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Indians. - War Dance. - German Settlers. - Re-

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turn Home. - Washington as Public Surveyor.

Sojourn at Greenway Court. - Horses, Hounds, and

Books.-Rugged Experience among the Mountains

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CHAPTER V.

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English and French Claims to the Ohio Valley. — Wild

State of the Country. - Projects of Settlements.

The Ohio Company. - Enlightened Views of Law-

rence Washington. — French Rivalry. — Celeron de

Bienville. His Signs of Occupation.- Hugh Craw-

ford. George Croghan, a Veteran Trader, and

Montour, his Interpreter.

Pennsylvania to the Ohio Tribes.

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Gist, the Pioneer of the Yadkin. - Agent of the

Ohio Company. - His Expedition to the Frontier. -

Reprobate Traders at Logstown. Negotiations

with the Indians. Scenes in the Ohio Country.—

Diplomacy at Piqua.- Kegs of Brandy and Rolls

of Tobacco. Gist's Return across Kentucky. - A

Deserted Home. French Schemes. Captain Jon-

caire, a Diplomat of the Wilderness. - His Speech

at Logstown. - The Indians' Land. - -"Where?"

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CHAPTER VI.

Preparations for Hostilities.-Washington appointed Dis-

trict Adjutant-general. Mount Vernon a School

of Arms. Adjutant Muse, a Veteran Campaigner.

-Jacob Van Braam, the Master of Fence. - [I]

Health of Washington's Brother Lawrence. -Voy-

age with him to the West Indies. - Scenes at Bar-

badoes. Tropical Fruits. Beefsteak and Tripe

Club. Return Home of Washington. - Death of

Lawrence.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER VII.

Council of the Ohio Tribes at Logstown. Treaty with

the English. Gist's Settlement-Speeches of the

Half-king and the French Commandant. - French

Aggressions. The Ruins of Piqua. - Washington

sent on a Mission to the French Commander. -

Jacob Van Braam, his Interpreter. Christopher

Gist, his Guide. - Halt at the Confluence of the

Monongahela and Alleghany. - Projected Fort.-

Shingiss, a Delaware Sachem. Logstown. The

Half-king. Indian Councils. — Indian Diplomacy.

- Rumors concerning Joncaire.- Indian Escorts.-

The Half-king, Jeskakake, and White Thunder

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The Half-king, Jes-

Revelry. Discussions over the Bottle.-The Old

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Diplomatist and the Young.

kakake, and White Thunder staggered.-The

Speech-belt.

La Force, the Wily

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Départure.

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Commissary. Fort at French Creek. The Chev-

alier Legardeur de St. Pierre, Knight of St.

Louis. Captain Reparti. - Transactions at the

Fort. Attempts to Seduce the Sachems. Mis-

chief brewing on the Frontier. Difficulties and

Delays in Parting.-Descent of French Creek.-

Arrival at Venango .

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Return from Venango. - A Tramp on Foot.- Murder-

ing Town. The Indian Guide. - Treachery. -

An Anxious Night.-Perils on the Alleghany River.

-Queen Aliquippa. - The old Watch-coat. -

turn across the Blue Ridge

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CHAPTER Χ.

Reply of the Chevalier de St. Pierre. - Trent's Mission
to the Frontier. - Washington recruits Troops. -
Dinwiddie and the House of Burgesses. - Independ-
ent Conduct of the Virginians. Expedients to
gain Recruits. -Jacob Van Braam in Service. -
Toilful March to Wills' Creek. Contrecœur at the
Fork of the Ohio. Trent's refractory Troops

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March to the Little Meadows. Rumors from the Ohio.

- Correspondence from the Banks of the Yough-

iogheny. Attempt to descend that River.

Alarming Reports.

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Scouting Parties. - Perilous

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Situation of the Camp. Gist and La Force.-

Message from the Half-king. - French Tracks.

The Jumonville Skirmish. - Treatment of La Force.

-Position at the Great Meadows. - Belligerent

Feelings of a Young Soldier

CHAPTER XII.

Scarcity in the Camp. - Death of Colonel Fry. - Promo-
tions. Mackay and his Independent Company. -

Prayers in Camp. Alarms. Independence of an

Independent Company. Affairs at the Great

Meadows.

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Desertion of the Indian Allies. - Capit-
ulation of Fort Necessity. — Van Braam as an In-
terpreter. - Indian Plunderers. - - Return to Wil-
liamsburg. Vote of Thanks of the House of Bur-

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gesses. Subsequent Fortunes of the Half-king. -

Comments on the Affair of Jumonville and the Con-

duct of Van Braam

Founding of Fort Cumberland. - Secret Letter of Stobo.

- The Indian Messenger. — Project of Dinwiddie.

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CONTENTS.

-His Perplexities. A Taint of Republicanism

in the Colonial Assemblies. - Dinwiddie's Military

- Over-

Measures. - Washington quits the Service.

tures of Governor Sharpe of Maryland. - Washing-

ton's dignified Reply. -Questions of Rank between

Royal and Provincial Troops. -Treatment of the

French Prisoners. Fate of La Force. Anecdotes

of Stobo and Van Braam

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Return to quiet Life. - French and English prepare for

Hostilities. Plan of a Campaign. - General Brad-

- Sir John St. Clair, Quar-

dock. His Character.

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termaster-general. — His Tour of Inspection.-Pro-

jected Roads. Arrival of Braddock.

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Military

Consultations and Plans. - Commodore Keppel and

his Seamen. Ships and Troops at Alexandria.

Excitement of Washington. - Invited to Join the

Staff of Braddock. A Mother's Objections. -

Washington at Alexandria. Grand Council of

Military Arrangements.

Governors.

William Johnson.

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- Sir John St. Clair at Fort

Cumberland. His Explosions of Wrath. Their

Effects. Indians to be Enlisted. Captain Jack

and his Band of Bush-beaters

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CHAPTER XV.

Washington proclaimed Aide-de-camp - Disappoint-

ments at Fredericktown. Benjamin Franklin and

Braddock. Contracts.

Departure for Wills'

Creek. Rough Roads. - The General in his Char-

iot. Camp at Fort Cumberland. - Hugh Mercer.

-Dr. Craik.-Military Tactics. Camp Rules.

Secretary Peters.

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Indians in Camp.

Beauties. The Princess Bright Lightning.—Er-

rand to Williamsburg. — Braddock's Opinion of

Contractors and Indians. Arrival of Conveyances 177

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March from Fort Cumberland. The Great Savage

Mountain. Camp at the Little Meadows. - Divi-

sion of the Forces. — Captain Jack and his Band. -

Scarooyadi in Danger. -- Illness of Washington. -

His Halt at the Youghiogheny, March of Brad-

The Great Meadows. — Lurking Enemies.

- Precautions. Thicketty Run.

dock.

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- Scouts. Indian Murders. - Funeral of an In-

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dian Warrior.

Camp on the Monongahela.

Washington's Arrival there. -March for Fort Du-

quesne. The Fording of the Monongahela. - The

Battle. The Retreat. - Death of Braddock.

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Washington in Command. - Head-quarters at Win-

chester. Lord Fairfax and his Troop of Horse. -

Indian Ravages. Panic at Winchester. Cause

of the Alarm. Operations elsewhere. Shirley

Johnson against Crown Point.

- Affair at Lake George. Death of Dieskau

Reform in the Militia Laws. - Discipline of the Troops.

Dagworthy and the Question of Precedence. -

Washington's Journey to Boston. - Style of Trav-

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elling. - Conference with Shirley. The Earl of

Loudoun. Military Rule for the Colonies. -Wash-

ington at New York. - Miss Mary Philipse

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