are intent on sending to the Americans as full an account of the Strength of the Garrison & its Situation as lies in their power, they believe that some are bribed for that purpose.

The Commandant at Niagara.

A Copy. D. W. Smith, A.D.Q.M. General.

D. HOGAN, Serjt, 5th Foot.

FROM JOHN BUTLER TO JOHN SMITH.

Colonel Butler's best Respects wait on Mr. David Smith, requests of him to acquaint Major Smith that from the Report he made to Major Smith a few days ago, thinks it would be proper to comply with the Request of the Tuscarora Chiefs.

Colonel Butler would be glad if Major Smith would order Barnabas Cain or Son to go to the Villages & to ask two or three of the Chiefs to come down as soon as possible.

Sunday afternoon.

A Copy,

D. W. SMITH,

A.D.Q.M.General.

FROM JOHN SMITH TO J. G. SIMCOE.

NIAGARA, 25th August, 1793.

Sir.

I have the honor to transmit to your Excellency the Copy of an Information I received from Serjeant Hogan at the Landing, which I directed to be communicated to Colonel Butler & enclose his observations in answer thereof.-The Report which the Colonel alludes to have made me was that the people of the States were making Roads through the woods towards their Settlements & Lakes.-I have directed Barnabas Cain, the Blacksmith, to go to the Tuscarora Village, in order to bring the Chiefs before Colonel Butler & I have given private & confidential Instructions to the Captains who may be on Duty to observe on the Circumstances mentioned in the Information altho' I cannot suppose this Garrison has anything to fear from the Results of Any Report made of its Situation by Indians. I have the honor to be, Sir,

Your Excellency's most obedient humble Servant,
JOHN SMITH, Major, 5th Regt.

His Excellency, Lt. Governor Simcoe. &c. &c. &c.

GENERAL ORDER

YORK, UPPER CANADA, 26th August, 1793.

His Excellency the Lieut. Governor having received information of the success of His Majesty's arms under His Royal Highness the Duke of York, by which Holland has been saved from the invasion of the French armies, and it appearing that the combined forces have been successful in dislodging their enemies from an entrenched camp supposed to be impregnable, from which the most important consequences may be expected, and in which arduous attempt the Duke of York and His Majesty's troops supported the national glory; it is His Excellency's orders that on the raising of the Union Flag, at twelve o'clock to-morrow morning a Royal Salute of twenty-one guns be fired, to be answered by the shipping in the Harbour, in respect to His Royal Highness and in commemoration of the naming of this Harbour from his English title, York. E. B. LITTLEHALES,

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I have received and laid before The King your Dispatches of the 21st of April, 27th of May, and 17th of June last.

The two former not requiring any particular answer, I have only to observe in respect of the last, that I highly approve of your vigilance, and of your attention to every movement of the American States.-It is necessary that you should be upon your guard and it is equally so, that nothing should arise within either of the Canadas, of which any advantage can be taken by such of the Americans as may wish, through the medium of popular prejudices, to influence the public Opinion against this Country, It is so ruinous to the interests of the American States to be engaged in war with this Country, that I cannot persuade myself it is at all in their Contemplation, and no proposition can be more clear than that nothing should be done by Great Britain or any of its dependencies either to provoke or to justify Hostilities on their part. I witness with great satisfaction the zealous and loyal attachment of the Legislature of Upper Canada to His Majesty's person, and to the constitution, and also its attention to so important an object as the Militia; It is a measure of internal Preparation and Defence, which at all events, must be productive of the most beneficial consequences, and the more so, as I am confident that you will on your part second the exertions of the Province, by rendering its Militia an efficient and respectable Force.

I am, &c.

HENRY DUNDAS.

Endorsed:-Drat to Lt. Govr Simcoe. August 1793. (No. 1.)

Sir,

FROM JOSEPH BRANT TO J. G. SIMCOE.

NIAGARA, 2d September, 1793.

I arrived here last evening from Detroit and am extremely sorry that our business to the Westward did not terminate in a peace as was by many of us wished for, as to the consequences I am rather apprehensive, from the great divisions amongst us, unanimity by no means prevailing, without which the Indians it cannot be expected will do much, in my Opinion the Advice of some Whites was too much attended to, but perhaps it may be for the best. I am still in hopes that an honorable peace may be obtained, and the boundary fixed to the Satisfaction of the Indians in General-the Western Nations being for the line as fixed by Sir William Johnson, the Six Nations and Lake Indians having before mentioned the Muskingum.

A Treaty is to be held at Buffaloe Creek as soon as the Indians all arrive, was it possible I should have been extremely happy in having consulted with Your Excellency on the present situation of our Affairs, but time I am afraid will not admit of it. I shall not trouble you with any detail of our proceedings as Mr. Sheehan, I dare say, will make his report to you, as soon as He arrives. The result of the Treaty to be held shall be made known to Your Excellency as soon as it is

over.

I have the honor to be,
Your Excellency's &c.
Jos. BRANT.

His Excellency Govr. Simcoe.

Endorsed:-In Lt. Govr. Simcoe's No. 18 of the 20th Septr., 1793.

