History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ttlerslearned with joy that Florida was ceded to Spain, and the control ofthe Mississippi had passed into the hands of one of our allies, who,though not an active ally like France, had aided our struggle for ^The historians differ somewhat. See Putnam, p. 194; Haywood, p. 361;Monette, Vol. II, pp. 216, 268; Ramsey, , 489; American State Papers,Folio Edition, Vol. I, p. 15, Vol. V, p. 432. See map of Indian Treaties, page— ; also Jeffersons Report of 1791, Imlay, page 586, and American State Papers;Ramsey, p. 463. ^ See Putnam, pp. 2
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ttlerslearned with joy that Florida was ceded to Spain, and the control ofthe Mississippi had passed into the hands of one of our allies, who,though not an active ally like France, had aided our struggle for ^The historians differ somewhat. See Putnam, p. 194; Haywood, p. 361;Monette, Vol. II, pp. 216, 268; Ramsey, , 489; American State Papers,Folio Edition, Vol. I, p. 15, Vol. V, p. 432. See map of Indian Treaties, page— ; also Jeffersons Report of 1791, Imlay, page 586, and American State Papers;Ramsey, p. 463. ^ See Putnam, pp. 238-241 ; Jeffersons Report of 1791 ; Imlay, p. 586; andAmerican State Papers. History of Tennessee. independence, had overrun Florida during the war, and had forcedits cession from Great Britain. They looked forward to the cessationof Indian invasions, and to favorable terms for the navigation of theMississippi. Deep was their disappointment when they found that instead of afriend and ally, they were to encounter a wily and treacherous The Indian Reservation Proposed by Spain and France. Then began the peculiar period of Western history, known as theperiod of the Spanish Intrigues. The policy of Spain had been Cumberland, 17S3-1790. loi foreshadowed in 1781, and later at Paris in the negotiations prelimi-nary to the treaty of peace. \55, The Spanish Intrigues.— In June 1781, France, at theinstigation of Spain, persuaded the Congress of the United States topass a resolution consenting that peace might be made on terms satis-factory to France, provided only that the Independence of the UnitedStates should be acknowledged.^ When the real purpose of Franceand Spain came to be understood, this resolution was repealed. Spain,although wishing to strike England by aiding in the revolt of hercolonies, was no real friend of the United States. On the contrary,Spain was alarmed at the principles of freedom which formed thebasis of American institutions, and feared that t
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