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  OUTLINE. 
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  can 
  detachment, 
  the 
  latter 
  preparing 
  to 
  embark, 
  and 
  the 
  

   former 
  to 
  resist 
  it. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  24 
  th 
  of 
  April, 
  in 
  the 
  forenoon, 
  Lieutenant 
  Pope 
  

   arrived 
  at 
  the 
  Natchez 
  landing, 
  where 
  he 
  remained 
  until 
  

   next 
  morning. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  mean 
  time, 
  orders 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  escort 
  

   below 
  the 
  city, 
  and 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  hour 
  next 
  morning, 
  the 
  

   two 
  companies 
  met 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  in 
  

   excellent 
  order, 
  colors 
  flying, 
  attended 
  with 
  their 
  music, 
  

   and 
  after 
  the 
  usual 
  salutations 
  marched 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   in 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner's 
  tent, 
  and 
  encamped 
  on 
  

   a 
  commanding 
  eminence, 
  having 
  both 
  the 
  fort 
  and 
  the 
  

   government 
  house 
  in 
  full 
  view. 
  

  

  The 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  detachments 
  was 
  not 
  fore- 
  

   seen 
  or 
  intended 
  by 
  Gayoso, 
  who 
  saw 
  with 
  extreme 
  cha- 
  

   grin 
  the 
  whole 
  parade, 
  but 
  too 
  late 
  to 
  prevent 
  it. 
  

  

  This 
  measure, 
  and 
  the 
  good 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  men, 
  

   inspired 
  great 
  confidence 
  in 
  the 
  citizens, 
  who 
  had 
  now 
  no 
  

   doubt 
  of 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  keep 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  May, 
  Governor 
  Gayoso 
  made 
  Ellicott 
  an 
  

   official 
  communication, 
  as 
  he 
  states, 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mander-general, 
  the 
  purport 
  of 
  which 
  was, 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  

   advised 
  that 
  an 
  attack 
  was 
  proposed 
  against 
  the 
  Spanish 
  

   possessions 
  in 
  IlHnois 
  by 
  the 
  British 
  from 
  Canada; 
  that, 
  

   as 
  such 
  an 
  expedition 
  could 
  not 
  proceed 
  except 
  by 
  pass- 
  

   ing 
  through 
  the 
  territories 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  an 
  offi- 
  

   cial 
  communication 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   government, 
  requiring 
  that 
  orders 
  should 
  be 
  issued 
  to 
  

   have 
  their 
  territory 
  respected, 
  which 
  no 
  doubt 
  was 
  enter- 
  

   tained 
  would 
  be 
  acquiesced 
  in 
  ; 
  that 
  the 
  commander- 
  

   general 
  found 
  himself 
  in 
  consequence, 
  under 
  the 
  neces- 
  

   sity 
  of 
  putting 
  the 
  fortifications 
  at 
  the 
  Walnut 
  Hills 
  in 
  

   a 
  state 
  of 
  defence, 
  to 
  cover 
  Lower 
  Louisiana 
  in 
  case 
  the 
  

   British 
  should 
  succeed 
  against 
  Illinois, 
  for 
  which 
  pur- 
  

  

  