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The new Treaty with the United States of America, making the provision for a mutual intercourse or direct Trade with the Indians, no presents, can be sent to such as reside within their territory. But on their visits to the King's posts, I shall expect that they shall be treated with the usual Hospitality, and, assured that within our Lines, they shall meet every possible encouragement in ther usual Traffick.

Presents will be distributed to such as visit the posts, at the discretion of the Senior Officer of the Indian Department, who will receive directions to pay the most respectful deference to the Senior Officer Commanding.

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CASTLE ST. LEWIS QUEBEC 20th Sept. 1816. MY LORD: I am honored with your Lordship's Dispatch of the 13th July, and in reply beg leave to acquaint you that on my first arrival here, I directed that it might be clearly intimated to the Indians that no Presents would be made to any of them residing

1Canadian Archives, Q. 137, p. 157.

within the Limits of the United States & I have directed Sir John Johnson Superintendent General of Indian Affairs strictly to adhere to this Regulation on all occasions:

I have the Honor to be

My Lord

Your Lordship's

The Right Honble.

EARL BATHURST

&c. &c. &c.

most obedient Servt.

J. L. SHERBROOKE.

EXHIBIT 242.

Superintendent McKay to Earl Bathurst.1

No. 5 CASTLE STREET, FALCON SQUARE, 15th February, 1819.

MY LORD: Having lately arrived in England under leave of the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in Canada, and being now about to return to that Province in order to resume my duties as Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Drummond's Island, I am impelled by urgent circumstances, before I quit the Kingdom to address Your Lordship on the present state of the relations between the Indian Department of Canada, and the Native Indians annually resorting to the Station under my charge.

The Natives to whom I allude are the Deputations from the various tribes of Western Warriors, who during the late War with the United States of America were induced to join His Majesty's Arms and whose Lands are situated within the Territory of the United States. During the War in which I was frequently employed to lead these Indians it was also on several occasions my duty to communicate to them the different Messages and Speeches addressed to them by the Government of Canada-And since the Peace the Office in which I have served has made me the organ of receiving the Speeches and representations which they have been desirous to address to His Majesty's Government-I have thus had Ample opportunities of abserving the conduct & learning

1Canadian Archives, Q. 153, p. 211.

the Sentiments of these Indians. I have had long experience of their character and from the Serious nature of the declarations made by them at the Councils held with me during the last summer I am apprehensive that unless some Satisfactory communication is made to them in the course of the present Year consequences of the most disastrous nature to the garrison of Drummond's Island & to the lives of His Majesty's Subjects in that part of the Country may result from the disappointment which they will feel if they should still remain without any Answer to the Various representations which they have made for the last Four Years.

My serious apprehensions of such disastrous consequences and the promises exacted from myself by the Indians which I was induced to give as the only means of averting immediate mischief from the disposition which they manifested at the Councils in question, are the causes which induce me as a matter of duty to address this Letter to Your Lordship and I trust the circumstances of the case will plead my apology for the intrusion.

To avoid giving Your Lordship trouble in referring to the Copies of these representations which it is presumed were from time to time transmitted to Your Lordship, I beg leave to inclose a Duplicate of the several talks which were had with the different Tribes in the Years 1815, 1816, 1817 & 1818, they will exhibit to Your Lordship, the state of mind of these unfortunate people, and satisfy you that some measures of conciliation must be speedily adopted to prevent the Evils which will result from a termination of the friendly relations between us & them.

I am, My Lord, with great respect, Your Lordship's Obedient and faithful Servant,

To The Right Honble The Earl Bathurst

H. MCKAY,
Supt. In. Affairs,

Dr. Island.

&c. &c. &c.

Appendix to the Answer of the

United States

PART V.

Relations of the State of New York with

the Iroquois Indians.

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