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President's Address
. . TO THE
OSAGE WDIANS.
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rh folWint? is the a duress, lately de-
of the United
States, to the Chiefs of the Osage Nation.
We .offer it to the public, with a confi
dence that the sentiments of goodwill it
breathes towards the aborigines of the soil,
will afford as much pleasure to the reader,
as they confer honor on the government.
Children, Whitc-Sdns, Cbieft,
. ' AND ' .""V
Warriors of tbe Osage Nation.,
I repeat to you assurances of the
-satisfaction it has given me to receive
you here. Besides the labor ot such
a journey, the confidence you have
shewn in the honor and friendship
of my countrymen is peculiarly grati
fying, and I hope you have seen that
your confidence was justly placed,
that you have found yourselves, since
you crossed the Mississippi, among
brothers and friends with whom you
were as safe as at home.
My Children i I sincerely weep
with you .over the graves of your
chiefs and friends, who fell by the
hands of their enemies lately descen
ding the Osage river. Had they
been prisoners, and living, we would
have recovered them ; but no voice
can awake the dead, no power undo
what is done ; on this side of the
Mississippi where our government
has been long established, and our
authority organised, our friends visit
ing us' are safe. We hope it will
not be long before our voice will be
heard and our arms respected, by
those who meditate to injure oUr
friends on the other side efthat river ;
in the mean time Governor Harrison
will be directed to take proper mea
sures to inquire into the circumstances
of the transaction, to report them to
us fpr consideration, and for the fur
ther measures5 they may require.
My children '. By late arrange
ments with France and Spain, we
now take their place as your neigh
bours, friends and Fathers; and we
hope you will have no cause to regret
the change. It is so long since our
forefathers came from beyond the
great water, that we have lost the
memory of it, and seem to have
grown out of this land,, as you have
done ; never more will you have oc
casion to change your faihers. . Ve
are all now of one family, born in
the same land, and bound to live as
brothers, and the strangers from be
yond the great water are gone froma
mong us. The Great Spirit has given
you strength, & has given us strength,
not that we might hurt one ano-,
ther, but to do to each other all the
good in our power. Our dwellings
hjdeed are very far apart ; but not
too far to carry on commerce and
useful intercourse. You have furs
nd peltries which we want, and we
have cloathes and other useful things
that you want ; let us employ our
selves then in mutually accommoda
ting each other. To begin this m
our part, it was necessary to know
what nations inhabited the great
country called Louisiana, which cm
braces all the waters of the Mississip
pi and Missouri, w hat number of pel
tries they could furnish, what quan
tities and kinds of merchandize they
would require, where would be the
deposits most convenient for them,
antl tomake an exact map ot all these
waters. For this purpose I sent a
beloved man. Cant. Lewis, one of
my own household, to learn , some
thing of the people with whom we
are now united, to let you know we
were, your friends, to invite you to
come and see us, and to tell us how
we can be useful to you. I" thank
you for the read jneis with which you
have listened , to his voice, and for
the favor you shewed him in his pas
sage up the Missouri. I hope your
countrymen will favor and protect
him as far as they extend. On his
return we shall hear what he has
seen and learnt, and proceed to es
tablish trading houses "where our red
brethren shall think best, and ' to
exchange commodities "with them on
terms with which they will be satis
fied. .
With the same views I had prepa
red another party to go up the' Red
river to its source, thence to ttie
source of the Arkansa, inVl down to
rrouth, but I will now give order
that they shall only go a small dis
tance up the Red river this season,
and return to tell us what they have
seen, and that they shall not set out
for the head of that river till the
ensuing spring, 'when you will be
at home, and will I hope guide and
guard them on their journey, I al
so propose the next year to send a
nother small party up the river Kan
sas to its source, thence to the head
of thevriver,of the Panis, and down
to its'month, and others up the river
on the frorth side of the Missouri.
For guides along these rivers we
must make arrangements with the
nations inhabiting them.
My Children t I was sorry to learn
that a schism had taken place in your
nation, and that a part of your peo
ple had withdrawn with the great
track, to the Arkansa river, we will
send an agent to them and will use
our best offices to prevail on them to
return, and to live in union with you.
We wish to make them also our
friends, and to make that friendship
and the weight it may give us with
them, useful to you and them.
