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that Captain l>liiiii then repaired onboard the Eussian brig, where the 

 same orders were repeated to him by the commander; that on the 20th 

 and 23rd days of the same month these orders were reiterated; that 

 on the 25th the " Loriot" was boarded by two armed boats from the 

 linssian brig, and directed to get under weigh and proceed to the liar- 

 bour of Tateskey; that on the 27th the armed boats again boarded the 

 American brig, and compelled the captain to proceed to Tateskey; that 

 when off that place, the weather being threatening, permissi<ni was 

 asked of the llnssian cominjindcr to enter the harbor with the " Loriot," 

 which re(}uest was denii^d, and ('a])tain Blinn was again ordeied to 

 leave the Avaters of His Ini])erial Majesty; and that Captain Blinn, 

 being prevented from procuring sn])]>lies or necessaries for his vessel, 

 and Irom obtaining any Indians (for the jmrpose of hunting seaotter), 

 Avas linally obliged to abandon his voyage and return to the Sandwich 

 Islands, where he aTrive<l on tlielst November of the same year. 



The harbours designated in Captain Blinn's protest by the names of 

 Tnckessan and Tateskey are not laid down on any map to which 1 have 

 referred, and the JJepartment has no knowledge of any Kussian estab- 

 lishments having been formed on the north-west coast or adjacent 

 islands, in or about the latitude given fiu' these places. It will, there- 

 fore, be proper to ascertain whether there are, in fact, Russian Settle- 

 ments at the points designated; and, if so, you are authorized to make 

 a representation of the whole subject to His Imperial Majesty's Govern- 

 ment, com])laining of the jiroceedings in relatiou to the "Loriot," which 

 are suii])osed to liave l)een unantliorizedly instigated by the Russian- 

 American Fur Comj)any, and stating that the l*resident cannot but 

 regard this act as one of a most unfriendly character, as the United 

 ►States have had no oflicial or other not ice of the existence of such estab- 

 lishments, and have not, although an a])|)li<'ation Ims long since been 

 made for them, ever been furnished by the Ifnssian (Joxernment with 

 the regulations, conscfinent on the expiration of the lYth Article of the 

 C<mvention, ])roiiosed to be applied to American vessels resorting to 

 Russinn Settlenumts on that coast. 



On the other hand, should there lu'ove to be no Russian establish- 

 ments at the places mentioned, this outrage on the '^ Loriot" assumes a 

 still graver aspect. It is a violation of the right of the citizens of the 

 United States, immemorially exercised, and secured to them as well by 

 the law of nations as by the stipulations of the 1st Article of the Con- 

 vention of 1821, to fish in those seas, and to resort to the coast, 

 9 for the prosecution of their lawful commerce upon points not 



nlready occupied. As such, it is the President's wish that you 

 should remonstrate, in an earnest but respectful tone, against this 

 groundless assumption of the Russian Fur (Company, and claim from 

 His Im])erial JMaJesty's Government for the owniers of the brig "Loriot," 

 for their losses and for the damages they have sustained, such indem- 

 nification as may, on an investigation of the case, be found to be justly 

 due to them. 



I am, &c. (Signed) John Forsyth. 



