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that of the Atlantic States; and Carondelet in his 

 letter assured the men to whom he was writing that, 

 because of what had occurred in Europe since Spain 

 had ratified the treaty of October 27, the treaty 

 would not be executed by his Catholic Majesty. 

 Promises of favor to the Western people were held 

 out, and Wilkinson was given a more substantial 

 bribe, in the shape of ten thousand dollars, by Power. 

 Sebastian, Innes, and their friends were also prom- 

 ised a hundred thousand dollars for their good 

 offices ; and Carondelet, who had no more hesitation 

 in betraying red men than white, also offered to help 

 the Westerners subdue their Indian foes, these In- 

 dian foes being at the moment the devoted allies of 

 Spain. 



The time had gone by, however, when it was pos- 

 sible to hope for success in such an intrigue. The 

 treaty with Spain had caused much satisfaction in 

 the West, and the Kentuckians generally were grow- 

 ing more and more loyal to the Central Government. 

 Innes and his friends, in a written communication, 

 rejected the offer of Carondelet. They declared that 

 they were devoted to the Union and would not con- 

 sent to break it up ; but they betrayed curiously little 

 surprise or indignation at the offer, nor did they in 

 rejecting it use the vigorous language which be- 

 seemed men who, while holding the commissions of 

 a government, were proffered a hundred thousand 

 dollars to betray that government. 44 Power, at the 



44 American State Papers, Miscellaneous, I, 928 ; deposition 

 of Harry Innes, etc. 



