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SPAIN IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
by the two rivers. Its batteries consist of pieces of twelve at least;' and it has a garrison of five hundred men. There are in the arsenal' two guns of twenty-four, which they say were brought some time ago' to be mounted on a galley which General Clark had built to fight' the savages, and which still exists, I do not know in what state, tfc have been assured that it has never been used. The commander of these parts is General Clark, who is now attending the Congress. ?I? am assured that he is raising troops who are engaging themselves for., twenty-one years [sic] for the supposed purpose of silencing or even expelling the savages of the Ohio River and reinforcing the garrisons of the last two places, and by this means assisting the settlements that they wish to make on this same river. It is a fact that the savages have again lately committed some murders in this place. The goods at Fort Pitt are cheaper than in the city, although they get them from Philadelphia, which is about one hundred and twenty leagues, from there, and from Detroit. I deem it unnecessary to tell you about Post Vincennes which is on the Wabash River, and from which you' receive news daily. I have already had the honor of stating to you1 that, with the exception of Cumberland, I cannot say anything fo certain, since I was unable to go to these other places myself.
I enclose the map of the entire Ohio River on a large scale, and a letter from Mr. Green which I have intercepted, as I have told yon above. I have the honor of being, with respect, Sir, your most humble servant,
Chacher? (Rubric)
Natchez, 7th of Novejnbvr^KS5.
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I	learned from Taskaopa in the presence of Nanoulimastabe that Monsieur Jorge, a trader in the village of Ousapalchito for Monsie ? Maxent, had told him that he has heard from Naquisabe, chief witK a KmaTT'English medal, that Mr. Fraisiere, trader at Yazoo in the ..Large Part, had assured him and the English chief Frantimastab_ that the stores established in Mobile belonged to Sieur Tourneboiils He also said that all the English, who had formerly been in th(9 different villages of the nation, were going to come back and chase out the French and Spaniards who were there. Mr. Fraisiere stats that he was a good Englishman who did not want to do as th French and Spanish traders and steal their horses. He said t he would take their pelts for two, three, or four times as much that this boat was sent ahead, and that the chiefs and party were
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ollowing. He also asserted that the Spaniards did not know how do anything and they were not men. I affirm that I have written actly what I heard from the Indians.	?	r~~N
? At the Choctaw, November 8,1786.
f Favre (RubricL^ Boduqny to Miro \.
November 13,1785 108 vMy Dear Sir : Don Louis Chachere, whose mission had been to spy pon the happenings along the Ohio River, arrived at this fort on ? e 5th of the present month. He left Cumberland hastily because '{ a letter he succeeded in getting which was written by Thomas -reen to the principal men of the Cumberland denouncing the said foacherfi as a suspicious person. Your Lordship will find enclosed ? e letter he has written to me advising me of the observations '?ftde "on his trip, together with the original of Green?s letter, a ap of the Ohio River, and some newspapers from North Carolina, hich will enable Your Lordship to see the manner of thinking of ' ose people, and the disturbances that occur among them.
? His quick return, as he says, has not permitted him to acquire ^ore ample information. He is definite in that Robertson has gone Oj mark out settlements in the Ecores a Margot, seventy leagues bove Arkansas, which are to be occupied, one part by the families t, Cumberland and the other by families of Kentucky. Chachere v tes that the settlements of the Ohio and the rivers which flow -Jto it are already considerable and become more numerous every ?ay. From the provinces of the north of America many persons ,?e carried through Lakes Erie and Ontario as far as the post of etroit. From Philadelphia and the provinces of the South many pie emigrate to the establishments of Fort Pitt, Holston, Ken-cky, Cumberland, and other small places. In Cumberland they are jvaiting about one hundred and fifty families. Chachere reports at there are no evidences that for the present any expedition what-yer is being formed, but as their minds are already disposed toward ^ they require little encouragement. The attached documents
11	make clear to Your Lordship how much credence may be given these reports by combining them with the news which may come om Philadelphia and other places.
(' May God preserve Your Lordship the many years which I desire. Fort Panmtjre of Natchez, November 13, 1785.
Your most attentive servant and obedient subject kisses the hand of Your Lordship.
Fran00. Bootjony (Rubric).
Senor Don Egtevan Mir6.