A history of the United States for schools . been bartered for a 168 COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Cii. IX. heathen city on theother side of theglobe. They knewfull well that itwould not be longbefore Louisburgwould have to beconquered again. 73. War in Ad-vance of its Dec-laration. It wasnot long. Thepeace of 1748 waslittle more than atruce. The peopleof the English col-onies, especiallyin Pennsylvania,Maryland, andVirginia, were be-ginning to lookwistfully acrossthe AlleghanyMountains ; and, in 1750, the Ohio Company, formed forthe purpose of colonizing the country along that river,surveyed
A history of the United States for schools . been bartered for a 168 COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Cii. IX. heathen city on theother side of theglobe. They knewfull well that itwould not be longbefore Louisburgwould have to beconquered again. 73. War in Ad-vance of its Dec-laration. It wasnot long. Thepeace of 1748 waslittle more than atruce. The peopleof the English col-onies, especiallyin Pennsylvania,Maryland, andVirginia, were be-ginning to lookwistfully acrossthe AlleghanyMountains ; and, in 1750, the Ohio Company, formed forthe purpose of colonizing the country along that river,surveyed its banks as far as the site whereLouisville now stands. In 1753, the French,taking the alarm, crossed Lake Erie, and beganto fortify themselves at Presque Isle, at Le Boeuf, andat Venango on the Alleghany River. The governor ofVirginia, Robert Dinwiddie, was much annoyed at this,and sent a messenger to warn the French not to advanceany further. It was a delicate business, requiring firm-ness and discretion. The governor intrusted it to a. FORT DUQUESNE AND ITS APPROACHES. Fortifica-tions ofthe French § 73- OVERTHROW OF NEW FRANCE. I69 young land surveyor, only twenty-one years of age, butalready familiar with Indians and with woodcraft, andalready noted for courage and sound judgment. Thename of this young man was George Washington. Histask involved a winter journey of a thousand milesthrough the wilderness, with seven companions, nego-tiations with Indian chiefs as well as French officers,and the gathering of information regarding the enemysplans. This difficult task was splendidly performed, though,of course, the Frenchmen did not heed Washingtonswarnings. The most important point on all that longfrontier was the spot where Pittsburgh now stands. Itwas the main entrance to the valley of the Ohio, andfor a long time was called the Gateway of the The West. It was the object of the French to way of thekeep the English colonists from ever gettingthrough this gateway, or
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