﻿HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
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  a 
  number 
  of 
  women 
  and 
  cliildren, 
  embarked 
  at 
  New 
  Or- 
  

   leans 
  in 
  ten 
  large 
  batteaux 
  and 
  two 
  pirogues, 
  to 
  ascend 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  to 
  take 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  newly-acquired 
  

   establishments 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  in 
  Illinois. 
  On 
  the 
  19th 
  

   of 
  March, 
  the 
  boats 
  reached 
  Fort 
  Adams, 
  or 
  as 
  then 
  

   called, 
  La 
  rocJie 
  a 
  Damon, 
  when 
  the 
  pirogues, 
  which 
  

   were 
  in 
  advance, 
  were 
  fired 
  upon 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  party 
  of 
  

   Indians, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  thirty 
  in 
  number, 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   Tunicas, 
  Yazoos, 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  small 
  tribes 
  who 
  were 
  

   concealed 
  on 
  the 
  bank. 
  Six 
  men 
  were 
  killed 
  and 
  seven 
  

   wounded. 
  Suspecting 
  the 
  treachery 
  of 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  

   supposing 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  Indian 
  force 
  was 
  lying 
  in 
  wait 
  for 
  

   them, 
  without 
  firing 
  a 
  gun, 
  the 
  boats 
  dropped 
  down 
  the 
  

   river 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  The 
  place 
  became 
  

   known 
  thereafter 
  as 
  Loftus 
  Heights. 
  

  

  The 
  subsequent 
  charge 
  made 
  by 
  Major 
  Loftus, 
  who 
  

   returned 
  to 
  head-quarters 
  at 
  Pensacola, 
  that 
  this 
  attack 
  

   was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  instigation 
  of 
  the 
  acting 
  governor, 
  

   D'Abbadie, 
  was 
  exposed 
  as 
  a 
  black 
  and 
  atrocious 
  calumny. 
  

   On 
  the 
  contrary, 
  the 
  governor 
  had 
  used 
  his 
  utmost 
  en- 
  

   deavors 
  to 
  induce 
  the 
  Indians 
  to 
  remain 
  quiet, 
  having 
  

   caused 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  harangued 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  English, 
  

   and 
  ordered 
  the 
  French 
  commandants 
  of 
  the 
  posts 
  on 
  

   the 
  river 
  to 
  afford 
  aid 
  and 
  protection 
  to 
  Loftus 
  and 
  his 
  

   party 
  ; 
  an 
  interpreter 
  had 
  been 
  furnished, 
  and 
  in 
  fact 
  

   everything 
  in 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  had 
  been 
  done 
  

   for 
  the 
  security 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  villages 
  in 
  amity 
  with 
  

   the 
  French 
  were 
  exceedingly 
  averse 
  to 
  a 
  change 
  of 
  

   rulers, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Choctaws, 
  Tensas, 
  and 
  Aliba- 
  

   mons, 
  from 
  their 
  aversion 
  to 
  the 
  English, 
  crossed 
  over 
  to 
  

   the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  and 
  settled 
  on 
  lands 
  given 
  

   them 
  by 
  the 
  French. 
  

  

  It 
  being 
  represented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  monarch 
  that 
  there 
  

  

  