. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . Company—Where is the Indians land? The English claim i1 AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 53 all on one side of the river, tlie French on the other. Wheredoes the Indians land lie ? At length English traders who went to tlie Ohio redonwere driven aM^ay or imprisoned by the French, and the lattercommenced building forts south of Lake Erie. GovernorDinwiddle, of Virginia, thought these proceedings rather in-solent, and he sent Major Wasliington, then less than twenty-two years of age, to carry a letter
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . Company—Where is the Indians land? The English claim i1 AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 53 all on one side of the river, tlie French on the other. Wheredoes the Indians land lie ? At length English traders who went to tlie Ohio redonwere driven aM^ay or imprisoned by the French, and the lattercommenced building forts south of Lake Erie. GovernorDinwiddle, of Virginia, thought these proceedings rather in-solent, and he sent Major Wasliington, then less than twenty-two years of age, to carry a letter of remonstrance to theFrench eommander in that region. Seven persons besides Major Washington composed theexpedition, and among them was Van Braam, Washino-tonsDutch fencing-master, who could speak French fluently, andwent as interpreter. They assembled at Williamsburo-, andmade every preparation for a journey of several hundredmiles on horseback, through an unbroken wilderness. Tlieywere furnished by the governor with horses, pack-saddles,tent, arms, ammunition, a leathern camp-chest,
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