. [Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]. osed,could not be ready and laden before that time. He arrived with all his escort at Fort Du Quesne afterhaving encountered innumerable fatigues and perils. Hewas at this post when he heard that a detachment of ninehundred Englishmen was approaching the fort to molest it. Mr. Aubry went out with four hundred Frenchmen,and attacked the enemy with so much impetuosity thatthey were comjiletely routed and left thi-ee huiidied menon the field; two hundred were taken prisoners and therest were cut
. [Documents, papers, materials and publications relating to the Northwest and the state of Illinois]. osed,could not be ready and laden before that time. He arrived with all his escort at Fort Du Quesne afterhaving encountered innumerable fatigues and perils. Hewas at this post when he heard that a detachment of ninehundred Englishmen was approaching the fort to molest it. Mr. Aubry went out with four hundred Frenchmen,and attacked the enemy with so much impetuosity thatthey were comjiletely routed and left thi-ee huiidied menon the field; two hundred were taken prisoners and therest were cut in pieces by the savages, who had not dared 170 ILLINOIS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS to appear duiiiig the combat, but who pursued the fugitiveswhen the victory was decided. This signal advantage of the 28th of April, 1759, of whichthe Gazette of France has made mention [gave a respiteduring which we] razed Fort Duquesne to the ground be-lor the arrival of an ai-my of ten thousand English, bring-ing artillery.* Mr. Aubry returned to the post of Illinoiswhere he is at present. * By General John Gen. George Rogers Clark. GENERAL GEORGE ROGERS CLARKS CONQUESTOF THE ILLINOIS. BY THE EDITOR. IIIE fuller story of George Rogers Clarks campaignsof 1778-9 and 1780, Avhereby he gained for the Col-^ ony of Virginia a domain later known as The Terri-tory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio,and now as the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michiganand Wisconsin, is made np from several sources. Among these are his letter to George Mason of Virginia,the diary or journal of Major Joseph Bowman, the lettersof instruction from Patrick Henry, Governor of the Com-monwealth of Virginia, to Colonel Clark, the one for thepublic eye, while the other, which contained the real pur-pose of the venture, was strictly private.* A lengthy Memoir Avritten later by Clark at the re-quest, as alleged, of Thomas Jefferson and James Madi-son.! Then there are the Laws, Resolutions and Statepapei-
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