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  mSTOEICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  Indians 
  had 
  ceased 
  to 
  be 
  objectionable, 
  he 
  was 
  now 
  the 
  

   less 
  anxious 
  that 
  his 
  escort 
  should 
  be 
  stationed 
  at 
  his 
  

   jjresent 
  encampment, 
  and 
  proposed 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  di- 
  

   rected 
  to 
  come 
  down 
  to 
  Bacon's 
  Landing, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   below 
  Natchez, 
  from 
  whence 
  it 
  could 
  secure 
  its 
  requisite 
  

   supplies. 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  the 
  governor 
  politely 
  assented 
  by 
  a 
  communi- 
  

   cation 
  through 
  his 
  aid, 
  Major 
  Minor. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  the 
  escort 
  arrived 
  and 
  took 
  up 
  its 
  

   encampment 
  at 
  Bacon's 
  Landing. 
  

  

  Major 
  Stephen 
  Minor, 
  above 
  mentioned, 
  was 
  a 
  native 
  

   of 
  Pennsylvania; 
  he 
  first 
  visited 
  New 
  Orleans 
  in 
  1780, 
  

   to 
  procure 
  military 
  stores 
  for 
  the 
  American 
  posts 
  on 
  the 
  

   Ohio 
  and 
  Monongahela. 
  On 
  his 
  return, 
  with 
  a 
  caravan 
  

   of 
  loaded 
  mules, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  present 
  post 
  of 
  Arkan- 
  

   sas, 
  his 
  stores 
  were 
  plundered 
  and 
  his 
  men 
  all 
  murdered 
  ; 
  

   his 
  own 
  escape 
  being 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  most 
  fortuitous 
  detention 
  

   by 
  sickness, 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  behind 
  his 
  party. 
  

  

  He 
  afterwards 
  repaired 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  joined 
  Galvez 
  

   in 
  his 
  expedition 
  against 
  Mobile, 
  where 
  his 
  remarkable 
  

   skill 
  with 
  the 
  rifle, 
  and 
  his 
  acts 
  of 
  gallantry 
  during 
  the 
  

   siege, 
  attracted 
  the 
  notice, 
  and 
  secured 
  the 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  

   general, 
  by 
  whom 
  his 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  Spanish 
  army 
  was 
  

   advanced. 
  

  

  Li 
  1783, 
  he 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Natchez, 
  where 
  his 
  rank 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  that 
  of 
  " 
  Aid-Major" 
  to 
  the 
  post. 
  

   He 
  remained 
  at 
  Natchez 
  during 
  the 
  whole 
  term 
  of 
  the 
  

   Spanish 
  jurisdiction, 
  acting 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  period 
  as 
  

   aid 
  to 
  Governor 
  Gayoso, 
  by 
  whom, 
  when 
  appointed 
  as 
  

   Governor-General 
  of 
  Louisiana, 
  he 
  was 
  left 
  as 
  acting 
  

   commandant 
  of 
  the 
  post 
  of 
  Natchez 
  ; 
  and 
  De 
  Grand 
  Pre, 
  

   appointed 
  to 
  succeed 
  Gayoso, 
  not 
  assuming 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  

   the 
  office. 
  Major 
  Minor 
  continued 
  to 
  act 
  until 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  was 
  evacuated. 
  

  

  