We propose, my children, imme
diately to establish an agent to reside
with you, who will speak to you our
words, and convey yours to us ; who
will be the guardian of our peace
and friendship, convey truths from
the one to the other, dissipate all
falsehoods which might tend tp alien
ale and divid us, and maintain a
good understanding and friendship
between us ; as the distance is too
great for you to come often and tell
us your wants, you will tell them to
him on the spot, and he will convey
them to us in writing, so that we shall
be sure that they come from you ;
through the intervention of such an
Agent, we shall hope that our friend-'
ship will forever be preserved, no
Wrong will be. done ynu hy our nation J
ad e trust that yours win uo none
to us ; iind should ungovernable in
dividuals commit unauthorised out
rage on either side, let them be duly
punished ; or if they escape, let us
make to each other the best satisfac
tion the case admits, and let not our
peace be broken by bad men, for all
people have some bad men among
them whom no laws can restrain.
As you have taken so long a jour
ney to see your fathers, we wish
you not to return till you shall have
visited our country and towns to
wards the sea coast. This will be
new and satisfactory to you, and it
will give you the same knowledge of
the country on this side of the Missis
sippi, which we are endeavoring to
acquire Qf that on the other side, by
lending trusty persons to explore
them. ii
We propose to do in your cowy
only what we are desirous you should
do in ours ; we will provid.e accom
modations for your journey, for your
comfort while engaged in it, and
for your return in safety to your own
country, carrying with you those
proofs of esteem with which we dis
tinguish our-friencs, and shall parti
cularly distinguish you. On your re
turn, tell your people that I take them
all by the hand, that I become their
father hereafter, that they shall know
our nation only as friends and bene
factors ; that we have no views upon
them, but to carry cn a commerce
useful to them and us ; to keep them
in peace with their neighbours, that
their children may multiply, may
grow up and live to a good old age,
and their women no longer fear the
tomahawk of any enemy;
My children, these are my words,
cany therri to your nation, keep them
in your memories, and our friendship
in your hearts, and may the Great
Spirit look down upon us, and cover
us with the mantle of his love.
TH : JEFFERSON.
At the time the foregoing Ad"
dress was delivered, the chiefs
were presented with the following
Instrument of writing on parch
ment. CHIEFS ad WARRIORS
OF THE
' OSAGE NATION of INDIANS! '
The President of the. United
5tates takes you by the hand, and
invites you and all the nations of Red
people within the territory of the U.
States to look up to him as their fa-
thcr and- friend, and to rely in full
confidence upon his unvarying dispo
sition to lead and. protect them in
the paths of peace and harmony,
and to cultivate friendship' with tlfeir
brothers of the same colour and vith
the citizens of thfc.lmted States.
We have how made the chain of
friendship bright between us, binding
us altogether. For '.your, and our
sakes, and for theake:of your and
our children we must prevent it from
becoming rusty. So long as the
mountains in our land shall endure,
and our rivers flow so long may the
red -and white people dwelling in it,
live in the bonds of brotherhood and
friendship.
In order that this friendship may
be perpetual, and to prevent as far
as possible every cause which might
interupt it, it is hereby announced
and declared, by the authority of the
United States, that all lands belong
ing to you lying within the. territory
of the United States, shall be and re
main the property of your nation, un
less you shall voluntarily relinquish
or dispose of the same -and all per
sons, Citizens of the United States,
are hereby strictly forbidden to disturb
you or your nation, in the quiet pos
session of said lands.
The President of the United
States sends you by your beloved
Chiefs now present, a chain ; it
is made ,of pure Gold, which will
never rust and may the Great Spir.it
assist us in keeping the chain of
friendship, of which this Golden
chain is an emblem, bright for a. long
succession of ages.
