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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  the 
  Natchez 
  inhabitants 
  had 
  assembled 
  a 
  force 
  of 
  about 
  

   two 
  hundred 
  men 
  to 
  attack 
  them, 
  wlien 
  they 
  were 
  filled 
  

   with 
  consternation 
  by 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  an 
  express 
  from 
  

   Pensacola, 
  bringing 
  intelligence 
  of 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  that 
  place. 
  

   Finding 
  that 
  the 
  British 
  flag 
  could 
  no 
  longer 
  protect 
  

   them, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  struggling 
  as 
  unsupported 
  in- 
  

   surgents 
  against 
  the 
  monarchy 
  of 
  Spain, 
  the 
  attack 
  was 
  

   relinquished, 
  and 
  Mulligan, 
  the 
  leader 
  of 
  the 
  Opelousas 
  

   party, 
  was 
  suffered 
  to 
  occupy 
  Fort 
  Pan 
  mure. 
  With 
  the 
  

   fate 
  of 
  the 
  victims 
  of 
  O'Reiley 
  staring 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  face, 
  

   many 
  sought 
  safety 
  by 
  flight. 
  Among 
  these 
  were 
  Lyman 
  

   and 
  many 
  of 
  his 
  associates 
  from 
  Connecticut, 
  who 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  to 
  make 
  their 
  escape 
  to 
  Savannah. 
  The 
  caravan 
  

   was 
  a 
  large 
  one, 
  including 
  women 
  and 
  children, 
  and 
  

   being 
  compelled 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  very 
  circuitous 
  route 
  to 
  avoid 
  

   the 
  hostile 
  Indians, 
  they 
  sufiered 
  incredible 
  hardships, 
  

   of 
  which 
  an 
  interesting 
  detail 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   travels 
  of 
  President 
  Dwight, 
  of 
  Yale 
  College, 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  were 
  in- 
  

   volved 
  in 
  the 
  rebellion, 
  there 
  were 
  some 
  memorable 
  ex- 
  

   ceptions. 
  Among 
  these 
  was 
  Alexander 
  Mcintosh, 
  who 
  

   prudently 
  kept 
  aloof, 
  and 
  had 
  consequently 
  acquired 
  the 
  

   displeasure 
  of 
  his 
  neighbors. 
  They 
  were 
  now, 
  however, 
  

   glad 
  to 
  avail 
  themselves 
  of 
  his 
  services, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  sent 
  

   to 
  New 
  Orleans 
  to 
  negotiate 
  an 
  amnesty, 
  and 
  to 
  sue 
  for 
  

   forgiveness 
  of 
  the 
  oflenders, 
  many 
  of 
  whom 
  were 
  

   screened 
  through 
  his 
  influence 
  and 
  exertions. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  mean 
  time. 
  Mulligan's 
  pledges 
  of 
  protection 
  

   were 
  ineffectual; 
  for 
  thirty 
  days 
  plundering 
  parties 
  

   roamed 
  through 
  the 
  country, 
  seizing 
  the 
  property 
  and 
  

   destroying 
  the 
  houses 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants, 
  until 
  Colonel 
  

   De 
  Grand 
  Pr^ 
  arrived 
  with 
  a 
  battalion 
  of 
  troops, 
  and 
  

   took 
  regular 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  The 
  leaders 
  of 
  the 
  insurrection 
  who 
  had 
  not 
  fled 
  were 
  

  

  