The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-17
A Bit OF the History of Amer,n.
Mali. Ss

from the Iron n Steel Number W..
ecleh'inc american; Upon a certain ne
lner's day in the year 1855, tbara sun,
nave been witnessed the adv.no. ApFastt
small detachment OF British and pta
troops, not much over q thousand stso'ulal
.hroush the dense forests that lined 0 ~
banks of the Monongahela rIva "''eu the
miles above the point where - q lev
with the Allegheny. The obiectivaa iefgea
of he expedition was a small ror. point
confluence of these rivers, which INA
one Of the most important Hnlra .Lofned
chain Of military posts and tras,A mat
tons. which the restless and fan STA,
energy or the French colonial o,a
ment had strung out between ths soseih-
OF the ST. Lawrence and the Mississ,nsaans
by way of the great lakes. the Oh.e'ppl.
the Mississippi valley. In the van ~ and
little army, bearing himself with = tnis
fidence born of much successfuI con
in other lands under less dif1cuIt lars
tons, and needless of the wsrn,n sonai,
his young colonial aide de camn 70 . OF
Washington, who a md asorgs
rear guard, was General Braddn,r ms
vancing In 4 close fo:mation, wh,ch aa7
better suited to the open spaces NJ Vas
tlnental battle grounds than to tho Az
eut tihpeiletrapie forests of the American
frontier. the devoted band marched ., eah
into an ambush of the French re,,,,s
and their Indian allies, and was onIo,.,.'
cut to pieces. Braddock was kil,a.l aus
Colonel Washington, his mili,arv 80.
pierced more than once by the bulle,,
he French sharpshooters, barely ~
ceeded in carrying the shattered ra,
nants or the force back over the Ala
ghenies into colonial territory. Tho -
iltical n military considerations that
prompted that disastrous expedition usr.
worthy OF 4 better fate: and, tndeed s,.h
sequent history has proved that in AN.
deavoring to capture Fort Du Quesna ana
break the bounds which the French wers
e~ndeaFor!ng to set TO the westward do
velopment Of the British colonies -
forefathers had taken a Just view of ~.
situation. Today tie objective noint ~
the expedition forms the site OF PittshI,ra
one or the greatest centers Of industrial
activity in the world; while hidden amo,,a
the back streets Of the city, and resc,,ss
from destruction n preserved through
the care and munificence of a local hIa.
tortcal society, may still be found For,
du Quesne, or rather It's immediate snc.
cessNr, Fort Pitt. A few miles IN tbs
river, at the town # Braddock and IN
the Identical spot where The battle ~.
CURED, is TO be found one Of the great.
est steel works In the world: while sor
many a mic along those very banks NJ
M~onongahela where Braddock labortouslv
cut MS way through the woods, Is to be
found the most wonderful aggregation OF
coking ovens, blast furnaces, and rolling
mile in the world. Although Just now Wa
are concerned merely with the hIstory NJ
the development of these Industries, wa
may BE pardoled a reference to the fact
that In st. Louis, 500 miles to the west
ward of the Braddock battlefield, tina
great republic which has sprung from
that strip of colonies that fringed the Al
lantic seaboard in 1755, is just now pre-
pairing to celebrate the lCoth anniversary
of its acquisition from France of the vas,
territories from which that country
sought to bar the early c~olonials out.