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, 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, 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. His Excellency Govr. Simcoe. I have the honor to be, Endorsed:-In Lt. Govr. Simcoe's No. 18 of the 20th Septr., 1793. (4) 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 Deserters beyond certain Bounds: but these arrangements will be at best, merely palliatives, and the settlements making in the vicinity of the King's post must be productive of such hostilities as the Officer agreeably to his Instructions cannot but consider as force, and repell by force, unless some speedy arrangement shall take place, either by the King's Troops being withdrawn from the Posts in consequence of a general Treaty, or that during the suspence of the negociation, the Government of New York shall exert its power to restrain the lawless proceedings of its frontier Subjects. I cannot but wish that some arrangement on this subject might be made between Your Excellency & the Government of the United States; any trifling complaints if such have arisen on our parts, (but which I have neither heard of or believe), may be easily remedied and guarded against, as the post is purely Military, and as such is the object of national consideration, but by no means ought to become subject to Insults from any Individual which may lead to the most serious consequences. I had the pleasure of receiving your letter by Colonel Ogden who has proceeded to Quebec. Lieut. Brewerton (the bearer of this dispatch) is the son of a late Provincial Colonel, to whose family the Council of this Province have granted the customary Lands. The Young man seems well behaved, & means to settle in Upper Canada. I have the honor to be with great regard Your Excellency's, &c. J. G. SIMCOE. His Excellency George Hammond, &c. Endorsed:-In Lord Dorchester's to Mr. Dundas No. 2 of the 25 Octr. 1793. Sir, FROM C. T. A. SCHOEDDE TO FRANCIS LE MAISTRE. FORT ONTARIO, 9th Septr. 1793. By very late advice from New York, I am informed that a Mr. Mezières, for some time Secretary to Genet, is now on his way to Canada, and as it is said with a view of fomenting divisions amongst the Canadians. He travels under a fictitious name, which I have not learned. I would not presume to trouble Head Quarters but thro' the ordered Channel, but want of opportunity to acquaint His Excellency Lieut. Governor Simcoe in time, encourages me to take a liberty, which originates in a wish for the publick service. I have the honor to be, &c. Capt. Le Maistre. M.S. Firs FROM G. LAMOTHE TO JOSEPH CHEW. MICHILIMACKINAC, the 15th Sept. 1793. 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. Capt. Chew-. FROM J. G. SIMCOE TO HENRY DUNDAS. No 17. YORK (LATE TORONTO) UPPER CANADA, Sir, 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 |