This morning when I was sitting at breakfast planning in my mind how I should take posession of Gibralter- my servant informed me that Messrs. McLean and Bourke were bringing Cameron and Seraphin prisoners to the Fort- I was rather surprised when I found this to be the case- which placed me in a very critical situation – as I was afraid the alarm was given at Gibralter- Cameron immediately began with his usual phrases of British liberty and free born Englishmen he then asked me, what I intended to do with him- I answered that he must in the first place deliver up all the arms he had belonging to the Colony- before I could hear any proposition regarding his liberty- to this he agreed- when I ordered twelve men under the command of Mr. McLean to take Mr. Seraphin to Gibralter, and there receive all the Arms belonging to the Colony, – but I gave Mr. McLean secret instructions- that the moment the gates were opened to take posession of Gibralter and hold the same until I gave him further orders- this he accomplished in a masterly manner- as soon as the Indians learned what was going on- they took up arms and came to our assistance.- another proof of the attachment of these Indians to the Colony, is that a number were present at the seizure of Cameron- and altho’ that person was nearly an hour a prisoner at Fort Douglas- Hess who was in charge of Gibralter was a perfect stranger to what had happened, until Mr. McLean informed him after the seizing of the Fort, I then sent over Cameron with an escort to Gibralter where he is to be prisoner all night.- I have ordered Messrs. McLean and Bourke to pay every attention to the prisoners- and respect to be paid to private property.- I mean to give Cameron his liberty tomorrow as I have not the means to send him off another thing I am not inclined to carry things too far untill I hear from York,- I shall lower his consequence a little- this is necessary for the safety of the Colony- he shall send an Express immediately of to Qu’Appell to put a stop to hostilities there, – I will remove all the Arms in his Fort to this place, until tranquility is established in that quarter.- these are points I will insist upon.

Peguis arrived this morning with his Band consisting of 65 men,- when they doubled point Douglas and were in sight of the Fort, they fired a volley- which we returned by a three pounder- we then hoisted our flag- Peguis immediately returned the compliment by mounting his colours at the end of his Canoe,- and when the whole Squadron came in sight consisting of nearly 150 Canoes, including those of the Women and Children– it had a wild but a grand appearance,- their Bodies painted in various Colours,- their heads decorated some with branches and others with feathers,- and every time we fired the Canon- the woods reechoed with that wild whoop of joy, which they gave to denote the satisfaction they received,- when they came in front of the fort- the Women and Children paddled past the mens Canoes to a spot where they mounted their lodges.-the men accompanied by their Chief, as soon as the families had passed debarked under a volley from my men; they then entered the hall with three hearty Cheers from our people- the room was rather small but they managed to seat themselves in tolerable good order- I then ordered the large peace Callimate to be lighted and after taking two or three Whiffs our of it, I presented it to Peguis who after smoking about a minute passed it to the next in respectability to himself, and in this manner it went round the band- during the ceremony not a single word or even a whisper was heard- [speeches of Robertson and Peguis follow].