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Major George Wajhin^ttn wat fent I by Governor Diriwiddie, with a letter to : the French commandant on that river, C by which he was required to depart. , Mr Wnjfyington- iet out on the 31ft of s 0 imerpietcr, two /»- h' ^;d» traders, and fome Other anenrdaws )i and I'ervants, wuhhorfeiand prd|>er at' (- , 'comniodati:,us for the journey ^><'' f^.ri i, ' '- Ac a fmall dilUnce trom thcTork'of K ' '■ ix\t Qh:0^ after 2* da«s traveh'hffiCoUad ir. U ujpon Shi>)g(ls, Vxti^dHh^ Dilatotirt.lM' le " dijtuSf w hf ) , vvei« witJl hira . t^ Lo^g'* //t lawny xvhtr>_Jve itutrnded ^o .iail(Bin>i>le iio ihe chiefs ol lije Six Nations, in-order to p > -^ — -. .u»iy udcun at- delicious repalt. 'ia^^h ',vrn,'"j from Williamfl>urg 1 Fort, iifiir the Lake Er- lia. , ■ 'ich having been lat^Ty torts, and making fet- •the river Ohio^ inthe ot Virginia y which arc lie property of GreatBri- 'orge Wajhin^ttn wai font liriwiddie^ with a letter to nmandant on that river, 'as required to depart. ton iet out on the 31ft of and rtiche^H^'i/Z's Creek NcK'smler ; from whence ;he next day with Mr whom he had engaged is uiih interpieter, two /»- nd feme Other anenrdams vuhhorfciand pr6(>erat^ i for the journey ^^'■' -•'i dittance trom theTork'cf ■ :! ' davs traveh h^itfiUad king of the BihwaiT.ln- eni with, hira > W^ J^osg'* iw; ituofuled aa vAjQismfble lie Six Nations, in^ order 10 Journey of Maj. WalKin^toh, /^Fort Erri on thi Ohio. 253 miPnttatc ihcn» in hi^ iniereft, and in- plaifaucc, and iMvite4 iuai .to.ifipwr i , duccThTn to eVounce all connexion . .the invitation was accept/^d, ao^ U^ • u rir/r!-/M//> - . wme having foon p«t ap c/i?d, to ,ther, "" One of he chiefs. caJled the Half caution of Ms company, thp no longer S:,if who had luioly bqcn a journey, lo concealed their dif^figiu. T;\icy tpg hun ^[^Fren^> commauder, was ,ablent at ^ that they dcieimiMd to lake ppfTpfltpn Ih rhuZgcS, bv^c a meffepger be- of the Ohio, to which t^ey pracnded inl i^Stely dUteh'd w ^Tni.he a right froin a difcov^ry mfd^ .by one came the next day. Mr li i>JbmfoniQo^ him afidc, with his ^tf:r, and enquired the view of his expediti on, and how he had (ucccedpd I la Solle 60 years ago ; ,^at .%\i^\t view was to prevent the Bvgtijb from nwik- ing any fettlenichts upop it, which thejj knew they Ihould ficpomplil^»,..for.,tho* The chef toldhim„that he rempn- B the Enghjb could raifejwp ipen,(or ftrated againft nhejr encroachments on a territory which belonged neither to th?m r.orioihc£//^/#,declaringthat he wou d keep both at armo length, and would join in amity with that tide only which withdrew into thofe bounds that had originally been prefer' bed : That he their one, yet thejr, naqiipns were too 4ow to prevent any undertaking of theirs. : ' , , Mr Wfljbingtpn had pot introduced his Indian aflociatcs tpthefe gentlemen, ijecaufe Joitfaire }^r^CLQX^ooQ. tlje lan- gViage, and he feared they mighl.be oriRinally been prcfci^ed; H^at ne , g^iage, ana ,nc icaxcu u»cy ...,&">. u«^ vv«Tnfwered by the Frenchman with ^ leduced from th«r purpofe j hQvv?ver great haughtinefs, when faid, that he feared not flies or mufquetar, and Inch he held thelndians. to bej that they n>ight cxpca kindnefs if they fvjbmitted to his will, and if not he would tread them under his feet. the i:ain that fell on the next day^ hav- ing rendered it impoffible to fxroceed to the fort, Joncaire heard where they ha4,b«n left, and fent for f lem,^ Vyhen they ca^ne in he receiv d them yi^i^h expreiUons of t^e, ucmofl joy. On the 26jhofV^^.