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  HISTORICAL 
  OUTLINE. 
  

  

  "Don 
  Manuel 
  Gayoso 
  de 
  Lemos, 
  Brigadier 
  in 
  the 
  

   Royal 
  Armies, 
  Governor, 
  Military 
  and 
  Political, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Natchez 
  and 
  its 
  dependencies, 
  &c. 
  

  

  " 
  Being 
  always 
  desirous 
  of 
  promoting 
  the 
  public 
  good, 
  

   we 
  do 
  join 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  sentiment 
  with 
  the 
  committee, 
  

   by 
  acceding 
  to 
  their 
  propositions 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  : 
  By 
  the 
  present, 
  I 
  do 
  hereby 
  accede 
  to 
  the 
  four 
  

   foregoing 
  propositions 
  established 
  and 
  agreed 
  upon 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  establishing 
  the 
  peace 
  and 
  tranquillity 
  of 
  

   the 
  country 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  constant 
  and 
  n(?torious, 
  

   I 
  sign 
  the 
  present 
  under 
  the 
  seal 
  of 
  my 
  arms, 
  and 
  coun- 
  

   tersigned 
  by 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  this 
  goyernment 
  at 
  Natchez, 
  

   the 
  22d 
  day 
  of 
  June, 
  1797. 
  

  

  Manuel 
  Gatoso 
  de 
  Lemos, 
  

   Joseph 
  Vidal, 
  Secretary 
  !' 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  the 
  governor 
  and 
  his 
  officers 
  

   left 
  the 
  fort 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  their 
  houses. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  remark 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  two 
  weeks 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  were 
  in 
  a 
  state 
  of 
  revolt, 
  no 
  act 
  

   of 
  violence 
  or 
  breach 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  took 
  place. 
  

  

  The 
  necessity 
  of 
  electing 
  a 
  permanent 
  committee 
  to 
  

   aid 
  in 
  preserving 
  the 
  good 
  order 
  and 
  peace 
  of 
  the 
  

   country, 
  was 
  strongly 
  impressed 
  upon 
  the 
  governor, 
  

   who, 
  fully 
  concurring 
  in 
  the 
  propriety 
  of 
  the 
  measure, 
  

   issued 
  a 
  proclamation 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  day 
  for 
  that 
  pur- 
  

   pose, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  were 
  chosen 
  : 
  Joseph 
  

   Bernard, 
  Peter 
  B. 
  Bruin, 
  Daniel 
  Clark, 
  Gabriel 
  Benoist, 
  

   Philander 
  Smith, 
  Isaac 
  Gaillard, 
  Roger 
  Dickson, 
  William 
  

   Ratliff, 
  and 
  Frederick 
  Kimball. 
  

  

  The 
  election 
  of 
  this 
  committee 
  in 
  effect 
  put 
  an 
  end 
  

   to 
  the 
  Spanish 
  authority 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  All 
  but 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  committee 
  (Frederick 
  Kimball, 
  whose 
  sentim^ents 
  

   were 
  doubtful, 
  and 
  whose 
  residence 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  below 
  

  

  