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Letter Bk. III
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of Ours that had killed & taken three French Officers & as
many Soldiers, but that two Squaws being killed almost in
Sight of the Garrison soon after they left the Fort, the Party
was thereupon recalled, that several Parties have been since
ordered towards the Frontiers of these Colonies & one in
particular to cut off the Communication between Fort Cum-
berland & the Inhabited part of the Country & to prevent the
Garrison's receiving any Supplies of Provision which the
French understood they were in great need of. that 700
French were expected at Fort du Quesne from a Fort which
has been built on this Side the Lakes & that as soon as they
should come down an Expedition was to be undertaken
wherein the Officer who came from the Missisippi was to have
the Chief Command & that there was a Train of Artillery
ready for him consisting of Six Cannon & two Mortars. Capt
Dagworthy tells me that the Negro being seperately exam-
ined gave just the same Account. As 100 men were sent to
convoy some Provisions to Fort Cumberland the 8th of this
Month, part of the Drummers Intelligence might probably be
confirmed. I suppose when the Waggons return the Negro
as well as the Drummer will be sent to Colo Stanwix that he
might have an opportunity of interrogating them as he shall
think proper.
[Sharpe to Dinwiddie.]
16th Iuly 1757.
Sir
I am now to acknowledge the Receit of Your two Letters
of the 14th & 28th ult. & as you are pleased to tell me in the
last of them that you desire to say no more about this Beef I
shall not trouble you any more on that Subject but content
myself with inclosing you an Extract of a Letter which has
been lately received from Capt Dagworthy in Answer to one
which was writ to him by my Order. I understand that Doctor
Ross has waited on Colo Washington & doubt not but he has
did a quantity of Flour at Fort Loudoun in lieu of what Colo
Stephen left at Fort Cumberland; For such other Articles as
were did to Capt Dagworthy & are of use to Mr Ross he will
I am persuaded be ready to pay a reasonable price but what
Articles these are I cannot say till he returns from Fort Fred-
erick where he has for some time been. You will be pleased
to give such orders about the Beef as you shall think fit, I
do not understand that any of it is destroyed as yet, neither
have our People touched it tho they have seen no other Meat
for almost three months. The Officers have at length repre-
sented their Case to Colo Stanwix & he has thereupon directed
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