AJPP1 Mix. 

 They furnish goods to Indians who go trading into the American 



territory. 



•J. Do the partners or clerks of t - II. B. Co. present flsgs and 

 medals to Indiana I Ans, ^ < & 



3. Do tin \ give inch Saga and medals to Indians living within 



the American lines ' i .No. 1 have heard thai they took 



\ an American flag given to an Indian on the u. 8. borders 



of Rainy Lake, tors it, and burnt it, and gave him a British flag 



ad. 



». Was ths II B. Co.'s post on Rainy Lake supplied with 

 ardent spirits Isst season .' Ans, It was. They had about 60 



- of high-wines, which were shown to some of our Indians, who 

 weal there, and .Mr. Cameron, who was in charge of the post, 

 said to them, that, although their streams were high from the melt- 

 ing of the snow, they should, swim as high with liquor, if the 

 Indians required it. 



5. What is the strength of the high-wines? A?is. One keg is 

 reduced to four. 



6. Have the Indians sent out on derwin by the H. B. Co. ap- 

 proached near to your post ! Ans, They have come very near, 

 having been on the Turtle portage with goods. 



? Dal they being liquor thus far! Ans. No. The liquor is 

 kept at Rainy Lake, to induce the Indians to visit that place with 

 their furs. 



8. Did the disposition made of the liquor, which the Secretary 

 of War permitted the principal factor of the Pond du Lac depart- 

 ment, to take in last year, embrace the post of Winnipcc I Ant, 

 It did not. It was kept chiefly at Rainy Lake, and on the lines, to 

 be used in the opposition tr.ide. 



<>n reaching Cssa Lake, or Lac Cedar Rouge (July 10th), I 

 found a band of Chippewa- resident on its principal island. They 

 confirmed tin i he murder and BUbaequent affray at Pem- 



bina, and of the return of the war-party which went out from 



Lake. Boms of the warriors engaged in the latter were 



from the island in CsSS Lake, including the person killed. II 



• w and her children attended the council, and shared m the dis- 

 tribution I ich I made there. While encamped on 



ihia island, two of the B rips, which had been brought is) 



