books.google.com - Spanish imperial attempts to form strong Indian alliances to thwart American expansion in the Mississippi Valley. Charles Weeks explores the diplomacy of Spanish colonial officials in New Orleans and Natchez in order to establish posts on the Mississippi River and Tombigbee rivers in the early 1790s....http://books.google.com/books/about/Paths_to_a_Middle_Ground.html?id=aQ6UTJ_F8F8C&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePaths to a Middle Ground
