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Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1757-1761
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314 Correspondence of Governor Sharpe.

Letter Bk. IV time a Prisoner there made his Escape from them after they
left the Fort says that about 250 of them fell down the Ohio
in Battoes carrying all their Stores & Artillery with them &
that the Rest went up the River towards Venango where they
have a small Stoccado Fort. He agrees with the Prisoners
who were taken the 12th & 14th of Novemr as I mentioned to
you in my Letter of the 28th of that Month that the Garrison
had for several Weeks been in great want of Provisions & in
all Probability it was this Want that occasioned their De-
parture & perhaps obliged their Indians to leave them sooner
than they would otherwise have done. A few Hours after
General Forbes had taken Possession of the Fort four of the
Ohio Indians came to him with a Message from their respective
Tribes & next Day the Deputy Agent for Indian Affairs & an
Interpreter were sent off with an answer & it is expected that
all the Indians on the Ohio will immediately come in & sue
for Peace. The General intends as you will learn from a
Copy of the Orders that he gave out the 29th of Novr (&
which I have taken the Liberty to inclose for His Ldp) to
leave 200 Provincials as a Garrison at Fort Du Quesne
during the Winter & before the Summer I hope effectual
measures will be taken for its preservation, but I shall be
sorry if it is left to the Colonies to provide for the Support of
its Garrison.
Letter Bk. III [Sharpe to Pitt.]

Annapolis the 14th of Decemr 1758.
Sir
It is with great pleasure I write by Ship that is just about
to sail from this Province to inform you that an Officer of the
Maryland Troops arrived here yesterday from the Westward
& brought the agreeable News of His Majesty's Troops under
the Command of General Forbes having on the 25th of Novemr
taken Possession of Fort Du Quesne which the French in
Number about 500 had abandoned two Days before. A Vir-
ginia Lad that had been a Prisoner there for some time made
his Escape from them as they were going off & says that
about 250 of the Enemy fell down the River in Battoes
carrying the Artillery & Stores with them & that the Rest
after they had set fire to all the Barracks & Houses which
had been built either in or near the Fort marched northwards
but that they took with them having been in great want
for some time before. I understand from the Officer that
brings me this Account that the General intends to leave 200
Men of the Provincial Troops to garrison the Fort during the
winter, 150 more at the Post on Loyalhannon & that all the



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