﻿HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  101 
  

  

  the 
  governor, 
  and 
  requesting 
  a 
  definite 
  answer 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   time 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  ready 
  to 
  proceed 
  with 
  the 
  running 
  of 
  

   the 
  line. 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  informed, 
  in 
  reply, 
  that 
  the 
  execution 
  of 
  the 
  

   treaty 
  would 
  depend 
  upon 
  the 
  ministers 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  na- 
  

   tions 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  business 
  was 
  intrusted, 
  and 
  through 
  

   which 
  channel 
  both 
  the 
  commissioner 
  and 
  the 
  comman- 
  

   der-general 
  would 
  be 
  informed 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  

   boundary 
  would 
  be 
  run. 
  

  

  A 
  company 
  of 
  grenadiers 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  fort 
  on 
  the 
  

   16th 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  short 
  delay 
  proceeded 
  to 
  the 
  

   Walnut 
  Hills. 
  

  

  Philip 
  Noland, 
  who, 
  from 
  his 
  singular 
  management 
  

   and 
  address, 
  possessed 
  much 
  of 
  Governor 
  Carondelet's 
  

   confidence, 
  had 
  been 
  some 
  weeks 
  in 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  The 
  

   governor 
  informed 
  him 
  that 
  the 
  troubles 
  were 
  becoming 
  

   serious 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  determined 
  to 
  quiet 
  

   them 
  by 
  giving 
  the 
  Americans 
  lead 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  asked 
  

   if 
  he 
  would 
  take 
  a 
  part 
  ; 
  to 
  which 
  Noland 
  replied 
  am- 
  

   biguously, 
  "a 
  very 
  active 
  one." 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  17th 
  of 
  May, 
  more 
  troops 
  passed 
  Natchez 
  on 
  

   the 
  way 
  to 
  Walnut 
  Hills. 
  The 
  reinforcement 
  of 
  that 
  

   post, 
  and 
  the 
  fort 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  kept 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  in 
  

   constant 
  fear, 
  as 
  they 
  considered 
  these 
  preparations 
  as 
  

   designed 
  against 
  them. 
  

  

  To 
  avert 
  the 
  calamities 
  which 
  they 
  in 
  consequence 
  

   apprehended, 
  many 
  plans 
  for 
  attacking 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  

   were 
  devised 
  and 
  communicated 
  to 
  EUicott, 
  and 
  rejected 
  

   as 
  premature, 
  and 
  calculated 
  to 
  involve 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   in 
  war. 
  

  

  About 
  this 
  time, 
  a 
  serious 
  difficulty 
  took 
  place 
  between 
  

   the 
  Baron 
  de 
  Carondelet 
  and 
  Governor 
  Gayoso, 
  the 
  true 
  

   nature 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  not 
  known, 
  but 
  which 
  doubtless 
  em- 
  

  

  