. Washington, the man of action . The Indians, however,were tardy in putting in an ap-pearance, so he halted behind in-trenchments. But when at last theredskins did arrive they musteredonly a handful of warriors. Never-theless, hearing that the advance-guard of the French was approach-ing, Washington sallied forth and,surprising it, killed, wounded orcaptured almost the entire party. 53 WASHINGTON Then, flushed by this little success,he again pressed forward. But bythis time his provisions were failingand the Indians were weakening, sohe soon deemed it prudent to fallback on his intrenchments
. Washington, the man of action . The Indians, however,were tardy in putting in an ap-pearance, so he halted behind in-trenchments. But when at last theredskins did arrive they musteredonly a handful of warriors. Never-theless, hearing that the advance-guard of the French was approach-ing, Washington sallied forth and,surprising it, killed, wounded orcaptured almost the entire party. 53 WASHINGTON Then, flushed by this little success,he again pressed forward. But bythis time his provisions were failingand the Indians were weakening, sohe soon deemed it prudent to fallback on his intrenchments at GreatMeadows, which he barely reachedbefore the French, in overwhelmingnumbers, appeared and opened was nothing to be done underthese circumstances but to maketerms with the enemy, and afterholding out for a day, he answereda flag of truce by agreeing to retirewith all the honors of war. It would not have been surprising Washingtons Orderly Awaiting His Master at the Home of Mrs. Martha Custis (July, 1758) 5**i,j y. WASHINGTON if the young commander had beencensured for his reckless conduct onthis occasion, but enthusiasm forthe war was running high in thecolony when he returned and hewas acclaimed as a hero. Indeed hewas even given a vote of thanks forthe courage with which he hadstuck to his post. But the unmeritedpraise did not blind him to his errorof judgment, and from this reverse,at the very opening of his militarycareer, he learned a lesson which henever afterwards forgot. CHAPTER V IN THE FACE OF DISASTER A/THOUGH no formal declara-tion of war was issued untilsome time after the affair at GreatMeadows, the British home govern-ment soon assumed entire charge ofthe campaign. The immediate re-sult of this was to render all colonialofficers subordinate to the , therefore, at once re-signed his commission and retired tohis plantation, from which, however, 60 WASHINGTON he was soon summoned by an invi-tation to join General Braddocksstaff as
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