Concerning Spanish-American relations on the frontier

McKee writes from Mobile, informing McHenry that he is temporarily being held prisoner by the Spanish governor of Louisiana, Gayoso, and that he expects to set off to New Orleans the following day. McKee was suspected of being in league with William Blount, a U.S. Senator from Tennessee found to be working a plan to aid the British in conquering West Florida by inciting the Creek and Cherokee against the Spanish. McKee also suggests that the Spanish have no intention of enforcing the terms of Pinckney's Treaty from 1795, which required that neither side excite Native Americans to warfare against the other.

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