xt7mw6693h48 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7mw6693h48/data/mets.xml English, William Hayden, 1822-1896. 1896  books b92e234e58v22009 English Bowen-Merrill Company : Indianapolis, Ind., and Kansas City, Mo. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818. Clark family. Clark s Expedition to the Illinois, 1778-1779. Clark s Expedition against Detroit, 1781. Clark s Grant (Ind.) Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783; and life of Gen. George Rogers Clark. Over one hundred and twenty-five illustrations. With numerous sketches of men who served under Clark ... text Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783; and life of Gen. George Rogers Clark. Over one hundred and twenty-five illustrations. With numerous sketches of men who served under Clark ... 1896 2009 true xt7mw6693h48 section xt7mw6693h48 
    
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   INTRODUCTORY VOLUMES TO ENGLISH'S HISTORY OF INDIANA

CONQUEST OF THE COUNTRY

NORTHWEST OF THE RIVER OHIO

1778    1783

AND

LIFE OF

GEN. GEORGE ROGERS CLARK

OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS

WITH NUMEROUS SKETCHES OF MEN WHO SERVED UNDER CLARK AND FULL LIST OF THOSE ALLOTTED LANDS IN CLARK'S GRANT FOR SERVICE IN THE CAA1PAIGNS AGAINST THE BRITISH POSTS, SHOWING EXACT LAND ALLOTTED EACH.

WILLIAM HAYDEN ENGLISH

President Indiana Historical Society

VOLUME II

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., AND KANSAS CITY, MO. 
   Copyright 1895

by

WILLIAM HAYDEN ENGLISH 
    
    
   ILLUSTRATIONS.

Vol. II.

Page.

Portrait of George Rogers Clark (Frontispiece Vol. 2)..................... 588

Illustrations (half title)..................................................................... 591

Hamilton and Lamothe Sent in Irons to Williamsburg.................... 61G

Facsimile Letter of Thomas Jefferson Declining to Release Governor Hamilton from Captivity......................................................... 644

Portrait of Little Turtle.................................................................. 695

Signature of John Baley................................................................... 701

Signature of Richard Harrison....................................................... 701

Signature of Edward Worthingtox................................................... 701

Signature of Thomas Quick................................................................ 701

Signature of Robert George.............................................................. 701

Signature of John Gibson.................................................................. 710

Clark's Forces Leaving Pittsburgh, 1781........................................... 719

Lociiry's Defeat................................................................................. 728

Signature of Phillibert.................................................................. 739

Signature of Pierre Ga.melin............................................................. "39

Signature of L. E. Denline................................................................ 740

Signature of Le Grand...................................................................... rzjs

Monument to Fourteen Soldiers Killed by Indians in 1783.............. 751

Death of Colonel John Floyd........................................................... 752

Fort Nelson....................................................................................... 755

Map of Northwest Territory and the Thirteen Original States.....<3SP

The Seal of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the

River Ohio.....................*............................................................... 773

Death of Joseph Rogers.................................................................... 773

Map of Northwest Territory with Notes of Some. Historical Dates and Places..................................................................................... 776

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Signature of Benjamin Harbison, Governor of Virginia................... 783

Clark Driving the Indians from Council Chamber........................... 793

Signature of Samuel Hopkins............................................................ 803

Portrait of John Bice Jones.............................................................. 808

Signature of John Bice Jones........................................................... 808

Portrait of General Clark in His Old Age Copied from Oil Painting in Vincennes University......................................................... 817

Patent Issued by the State of Virginia for the Land in Clark's

Grant............................................................................................. 834

Official Map of Clark's Grant......................................................... 851

Signature of Walker Daniel............................................................. 855

Signature of William Croghan......................................................... 856

Signature of John Edwards............................................................... 85G

Signature of John Campbell.............................................................. 850

Signature of James F. Moore............................................................ 857

Signature of Bichard Taylor............................................................ 857

Signature of Bobert Breckenridgic................................................... 857

Signature of Alexander Breckenridge.............................................. 858

Signature of George Bogers Clark (after he was paralyzed)............. 858

Portrait of Joseph Bartholomew...................................................... 859

Portrait of Andrew P. Hay................................................................. 8(i0

Signature of Abram Bowman.............................................................. 862

Buins of Clark's Old Mill................................................................ 863

Supposed Chimney of Fort Finney..................................................... 863

Governor Posey's Old Residence at Jeffersonville.......................... 864

Portrait of Marston G. Clark........................................................... 866

Signature of Marston G. Clark......................................................... 866

Clark's Besidexce in Clarksville..................................................... 868