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Sir,

FROM ROBERT PILKINGTON TO J. G. SIMCOE.

NIAGARA, 6th Sept. 1793.

Pursuing the Idea of occupying Point Gibraltar with a Cavelier or Stone Redoubt, for commanding the entrance into the Harbour of York, serving also in a more general view of a System for the Defence of the Place, and for the immediate Purposes of Government for depositing Naval and Military Stores in the greatest Security with the smallest Garrison, I beg to offer a square Blockhouse fifty-eight feet in the clear-the lower part consisting of a Powder Magazine and Store Rooms and the upper Part to serve as Barracks-The lower story, and a part of the Upper, forming the Breast Work of a Battery en Barbet, to be of Masonry, the remaining Part of the second story of Log work grooved into uprights, removable in case of any Emergence.

The whole of the lower part to be made Bomb Proof, by Timbers supported by Pillars and the Party Walls, and for the greater security of the Powder, the Magazine and the Passages leading to it to be arched with Brick.

As the proposed position of the Work is not subject to any fire on the North Side, but from the Harbour, it will be advisable to have the Entrance on that Side, and as the lower part of the building may serve for Barracks in case of any attack

it may be expedient also to have the same side constructed so as to admit of the requisite Light and Air on such an occasion. The west side wholly commands the entrance of the Harbour and the south a narrow Beach leading to the extreme Point of the Land forming the Harbour. On the east side there is an advantageous Position against the proposed work, which although detached by unfordable Waters it may be necessary to occupy or remove.

The probable expence of the Blockhouse for Workmanship only, as a considerable share of attention will be requisite to the Foundations, I estimate at seven Hundred and eighty-five Pounds Sterling; considering the labouring Part to be performed chiefly by the Military: of the Expence of the Materials, I cannot at present form any precise Idea, but it may be concluded from the facility with which Stone, Lime and Timber may be procured, they will be obtainable at a very reasonable rate.

I have the Honor to be, Sir,

Your Excellency's

Most obedient and

Very humble Servant.

ROBT. PILKINGTON.

To

His Excellency Colo. Simcoe.

Endorsed: In Lt Govr. Simcoe's No 18.

of the 20th Sepr. 1793.

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FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, PHILADELPHIA, 7 SEPTEMBER, 1793.

An express arrived Tuesday at the War Office from the Commissioners for treating with the Indians, North of the Ohio.

We learn that they were not able even to effect a meeting with the body of the hostile Indians, who were assembled at the Rapids of the Miami River which runs into Lake Erie.

The Indians by deputation insisted upon the Ohio as the boundary between them and the United States. But as so extensive a concession was inadmissible and no relaxation of this demand being indicated, the Commissioners, who had been waiting at the mouth of the Detroit River from the 21st of July, left that place on the 17th of August and arrived at Fort Erie on the 23rd of the same month. The tribes determined for war are the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanese, and Miamis, although it is understood that a considerable portion even of those were for peace.

It is also understood that the Six Nations, including Capt. Brant and his Mohawks, strongly urged the hostile Indians to make peace.

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i have the honour to Inclose you the Requisition for the year 1794, it would be very necessary that the articles therein mentioned should be advanced early enough in the spring on the communication as to be in this post time enough for the presents made in the spring, as there remains not enough in the store for the numbers of nations which is to come in, and which have been asked by the nabouring Indians of this Post, Especially the Sious, Chipaway & Fox, which is at war-for to make a treaty of peace together. If it was possible to send by the first canoes, Tobacco & Vermillion, Two articles absolutely necessary and which is wanting in the store.

There is no extraordinary news, only the return of the Ottawas & Chipeways, which is arrived from the Counsell held at the Miamies river, the first having lost. four men amongst which was Two Chiefs, which causes a great mourning amongst the nation.

On the 24th Sept, I will address you the return of what remains in the store.
I have the Honour to be, Sir,
Your most Humble & Obt. Servt.
G. LAMOTHE.

Capt. Chew-.

No 17.

Sir,

FROM J. G. SIMCOE TO HENRY DUNDAS.

YORK (LATE TORONTO) UPPER CANADA,
September 16th, 1793.

I do myself the honor of transmitting to you the plan for the arrangement of future Townships in this Province which the Executive Council have directed to be carried into execution as it seems to them to be properly calculated to enforce the Provisions for the reserves of the Church and the Crown agreeably to the late Act of Parliament.

I beg to observe that the exceptions to this General Plan are principally in the Grants of the Townships settled previously to the Establishment of the Government of Upper Canada, and in which only such parts as had not been granted or that may become forfeited, can be secured and reserved for the purposes of the Act.

In order to lessen the Expences of Survey, the Council adopted the Plan No. 2 for a certain range of Townships which had been previously surveyed on the Borders of Lake Ontario, and which plan equally as the general one allots the due reservations.

Another exception it was thought proper to make on the Military communications: as it is intended that they shall be carried on, in as strait a line as possible. It was determined that such a line should divide the several Townships, and for the speedy settlement of the Country, and the future maintenance of the Road that no person should be allowed a Lot thereon, who was not bona fide a settler, and that

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