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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  treasury, 
  by 
  which 
  means 
  the 
  frontier 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  

   Virginia 
  and 
  Pennsylvania 
  were 
  furnished 
  with 
  arms 
  and 
  

   ammunition 
  for 
  the 
  defence 
  of 
  their 
  forts. 
  

  

  WilUng 
  now 
  engaged 
  in 
  a 
  marauding 
  excursion 
  against 
  

   the 
  planters 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  At 
  Manchac, 
  he 
  cap- 
  

   tured 
  a 
  small 
  vessel, 
  which 
  was 
  lying 
  there 
  at 
  anchor, 
  

   and 
  proceeded 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Natchez, 
  laying 
  waste 
  planta- 
  

   tions, 
  destroying 
  stock, 
  burning 
  houses, 
  and 
  carrying 
  off 
  

   all 
  the 
  slaves 
  he 
  could 
  seize 
  ; 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  being 
  too 
  

   few 
  and 
  scattered 
  to 
  make 
  any 
  effectual 
  resistance. 
  

   Among 
  those 
  plundered 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  were 
  Colonel 
  

   Anthony 
  Hutchins, 
  Isaac 
  Johnson, 
  and 
  Alexander 
  Mc- 
  

   intosh. 
  This 
  wanton 
  and 
  unwarrantable 
  attack 
  upon 
  

   the 
  inoffensive 
  inhabitants, 
  standing 
  in 
  no 
  hostile 
  atti- 
  

   tude, 
  the 
  liberality 
  and 
  hospitality 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  whom 
  

   Willing 
  had 
  enjoyed 
  the 
  year 
  previous, 
  and 
  now 
  requited 
  

   by 
  burning 
  their 
  houses 
  and 
  plundering 
  their 
  effects, 
  was 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  an 
  enormity 
  justified 
  by 
  no 
  laws 
  of 
  war, 
  and 
  

   uncalled 
  for 
  by 
  his 
  commission. 
  Well 
  affected 
  as 
  the 
  

   people 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  were 
  to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  they 
  viewed 
  with 
  indignation 
  this 
  wanton 
  and 
  

   unprovoked 
  attack 
  upon 
  a 
  helpless 
  and 
  unoffending 
  

   community. 
  

  

  Returning 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans 
  with 
  his 
  booty, 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  

   new 
  recruits, 
  under 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  Willing's 
  lieuten- 
  

   ant, 
  returned 
  up 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  prosecute 
  further 
  depreda- 
  

   tions 
  against 
  the 
  other 
  plantations 
  which 
  had 
  so 
  far 
  

   escaped. 
  Intelligence 
  of 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  this 
  party 
  

   being 
  conveyed 
  to 
  the 
  inhabitants, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  put 
  

   their 
  effects 
  out 
  of 
  its 
  reach 
  ; 
  among 
  these, 
  Mr. 
  William 
  

   Dunbar, 
  and 
  others 
  acting 
  under 
  his 
  advice, 
  removed 
  

   their 
  slaves 
  across 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  into 
  the 
  Spanish 
  pos- 
  

   sessions. 
  A 
  party 
  of 
  Natchez 
  settlers 
  was 
  also 
  raised, 
  

   and 
  headed 
  by 
  Hutchins, 
  Blomart, 
  Mcintosh 
  and 
  Percy, 
  

  

  