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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  fringement 
  of 
  the 
  sovereignty 
  of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  monarch, 
  

   and 
  he 
  requested 
  that 
  the 
  men 
  should 
  be 
  discharged. 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  evaded, 
  however, 
  and 
  the 
  governor 
  was 
  in- 
  

   formed 
  that 
  those 
  enlisted 
  were 
  persons 
  who 
  could 
  not 
  

   he 
  considered 
  subjects 
  of 
  his 
  Catholic 
  majesty. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  soldiers 
  at 
  Bacon's 
  Landing 
  becoming 
  

   sick, 
  the 
  escort 
  was 
  removed 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  high 
  land, 
  about 
  

   a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  from 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  distance 
  

   from 
  Ellicott's 
  quarters. 
  

  

  Intelligence 
  being 
  received 
  of 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  Lieut. 
  

   Pope 
  at 
  the 
  Walnut 
  Hills, 
  Ellicott 
  immediately 
  dispatched 
  

   an 
  express 
  to 
  inform 
  him 
  of 
  the 
  probability 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  

   rupture 
  between 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Spain, 
  and 
  to 
  

   advise 
  him 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  Natchez 
  immediately, 
  that 
  the 
  in- 
  

   habitants, 
  nine-tenths 
  of 
  whom 
  were 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  might, 
  in 
  the 
  event 
  of 
  a 
  rupture, 
  have 
  a 
  

   raJlying-point. 
  

  

  Doubting 
  the 
  propriety 
  of 
  this 
  step 
  after 
  it 
  was 
  taken, 
  

   Ellicott 
  saw 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  better, 
  at 
  all 
  events, 
  to 
  have 
  

   the 
  sanction 
  of 
  the 
  governor 
  ; 
  an 
  interview 
  was 
  had 
  with 
  

   him; 
  the 
  peculiar 
  situation 
  of 
  Lieutenant 
  Pope 
  was 
  forci- 
  

   bly 
  represented. 
  It 
  was 
  shown 
  that, 
  being 
  a 
  military 
  

   man 
  on 
  a 
  separate 
  command, 
  ordered 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  duty 
  

   by 
  his 
  superior, 
  he 
  must 
  perform 
  it 
  or 
  make 
  the 
  attempt; 
  

   he 
  had 
  no 
  choice; 
  come 
  or 
  attempt 
  it 
  he 
  must; 
  and 
  it 
  

   would 
  be 
  better 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  peace 
  than 
  that 
  

   hostilities 
  should 
  be 
  provoked 
  by 
  meeting 
  with 
  opposition. 
  

  

  The 
  governor, 
  under 
  this 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  case, 
  gave 
  a 
  

   reluctant 
  consent 
  that 
  he 
  should 
  proceed 
  down 
  the 
  river 
  

   without 
  interruption. 
  A 
  second 
  express, 
  with 
  the 
  ne- 
  

   cessary 
  orders, 
  was 
  dispatched, 
  and 
  being 
  stimulated 
  to 
  

   activity 
  by 
  extra 
  compensation, 
  he 
  arrived 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  

   time 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  express, 
  and 
  barely 
  in 
  time 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   a 
  collision 
  between 
  the 
  Spanish 
  garrison 
  and 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

  

  