>Ir mjhnngten D gently upbraided them vs^i'-ti being; lo met the chiefs in council, when ihey a jsreed thatthewrt/«/)tt« * delivered bythe Fnmh to them (hould jbe returned, as a tymboi of aboliihlng all agreements be- tween them ; that fpme of t^jem mould attend Mr WaJbington.m(^ a fyracient near,, and yet neglefting to vifi^ ;him» cave each of them lome trifling pre- ienis. and at length made them drunk. It w^s now impqflible to get^hejn a- v^ray ; they faid jhat all the affair* be- tween their nation ana the French, guard for his defence, and fome of thejr were left to Mr >r^/r^, ; and., with left hunters to furnifti him with provi- E him they vvould trapU" them. Ac- lions during the journey. . cordingly a kind pf council was held. Af er a delay of fome days, he fet out and the chiefs were prefent; they con- with three of the chiefs, the Half King, tinued firm to their relvliitipn, and of- White Thunder, J.ejka Kake, and one of fered Joncaire the wampum which they Iheir bea hunters ; it. having been de- had deter.Tiined to retwrn., This hpw- wrmined,, after more mature cpnfidera- , ev.er he artfajly rcfaledip receive, and tion, .that a greater number, might algrm „ defired that u nugh^ be delivered to the French, and caufe them to be rude- ^ the commaixdantat the for.t. .. Tly treated. ■ . ^ .^f the Tprt however he, had no On the 4th of D^cemberihey arrived mmd they (hquld go, for having eluded at r^.'w/!^*;, about 60 miles from Ugs . the aft. by which all treaties weie vacat- town, where they found t!>e French ed, he laboured by every artifice m his colours hoiaed upon a houfe, from power, to det;»in the chiefs, till Mr ^. which they, had driven John Frafter, an ^hafhington returned from his expediu- ^Effgiiih fubieil ; to-ihid houfe Mr Wajh- Qm. on whiph }>e would then have been ■ •• ' . . --J — obliged to proceed alqpe. ingtm immediately repaired, and en- squired for the commandant; he was toon/ introduced to three officers,, one lof' whom, xaptain Jonmre^ infornied lum ihathe had the^ominand of Ooio. but that there was » gene»al officer at the .next foft, to whom it would be beft to >ippty for An (tnfwer. This gentleman •XtexwiLMxW'aftHngtiin with great coin- ^;'* >A ftnng edfuliam money, wh'Ch i»giv- ^'tl^iaaia-'^ntrk of amity and the rati£catioa of But, the Zv^/>« interpreter having re- ceived inarudiops ,to b? «lw ays with them, and Mr Cjtf being, fent on pur- pofe to fetch them, they were, with much difficulty fjrou^Kt away, and on the 7th of Deami>er,j^hc}\\x 11 in,th« „ forenoon, the whole (jr^mpany _ fet o« '•" for the fott, svhicn was diitsm abqui 6u miles, i, ..)^■bo■f 3 ;■.:-,-! , ■ • - -^^"f ?*'• This journey coft them four days, as it rained and fnowtid inctiiimily, and gteat . ^ H 234 great part of the way was mire and Iwamp : They arrived on the nth, and dn th^ 12th Waited upon the governor, The Moor's Interview with the French Commandant. ■ • they did nor arrive there till the zzi, ^""^ 'f^'' '''^'"' A« they found the horles waitinij "at rhom they fcized and rr. s«K^v„ */i if-n'": S 7'Z'' ^""'T'^ce, all things were got ready to '" -^— • dtfiTcd t6 keep (111 the arrival qf M. ^ whether he would go wiilt .Ihem, or Jf)'/)flW/jmm the next fort, upon whom