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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1753-1757
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 198 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. II. 		they would reap no Benefit seeing the Lands were already
granted by his Majesty to the Ohio Company, this occasioned
another prorogation, only I must observe that I did with diffi-
culty obtain at this time £500. as a present to the Indians who
were to meet Commissioners from the several Colonies in
July. The next Intelligence that I received was that while
Colo Washington was employing his Men in opening a Road
from Wills-Creek toward the Ohio a party of his Command
had on the 27th of May fallen in with a Detachment of about
30 Men from the French Fort on Ohio under the Command of
Ensign lumonville upon which a Skirmish ensued & Jumonville

11 22 with 7 or 8 of his Detachment was killed & the rest
(excepting 2 or 3) made prisoners & sent to the Governor of
Virga the first week in June Colo Fry fell from his horse
which occasioned his Death & thereupon Colo Washington
succeeded in the chief Command. The 9th of Iuly a Lettr
was sent me by Colo Innes informing me that he had just


p. 72 		reached Winchester in Virginia at the Head of the N Carolina
Troops consisting of 150 Men but that they were for want of
a Magazine in N Carolina unarmed & that he had also found
himself disappointed in his Expectations of having some Arms
sent him from Williamsburg to Winchester: On this Repre-
sentation & at his earnest Request I sent immediately to
Winchester 150 Stand of Arms for the use of the Companies
under his Command. About the middle of luly we received
the News of Colo Washington's Defeat on the 3d Inst by about
700 (as it now appears) of the French Troops that were sent
out (as soon as an account of lumonville's Misfortune reached
the french Fort) under the Command of Capt Villier & another
Commissioned Officer to attack the English Troops whereever
they could find them. Some Accots of this unhappy Engage-
ment & the Dishonourable Capitulation that was the Conse-
quence of it you have long since seen; I believe Washington
& the Officers under his Command when they received Intelli-
gence of the Enemy's Approach some Days before the Battle,
would have taken very different measures from wt they did if
there had been no Pique or Disagreement concerning Rank
between the Virginia Officers & those of the Independant
Companies commanded by Capt. Mackoy. On being informed
of the Enemy's near Approach they retired to a little useless
kind of Intrenchment in a Valey between two Eminences where
the Independant Company posted themselves in the Ditch the
Virginians being drawn up in Order within. The French came
in Sight about noon & immediately took possession of one of
the Eminences where every Soldier found a large Tree for his
Shelter from the fire of the English & placing himself behind
it fired away on the Troops beneath as fast as he could load,
 

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