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 this town to visit the Spanish part, Santo Domingo, for the
 pose of inspecting the agriculture. On setting out rft
 laguna, I had despatched one of my aides-de-camp to Geulf
 Dessalines, Commander-in-chief of the departments of the We~
 and South, who was then at St. Marc, to order him to join mI
 at Gonaives, or at St. Michel, to accompany m- on my journeaq :
 At the time of the squadron's appearance, I was at Sanit6
 Domingo, from which pla.e I set out, three days after, to go ii
 Ilin:che. Pa'sing by Banique. arriving at Papayes. I met my
 aide-de-camp Couppe ani an otihvr sent by Gcn. Christophe,
S who brought me a letter from the general, by whiihL he informed
 me o-f the arrival of the French squadron before the Cape, and
 assured me that the Gencral-in-chi t',:ommianding this squadron
 had not done him the honor to write to him. but had only sent
 an officer to order him to prepare accommodations for his forcedb
 that Gen. Christophe having demanded of this officer whether
 he was the bearer of Iltters to him or of dX;patches for the
 General-in-chief, Toussaint L'Ourerture, relu.-iting him to
 send them to him, that they might reach him at once, this office
 replied to him, that he was not charged with any, and that it
 was not, in fact, a qUiestion concerning Gen. TonAsaint. "Sun
 rend- r lhe town." he continued; **you will be well recompensed;
 the FreFr-li Government sends %ou presents." To which Gen.
 Christophe repli-ed, Sin..p you have no letters for the General-
 in-chief nor for me, you may r,-turn and tell your general that
 he does nro know his dJury; that it ii not thus that people prm,
 sent thcmsel res in a country bilongina to France."
 Gen. Leclere hating r..-i ,:id this answer, summoned Get.
 Christophe to deliver the place to him, and, in cage of refiual,
 warned him that on the morning of the next day he should
 land fifteen thousand men. In response to this, Gen. Christophe
 begged him to wait for Gen. Toussaint L'Ouverture, to whom
 he had already sent the intelligence, and would do so the second
 time, with the greatest celirity. In fact, I received a second
 letter, and hasten,:d to' reach the Cape, in spite of the overflow-
 itig of the Rlii,.hi', hoping to hate the pleasure of embracing