Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . taking the whole. In less thana quarter of an hour he passed within ten feet of an officerand a party that lay concealed. Ladders were flung overto them, and as they mounted them our party of them fell from the top of the walls—some within,and others back; but as they were not rired on, they allgot over, much to the joy of their friends. But, on con-sidering the matter, they must have been convinced thatit was our scheme to let them in; and that we were sostrong as to care but l
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . taking the whole. In less thana quarter of an hour he passed within ten feet of an officerand a party that lay concealed. Ladders were flung overto them, and as they mounted them our party of them fell from the top of the walls—some within,and others back; but as they were not rired on, they allgot over, much to the joy of their friends. But, on con-sidering the matter, they must have been convinced thatit was our scheme to let them in; and that we were sostrong as to care but little about them, or the manner oftheir getting into the garrison/ The firing immediately commenced on both sides,1continues Clark, with double vigor; and I believe thatmore noise could not have been made by the same numberof men—their shouts could not be heard for the fire-arms;but a continual blaze was kept around the garrison, with-out much being done, until about day-break, when ourtroops were drawn off to posts prepared for them, aboutsixty or seventy yards from the fort. A loop-hole then. Hamiltons account. 333 could scarcely be darkened but a rifle-ball would passthrough it. To have stood to their cannon would havedestroyed their men, without a probability of doing muchservice. Our situation was nearly similar. It would havebeen imprudent in either party to have wasted their men,without some decisive stroke required it. As it appears most surprising that Hamilton did notsooner discover the approach of Clarks forces and take moreeffective steps to resist them, it is but just to give his versionof the affair in his own words. It was on the 2id of Feb-ruary, says he, that Mr. Francis Maisonville returnedfrom a scout, having been in pursuit of deserters, andbrought in two Virginians, prisoners, whom he had takenon the Ohio. He took me aside immediately and told mehe had discovered about four leagues below the fort four-teen fires, but could not tell whether of Virginians
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