. The uplift [serial] . rty ofFrench and Indians, sent to inter-cept him. Accordingly he fell backto the Great Meadows, fifty milesfrom Cumberland, and hastily erect-ed a stockage which he called FortNecessity. It was well named. Withthe aid of a friendly Indian —Sachem, Half King—Washington attacked the French in their camp at night, their commander being killed, several prisoners taken. It was the first blood shed in the French and Indian war. A few clays later Fort Necessity was stormed by l,o00 Indians and French, under De Vil- liers, and Washington surrendered on honorable terms, rather t
. The uplift [serial] . rty ofFrench and Indians, sent to inter-cept him. Accordingly he fell backto the Great Meadows, fifty milesfrom Cumberland, and hastily erect-ed a stockage which he called FortNecessity. It was well named. Withthe aid of a friendly Indian —Sachem, Half King—Washington attacked the French in their camp at night, their commander being killed, several prisoners taken. It was the first blood shed in the French and Indian war. A few clays later Fort Necessity was stormed by l,o00 Indians and French, under De Vil- liers, and Washington surrendered on honorable terms, rather than have his entire company massacred. This was on the morning of July Fourth. He marched out with his army of four hundred men, drains beating and flags flying, and he and his. soldiers returned peaceably to their homes. On July 4, 1846, the independenceof California was declared. Therewere at that time in California-then part of Mexico-some two hun-dred Americans,- nearly of hemmen of exceptional vigor ot bouy. The signing of the Declaration ofIndependence on the Fourth of July,1776, by fifty-six daring men was soimportant an event in Americanhistory that when the day is men-tioned throughout the world thatevent is immediately connected with it. , , Yet, a great many other importantthingsin connection with the historyof the United States happened on theFourth of July. Only a deep stu-dent of our history—one who has awonderful memory—will be able torecall these events, yet they are ofespecial interest on this, the 14<tnanniversary of American indepen- cl(?nc6 It was on July 4th, 1754, thatColonel George Washington surren- THE UPLIFT 19 and alertness of mind. Of MexicanIndians there were 0,000, and. theaboriginal (Indian population num-bered perhaps 200,000. Capt. John C. Fremont had beensent to California on an exploringexpedition the year before. He wason his way to Oregon when he wasovertaken by an officer sent fromWashington with a message, order-ing him to w
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