Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . 7 supplies. Nothing equal to thisboat had been seen at Kaskaskia before, and this added tothe already intense military excitement. On the afternoonof the 4th of February, The Willing, which was thename given the boat, dropped down the river amid thecheers of the forty-six men on board, and the applause offour or five companies of soldiers on shore and most of themen, women and children of Kaskaskia. LIEUTENANT JOHN ROGERS. The company on board The Willing was under the com-mand of Lieutenant
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . 7 supplies. Nothing equal to thisboat had been seen at Kaskaskia before, and this added tothe already intense military excitement. On the afternoonof the 4th of February, The Willing, which was thename given the boat, dropped down the river amid thecheers of the forty-six men on board, and the applause offour or five companies of soldiers on shore and most of themen, women and children of Kaskaskia. LIEUTENANT JOHN ROGERS. The company on board The Willing was under the com-mand of Lieutenant John Rogers, a cousin of ColonelClark, and son of George Rogers, after whom Colonel Clarkwas named. Lieutenant Rogers was born in Virginia in1757 and died at Richmond in that state in 1794. and wasburied there. He and Captain John Montgomery were incharge of the party who took Hamilton and the otherBritish prisoners to Virginia after the capture of Vincennes,and Lieutenant Roarers seems to have been very favorably. CAPTAIN JOHN ROGERS. 283 received by the legislature, probably more on account ofthat success than the part he took in it. A resolution waspassed June 12, 1779: That the treasurer be directed topay two hundred pounds to Lieutenant Rogers as anacknowledgment from the general assembly for the activeand distinguished part he has taken in the expedition againstSt. Vincents, and he was also appointed to convey toColonel Clark an elegant sword which the legislature atthat time directed to be made and which will be fully de-scribed further on. He was allotted land in Clarks Grant for his services, as
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