North of New Orleans Port.
Elcano looked through the telescope at his soldiers and Indians "performing," then turned to his staff officer and said, "We still need to send people to carefully confirm that there are no American militias in the buffer zone."
He had already received the report yesterday afternoon that Wayne's troops had disbanded.
Thus, the crisis in New Orleans was basically resolved.
However, Elcano's brows didn't relax.
He knew that the Louisiana colony hadn't truly attained safety.
As long as the American Government continued to push the westward expansion plan, he would inevitably face pressure from the American militia sooner or later.
He couldn't help but sigh.
There were simply too many Americans; it's estimated that by next year, Americans on the east bank of the Mississippi River will exceed 300,000.
This allows them to easily recruit a large number of soldiers.
Yet Madrid was very stingy in its investment in Louisiana.
