History and government of Indiana .. . men, arms, provisions,and money. Clark had the willand he soon found the way. Hemade up his mind to go backto Mrginia and secure authorityand aid. That journey fromKentucky to Williamsburgh, theold capital of Virginia, showedthe mettle of the man. Thecountry was a wilderness withoutroads, or with nothing betterthan Indian trails. Clark andhis companion, Gabriel Jones,had to find their way throughwoods and thickets. They swamthe larger streams and often-times at night they lay downto sleep under the open sky withonly the trees and stars above them for a sh
History and government of Indiana .. . men, arms, provisions,and money. Clark had the willand he soon found the way. Hemade up his mind to go backto Mrginia and secure authorityand aid. That journey fromKentucky to Williamsburgh, theold capital of Virginia, showedthe mettle of the man. Thecountry was a wilderness withoutroads, or with nothing betterthan Indian trails. Clark andhis companion, Gabriel Jones,had to find their way throughwoods and thickets. They swamthe larger streams and often-times at night they lay downto sleep under the open sky withonly the trees and stars above them for a shelter. After wearydays and nights they reached Williamsburgh. Clark explainedhis plans to the Governor, Patrick Henry, who sympathized withhim and gave him a letter to the Council. After delays anddilTiculties, the Governor and Council finally approved the plansof Clark. They promised him live hundred pounds of powderto help the western settlers to defend themselves. He alsosecured the recognition of Kentucky as a county of \irginia,. George Rogers CL.\RJi The daring frontier fighter was bornin Xirginia in 1752 and died in Ken-tucky in 1818. His great serv-ices to his country in making Ihefrontiers a safe dwelling place wereoverlooked by his countrymen, andhe died in poverty and obscurity. 478 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT and he was finally authorized to raise a force to set out on hisperilous expedition to the Northwest. Clarks Instructions. Clark had to keep his plans a secret inorder that the British and Indians might not hear of them and beprepared to resist. So he had two sets of instructions. The publicones authorized him to raise a force to defend the settlements of Ken-tucky ; the private ones authorized him to attack Kaskaskia, on theMississippi in Illinois. With the assistance of Captain WilliamHerrod, Captain Bowman and Captain Helm, he gathered to-gether 153 men on Corn Island in the Ohio River, near the presentsite of Louisville, and on June 24, 1778, set out
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