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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  him 
  to 
  be 
  arrested, 
  and 
  brought 
  into 
  the 
  fort 
  ; 
  gave 
  him 
  

   a 
  cold 
  reception 
  ; 
  and 
  treated 
  the 
  baron's 
  project 
  as 
  

   chimerical 
  and 
  impossible 
  to 
  be 
  executed. 
  The 
  people 
  

   having 
  obtained, 
  by 
  the 
  treaty, 
  all 
  they 
  wanted, 
  had 
  no 
  

   need 
  of 
  connection 
  or 
  alliance 
  with 
  Spain. 
  He 
  was 
  told 
  

   that 
  a 
  full 
  compliance 
  with 
  the 
  treaty, 
  and 
  the 
  delivery 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  under 
  existing 
  circumstances, 
  was 
  all 
  that 
  

   remained 
  for 
  the 
  governor 
  to 
  do. 
  

  

  In 
  September, 
  1797, 
  Wilkinson, 
  delivering 
  his 
  answer 
  

   for 
  the 
  baron 
  to 
  Power, 
  sent 
  him 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  

   under 
  a 
  military 
  guard. 
  

  

  The 
  treaty 
  with 
  Spain 
  had 
  stipulated 
  that 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioners 
  of 
  both 
  nations 
  should 
  meet 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  

   within 
  six 
  months 
  after 
  the 
  ratification. 
  Andrew 
  Elli- 
  

   cott 
  was 
  appointed 
  commissioner 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  and 
  Gayoso 
  on 
  that 
  of 
  Spain. 
  Furnished 
  

   with 
  a 
  military 
  escort, 
  Ellicott 
  left 
  Pittsburg 
  on 
  the 
  23d 
  

   of 
  October, 
  1796. 
  For 
  the 
  accommodation 
  of 
  his 
  party 
  

   and 
  stores, 
  he 
  was 
  provided 
  with 
  four 
  boats, 
  including 
  a 
  

   barge 
  with 
  a 
  comfortable 
  cabin, 
  in 
  which 
  General 
  Wil- 
  

   kinson 
  had 
  just 
  ascended 
  the 
  river. 
  About 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   December, 
  his 
  progress 
  was 
  arrested 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ohio 
  by 
  ice, 
  in 
  which 
  his 
  boats 
  were 
  blocked 
  up 
  for 
  

   some 
  time. 
  

  

  Here 
  Ellicott 
  met 
  with 
  Philip 
  Noland, 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  

   acquired 
  considerable 
  celebrity 
  for 
  his 
  enterprise 
  and 
  

   travels 
  among 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  the 
  Spanish 
  territory, 
  

   where 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  engaged 
  in 
  taking 
  wild 
  horses; 
  he 
  

   had 
  with 
  him 
  two 
  trading-boats, 
  and 
  was 
  induced 
  by 
  

   Ellicott 
  to 
  accompany 
  him 
  down 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  proved 
  

   very 
  useful. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  2d 
  of 
  February, 
  the 
  expedition 
  arrived 
  at 
  New 
  

   Madrid. 
  Ellicott's 
  party 
  was 
  saluted 
  by 
  a 
  discharge 
  of 
  

   artillery 
  from 
  the 
  Spanish 
  garrison, 
  and 
  was 
  hospitably 
  

  

  