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[32] The Gordon Journal: "Mr Spendlow and self surveyed 22 casks of beef, and condemned it, which we reported to the General."

[33] Two chaplains accompanied the two Regiments Philip Hughes was chaplain of the 44th and Lieut. John Hamilton of the 48th. The latter was wounded in the defeat.

[34] The entry of Gordon Journal reads: "Col. Burton, Capt. Orme, Mr.

Spendlowe and self...."

[35] The Gordon Journal: "This morning an Engineer and 100 men...."

[36] The only hint given in the Gordon Journal as to the author of the original doc.u.ment is under this date. The Gordon Journal reads, "Mr.

Spendlowe and self with 20 of our men went to the place where the new road comes into the old one...." "Self" here seems to refer to "Mids.h.i.+pman"; but Mr. Gordon often refers to himself as an engineer and never once inserts his own name, though he was a most important official. Gordon probably accompanied or followed Spendlowe.

[37] Entries written by one while detained at Fort c.u.mberland. If written by Gordon he hastened immediately to the front, for he was with Braddock's advance on July 9.

[38] The Gordon Journal: "One of our Engineers, who was in front of the Carpenters marking the road, saw the Enemy first." Who but Gordon would have omitted his name under these circ.u.mstances?

[39] This last paragraph is evidently an additional memorandum of British loss. The contents of the chest was undoubtedly 10,000.

[40] _British Newspaper Accounts of Braddock's Defeat_, p. 10.

Pennsylvania _Colonial Records_, vol. vi., p. 482.

[41] This view of Braddock's defeat is given in the late John Fiske's recent volume, _New France and New England_.

[42] London _Public Advertiser_, November 3, 1755.

[43] London _Public Advertiser_, November 3, 1755.

[44] Cf. _British Newspaper Accounts of Braddock's Defeat_, p. 9.

Pennsylvania _Colonial Records_, vol. vi., p. 482. London _Public Advertiser_, November 3, 1755.

[45] Cf. _British Newspaper Accounts of Braddock's Defeat_, p. 9; London _Public Advertiser_, November 3, 1755.

[46] This chapter is from Neville B. Craig's _The Olden Time_, vol. ii., pp. 465-468, 539-544.

[47] See _Historic Highways of America_, vol. v.

[48] Preserved in the library of Harvard University.

[49] "Many misstatements are prevalent in the country adjacent to the line of march, especially east of c.u.mberland, the traditionary name of Braddock's route being often applied to routes we know he did not pursue. It is probable the ground of the application consists in their having been used by the Quarter Master's men in bringing on those Pennsylvania wagons and pack horses procured by Dr. Franklin, with so much trouble and at so great expense of truth. Sir John Sinclair wore a Hussar's cap, and Franklin made use of the circ.u.mstance to terrify the German settlers with the belief that he was a Hussar who would administer to them the tyrannical treatment they had experienced in their own country if they did not comply with his wishes. It is singular that a small brook and an obscure country road in Berkley County, Virginia, bear the name of Sir John's Run, and Sir John's Road, supposed to be taken from the name of this officer.

[50] "The original name of c.u.mberland was Cucucbetuc, and from its favorable position on the Potomac, was most probably the site of a Shawnee village, like Old Town; moreover, it was marked by an Indian name, a rare occurrence in this vicinity, if any judgment may be drawn from the few that have been preserved.

[51] "This interesting locality lies at the west foot of the Meadow Mountain, which is one of the most important of the Alleghany Ridges, in Pennsylvania especially, where it const.i.tutes the dividing ridge between the eastern and western waters. A rude entrenchment, about half a mile north of the Inn on the National Road, kept by Mr. Huddleson, marks the site of this fort. This is most probably the field of a skirmish spoken of in frontier history, between a Mr. Parris, with a scouting party from Fort c.u.mberland, and the Sieur Donville, commanding some French and Indians, in which the French officer was slain. The tradition is distinctly preserved in the vicinity, with a misapprehension of Was.h.i.+ngton's partic.i.p.ation in it, arising probably from the partial resemblance between the names of Donville and Jumonville. From the positiveness of the information, in regard to the battle ground, conflicting with what we know of Jumonville's death, it seems probable enough that this was the scene of this Indian skirmish; and as such, it possesses a cla.s.sic interest, valuable in proportion to the scarcity of such places.

[52] _Historic Highways of America_, vol. v., ch. 4.

[53] _Bouquet Papers, MSS._ Preserved in British Museum: Forbes to Pitt, July 10; Forbes to Bouquet, August 2; Bouquet au Forbes, July 26, 1758.

[54] Speed's _The Wilderness Road_, pp. 56-57.

[55] Speed's _The Wilderness Road_, p. 60.

[56] Lowdermilk's _History of c.u.mberland_, p. 275.

[57] _Land Records of Allegheny County, Md._ Liber E, fol. 191.

[58] _Id._, Liber G. fol. 251.

[59] _Id._, Liber I and J, fol. 105.