A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . •WASHINGTONS SURVEYING QUARTERS ATSOLDIERS REST. 116 History of Virginia and MT. VERNON, THE HOME OF AVASHINGTON. he was fond of mathematics, and worked hard to perfecthimself in it, so that at the age of sixteen he was able toperform satisfactorily the duties of a surveyor. Appointed Adjutant-General—Mission to the French.—He spent some years in this work, and he must have already given pro-mise of ability andhigh character, forhe was appointedAdjutant-General ofthe northern districtof Virginia, and in1753 was sent byGovern
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . •WASHINGTONS SURVEYING QUARTERS ATSOLDIERS REST. 116 History of Virginia and MT. VERNON, THE HOME OF AVASHINGTON. he was fond of mathematics, and worked hard to perfecthimself in it, so that at the age of sixteen he was able toperform satisfactorily the duties of a surveyor. Appointed Adjutant-General—Mission to the French.—He spent some years in this work, and he must have already given pro-mise of ability andhigh character, forhe was appointedAdjutant-General ofthe northern districtof Virginia, and in1753 was sent byGovernor Dinwiddleto protest againstthe French en-croachments be-yond the OhioRiver. French Encroachments.—France claimed all the terri-tory west of the Alleghanies, from the Great Lakes to themouth of the Mississippi, which England insisted be-longed to her. The French were rapidly pushing south-ward from Canada, and Washington was sent to bearEnglands protest against their taking possession of thisterritory. The Result of His Mission.—He encountered manyhardships and perils by the way, having been once firedat by a treacherous Indian, a
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