THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 39 be Don in that case It may be easily put in Order by Elias and l\1ontgomery Elias will fix his family at St Genevieve as soon as he can with whom Shouse will board when he is from the Mines If Montgomery wants all the Hands with him you may lett the sink- ing the Shaft a lone untill I arrive you will finde a great quantity of Ore at the places.where others have melt Down Ore in log fires this Ore you are to Demand of the Commandant to Know if I am not to have a.ll I finde on the ground, and If you finde anything said about the Ore that is about the Old works being taken away make a purchase of it all as it Stands also :Make a Purchase of all the refuse Ore at the Mines of De Le Mott make your Contract so that I may have the liberty to work up all the Ore I finde in and about the Mines of De Le ~Iott above gr<'mnd for unless I have this Liberty It will not be worth while to Build a furnace at the l\Iines of De Le :Mott give all the Hands absolute Orders not to say a word as to the Value of the Ore about the Old •w..orkings for If they say much about the Value of the Ore It may make trouble for me in all things you and E Bates will both do for the best and take advice of each Other Call on l\fr Jones for advice and pay Great respect to ·Mr Valle and Lesses [De Lassus's] advice-You will make a purchace of all the Lead Ore you Can both at the Mines of Breton and the :Mine of De Le l\Iott I:f you can git it for 12½ pr Hundred for good Clean Ore the goods you will manage to the Best advantage in your Power for the Best Interest o:f us all- MosEs AusTIN [Rubric] To l\fessr J udather Kendal and Elias Bates- [Endorsed :] Memorandum of instructions for :Mess. Kendal and Bates resoecting the Illinoies.
CHARLES AusTrN TO l\1osEs AUSTIN
I Austinville June 18 1798
DEAR Srn .Agreeable to promise I have annex'd an Account of Sundries fur- nish'd for the Illinois Adventure and Sundry debts assumed of the Work Poeple, the partioulars of vVhich I have not sent having been very hussy, with one damd troublesome vexatious thing or other since you left. I was happy to hear although from Thompson that you were going on so well at Parrishes hope by the time this reaches you the Worst of your Journey will be over the particulars of the Illinois Account and the Accounts, of the Poeple, I shall make out and forward by the first Conveyance, or by Post in a small compass.
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