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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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Report from Cincinnati on May 5: Spanish posts at Natchez and Walnut Hills surrendered to Americans on April 1, with Spaniards evacuating overnight and handing keys to Capt. Gibson. Mr. Ellicott prepared to run the boundary line. A March 24 letter notes Capt. Pope's return from Chickasaw nation amid Spanish efforts to influence them.
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Spanish Posts given up.
By a gentleman who arrived here last evening from Natchez, we have the satisfaction to inform our readers that the posts were certainly given up the first of April. Our informant heard the guns fire when the Americans entered the fort. The Spaniards evacuated it in the night; the next morning they sent the keys to Captain Gibson. The posts at the Walnut Hills are also given up. Our informant saw Mr. Ellicott the last of March, who informed him that he had got all his things packed up and would proceed to run the line the beginning of April. A letter from the Natchez of the 24th of March says, "Capt. Pope returned a few days since from the Chickasaw nation, all was well in that quarter, although the Spanish government are making use of every method to poison their minds."
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Natchez
Event Date
First Of April
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spanish posts at natchez and walnut hills given up to americans; spaniards evacuated and sent keys to captain gibson; boundary line to be run starting april.
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A gentleman from Natchez reported that the Spanish posts were surrendered on April 1, with Americans entering the fort amid gunfire; Spaniards left overnight and delivered keys the next morning. Posts at Walnut Hills also relinquished. Mr. Ellicott planned to start surveying the line in early April. A March 24 letter indicated Capt. Pope's safe return from Chickasaw nation despite Spanish attempts to sway them.