James Craik

James Craik e ne e le Ngaka Kakaretso (motsamaisi wa Ngaka Kakaretso) wa United States Army, gape e ne e le ngaka ya botho ya ga George Washington e bile e le tsala ya 

gagwe e kgolo.

## Botshelo jwa gagwe
**dithuto le go ya Amerika**

Craik o tsholetswe kwa Arbigland mo parisheng ya Kirkbean, County of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, e ne e le morwa yo o sa nyalwang wa ga William Craik, 1703 -1798, mmulatsela wa temothuo le mong wa lefatshe. Kgaitsadie wa mosimane ka motsadi a le mongwe, e bong Helen, o kwala gore o ne a na le dingwaga di ka nna thataro fa rraagwe a ne a nyalwa ka 1733. O ne a ithutela bongaka kwa sekolong se se golwane sa Edinburgh, go tswa foo a tsenela Bosole jwa Boritane fa a sena go aloga mme a direla jaaka ngaka e e arang masole kwa West Indies go fitlha ka 1751. Morago ga moo Craik o ne a bula tiro ya gagwe ya bongaka kwa Norfolk, Virginia, mme go ise go ye kae morago ga moo a fudugela kwa Winchester, Virginia

## Tiro ya Ntwa ya Bafora le Baindia
Ka 7 Mopitlwe 1754, Craik o ne a simolola tiro ya gagwe ya sesole gape, a amogela tiro ya go nna ngaka ya karo mo go Colonel Joshua Fry's Virginia Provincial Regiment. Fa a ntse a le mo mophatong ono, o ne a nna tsala e kgolo ya ga George Washington, yo ka nako eo e neng e le lefotenente-koloneli mo mophatong ono. Craik o ne a nna le seabe se segolo mo dintweng tse di farologaneng tsa Ntwa ya Bafora le Baindia. O ne a lwa kwa Battle of the Great Meadows mme a nna le seabe mo go ineeleng ga Fort Necessity, mme morago a tsamaya le General Edward Braddock mo maitekong a gagwe a a neng a se ka a atlega a go gapa gape kgaolo eo ka 1755, a alafa dikgobalo tse di neng tsa bolaya Braddock. Craik o ne a direla ka fa tlase ga puso ya ga Washington mo ditirong tsa kwa Virginia le Maryland, ka nako ya dintwa tse di farologaneng le Baindia

## Magareng ga dintwa
Morago ga ntwa, Craik o ne a bula tiro e nngwe ya bongaka kwa Port Tobacco, kwa Maryland, mme ka di 13 Ngwanatsele 1760, o ne a nyala Mariamne Ewell kwa ntlong ya lelapa la gagwe, Bel Air, e e kwa Prince William County, kwa Virginia. Moragonyana Marriamne o ne a nna mmamogolo wa ga Richard S. Ewell. Ba ne ba na le barwa ba le barataro le barwadi ba le bararo. Ka 1760, o ne a fudugela kwa Charles County, Maryland, kwa ka 1765 a neng a aga La Grange gaufi le La Plata, Maryland. Ka bobedi jwa 1770 le 1784, o ne a ya go dira dipatlisiso le Washington, a tlhatlhoba dikopo tsa sesole kwa Pennsylvania le kwa West Virginia ya gompieno.

## Tiro ya Ntwa ya Boipuso
Kwa bokhutlong jwa ntwa, Craik o ne a amogelwa jaaka leloko la kwa tshimologong la The Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland.

Washington o ne a mo tlhotlheletsa go fudusetsa tiro ya gagwe kwa Alexandria, Virginia, koo a neng a aga ntlo ya gagwe ya Vaucluse, koo a neng a tlhokafala teng moragonyana. Gape o ne a na le ntlo ya toropo kwa 117 South Fairfax Street, 209 Prince Street, le 210 Duke Street.

Washington o ne a bitsa Craik go tswa mo tirong ya gagwe ya poraefete ka 1798 malebana le ntwa e e neng e le kgatlhanong le Fora, a mo tlhoma jaaka Ngaka Kakaretso ya Sesole ka 19 Seetebosigo wa ngwaga oo. Morago ga go khutla ga ntwa, Craik o ne a tswa ka 15 Seetebosigo 1800.

## Kwa lesong la George Washington
E re ka e ne e le ngaka ya ga Washington, Craik e ne e le mongwe wa dingaka tse tharo tse di neng tsa mo tlhokomela fa a ne a lwala la bofelo ka Sedimonthole 14, 1799. Washington o ne a ngongorega ka bothata jwa go hema, jo Craik a neng a bo tlhalosa e le "cynanche trachealis". Fa Washington a ne a palelwa ke go nwa melemo ka molomo, Craik le dingaka tse dingwe tse pedi

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