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encourage the People to Stall feed some of their Cattle, &
engage a large Quantity of Bacon.
Your Calculation for supplying 3000 Men for eight Months,
I think very accurate, it's a large Quantity to provide so late
in the year, & the greatest difficulty will be providing Cash &
Salt. Mr Carlyle told me when here that he had sent a
Quantity of Salt to the Camp, which now surprizes me that
there was none there. I have ordered Mr Dick to send a
Quantity imediately which I doubt not is done & desired him
to buy Negroe Coopers, or hire Coopers to go to Wills's
Creek to make Cask for packing the Provisions in.
The Charge of Waggonage I conceive will be monstrous
large, & I think the most frugal Method will be to purchase
twenty for the present which I presume you may get in
Pensylvania. The Quantity of Barrels wanted are not to be
procured here in two years Time if Salt is to be purchased
reasonable with you, if a Quantity was put in Barrels it wou'd
answer in some Degree, & indeed Pork salted in Bulk may
keep till Aprill, but then it shou'd be barrel'd up. As for
Hoggs, Mr Dick writes me he can procure 1000 & more,
delivered at Wills's Creek at 2d p Ib. which is better than buy-
ing at Mr Carters. It is surprizing Carlyle was so neglectful
as not to have Salt to cure the Beef, you acted very properly
in hiring herdsmen to take Care of the Cattle. I am under
surprize & uneasy that Carlyle has not paid the People, he
recd from me £905.. 7.. 10 for 306 Head of Cattle, in which was
included those bought by Mr Gist, & he was present when I
paid him & Mr Carlyle was also paid in October for all the
Waggonage & one or two lost in the Service, & every other
Demand he brought in against the Public I must therefore
esteem him unjust in not paying the poor People, & I shall
imediately write him properly on that Head — he recd from me
1299.. 12.. 9 (besides the above sum) to pay for Provisions &
other Necessaries supplied the Independent Companies; & he
recd from the Treasurer the Ball3 due on Acct of the Virginia
regimt
Mr Gist recd 45£ to pay to Mr Montour, but by the Acct
sent appears he paid him only 20£ what other Monies he had
was from Carlyle to pay for Cattle purchased the particular
Sum I know not. — Mr Montour's Acct is very unfair, he had
no orders to raise the Men charged, he had the Comission to
protect him in Case he shou'd fall into the Hands of the
French, as he is proscribed by them, he was to attend the Camp
go out upon Scouts when ordered by the Comanding officer.
I esteem the Man & procured him a standing Salary as Inter-
preter of 25£ p Ann. after the Skermish at the Meadows he
went home from the Camp & yet charges his Mens Pay till
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