RAN-AWAY on the 14th or 15th inst. [vers le 14 ou le 16 du
courant] a negro man named Ned, belonging to Henry Dukeylus,
born in the U. States, but has been in this Territory these
five years, he is 5 feet 1 inch high, French measure, stout and
well made, round face, good teeth, good humoured, speaking
French and English, having a weft of hair on his front [il porte
une tresse sur le front]. He had on when he went away a pair of
coarse blue cotton pantaloons. A suitable reward will be given
to any person committing him to the jail of this town. Captains
are forewarned from concealing him, as they will be prosecuted
to the utmost rigour of the law.
May 22.