Given under my hand and the
Seal of the War Office of the
United States, at the City of
Washington, this eighteenth
day of July, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and
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of said States the twenty-ninth
(Signed)
H. DEARBORN.
This has an allusion to a golden Chain
with which the instrument was embellished
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Sj) 8utl)0ritg
JAMES MADIS.ON,
Secretary of State of the United States.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given
in 'pursuance of the Act of Congress
passed on the 26th March last, enti
tled " An act supplementary to the
act, entitled " An act relative to the
election of a President and Vice-
President of the United States, and
declaring the tmicer who shall act as
President, in case of vacancies in the
offices both of President and Vice
President," that the amendment
proposed, during the last session of
Congress, 10 uie vonsuiuuoii 01 uic
United States, respecting the manner
of voting for President and Vice-President
of the United States, has been
ratified by the Legislatures of three
fourths of the several States, to wit :
by those of Vermont, Rhode-Island,
New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio,
Kentucky, Tennessee, North-Caro
lina, South-Carolina and Georgia,
and has thereby become valid as part
of the Constitution of the United
States. ,
Given under my hand at the
City of Washington, this
twenty-fifth day of Septem
ber, 1804.
( Signed)
JAMES MADISON.
(AN ACT.
Supplementary to the act, entitled ' An
act relative to the election of a President
..and Vice-President of the United States,
and declaring the officer who shall act as
Presidam, in case of vacancies in the
offices both of President and Vice-President'
BE it enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
tedr States of America, in Congress
assembled That whenever the a
mendnient proposed during the pre
sent session of Congress to the Con
stitution of the United States re
specting the manner of voting for
President and Vice-President of the
United StatesvshaU have been ratified
by the Legislatures " of three fourths
of "the several States, the Secretary
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of state h all forthwith cause a noti
fication thereof to be1 made to the
executive of every state, and shall,
also cause the same to be published,
in at least one of the Newspapers
printed in each state, inhjeh the
laws of the United States arj5 annu
ally published The exlcmiye au
thority of each state shallcause
transcript of the said notification to
be delivered to the electors appointed
for that purpose, who shall first
thereafter meet in such state, for
the election of a President and Vice
President of the United States : and
whenever the said electors shall have
received the said transcript of notifi
cation, or whenever they shall meet
more than five days subsequent to the
publication ot the ratification of the
above mentioned amendment, in
one of the Newspapers cf the state
by the Secretary of State, they shall
vote for President and Vice-President
of the United States, respectively
in the manner directed by the above
mentioned amendment, and having
made andw signed three certificates,
of all the votes given by them, each
of which certificates shall contain
two distinct lists, one, of the votes
given for President, and the other,
of the votes givenfor Vice-President,
they shall seal up the said certificates
certifying on each, that lists of all
the votes of such state given for Pre
sident, and of all the votes given
for Vice-President, is contained
therein, and shall cause the said
certificates to be transmitted and dis
posdd of, and in every other respect
act in conformity with the provisions
of the act to which this is a supple
ment. And every other provision
of the act to which this is a supple
ment, and which is not virtually re
pealed by this act, shall extend and
States- made in conformity to the a
bove mentioned amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
And whereas the above mentioned
amendment may be ratified by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the I
states, and thereupon become imme
diately valid, to all intents andpur-j
poses, as part of the constitution, onj
a day. so near the day fixed by lawf
for the meeting of the electors in the,
several states, that the electors shall
not in every state be apprised of the
said ratihcation, and may vote in a
manner no -longer conformable wiw
he constitution, .as amended, where
by several states might be deprived
of their vote in the election of a pre
sident and Vice-President : for reme
dy whereof,
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
the electors who shall be appointed
in each state for the electioiiof a
President and Vice-President of the
United States, shall at every such
election, unless they shall have re
ceived a transcript of the notification
of the ratification of the above men
