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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  present. 
  Sebastian, 
  however, 
  claiming 
  authority 
  to 
  

   treat 
  with 
  Gayoso 
  in 
  their 
  names, 
  was 
  conducted 
  by 
  

   Power 
  to 
  the 
  latter, 
  who 
  was 
  found 
  engaged 
  with 
  his 
  

   party 
  in 
  some 
  trivial 
  works 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi, 
  opposite 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio. 
  Gayoso 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  that 
  Sebastian 
  should 
  accompany 
  him 
  down 
  the 
  

   river 
  to 
  a 
  conference 
  with 
  Governor 
  Carondelet, 
  and 
  

   after 
  a 
  short 
  delay 
  they 
  proceeded 
  together, 
  accompanied 
  

   by 
  Power 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Natchez, 
  where 
  they 
  stopped. 
  In 
  

   January, 
  1796, 
  Gayoso, 
  Sebastian, 
  and 
  Power, 
  went 
  to 
  

   New 
  Orleans, 
  from 
  whence 
  the 
  two 
  latter 
  sailed 
  for 
  

   Philadelphia. 
  

  

  With 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  these 
  circumstances, 
  the 
  motives 
  

   for 
  procrastination, 
  and 
  the 
  impediments 
  thrown 
  in 
  the 
  

   way 
  of 
  the 
  surrender 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  in 
  pursuance 
  of 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  San 
  Lorenzo, 
  which 
  

   was 
  concluded 
  the 
  27th 
  of 
  October, 
  1795, 
  will 
  be 
  better 
  

   understood. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  latter 
  treaty, 
  the 
  southern 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  their 
  treaty 
  of 
  peace 
  with 
  

   Great 
  Britain, 
  was 
  fully 
  recognized, 
  and 
  the 
  navigation 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  for 
  its 
  icliole 
  breadth, 
  from 
  its 
  source 
  

   to 
  the 
  gulf, 
  was 
  declared 
  free 
  to 
  the 
  subjects 
  of 
  the 
  

   King 
  of 
  Spain 
  and 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  Spanish 
  officers 
  in 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  however, 
  had 
  

   embraced 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  this 
  treaty 
  was 
  entered 
  into 
  at 
  

   a 
  critical 
  junction 
  in 
  the 
  affairs 
  in 
  Europe, 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  

   neutrality 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  to 
  counteract 
  the 
  

   projects 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  in 
  which 
  latter 
  they 
  believed 
  

   it 
  had 
  failed, 
  and 
  that 
  Spain, 
  no 
  longer 
  interested 
  in 
  

   fulfilling 
  its 
  stipulations, 
  would 
  not 
  carry 
  it 
  into 
  effect. 
  

  

  Under 
  this 
  persuasion. 
  Baron 
  de 
  Carondelet 
  renewed 
  

   his 
  negotiations 
  with 
  the 
  Kentucky 
  malcontents. 
  Power 
  

   was 
  again 
  sent 
  among 
  them 
  to 
  keep 
  alive 
  the 
  scheme 
  of 
  

  

  