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214 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.
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I have no miners Tools here but shall order you two sets from
Fort Loudon, and as soon as my head Miner comes up he
shall be forwarded to you. I have wrote Colo Bouquet who
is at Rays Town to abridge his work, as Fort Cumberland will
serve for the grand Deposite, and to cut his road down to it,
and to desire Colo Washington to cut back in order to meet
you for which reason I hope Captn Shelby has blazed every
part of the Road.
I shall order Major Wells to obey your Command and the
inclosed Letter to Captain locelyn is to the same effect.
I have a deal of trouble about Waggons which I am in hopes
of getting over. The last accots from Winango say that no
provisions has come up this year from Niagra which has
alarmed all the neighbourhood.
I am with the greatest respect
Dr Sir
Your most obedient &
most huml Servt
John St Clair
To Governor Sharpe.
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Letter Bk. III
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[Sharpe to St. Clair.]
Fort Frederick the 28th of lune. 1758 —
Dr Sr
Your Letter of Yesterday's Date I have just received &
shall agreeable to Your Desire order Capt Shelby & a Person
whom he has desired me to employ as an Assistant to blaze
the Road mentioned in the Report which he did me the 25th
Inst. Having a Company of Militia here as a Garrison I
ordered Capt Alexr Beall with our Troops on Monday last to
throw a Bridge over Licking Creek & by a Report made me
this Day I expect all the Piers of it will be finished to morrow
Evening, the next Day Capt Joceline with 30 men of the
Royal Americans will relieve Capt Beall & I suppose the
Bridge will be finished next Saturday. After that Capt
Joceline will proceed to open a Road between this Place &
the Foot of Sidling Hill. I am told that the Waters of Potow-
mack are too low for Battoes to go up loaded & there are but
13 Canoes in the River neither is it possible to get any made
at this time. These Canoes being at the mouth of Conego-
chiegh I shall send off a Party of Militia for them early in the
morning & as soon as they come to this Place they shall be
loaded with about half the Stores that were brought hither
yesterday from Carlyle & will be sent to the old Town which
is as far as they will be able to go & it will take them 8 Days
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