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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  quences, 
  enlarged 
  upon 
  the 
  exasperation 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  

   Kentucky 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  seizure 
  of 
  the 
  property 
  

   of 
  those 
  who 
  attempted 
  the 
  navigation 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  

   hinted 
  that 
  the 
  general 
  possessed 
  great 
  popularity 
  and 
  

   influence 
  among 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  capable 
  of 
  inflaming 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  inhabitants 
  ; 
  that, 
  probablj^, 
  the 
  

   sending 
  the 
  boat 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  seized, 
  

   was 
  a 
  scheme 
  of 
  the 
  government 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  to 
  

   produce 
  such 
  an 
  excitement 
  as 
  to 
  induce 
  the 
  peo23le 
  to 
  

   choose 
  Wilkinson 
  as 
  a 
  leader, 
  and 
  to 
  overrun 
  and 
  desolate 
  

   the 
  country. 
  

  

  Alarmed 
  hy 
  these 
  representations, 
  the 
  governor 
  directed 
  

   the 
  guard 
  to 
  be 
  withdrawn, 
  and 
  the 
  boat 
  was 
  delivered 
  

   to 
  Wilkinson's 
  friend 
  to 
  sell 
  the 
  cargo 
  without 
  paying 
  

   duty. 
  In 
  his 
  first 
  interview 
  with 
  Governor 
  Miro 
  after 
  

   his 
  arrival, 
  Wilkinson 
  artfully 
  encouraged 
  the 
  delusion 
  

   which 
  had 
  influenced 
  his 
  action. 
  

  

  The 
  apprehensions 
  of 
  Miro 
  being 
  thus 
  thoroughly 
  

   awakened, 
  he 
  thought 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  do 
  better 
  than 
  to 
  

   secure 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  Wilkinson 
  in 
  restraining 
  his 
  tur- 
  

   bulent 
  and 
  dangerous 
  countrymen 
  from 
  making 
  an 
  attack 
  

   upon 
  Louisiana. 
  

  

  Such, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  was 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  contract 
  between 
  

   Wilkinson 
  and 
  the 
  Spanish 
  government, 
  and 
  which 
  se- 
  

   cured 
  him 
  a 
  monopoly 
  of 
  introducing 
  the 
  productions 
  of 
  

   the 
  western 
  country 
  into 
  New 
  Orleans 
  ; 
  a 
  privilege 
  which, 
  

   however 
  beneficial 
  to 
  both 
  parties, 
  and, 
  perhaps, 
  advan- 
  

   tageous 
  to 
  the 
  country 
  at 
  large, 
  wrought 
  much 
  injury 
  to 
  

   the 
  agricultural 
  interest 
  of 
  the 
  Natchez 
  District. 
  

  

  The 
  cultivation 
  of 
  tobacco 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  succeed 
  

   in 
  the 
  districts, 
  and, 
  to 
  encourage 
  it, 
  the 
  King 
  of 
  Spain 
  

   became 
  the 
  purchaser 
  of 
  all 
  that 
  was 
  delivered 
  and 
  

   passed 
  inspection 
  at 
  his 
  warehouses 
  in 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  at 
  

   an 
  established 
  and 
  liberal 
  price. 
  

  

  