The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-04-07
GEORGES BROTHER JOHN.
THE MAN WHO WAS THE EARLY EDUCATOR
OF THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.

John Washington, Georges eldest
brother, was the real ''father Of his coun-
try" in having made George what he was.
John Washington was a careful, method
ical business man, and he made meth
odlcal business man of George. He
taught him careful habits, to keep an ac-
count of every penny received and ex-
pended, the result of which is seen in
numerous memoranda kept by that great
man for grateful country, which always
pays the highest price for autographs
George was also put to learn surveying,
not that he should become professional
surveyor, but in order to fit him for the
career which his brother intended him to
pursue, that of operating in lands. How
well John succeeded in this may be seen
by reference to any biography of George,
which will show that he had a great tai
ent for selecting good lands, and he exer-
cised lively faculty in obtaining them.
Say what you will, George Washington
had an eye to the "main chance" and if
some of the public men of this day should
be found appropriating public lands as
he did, there would doubtless be a howl
against the ''monopolist, and a demand
from the opposition press for an investi-
eating committee to send for ''persons
fI,a Of
the committee were furnished with a
share of the pork, they would be very apt
to get out report of 5000 or 1000 pages
at the expense of the taxpayers. In later
life Washington had agents out in vari-
GUS parts of the country surveying and
securing valuable tracts on his account,
and he managed to get the very best that
was to be had for shilling an acre. In
early life George Washington went out
with his surveyors and pioneers himself
and saw that they rendered honest ser
vice for their compensation. 1t was John
Washington's training of George that
made the latter thorough woodman and
of particular value in all military opera
tions of pre- revolutionary days, when the
Indians as well as the French, were
crowding the English colonists.
John had been in the British navy and
was for some time on the West India sta
ton, but he preferred the life of a plant
er, for which reason he resigned his
commission and settled down at home in
Virginia, where he appears to have paid
special attention to his brothers devel-
opment. 1t appears that better instru-
ment could not have been found to fit
George for the great duties which await
ed him far in the great future, but which
John did not live to see, though he may
have fancied great honors in store for the
name of Washington.
The war commenced between Virginia
and Canada was destined to draw into its
vortex the forces of Great Britain and
France, and one Of its most important
results was the creation of such an en-
nifty between those two countries that
France was only too eager to become the
ally of the colonies when they revolted
against the British government. In
nothing can the hand of Providence be
more clearly seen than that war which
was brought on by John Washington i
The active mind of this wonderful man
appreciated the Importance of the lakes
in the interest of commerce. He con-
ceived and organized the Western Land
Company, and, it appears, adopted a
practice still in vogue in this country to
insure the success of his scheme. He
made GOV. Dinwiddie a stockholder, and
induced him to send out an expedition
for the establishment of post on the
shores of Lake Erie. This post was to
be made base of supplies for the fur
trade. Vessels were to cruise upon the
lakes visiting all the tribes Of Indians to
be found on their shores for trade in furs.
The furs were to be brought down to
Presque Isle and from that point trans
ported overland, and by means of canoes
on water courses to Virginia. George
Washington was first sent out to make a
report on the country and on the best To-
cation for the chain of posts necessary
for carrying out the plan. The result of
who were at that time trading unmolested
in the Western country, and they not
only resisted the advance of the Virgini
ans, but fortified their route from Erie
to Venango. The Virginians' first stand
was at the junction Of the Allegheny and
Monongahela, from which they were
driven by the French. This led to the
Braddock expedition, as Gov. Dinwiddie
found Virginia unable to cope alone with
the French opposition to the trading and
colonization scheme which had been set
on foot by John Washington. The
mother country was called on for aid,
and finally the French were driven out of
the Northwest Territory TO Canada. Thus
it appears that the origin of the colonial
war was due to a business enterprise of
John Washington, who had trained mp
his brother George to carry out such
schemes; and finally this attempt of John
Washington to take possession of that
Territory, with view of monopoIizing
the fur trade of the lakes, created an Ell.
nifty between France and England which
caused France to give the colonies very
important aid in the war for independ-
ence.-C1eUeId1.d Herald.
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