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Bouquet Papers:
Letters
(Jan. 8 - March 25, 1764)
In: Michigan Pioneer and
Historical
Society Hist. Coll., Vol. 19,
pp. 248-251.
LIEUT. GEORGE MCDOUGALL1 TO COL. HENRY BOUQUET
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DETROIT 8th January 1764 |
DEAR SIR
Since my last to you by Aron the Indian, We have had nothing new here; the Savages is all gone to there hunting and seem ernest of making Peace; Inclosed is a return of the Royal Americans, thats here; the Savages of Sagena has brought in three of the Royal Americans and begs earnestly for pardon.
Major Gladwin desires me to acquaint you that he wrote to Lieut Jenkins to go to New Orleans, or the first English garrison with his men which is twenty in number; I have also enclosed the men's names that has a right to t heir discharge, which I thought would be agreeable to you to have as I make no doubt, of joining you Next Summer; I should be glad to know of anything that you want from this be assured that nothing would give me greater pleasure than serving you.
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Your much obliged |
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Humble Servant |
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GEORGE MCDOUGALL |
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ENSIGNS CHRISTIE, SCHLOSSER AND PAULI TO COL. BOUQUET
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DETROIT 8th January 1764. |
SIR
By this Express we take the Liberty to acquaint you that by the advice of Colonel Gladwin we have sent a Memorial to His Excellency Sir Jeffery Amherst representing to him the Losses we have met with at our several posts &c. We made no mention of our hopes of the preferment that might naturally arise from the deaths of some of the officers of the Battalion, we being the three oldest Ensigns, as we expected he would leave that to your determination; we should have done ourselves the Honour to request that you would use your Interest ere now. Had not our Hopes of joining you according to general orders, prevented us. From the Willingness, you have always shewn (page 249) to assist every officer in the Battalion, we are in Hopes that you wont forget us.
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We are with the utmost Respect |
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Your most obedient |
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Humble Servants |
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JOHN CHRISTIE |
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T. L. SCHLOSSER |
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H. C. (E.) PAULI |
Endorsed: Letter from the Ensigns, Schlsser, Christie and Pauli, 8th January
1764. Received the 11th May.
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COL. HENRY BOUQUET TO GEN. THOMAS GAGE
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FORT BEDFORD 11th Feby 1764 |
SIR
I have the Honor to acknowledge your Excellency's Letters of the 22nd of December & 26th January.
Your dispatches for Major Gladwine were forwarded immediately by the two Indian Expresses.
Your Orders dated at Head Quarters the 5th of last month, have been transmitted to the different Posts in this Department.
If the Zeal of this Troops was susceptible of (blank) it would have been effected by so great a condescention of his Majesty's most gracious approbation of their services.
I left Fort Pitt on the 21st January after having finished the temporary repairs that appeared necessary for the deffence of that Post, agreeably to your orders of the 18th November & and as the last supply I had received had fallen short of my expectations- I have improved the opportunity of the communication being clear of Indians to form another Convoy and to morrow I shall have here 500 Horses to carry flour to Fort Pitt, which will give us some ease in the Spring. As soon as they are dispatched I shall proceed without delay to New York to receive your further commands. No motive but the desire of forwarding the service, to which I have devoted all my time, could have detained me so long in this wilderness, where for want of assistance I have been obliged to take upon me every branch.
I am sorry for the distressed situation of the three companies relieved from Niagara, tho' it is no more than might be expected from the hard service that Battalion has been employed in for six years scattered among the savages and in the remotest part of our new frontiers. I shall put them in order as soon as possible.
(page 250) I see with the greatest satisfaction that you have determined to punish the Delawares & Shawanese; the Senecas the better protected do not deserve a milder treatment & I wish they might be compelled to incorporate & mix with the other Five Nations and loose their odious name, as after their unparalleled, Treachery, a sincere Reconciliation can never be placed on either side.
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LIEUT. GEORGE MCDOUGAL TO COL. HENRY BOUQUET
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DEAR SIR
I received a letter from Lieut Potts, Dated Fort Pitt Janry 17th 1764 wherein he says that the Returns of The Royal Americans at Detroit, dated November the 2nd does not agree to the preceding Returns (viz) that of July which very much surprises me, I am certain that their numbers are right, and if there is any mistake it is the fault of the Serjeant in Captain Etherington's Compy, who did not make mention of one Draught, thats in his company, but I included them in their Return to me as if he had belonged to Capt. Etheringtons; By your orders Lieut Potts desires that I would make out Effective Rolls of each Company, and send to him by the first opportunity, which I have done, I also understand by Lieut Hay that you have desired the same from him, which I have given him a Copy to forward to you the same which I have sent to Lieut Potts, without which he could not have sent one to you, but at the same time have left Lieut Potts Letter open in which the Return to him is inclosed, if you please to look over it and inclose and forward the Return to Lieut Potts, I have also made out the Muster Rolls of the late Captain Campbell's' Company to the 24th of October, 1763, which you may believe was very difficult to do as there is not an officer that belongs to that Company here, of which I have sent a copy of each sett, to Lieut Potts; I have also inclosed the men's names, that have writings for their Discharge &c & those that are unfit for service, to you, with a Return of the Royal Americans here.
I did myself the Honour to write to you the 2nd of January & I inclosed a Return of the Royal Americans thats here, and at the same time beg'd that if you wanted any thing from this part of the world, that you would employ me as nothing would give greater satisfaction than to be of the least use to you.
We have been very quiet all this winter till about eight days ago a hundred Pottawattomies came to take a Scalp or a Prisoner, but (page 251) got neither, all the damage that they did was to kill eight or ten of the Inhabitants cattle and go off, we are employed in getting in wood, and fortifying the Garrison as much as possible, as we expect all the Villains this way soon.
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LIEUT. JEHU HAY TO COL. HENRY BOUQUET
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DETROIT March 25th 1764. |
SIR
The Fourteenth of February I was honored with your favour of the 15th January, and Return you my most humble thanks for your attention and good will to serve me, I should be glad to accept of the benefit of 2000 acres at present, but I do not know upon what footing we are to have them, nor in what place.
By this opportunity Colonel Gladwin2 has wrote to the General to get me appointed Fort Major, or as Quartermaster General at this Place; which I believe will succeed, if you should happen to be present (sic) and back what Colonel Gladwin has been good enough to write.
Be assured Sir that it is my circumstances that forces me to be troublesome, otherwise I would not accept anything that would be given me to stay here longer than till such time as things were settled, Inclosed you have the Rolls you mentioned to me, which I should have sent long ago had I not been persuaded Mr. McDonald, or Mr. McDougall, had done it, in whose hands the Returns all were.
I suppose I need not inform you that Mr. McDougall is married.- As we are not sure what men were killed at all the out Posts, there is many returned Prisoners, who perhaps are dead, especially of the Garrison of Michilimackinac, which return Capt. Etherington undoubtedly knows more of than me.
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Your most obedient |
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Humble Servant |
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1 For sketch see Vol. XXXVI, p. 287 this series.
2 (1, p. 251) Gladwin was appointed Lieut. Col. 1763. Colonel 1777. See Vol. XXVII, pp. 629, 630 this series.
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