Larned's history of the world : or, seventy centuries of the life of mankind . aded territory, by virtue ofthe interpretation it had given to its charter of1609. It was then that George Washington made hisentrance into history. He had barely reachedmanhood, but was adjutant-general of the militiaof Virginia, and was chosen by Governor Din-widdie to convey a warning to the intrusiveFrench commander, that he had trespassed onEnglish soil. Washington, with a guide, and asmall escort, made his way through the wildernessto Fort Le Bceuf and delivered his message,which, of course, had no effect. On
Larned's history of the world : or, seventy centuries of the life of mankind . aded territory, by virtue ofthe interpretation it had given to its charter of1609. It was then that George Washington made hisentrance into history. He had barely reachedmanhood, but was adjutant-general of the militiaof Virginia, and was chosen by Governor Din-widdie to convey a warning to the intrusiveFrench commander, that he had trespassed onEnglish soil. Washington, with a guide, and asmall escort, made his way through the wildernessto Fort Le Bceuf and delivered his message,which, of course, had no effect. On his return hewas appointed to command a force of two hun-dred men, for the support of a working party thatwas sent out, in the spring of 1754, to build a fortat the junction of the Allegheny and the Monon-gahela, where Pittsburgh now stands. The work-ing party reached the chosen ground in advanceof its military support, and was driven off by theFrench, who proceeded to build a fort of theirown, which they called Fort Duquesne. WhenWashington and his men approached the place. Franklin From the original painting by Jean Baptiste Greuze (172!Library, Boston 1805), the Public The Colonial Congress at Albany 97iv they came into collision with a French scoutingparty, and that encounter opened the conflictthat was decisive of the destiny of the Americanworld. Falling back to Great Meadows, theyoung Virginian built a small fort, which hecalled Fort Necessity, and attempted to hold hisground; but the French brought such numbersof their Indian allies against him that he madeterms with them and was allowed to withdrawhis men. Most of the colonies—New York and Penn-sylvania especially—showed a singular indiffer-ence to these French encroachments; but theBritish government saw the seriousness of the CoIoniaI t 11 i c i • i • congress at move. It called a congress ot colonial commis- Albany,sioners, at Albany, in June, 1754, which arranged I7S4a firmer alliance with the Six Nations,
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