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Illorroes,•ty of hire. *n, un-LY.shin gt on; orphans•larytatd,personal ashington ing claims warned to ;rs thereof, .he twenty-»therwise by »f said estate, i day of Ja-2, Aim'or.to the estate of d, note or book . to make pay-(TZ, A dm* or.to the estate of JS, deceased, late equestcd to make subscrilerat Old-ag claims against ted to present them • ixt this and the firstCIEL FETTER,' Administrator.1, 1806.or Rented,he frst of April next,) d for a Tavern, in ] lathe Main Street leading : to Williamsport, kept • ten years past, known Stock of Liquors, Beds, Bar Utensils may be hud required. For terms up-HENRY SHANE.6.R SALE,ilesalc or Retail,•educed prices for Cushy ozcn of Fashionable Hats, .stors and Roranis; also, a 1 Hats.HN ANDERSON Sc Co., Jan. 24i 1806.JS wanted!riber will give for clean Linen gSy delivered at his Paper-Mill, town, Four Dollars per hundred uny quantity exceeding onethe United State*,In pursuance of a measure proposed to Congress by a message of Jan. 18, 1603, and sanctioned by their appropriation for currying it into execution, Capt. Meriwether Lewis of the 1st regiment of infantry was appointed, with a party of nu n, to explore the river Missouri, from its mouth to its source, and, crossing tht'highlands by the shortest poiiage, to seek the best water communication thence to the Pacific ocean ; and Lieut. Clark w us appointed second in command. They were to enter into conference with the Indian nations on their route, Vrith a view to the establishment of commerce with them. They entered the Missouri May 14, 1804, and mi the 1st of November, took up their winter quarters near the Mandan towns, 1609 miles above the mouth of the river, in lat. 47deg. 2lm. 47*cc. north, an,! ft»ng. 99deg. 24in-. 45scc. west from*Greenwich. On the 8th of April 1805, they proceeded tip the river iu pursuance of the* objects pn-sci ibtd to them. A letter of the preceding day April 7, iivm capt. Lewis, is herewith communicated. During his stay among the Mandans, he had been able to lay down the Missouri, according to courses and distances taken on his passage up it, corrected by frequent observations of longitude and latitude; and to add to the actual survey of this portion of the river, a general map of the country, between the Mississippi and Pacific, from the 34th to the 54th degrees of latitude. These addition* are from information collected from Indian* with whom he had opportunities of communicating, during his journey and residence with them. Copies of this map are now presented to both houses of Congress. With these I communicate also a statistical view, procured and forwarded l»y him, of the Indian nations inhabiting the territory of Louisiana, and the countries adjucent to its northern and western borders, of their commerce, and of other interesting circumstances respecting them.In order to render the statement, as complete as may be, of the Indians inhabiting the country west of the Mississippi, I add Dr. Sibley’s account of those residing in and adjacent to the territory of Orica its.I communicate nlso from the same person* an account of the Red river, according to the best information he had been able to collect.Having been disappointed, after consider* able preparation, in the purpose of sending an exploring party up that river in the summer of 1804, it was thought best to employ the autumn of tliut year in procuring a knowledge of an interesting brunch of the river called the Washita. Th*s was undertaken under the direction of Mr. Dunbar of Natchez, a citizen of distinguished science, who had aided, and continues to aid us, with his disinterested and valuable services in the prosecution of these enterprises. He ascended the river to the remarkable Hotspring* near it, in lat. 34,31—i.16, long.—2'2, 50, 45, west from Greenwich, taking its courses and distances, and recting them by frequent celestial observation*. Extracts’from hi* observations, and copies of his map of the river, from its mouth to the Hotsprings, make part of the present communications. The examination of the Red river itself is hut now commencing.THs JEFFERSON.Feb. 19, 1806.Ordered. That 1-OOO «vmii*«/»f mocioM
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