by w*.rcT; he anfwered ihit . ffh/te l!LS^"^if1u jr"'»""r was jtill devcl- 7Aun,/fr had hurt himlcif very much. and was unable to walk, lo that he ycd. upon the death of the late (genera.. ' This gentlenfan who is a hu^ht of the order of St Lezvis, and named f.f^u- ardeur de St Piereiwhen he had received the letter from Mr IVapyington, im mediately withdrew into « private a- partmeiK, where the captain tranflatcd It, ard Mr Wajhington was then dcfired to bring his in.erprctcr to perufe and corrcft nis tranflation. On the' I'jth a council was held to confider what a^ifwer Mr Wnjhin^ton 11 9 at night ; when t. ) cfcapc, and coniin le remainin;; p*it of ut making any Ilop.th extday be out of ihc nowing that ihey w IS toon as it wos hi;ht, The next d^y alfc ravelling till it was cached the river abou ibannapinit a town or xptAed to have foun aver, but the ice e<:e 50 yards from the IIn) ind great quantities < ng in the luiJuie, 1 "ore no way to pafs which they fet abour, , , _. 3ut one hatchet bctv though he coulJ not accompany his after the inceli'ant la fiicnd, yet he would meet hi.m at the day, they coinpleated forts, and pronounce a fpeecii for .him " - . • to carry to the governor. ''■' b; r; The horles were now fo feeble, and the baggage fo heavy, that it was doubt- to walk, lo ...-. ..^ Ihould be obliged to carry him down in a canoe. Mr IViiJbin^ton eafily dif- covered, that he intended to Iby (on>e 8 days at Venango, «nd knew that Jonf^iire would repeat his Itratagcms to let him againll the En^liflj-. He ihcrcfori- ad- monilhed him to be upon his guird, and not fufFcr his refoluiion to belhakcn by flattery and fair fpecchcs. The king rt-plycd, that he knew the Fre/nh wo well to be the duce of any artifice h.^ 11 T 1 -•'■"■" -J" '"s--- rT».M iw ut int. lur^c or any ariince Ihould carry back, whicn however he ^ which they cruid pr-dlicc, and (hut ai- did not receive' tilh the evening of the -■ > ' next day. In the mean time he percei- ved that every pofrK-)lc art was pradtifcd upon the Indians, to prevent their re turning with him: He therefore preffed them 10 execute their dcn^n widiout de- ^^,„^ „,_y, „.,,,, ,,„, „^„„j lav ; upon their application they were q ed, whether they would be able topcr- admitted to an audience the fame night, form the journey. Mr;/W>/>e^fl/r,and when \.hs Half king offered the warn- Mr Giji, therefore gave up their horfes pum to the commandant, buthedccli- to aflilt in carrying the t)aggage, and ned totakcitas7(3«f/;/>^haddoneatAV- the major having put himfelf intoan tiango.Hc faid, hedefired to live at peace Indian walking drefs, proceeded on foot, and trade amicably with them, as a proof The horfes however being every day of which he would immediately fend Icfs able to travel, he found if he walked fome goods fonhem, to Lo^gs lownx he E wiih them he fhould be greaily delay'd, found means to keep them all the 15th, that the cold increafed very faft, and by promifing them a prefent of guns in that the roads were made worle every *i,« «««.«.«„ „„^ uu >^ 1... J . . , i^Qy^^ ^y g j^^p ^^^^ continually free?.