. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 2.— Biaxt; Completely Stiakcs arc sections of wagon tire, equal in number to ihc felloes of the wheel. road from Shippcnsburg to the forks of the Youghio- ghcny,** where it was to meet with Braddock's road. When word came back to the settlements that Indians had killed several of Burd's wagoners, recruiting became still more difficult. The alarm became so great that the road builders threatened to leave if protection was not sent them. Accordingly, Captain Hogg was sent with his company from Braddock's ar
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 2.— Biaxt; Completely Stiakcs arc sections of wagon tire, equal in number to ihc felloes of the wheel. road from Shippcnsburg to the forks of the Youghio- ghcny,** where it was to meet with Braddock's road. When word came back to the settlements that Indians had killed several of Burd's wagoners, recruiting became still more difficult. The alarm became so great that the road builders threatened to leave if protection was not sent them. Accordingly, Captain Hogg was sent with his company from Braddock's army to cover them.' The farm wagons used in these operations were often referred to as Conestoga wagons.'" This term was apparently in general use at least as early as 1750, when the term "Dutch Wagon" was also used in referring to this particular type of ; The 'This is the modern spclliiii,'. .\mone; those used in 1755 were Yoxhio Geni and Ohiogany. "Pennsylvania Archives, ser. 1, vol. 2, Shipprn to Allen, June 30, 1755. Also, Ormc's Journal, in Sargent, (footnote 2), p. 329. '" Originally spelled Concstogoe. The first known reference to a Conestoga wagon appears under date of 1717 in James Logan's "Account Book, 1712-1719," the manuscript original of which is in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, in Phila- delphia. It is likely that the reference was only to a wagon from Conestogoe, and not to a definite type of vehicle. " The term seems to have been in common use by 1750 since a tavern in Philadelphia, called "The Sign of the Conestogoe Waggon," was mentioned in an advertisement in the Pennsyl- vania Gazftte, February 5, 1750, but another advertisement, (ibid., February 12, 1750), in referring to what was apparently the same establishment, uses the term "Dutch ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabilit
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