CHAPTER XVI.

MARCH FROM FORT CUMBERLAND--THE GREAT SAVAGE MOUNTAIN--CAMP AT THE LITTLE MEADOWS--DIVISION OF THE FORCES--CAPTAIN JACK AND HIS BAND--SCAROOYADI IN DANGER--ILLNESS OF WASHINGTON--HIS HALT AT THE YOUGHIOGENY--MARCH OF BRADDOCK--THE GREAT MEADOWS--LURKING ENEMIES--THEIR TRACKS--PRECAUTIONS-- THICKETTY RUN--SCOUTS--INDIAN MURDERS--FUNERAL OF AN INDIAN WARRIOR--CAMP ON THE MONONGAHELA--WASHINGTON'S ARRIVAL THERE--MARCH FOR FORT DUQUESNE-- THE FORDING OF THE MONONGAHELA--THE BATTLE--THE RETREAT--DEATH OF BRADDOCK.

On the 10th of June, Braddock set off from Fort Cumberland with his aides-de-camp, and others of his staff, and his body guard of light horse. Sir Peter Halket, with his brigade, had marched three days previously; and a detachment of six hundred men, under the command of Colonel Chapman, and the supervision of Sir John St. Clair, had been employed upwards of ten days in cutting down trees, removing rocks, and opening a road.

The march over the mountains proved, as Washington had foretold, a "tremendous undertaking." It was with difficulty the heavily laden waggons could be dragged up the steep and rugged roads, newly made, or imperfectly repaired. Often they extended for three or four miles in a straggling and broken line, with the soldiers so dispersed, in guarding them, that an attack on any side would have thrown the whole in confusion. It was the dreary region of the great Savage Mountain, and the "Shades of Death" that was again made to echo with the din of arms.

What outraged Washington's notions of the abstemious frugality suitable to campaigning in the "backwoods," was the great number of horses and waggons required by the officers for the transportation of their baggage, camp equipage, and a thousand articles of artificial necessity. Simple himself in his tastes and habits, and manfully indifferent to personal indulgences, he almost doubted whether such sybarites in the camp could be efficient in the field.

Answer the following questions:
1. When did Braddock leave?
2. From where?
3. Who went before him?
4. To do what?
5. How long did it take?
6. Who supervised it?
7. And the commander was?
8. How many men did he have?
9. What mountain were they crossing?
10. Did they have a nickname?
11. How long was the line of soldiers?
12. Why?
13. Why?
14. Was something wrong with the roads?
15. What?
16. What was Washington mad about?
17. What were the horses and wagons for?
18. Did Washington have a lot of baggage?
19. What did he doubt?
1. June 10
2. Fort Cumberland
3. Sir Peter Halket
4. cut down trees
5. upwards of ten days
6. Sir John St. Clair
7. Colonel Chapman
8. six hundred
9. Savage Mountain
10. "Shades of Death"
11. three or four miles
12. soldiers were dispersed
13. guarding them
14. Yes
15. steep
16. the great number of horses and waggons
17. transportation of their baggage
18. Probably not
19. whether such sybarites in the camp could be efficient in the field.