﻿HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  89 
  

  

  The 
  credentials 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  were 
  then 
  pre- 
  

   sented, 
  and 
  the 
  governor 
  being 
  pressed 
  to 
  name 
  a 
  day 
  on 
  

   which 
  their 
  operations 
  should 
  commence, 
  named 
  the 
  

   19th 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  month. 
  

  

  Having, 
  on 
  the 
  27th, 
  notified 
  the 
  Governor-General, 
  

   the 
  Baron 
  de 
  Carondelet, 
  of 
  his 
  arrival, 
  by 
  letter 
  directed 
  

   to 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  Ellicott 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  fixed 
  his 
  encamp- 
  

   ment 
  on 
  the 
  hill 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  about 
  a 
  

   quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  fort. 
  This 
  encampment 
  was 
  

   a 
  short 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  northeast 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  site 
  of 
  

   the 
  mansion 
  house. 
  On 
  the 
  29th, 
  the 
  American 
  flag 
  

   was 
  hoisted, 
  and 
  about 
  two 
  hours 
  after 
  a 
  message 
  was 
  

   received 
  from 
  the 
  governor 
  directing 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  down, 
  

   a 
  request 
  that 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  positive 
  refusal, 
  and 
  the 
  flag 
  

   "wore 
  out 
  upon 
  the 
  staflV 
  

  

  The 
  suspicions 
  which 
  the 
  occurrences 
  at 
  the 
  diflerent 
  

   Spanish 
  posts 
  in 
  coming 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  had 
  inspired, 
  

   that 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  delayed 
  if 
  

   not 
  refused, 
  were 
  now 
  confirmed. 
  

  

  Before 
  encamping, 
  Ellicott 
  was 
  informed, 
  through 
  a 
  

   confidential 
  channel, 
  that 
  Carondelet 
  had 
  stated 
  in 
  pri- 
  

   vate 
  conversation, 
  before 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  Ellicott, 
  that 
  the 
  

   treaty 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  carried 
  into 
  effect. 
  Gayoso 
  had 
  

   made 
  a 
  similar 
  statement 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  a 
  confidential 
  

   friend. 
  The 
  delay 
  on 
  their 
  part, 
  it 
  was 
  said, 
  would 
  

   render 
  the 
  treaty 
  a 
  dead 
  letter. 
  It 
  was 
  also 
  asserted 
  

   that 
  the 
  country 
  either 
  was 
  or 
  would 
  be 
  ceded 
  to 
  

   France. 
  

  

  From 
  prudential 
  considerations, 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  excite 
  

   suspicions 
  injurious 
  to 
  those 
  from 
  whom 
  it 
  was 
  derived, 
  

   this 
  information 
  was 
  kept 
  a 
  profound 
  secret. 
  All 
  the 
  

   evasions 
  and 
  subterfuges 
  which, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen, 
  were 
  

   subsequently 
  adopted, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  correspondence 
  

   with 
  Carondelet 
  and 
  Gayoso, 
  although 
  assigned 
  to 
  dif- 
  

  

  