anish eired sions fitted nited from to get the e free Кер t and 1 out d on this it. and ? the with lined hich trict e re nent per ron nis his patch an emissary, an intelligent Englishman nam Power, to Kentucky, to confer secretly with the m influential individuals who were disposed to a separati from the Atlantic States, and an alliance with Spai to give assurances of the concurrence of the governme of Louisiana, and to make a tender of arms, ammu tion, and money. The affairs of the province were further complicat by the demand made by Georgia, through her comm sioner Colonel Thomas Green, for the surrender of th part of the province lying north of latitude 31°, as bei within her chartered limits. The demand was treated with derision, but this bo assumption of Colonel Green, a Spanish subject, w had but recently emigrated from Tennessee, render him an object of suspicion, and on the first plausi pretext he was placed in confinement. The vigilance of the government of the United Stat rendered Genet's scheme abortive, and his agents in t south were arrested in consequence of measures tak by the legislature of South Carolina. Power, on his return, having recommended that officer of rank should be sent to the mouth of the Oh to meet with several influential individuals of Kentuck whom he had visited, and who still entertained the d sign of a separation of the western people from t Union, Don Manuel Gayoso de Lémos, then the co mandant at Natchez, was accordingly dispatched Baron de Carondelet, early in the summer of 1795, this mission, but with the ostensible object of erecting fort at the Chickasaw Bluffs. Power, sent by Gayoso for the purpose, met with S bastian at the Red Banks. Innis, Nicholas, and othe expected, were prevented by various causes from bei nt. Sebastian, however, claiming authority to with Gayoso in their names, was conducted by r to the latter, who was found engaged with his in some trivial works on the right side of the Mispi, opposite the mouth of the Ohio. Gayoso prothat Sebastian should accompany him down the to a conference with Governor Carondelet, and a short delay they proceeded together, accompanied ower as far as Natchez, where they stopped. In ry, 1796, Gayoso, Sebastian, and Power, went to Orleans, from whence the two latter sailed for delphia. th a knowledge of these circumstances, the motives ocrastination, and the impediments thrown in the of the surrender of the country to the United , in pursuance of the treaty of San Lorenzo, which oncluded the 27th of October, 1795, will be better stood. the latter treaty, the southern boundary of the ty to ed by ch his e Mis O pro n the and anied In nt to d for otives the mited hich etter the with tion urce the had > at the the ved in t. red ver of secession by the western people. He delivered packets given him in charge by the Spanish governor General Wilkinson, at Greenville. On his return, ho ever, he reported an entire change in the dispositi and views of the people of Kentucky, who, he n found, were perfectly satisfied with the Federal gove ment, since it had obtained for them, by the late trea the principal object to attain which only the separat from the Union had heretofore been thought of; a such a measure was now viewed with utter aversion. Not yet satisfied of the futility of his machinatio Carondelet determined on still another and final eff to detach the western people from the Atlantic Stat Power was again sent on this errand. Bribery was be adroitly employed; assurances were to be given th "if a hundred thousand dollars, properly distributed Kentucky, could induce the people to resist, it should furnished;" and money and arms, including twen pieces of artillery, were freely offered. General Wilk son, then the commander of the forces of the Unit States, was to be dazzled with the prospect of the b liant and easy career opened upon him; the glory being the liberator and founder of the Western Stat was to be presented to his view; at the least moveme he was to be told, the people would hail him as t general of the new republic, his reputation would ra him an army, and France and Spain would enable hi to pay it. Power again met Sebastian at Louisvil when certain stipulations were considered, without whi none could be expected to embark in the enterpri The former then proceeded to meet General Wilkins at Detroit, and the latter was to communicate t baron's propositions to Innis and Nicholas. On learning the arrival of Power, Wilkinson caus o be arrested, and brought into the fort; gave him 1 reception; and treated the baron's project as rical and impossible to be executed. The people g obtained, by the treaty, all they wanted, had no of connection or alliance with Spain. He was told full compliance with the treaty, and the delivery country under existing circumstances, was all that ned for the governor to do. September, 1797, Wilkinson, delivering his answer e baron to Power, sent him out of the country a military guard. treaty with Spain had stipulated that the comners of both nations should meet at Natchez, à six months after the ratification. Andrew Ellivas appointed commissioner on the part of the 1 States, and Gayoso on that of Spain. Furnished military escort, Ellicott left Pittsburg on the 23d cober, 1796. For the accommodation of his party cores, he was provided with four boats, including a with a comfortable cabin, in which General Wil had just ascended the river. About the close of aber, his progress was arrested at the mouth of the by ice, in which his boats were blocked up for time. e Ellicott met with Philip Noland, a man who had red considerable celebrity for his enterprise and s among the Indians in the Spanish territory, he had been engaged in taking wild horses; he with him two trading-boats, and was induced by tt to accompany him down the river, and proved useful. the 2d of February, the expedition arrived at New d. Ellicott's party was saluted by a discharge of ry from the Spanish garrison, and was hospitably entertained by the commandant and officers of the rison. Here the commandant communicated to hir letter received from the Governor-General Baron Carondelet, in the preceding November, directing not to permit the party to descend the river until posts were evacuated, which could not be done until water rose. The commandant remarked that he much embarrassed by the order, but, as the objection the score of low water no longer existed, he agr upon the representations of Ellicott as to the delays had already experienced, not to oppose any obstacle his proceeding. On the 8th of February, the party arrived at Chickasaw Bluff. The commandant received the c missioner with politeness, but appeared embarrassed his arrival and surprised that he had been suffered pass New Madrid. At the Walnut Hills (now Vicksburg), which reached on the 19th, considerable works were found have been erected by the Spaniards. The post was sidered a very important one, and capable of being m very strong. The boats were brought to by the firin a piece of artillery; but the same politeness and ho tality received at the other posts were extended Ellicott and his party. The commandant, howe affected an ignorance of its object and even of the ex ence of the treaty. A short distance below the Walnut Hills, Ellicott overtaken by an express sent after him in a light b with a letter which had just been received at the The communication was from Governor Gayoso, info ing Ellicott that he was not prepared to evacuate posts immediately for want of vessels, but which w soon expected, and to request him to leave the tr |