- ing ; he therefore^ being impatient to report his proceedings, determined to piolccute his journey the iieareft way through the woods. Accordingly on the 26tli he Icfi his attendants in charge of the b*«ggage, with money, and dired^i- ons to provide neceffaries for them- felves from place to place ; and- having wrapped himlelf in a watch coat,- he itc out with his gun in his hand, and a pack containing his papers and pro- the mornine, and labour'd hard to keep them rhit day alfo, but Mr WtiJhin%ton, urging their promife not to leave him, iibr'd'elav his journey beyond that time, they embarked with him on the i6th in ? cahoe, which had been well, provided :wijth liquor and provifion, MxWnJhin?- ; -of a rnile, 'A* the creek is exfrerfrl • • I' T-1 -ttr-u pictv ir;2U|rar tnc Upon this rait, havinj culty launch'd it, they fore they got half w.. . . .^ hiilis/ To ihat made afF, txeept the fellow tKat" >m...«Ay4 ¥f^ \i »^m\tr nit i>kiev xht .reader in; »9afi of;N> 4&WHJ, ;fc tevfif^l places above nc 2 2d fi y to I the ♦ or uch, t he own dif- on>e '/lire him ad- nrd, ikcn dug too ifice tai. his the htm and iibt- and irlcs and an oot. da/ ked and try lez,' c to i to »ay the : of t\\. :m- ing - he and )ro- •nly the em, Hu- was bdn CMC r«d, J9m 'End of bis exf edit ton. — ! atlhomthey fcized and kept in cuftoiiy 11 Q at night ; when they lutFered h;m cfcape, and coniinued walking ail fic remainin;^ part ot ;he night, with- ut miking any Uopthat they nijght ihe extday be out ot ihc reiich of purunt, nowing that ihey would bc tracked s ioon as it wos \\'^\i. . The next day alfo they continued ravelling till it w^s quite dark, and , ■cached the river about iwo miles above ihanrtapittit a town on the fork. They ixptfted to have found it irozen quiie ■ aver, but the ice e<:endccl only aoout CO yards IVom the (hore on each iide, ind great quantities of ice were driv- nginthe iniJuie. Tiiere was thei.e- •ore no way to pafs ic but on a ra!t, which they fet abour, though they had Dut one hatchet between them, and, after the inceliant labour of a whole day, they compleated it julk at fun let. Upon this rait, having wiih much dilfi- culty launched it, they embarked, but he- fore they gof half way over they found themfelves fall among the ice, and ex- pefled every moment that the raft would be funk under it, and leave them to inevitabl;; dcllrud^ior. Inthisdil- trels, the major put out his fetting pole, tftat, it pofliolc the ice might pals dear of liis raft, but the rapidity ol the ftream drove it with fuch violence a- eainft the pole, that being unwilling to quit it he was jerk'd into ten feet water: He fortunately faved himfelf by catch- ing hold of one of the rait logs, but with all their efforts they could not get the raft to either Ihore, and were there- fore obliged to quit it at whatever ha- 7,arJ, aud make lo a neighbouring i- fland; upon this ifiand they continued all night, and the cold to which they' were expos'd, was fo fevere, that Mr' Gijl had all his f.ngers frozen, and fome ' ot his toes ; in the morning they found the water Ihuc up, and withou: difii- culty walk'd from the ifland over the ice to the next fetcletnent. On the ill of January they left this place, and on the td, arrived at Mr Giji's, where the major provided himfelf with a horfe, arid reach'd Willtarfijburgh on the i6th. Tie purport of the aniwer which he brought to governor DiKwiJdis, was, that the Commandant would fend his i letter to them atq\i\!^!'DupuiJhe,\hAi vyhac- 5 «ver he commandtQ Uiould be done, a&n I and that innlie niean time he was deter- Notev the .rtader may cunfiilt Mr Ptf^/Zi f^*i «^f;W> 4iwH<7, for-,tKe,vlvu^tion U" the kyf^^i places above ncnticned, '\ ♦ ' ! (