The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-05-04

eyes half closed, now spoke up and
quietly said, pennsylvania will do
her part, General. will pledge that.
Virginia and Maryland were to fur
nish wagons and horses. Pennsylvania
has not been informed that more was
expected Of her than has been given.
The jealousies between the colonies
are unfortunate. AS for the road. our
committee is surveying 1t. -Pennsyl.
wanna firmly believes. General. that
the old trading path, running due west
from Philadelphia to DuQuesne, is the
road your army should take. It keeps
to higher drier ground and crosses no
streams Of any size. The road vir-
ginia insists on is portage road.
We also believe the old trading path
would accelerate the movement of sup
plies to your army. especially those
from northern colonies. We believe
It's an error not to have the expedi-
ton start from, and pass through,
Pennsylvania, where every farmer has
wagon, but promise you the neces-
sary carts and stock by the time they
are wanted. General"
CARRIED In snuff-colored clothes and
entirely lacking ,in those personal
adOrnments which catch and please
the eye nevertheless Mr.. Franklin I'm
pressed me as being man OF destiny,
and by great odds the strongest man
Ia the room. Nor did exclude Gen.
eral Braddock in my comparisons.
Sir John st. Clair breathed hard
and vowed be could obtain the wagons
and horses from the German farmers
In the back counties should Mr.. Frank
lin fail. Sir John Impressed me as
being man Of much temper, and /
believed he would have liked nothing
better than to use. Old-world methods
in collecting whatever the army
needed.
"lf my appeal does not at once bring
results, then you shall try your way,
Sir John.". said Mr. Franklin. "But
let us see If the young man has any
thing more TO report"
rapidly stated:
"DuQuesne Is temporarily under the
command Of Captain Beaujeu, OF the
marines. He has under him about one
hundred and fifty Canadians and less
than a hundred regulars His Indians
number between six hundred and q
thousand. but they come and GO In
such a fashion that It's bard to give
their number. With any exactness.
Beaujeu Is heaping many gifts on the
Iroquois there In the hope of drawing
the Long House into the war on the.
side Of France. The Indians are
nervous and afraid to fight. They have
been told our army will number many
thousands. If it were not for Pontiac,
leader of the Ottawas and Ojibways,
Captain Jacobs and Shingis OF the
Delawares, many OF the Indians would
throw down the Ratchet and return to
their villages.
1.-THE fort cannot stand siege and
will not attempt 1t. Captain Beaujeu
fears that William Johnson will sue
coed in holding the New York Iroquois
neutral even If he is not able to en-
list them for active service In the
Grown Point and Niagara expeditions"
"How is it that you know what this
Beaujeu thinks, sirrah?" harshly In
terrupted General Braddock.
l explained how had passed myself
Off at the fort as Canadian forest
runner and how my Onondaga friend
had been accepted as French In
dian. The general stared at me sus-
piciOusly and demanded:
"Wh0 vouches for this man, who
talks French and fools IAN officer Of
the marines?'
Governor Dinwiddie promptly In
dorsed me.
The general dropped his head and
stared at his empty glass. AS they
seemed to be waiting for me to con-
tinue, said:
1T is commonly believed In Penn
sylvania that Carlisle would be vastly
better as a frontier station than Wills
creek, as it is more accessible to Phila-
delphia and other centers of supplies.
It is also believed that had his mai
esty's troops landed at Philadelphia
the march to the heads of the Ohio
would be shortened by six weeks and
would have saved at least forty thou
sand pounds
Governor Morris nodded In afiirma-
tion OF this, but the general testify
broke in:
Enough of provincial fauit-finding.
It's very plain the people of Pennsyl-
vania do not care to bear any of the
burdens of this campaign. Maryland
and Virginia have promised two hun
dred and fifty wagons and eleven hum
dred beeves, and thus far have deliv-
cred twenty wagons and two hum
dred poor horses. The provisions re-
ceived from Maryland are worthless
broken-down horses and spoiled ra-
tionsr'
II have vouched for horses and
wagons" quietly reminded Mr.. Frank
lin. -
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