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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  quence 
  of 
  whicJi 
  it 
  nicay 
  not 
  be 
  worth 
  a 
  pinch 
  of 
  S7n(ff 
  as 
  

   a 
  salable 
  commodity. 
  * 
  * 
  As 
  Natchez 
  is 
  considera- 
  

   bly 
  above 
  latitude 
  thirty-one 
  degrees, 
  we 
  believe 
  here 
  it 
  

   must 
  soon 
  become 
  a 
  settlement 
  of 
  great 
  consequence, 
  al- 
  

   though 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  learned 
  the 
  intentions 
  of 
  Congress 
  

   respecting 
  it. 
  Mrs. 
  Pollock 
  gives 
  out 
  that 
  her 
  husband 
  

   (Oliver 
  Pollock, 
  a 
  merchant 
  of 
  New 
  Orleans), 
  is 
  coming 
  

   out 
  as 
  governor," 
  &c. 
  Again, 
  on 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  August 
  

   following, 
  he 
  adds 
  : 
  '' 
  The 
  definitive 
  treaty 
  of 
  peace 
  has 
  

   not 
  yet 
  reached 
  us; 
  the 
  officers 
  of 
  government, 
  also, 
  de- 
  

   clare 
  themselves 
  in 
  the 
  dark, 
  having 
  received 
  no 
  orders 
  

   from 
  their 
  court 
  consequential 
  to 
  the 
  peace." 
  

  

  Such 
  was 
  the 
  confidence 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Dunbar, 
  that 
  this 
  

   change 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  immediate 
  and 
  natural 
  consequence 
  

   of 
  the 
  treaty, 
  that 
  he 
  meditated 
  an 
  early 
  removal 
  above 
  

   the 
  thirty-first 
  degree 
  of 
  latitude, 
  a 
  design 
  which 
  was 
  

   not 
  long 
  after 
  carried 
  into 
  effect. 
  Many 
  others, 
  influ- 
  

   enced 
  by 
  similar 
  considerations, 
  removed 
  to 
  the 
  district. 
  

  

  In 
  August, 
  1783, 
  Don 
  Philip 
  Trevino 
  assumed 
  the 
  

   duties 
  of 
  civil 
  and 
  military 
  commandant 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  

   and 
  Spain 
  continued 
  to 
  maintain 
  her 
  possession. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  eighteen 
  months 
  had 
  expired 
  which, 
  by 
  the 
  

   treaty, 
  were 
  allowed 
  for 
  the 
  British 
  subjects 
  to 
  dispose 
  

   of 
  their 
  proj)erty, 
  the 
  Spanish 
  government 
  by 
  proclama- 
  

   tion 
  iivice 
  prolonged 
  the 
  period 
  two 
  years 
  or 
  more, 
  and 
  

   it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  after 
  the 
  second 
  term 
  that 
  the 
  lands 
  

   were 
  considered 
  as 
  reverted 
  to 
  the 
  crown, 
  and 
  were 
  

   granted 
  out 
  to 
  petitioners.* 
  The 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  leaders 
  of 
  

   the 
  rebellion 
  were 
  declared 
  forfeited, 
  and 
  sold. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  April, 
  1784, 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  

   months 
  after 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  our 
  treaty 
  establishing 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  boundary 
  at 
  lat. 
  31°, 
  that 
  Governor 
  Estevan 
  Miro 
  

  

  * 
  Mr. 
  Dunbar. 
  

  

  