Instructions to carry into Execution. That in Order to inform
them fully of the State of those Services, it was necessary for
him to acquaint them that in His Majesty's said Instructions it
is declared.
Ist that whereas The French would in all probality en-
deavour to reinforce the several Posts they have on the River
Ohio & on the Lakes to the westward of it, by sending Troops
up the River Missisippi, it was His Royal Will & Pleasure
that as the Season would allow Troops to take the Field much
sooner in the Southern parts than in any other parts of his
Colonies he should begin his operations there as soon as the
Weather would permit; & was therefore ordered to direct the
Troops under his Command to be carried up the River
Potowmack as high as Will's Creek in order to proceed to
Fort Du Quesne —
2dly That as soon as the late General should have been able
to drive the French from their Posts on the Ohio he should
take proper Measures for Erecting a good & sufficient Fort
on the most convenient Pass upon the said River & to leave a
strong Garrison consisting of the three Independant Com-
panies then in Virginia, sustained by such a part of the whole
of the Provincial Troops as he shall find necessary to defend
the same & to protect the Indians in those parts as well as the
Settlements which had been broke up —
3dly That the next Service which His Majesty directs &
declares to be of the greatest Importance & therefore to
demand the utmost Care & Attention is the Dislodging the
French from the Forts they have at the Falls & passes of the
Niagara, & the Erecting such a Fort there as shall for the
future make His Majesty's Subjects Masters of the Lake
Ontario & that if for this purpose the said late General
Braddock should find it necessary to have Ships upon the said
Lake Ontario he should concert with the Commander in Chief
of His Majesty's Ships & the Governors of New England & N
York the manner & Means of building & manning such
Vessels as shall be most proper for that Service.
4thly That it is in the said Instructions declared to be His
Majesty's further Will & pleasure that in order to accellerate
the Execution of so salutary an undertaking the said General
Braddock should in case the Regiments intended to be raised
by Govr Shirley & Sr Wm Pepperell should be ready to act
before the French could be drove from their Posts on the
Ohio to employ the said two Regiments in the immediate
Reduction of Niagara & Crown Point.
5thly That in case the said two Regiments of Shirley &
Pepperell should not be raised & ready to act till the time that
the Service on the Ohio should be finished it is declared to be
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