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  OUTLINE. 
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  works, 
  gave 
  some 
  coloring 
  to 
  this 
  report, 
  and 
  other 
  cir- 
  

   cumstances 
  tended 
  to 
  persuade 
  the 
  garrison 
  and 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mandant 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  unfounded. 
  A 
  parley 
  ensued, 
  

   when 
  a 
  capitulation 
  was 
  agreed 
  upon. 
  The 
  fort 
  was 
  

   surrendered 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  party, 
  and, 
  after 
  delivering 
  up 
  

   their 
  arms, 
  and 
  taking 
  an 
  oath 
  not 
  to 
  serve 
  again 
  against 
  

   the 
  British 
  during 
  the 
  war, 
  the 
  prisoners 
  were 
  sent 
  under 
  

   escort 
  to 
  Loftus 
  Heights, 
  and 
  suffered 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  Baton 
  

   Rouge. 
  

  

  The 
  fort 
  was 
  strong, 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  well 
  provided 
  with 
  

   provisions 
  and 
  ammunition, 
  and 
  capable 
  of 
  sustaining 
  a 
  

   long 
  siege. 
  The 
  commandant 
  excused 
  the 
  surrender, 
  

   however, 
  affirming 
  that 
  his 
  men 
  were 
  worn 
  down 
  and 
  

   exhausted 
  by 
  several 
  days 
  of 
  fatigue 
  and 
  watching, 
  and 
  

   that 
  his 
  supplies 
  were 
  nearly 
  exhausted. 
  The 
  appre- 
  

   hension 
  of 
  the 
  explosion 
  of 
  the 
  mine 
  is 
  generally 
  re- 
  

   garded 
  as 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  surrender. 
  Even 
  to 
  this 
  day, 
  the 
  

   tradition 
  is 
  preserved 
  among 
  the 
  Choctaws, 
  who 
  yet 
  en- 
  

   joy 
  the 
  ruse 
  practised 
  upon 
  the 
  commandant. 
  

  

  The 
  escort 
  with 
  the 
  captured 
  garrison 
  had 
  scarcely 
  

   reached 
  Loftus 
  Heights 
  (now 
  Fort 
  Adams), 
  when 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  Spanish 
  force, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  large 
  body 
  of 
  

   Indians, 
  was 
  seen 
  ascending 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  The 
  party 
  met 
  with 
  at 
  Loftus 
  Heights 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  

   a 
  detachment 
  of 
  French 
  militia 
  from 
  Opelousas, 
  with 
  a 
  

   body 
  of 
  Indians, 
  making 
  a 
  force 
  of 
  about 
  three 
  hundred 
  ; 
  

   they 
  landed 
  and 
  surprised 
  a 
  detachment 
  of 
  twenty 
  men 
  

   stationed 
  at 
  Captain 
  Winfrey's 
  house, 
  fourteen 
  of 
  whom 
  

   were 
  killed. 
  The 
  inhabitants 
  were 
  forced 
  to 
  retire 
  into 
  

   forts, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  were 
  two 
  between 
  the 
  French 
  

   Meadows 
  and 
  Natchez; 
  but 
  being 
  greatly 
  harassed, 
  

   aroused 
  themselves 
  to 
  resistance, 
  and 
  the 
  Spanish 
  party 
  

   were 
  forced 
  to 
  retire, 
  and 
  take 
  a 
  position 
  at 
  the 
  White 
  

   Cliffs 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  About 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June, 
  

  

  