The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 . riends thanfoes; for their sympathies were with them in theirstruggle with England. Clarke soon learned that Vin-cennes was quite unguarded ; so, instead of sending anarmed force, he sent an embassy there, which the inhab-itants received as willingly as the Kaskaskians had. Clarke now declared the government of Virginia es-tablished over all this region. Perhaps not for one mo-ment did he suspect that by this simple act he was giv-ing the United States final possession of it. Though itmay be otherwise, it is not likely. Virginia (October,1778)
The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 . riends thanfoes; for their sympathies were with them in theirstruggle with England. Clarke soon learned that Vin-cennes was quite unguarded ; so, instead of sending anarmed force, he sent an embassy there, which the inhab-itants received as willingly as the Kaskaskians had. Clarke now declared the government of Virginia es-tablished over all this region. Perhaps not for one mo-ment did he suspect that by this simple act he was giv-ing the United States final possession of it. Though itmay be otherwise, it is not likely. Virginia (October,1778) then organized all the country between the Ohio,the Mississippi, and the lakes, as the County of the Illi- 120 A BRAVE DEED OF ARMS nois. And tlius the first government of Illinois, underour flag, was by Virginia, through Kentucky. This iswhat makes Clarkes conquest an epoch of history. ^ Clarke was a rude soldier, whose way with the Indianswas to use hard words first, gentle afterwards. He wasnever their dupe or their servant. Though now unable. THE GARRISON MARCHING OUT. to do all that he had at first designed, the Indians wereso frightened that their bloody raids ceased for a of men and means alone prevented his marchingon Detroit. He, however, kept up just as bold a front asif he had had plenty of both. When, therefore, in the autumn, Hamilton, the Britishcommander at Detroit, came down the A\ abash, with a A BRAVE DEED OF ARMS 121 large force, Yincemies was garrisoned by only one man,besides the commanding officer, Hebn, though Hamil-ton did not know this. Emulating his own commandersaudacity, Hebn declared that he wouki defend the placeto the last, unless allowed the honors of war. Thisbeing granted him, the gate was flung open, to let Helmand his one soldier march out, with arms and baggage,while the beholders stared to think how they had beenduped. The next winter, by a still more wonderful march,through a country overflowed by the Wabash for miles onevery sid
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