tioned amendment to the Constitution
or unless they shall meet more than
five days subsequent to the publica
tion of the said "-ratification by the
Secretary of state, in one of the News-
papers 01 tne state, vote ior rresi
dent and Vice-President of the Uni
ted States, in the following manner,
that is to say j they shall vote for
two persons as President and Vice
President, in conformity with the
first section of the second article of
the constitution And in other re
spects act ih conformity with the pro-,
visions of the act to which this act,
is a supplement ; and they shall like
wise vote for one person as President
and for one person as Vice-President
in conformity with the above men
tioned amendment of the Constitu
tion ; and in other respects act in
conformity with the: provisions of
the first section of this act. But those
certificates only, . of votes given for
President and Vice-President of the
tJnited States,-shall be opened by
the President of the Senate, for the
purpose of being counted, which shall
contain the list or lists, of votes given
in conformity with 'the Constitution,
as in fore on the day fixed by law
for the meeting of the electors, by
whom the said votes shall have been
given. ;;;V ;.:- : V
Sec. 3 And be it further enacted,
That whenever by the provisions of
the second section of this j act, it shall
be the duty of the electors for any
state to vote in conformity, both
with the constitution, and of the pro
se4 amehdrhentj
tive authority ofslich state sfiaU&use ;
six lists jof the names of the ilector
of the estate iti be rmucertiSedi
and to be delivered to" the said elec
tors on pi- hefcre the day, fixed' by
law for them to hieet 'and vote fop
iPresdent;;and VicePresidenV and
ine- saia electors shall enclose one of ,
thesalo! Kst; meach of Jtfee tertifi
cates by them hiadearidi
affifbrmity toV the iBoirsof 'this
act, and of the act to which this is &
supplement. . '
"Tt'MACbN,'.;-
Speaker of the Mouse of ' Reprettntatixet
JESSE FRANKLIN
President cf the Senate; .frtyteniporty
v March 26, 1804. :
Approved . :V '
TH: JEFFEfiSONV
RAN AWAY,
T?ROM the Subscriber living in
Wilkesborough, on" Monday the iOtn
inat. a likely MULATTO WOMAN jiara-
SPEY, aboutwenty 'or ; twerity-on
Years Age, remarkably well made, tole
rably dark complexionand when she walk
steps remarkably short; Had oix when sb
went away nothing but Shift and Petticoat
took two Indian Blankets, and. had either
seven or eight dollars in Money. -
Any Person or Persons that will take up
said Mulatto Woman, and bring hex home
orllodge her in some Goal, so that I get her
again, shall be handsomely iarded and
all necessary Charges paid by nie. v
JAMES PATTOK.
Wiliesborougb, Sept, 251804. ' y
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Thirty Dollars Reward.
ABSENTED himself oh ThursW '
he 12th July last, a NEQRO BOY
namecT George ; Virghua born; "about 16
Yearsof Age, five Feet high,; vferybuti
mouthed ; i fond o Gambling, Wfront
teetha httle decayedT Hehadca when he
x-inenrantaioons, with Suspenders j and
is very fond of wearing a' Neckcloth
vrth a large Pad in it.. Had no Hat on
when he went away,- but probably -may
purchase one; It is-very Drobable he ii
gone to the Northward. Whoever takei
up said Boy and delivers him to th
Master of the Workihouse ln this Cityi
shall receive the above Reward and all rei.
sonable Expences, W. P. YOUNG,
, , ' Jo. 4it Broad Streets
Charleston, S. C. Oct. 11804
Stenographers
It is the wish of the Editor of the
National Intelligencer to engage ad
individual well qualified to report the
Debates of Congress. . Immediate
application, with the Terms, that
will be agreeable, is requested.
North-Carolina, Morgan District
SUPERIOR COURT OF fiqutTY. -
September Term 1804.
Christian Lewis Benzien &
others, Complainants,
JohnLpveiass,Wm.Lenoir, E,T
& others, Defendanu. J -
THE defendants Alexander HoU
ton, William Smith, Thoma Htle
ders, John Petty, Buckner Ru5sI, JQhn
Meyers, -Joseph Williams and John RoS
fV "ot having caused their AmatanW
to be entered according tthe-taiSSSS
court i and it being made to appear to the
satisfacuon cf the court, thatey reside "
outof the limits of thisStaterd
hy Jhe, court, that unless :the ' jsaid Defen
dants appear and answer, plead ot demur.
and the matters therein
be token pro confesso, and hedSS.
t1ik OtJ"itrtr that atoi
this Order be inserted in . the Raleiirn Res
AtwcopyfrmritbeSecordi
Teste, ROB. HENRY, C &ME;
nPHE Subscriber having oualifirl
X as Administrator to the Estate
of George Moore,t dec. gives Notice
to all Persons having deniands a
gainst the Estate of said Geo; Moorei
deceased, to present them for pay -ment
witljiae time required by an
act of . Asseuly, entitled An act
concerning : tfeving; 0f v wills . and
granung letters :of admmistration
and to prevent frauds in the manage'
W seestates, otherwise
they will be barred of recoverr
the operation of said act . V s
yfL ; : JAMES WEBB; Xdnu
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