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  OUTLINE. 
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  Subsequently, 
  he 
  acted 
  as 
  commissioner 
  on 
  the 
  bound- 
  

   ary 
  line 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  Gayoso. 
  

  

  He 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  endeared 
  himself 
  to 
  his 
  country- 
  

   men, 
  the 
  American 
  settlers, 
  by 
  his 
  acts 
  of 
  friendliness 
  

   and 
  protection, 
  and 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  on 
  all 
  occasions, 
  in 
  

   cases 
  of 
  difficulty. 
  

  

  Many 
  were 
  the 
  instances 
  in 
  which 
  his 
  influence 
  with 
  

   the 
  governor 
  prevailed, 
  where 
  the 
  party 
  menaced 
  had, 
  

   through 
  too 
  great 
  a 
  spirit 
  of 
  independence, 
  or 
  perhaps, 
  

   turbulence, 
  become 
  involved 
  in 
  a 
  collision 
  with 
  the 
  

   Spanish 
  authorities. 
  

  

  Lieutenant 
  McClary 
  had 
  been 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  at 
  his 
  

   new 
  quarters, 
  at 
  Bacon's 
  Landing, 
  when 
  complaint 
  was 
  

   made 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  caused 
  to 
  be 
  arrested 
  and 
  detained 
  

   against 
  their 
  will, 
  several 
  persons 
  claimed 
  to 
  be 
  deserters 
  

   from 
  the 
  American 
  army. 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  the 
  artillery 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  

   fort 
  to 
  the 
  landing 
  for 
  shipment, 
  was 
  taken 
  back 
  and 
  re- 
  

   mounted. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  23d 
  of 
  March, 
  EUicott, 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  Gayoso, 
  

   cites 
  this 
  fact, 
  mentions 
  some 
  insolent 
  treatment 
  which 
  

   American 
  citizens 
  had 
  recently 
  met 
  with 
  at 
  the 
  Walnut 
  

   Hills, 
  and 
  adverts 
  to 
  the 
  delay 
  in 
  entering 
  upon 
  the 
  

   running 
  of 
  the 
  boundary 
  line, 
  as 
  giving 
  grounds 
  for 
  

   apprehension 
  that 
  the 
  treaty 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  observed 
  

   with 
  good 
  faith 
  by 
  the 
  Spanish 
  government, 
  and 
  asks 
  

   from 
  the 
  governor 
  an 
  explanation. 
  He 
  further 
  inquired 
  

   if 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  true 
  that 
  every 
  exertion 
  was 
  then 
  making, 
  

   to 
  put 
  the 
  post 
  at 
  Walnut 
  Hills 
  in 
  a 
  complete 
  state 
  of 
  

   defence. 
  

  

  The 
  explanations 
  of 
  Gayoso 
  were 
  considered 
  incon- 
  

   sistent 
  and 
  unsatisfactory. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  now 
  known 
  that 
  Lieutenant 
  Pope, 
  with 
  a 
  de- 
  

   tachment 
  of 
  troops, 
  was 
  descending 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  