[N^o 12] Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos to Lieut. Benny S. Pope Natchez, 17 April 1797 Sir, ) By the commandant of that Post I am informed of your arrival there, with the Troops under your command; and he has also sent me the letter that you wrote to him acknowledging the reception of my line. The particular reasons that for the present have suspended the evacuation of the Posts, do not effect the Treaty in any other respect; and this will soon be settled between his Catholic Majesty and the United States of America, they being of a nation that only wants an explanation, therefore it has been my most earnest wish to keep the settlements in peace and quiet until that political change takes place. As I expected you might come down before an information of this incident could reach you, I provided the most convenient Barracks that I could for your Troops, at that Post wishing to show the U^d States the greatest attention to their Troops; and in consequence of this disposition having conferred with the Honorable Andrew Ellicott, we have agreed that you should remove to this place to encamp in its vincinity, where you may be provided with every thing more conveniently. By this opportunity I forward the correspondent Orders to the Commandant of that Post who will do every thing necessary to facilitate and