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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  pose 
  a 
  competent 
  force 
  would 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Walnut 
  Hills 
  

   to 
  repair 
  and 
  defend 
  that 
  post; 
  that 
  this 
  formed 
  an 
  

   additional 
  reason 
  for 
  suspending 
  the 
  evacuation 
  of 
  the 
  

   posts, 
  and 
  running 
  of 
  the 
  line; 
  and 
  as, 
  in 
  consequence, 
  

   considerable 
  delay 
  must 
  ensue, 
  the 
  proposal 
  was 
  made 
  

   to 
  the 
  commissioner, 
  either 
  to 
  remain 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  go 
  

   down 
  to 
  Lower 
  Louisiana, 
  or, 
  as 
  was 
  thought 
  preferable, 
  

   to 
  remove 
  to 
  Villa 
  Gayoso, 
  where 
  there 
  were 
  sufficient 
  

   buildings 
  for 
  the 
  accommodation 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner's 
  

   party, 
  including 
  the 
  troops. 
  

  

  Villa 
  Gayoso 
  was 
  situated 
  about 
  twenty 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  

   Natchez, 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Bluff; 
  the 
  site 
  handsome 
  and 
  

   commanding. 
  The 
  place 
  was 
  quite 
  new, 
  and 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ings, 
  which 
  were 
  comfortable, 
  and 
  of 
  recent 
  construction, 
  

   consisted 
  of 
  a 
  church, 
  priest's 
  house, 
  officers' 
  quarters, 
  

   and 
  barracks 
  for 
  soldiers. 
  

  

  As 
  Lieutenants 
  Pope 
  and 
  Ellicott 
  did 
  not 
  agree 
  in 
  the 
  

   reply 
  proper 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  this 
  communication, 
  and 
  as 
  

   the 
  lieutenant 
  considered 
  that 
  it 
  should 
  come 
  from 
  him, 
  

   Ellicott 
  merely 
  addressed 
  a 
  short 
  note 
  to 
  the 
  efovernor, 
  Ql 
  

   reiterating 
  his 
  intention, 
  previously 
  expressed, 
  of 
  remain- 
  O' 
  

   insf 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  rest 
  referred 
  him 
  to 
  Lieuten- 
  ^A 
  

   ant 
  Pope's 
  communication 
  as 
  commander 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  detachment, 
  whom 
  the 
  governor's 
  communication 
  

   chiefly 
  concerned. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  2d 
  of 
  May, 
  Colonel 
  Guillimard, 
  the 
  surveyor 
  

   appointed 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  his 
  Spanish 
  majesty 
  under 
  the 
  late 
  

   treaty, 
  arrived. 
  On 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  laborers 
  and 
  arti- 
  

   ficers 
  were 
  engaged 
  in 
  repairing 
  th€ 
  fort, 
  and 
  several 
  

   additional 
  pieces 
  of 
  artillery 
  were 
  mounted. 
  On 
  the 
  7th 
  

   a 
  reinforcement 
  of 
  forty 
  men 
  arrived, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  9th 
  

   Colonel 
  Guillimard, 
  with 
  several 
  officers 
  and 
  a 
  boat- 
  load 
  

   of 
  intrenching 
  tools, 
  proceeded 
  to 
  Walnut 
  Hills. 
  

  

  Ellicott 
  lost 
  no 
  time 
  in 
  calling 
  this 
  fact 
  to 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  

  

  

  