Thomas Jefferson said...

Lieutenant Pike on his part made presents to the Indians to some amount.

The instrument is now submitted to the Senate, with a request of their advice and consent as to its ratification.

The precise extent of that augmentation can not as yet be satisfactorily suggested, but that no time may be lost, and es...

These have been much exceeded by the cost of the work done, a fact not known to me till the close of the season.