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  successful 
  and 
  ruinous 
  struggle. 
  Such 
  supplies 
  as 
  he 
  

   could 
  spare, 
  however, 
  he 
  sent, 
  and 
  Mann, 
  the 
  messenger 
  

   from 
  Natchez, 
  was 
  directed 
  to 
  set 
  out 
  upon 
  his 
  return 
  ; 
  

   but 
  to 
  stop 
  in 
  the 
  Choctaw 
  nation 
  with 
  Fulsora, 
  a 
  white 
  

   man 
  who 
  had 
  married 
  an 
  Indian 
  wife 
  and 
  become 
  a 
  

   chief, 
  and 
  there 
  to 
  await 
  further 
  instructions. 
  

  

  Feeling 
  assured 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  event 
  of 
  defeat, 
  tlieTj 
  at 
  

   least 
  would 
  be 
  secure 
  from 
  Spanish 
  retribution 
  by 
  a 
  

   timely 
  retreat 
  among 
  the 
  Choctaws, 
  Mann, 
  by 
  repre- 
  

   senting 
  to 
  Fulsom 
  the 
  prospect 
  of 
  gain 
  from 
  the 
  plunder 
  

   of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  fort, 
  and 
  of 
  some 
  boats 
  expected 
  to 
  arrive 
  

   from 
  Illinois, 
  engaged 
  his 
  co-operation, 
  and, 
  disregard- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  prudential 
  instructions 
  of 
  the 
  governor, 
  resolved 
  

   to 
  precipitate 
  the 
  attack. 
  Assembling 
  some 
  twenty 
  

   white 
  men 
  and 
  as 
  many 
  Indians, 
  Mann 
  and 
  Fulsom 
  

   proceeded 
  to 
  Natchez, 
  where 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   the 
  plan 
  of 
  revolt, 
  and, 
  being 
  apprised 
  of 
  their 
  approach, 
  

   sanctioned, 
  as 
  they 
  supposed, 
  by 
  Governor 
  Chester, 
  and 
  

   whose 
  support 
  they 
  might 
  consequently 
  calculate 
  upon, 
  

   flew 
  to 
  arms. 
  Assembling 
  at 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  John 
  Row, 
  

   afterwards 
  the 
  residence 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Job 
  Routh, 
  the 
  

   British 
  flag 
  was 
  raised 
  on 
  the 
  22cZ 
  April, 
  1782, 
  in 
  full 
  

   view 
  of 
  the 
  fort. 
  

  

  Seeing 
  these 
  preparations 
  for 
  an 
  attack, 
  an 
  ofiicer 
  was 
  

   sent 
  by 
  the 
  commandant 
  of 
  the 
  fort 
  to 
  the 
  insurgents 
  to 
  

   represent 
  to 
  them 
  the 
  folly 
  and 
  danger 
  of 
  the 
  rebellion, 
  

   to 
  counsel 
  them 
  to 
  deliver 
  up 
  their 
  leaders, 
  and 
  to 
  

   promise 
  the 
  royal 
  clemency 
  should 
  they 
  disperse. 
  These 
  

   overtures 
  were 
  not 
  listened 
  to, 
  the 
  disaffection 
  of 
  the 
  

   inhabitants 
  was 
  too 
  decided 
  and 
  general 
  to 
  think 
  of 
  re- 
  

   linquishing 
  their 
  designs. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  sympathy 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  nations 
  ; 
  speaking 
  different 
  

   languages, 
  and 
  cherishing 
  so 
  many 
  social 
  and 
  national 
  

   antipathies. 
  Restive 
  under 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  their 
  

  

  