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  all 
  the 
  transactions 
  were 
  terminated," 
  (alluding 
  to 
  the 
  

   evacuation 
  of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  garrison.) 
  As 
  to 
  the 
  escort, 
  

   he 
  had 
  not 
  the 
  least 
  objection 
  to 
  its 
  being 
  withdrawn 
  

   from 
  its 
  actual 
  position 
  ; 
  being 
  answerable 
  for 
  the 
  tran- 
  

   quillity 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  however, 
  he 
  felt 
  sensibly 
  hurt 
  at 
  

   the 
  necessity 
  of 
  withholding 
  his 
  consent 
  to 
  its 
  landing 
  at 
  

   Natchez, 
  feeling 
  positively 
  confident 
  that 
  some 
  disagree- 
  

   able 
  circumstances 
  would 
  haf)pen 
  by 
  the 
  conjunction 
  

   proposed. 
  

  

  He 
  expressed 
  his 
  regret 
  that 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  Ellicott 
  

   had 
  been 
  delayed 
  until 
  after 
  war 
  had 
  ensued 
  between 
  

   Spain 
  and 
  Great 
  Britain, 
  which 
  had 
  so 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  

   cares 
  and 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  governor-general 
  that 
  he 
  could 
  

   not 
  leave 
  New 
  Orleans 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  attend 
  to 
  the 
  

   running 
  of 
  the 
  boundary 
  Hne, 
  and 
  that 
  that 
  duty 
  had 
  

   now 
  devolved 
  upon 
  him, 
  Gayoso, 
  but 
  that 
  as 
  yet 
  he 
  was 
  

   unprovided 
  with 
  everything 
  requisite 
  for 
  the 
  business. 
  

   The 
  geometer, 
  and 
  other 
  officers 
  to 
  be 
  employed, 
  were 
  

   already 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  from 
  New 
  Orleans 
  to 
  Clarkesville, 
  

   a 
  point 
  near 
  latitude 
  31°, 
  where 
  the 
  operations 
  were 
  to 
  

   be 
  commenced, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  himself 
  repair 
  thither 
  

   as 
  soon 
  as 
  his 
  equipage 
  should 
  arrive. 
  

  

  He 
  suggested, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  Ellicott 
  should 
  repair 
  to 
  

   Clarkesville 
  or 
  Loftus 
  Cliffs, 
  where 
  his 
  escort 
  might 
  join 
  

   him 
  without 
  apprehension 
  of 
  any 
  disagreeable 
  collision. 
  

   By 
  the 
  refusal, 
  contained 
  in 
  this 
  letter, 
  of 
  permission 
  

   to 
  land 
  the 
  escort 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  Ellicott 
  found 
  himself 
  in 
  

   a 
  dilemma, 
  having 
  already 
  sent 
  an 
  express 
  to 
  direct 
  

   Lieutenant 
  McClary 
  to 
  join 
  him 
  with 
  his 
  command, 
  and 
  

   his 
  arrival 
  was 
  momentarily 
  expected. 
  

  

  He 
  replied, 
  therefore, 
  immediately 
  to 
  the 
  letter 
  of 
  

   Gayoso, 
  objecting 
  to 
  leaving 
  Natchez, 
  as 
  that 
  place 
  was 
  

   designated 
  in 
  the 
  treaty 
  for 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  joint 
  

   commission 
  J 
  but 
  he 
  added 
  that, 
  as 
  the 
  conduct 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  