Sword of General Clark (2 plates)...............................................874, 875

Presentation of Sword to General Clark.......................................... 885

House Where General Clark Died   Residence of His Sister; Lucy

Choghan......................................................................................... 889

Diagram of the Clark Graves........................................................... 900

Graves of General Clark and Others of the Clark Family, Cave

Hill............................................................................................... 902

Clark Statue and Pedestal in Monument Place, Indianapolis......... 900

Portrait of Jacob Burnett.............................,.................................. 909

Portrait of Beuben T. Durbett......................................................... 911

Portrait of John Fiske..................................................................... 912 
   LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 595

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Portrait op John B. Dillon............................................................... 912

Portrait op John Reynolds............................................................... 912

Portrait of Henry Pirtle.................................................................. 913

Portrait op James A. Garfield......................................................... 914

Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt....................................................... 914

Portrait of John W. Daniel.............................................................. 915

Portrait of George F. Hoar.............................................................. 915

Portrait of Lewis Collins................................................................. 916

Portrait of Lyman P. Draper............................................................ 916

Portrait op Samuel Merrill.............................................................. 917

Portrait of Burk A. Hinsdale.......................................................... 918

Portrait of Jacob P. Dunn................................................................ 918

Portrait of John Randolph............................................................... 918

Portrait of James Parton.................................................................. 919

Portrait of Daniel W. Voorhees...................................................... 920

Portrait op David Turpie................................................................. 920

Portrait op John Sherman................................................................. 921

The Bewildered Guide....................................................................... 924

Signature of John Sanders................................................................ 927

Signature of Daniel Boone............................................................... 927

Novel Pioneer Money........................................................................ 928

Virginia Currency Payable in Tobacco............................................. 930

Signature of Richard Brasiiear........................................................ 935

Signature of Buckner Pittman........................................................... 937

Signature of John Paul..................................................................... 941

Signature op General Charles Scott................................................ 948

Signature* of Attorney-General Harry Innes................................... 948

Signature of Honorable J. Brown, of Kentucky.............................. 948

Robert J. Todd's Commission as Major.............................................. 948

Portrait op Levi L. Todd, Senior...................................................... 950

Portrait of Doctor Robert n. Todd.................................................. 950

Signature of William Whitley......................................................... 952

Signature op Abram Chapline........................................................... 958

Signature op James Bigger................................................................ 967

Signature of Shadrach Bond, Senior................................................ 967

Signature of Valentine T. Dalton.................................................... 967

Signature of Peter Priest................................................................. 96i

signature' of isaac van metre......................................................... 967

Signature of Isaac Yates.................................................................. 961 
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Signature op James Wiiitecotton....................................................... 907

Portrait of George Rogers Clark in His Old Age........................... 908

Portrait of Bland Ballard............................................................... 973

Bland Ballard's Escape from the Indians........................................ 975

Signature of Isaac Bowman............................................................... 979

Signature of John Bowman................................................................ 979

Signature of Bichard Rue.................................................................. 985

Richard Rue Running the Gauntlet................................................ 980

Portrait of Joseph Holman............................................................... 988

Portrait of George Holman.............................................................. 988

Portrait of Lucy Croghan, Sister of General Clark....................... 990

Portrait of General Clark's Sister, Ann Gwathmey........................ 990

Portrait of Eleanor Eltixg Temple, General Jonathan Clark's

Daughter....................................................................................... 990

Signature of General Jonathan Clark............................................. 991

Signature of Sarah Clark................................................................. 991

Signature of William Aylett Booth................................................ 997

Signature of Bebecca Booth.............................................................. 997

Signature of William Booth............................................................. 997

Portrait of Samuel Gwathmey........................................................... 997

Signature of John Gwathmey........................................................... 998

Signature of Captain Edmund Clark.................................................1001

Portrait of Major George Croghan..................................................1005

Medal Voted to Major Croghan by Congress (two plates)................1005

Croghan Monument, Fremont, Ohio...................................................1007

Signature of Bichard Clough Anderson...........................................1008

Signature of Governor Charles.Anderson........................................1009

Signature of Governor William Clark.............................................1012

Portrait of Governor William Clark...............................................1014

Fac-simile of the Entry of Judge William Clark's Death on the

Becords of St. Xavier's Church, Vincennes..................................1017

Portrait of Jefferson K. Clark, Son of William Clark..................1019

Big Knives (Finis)..............................................................................1019

Clark's Statue, Indianapolis..............................................................1021 
   Contents of Chapters

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   CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS.

Vol. II.

CHAPTER XIV.

THE CAPTIVITY  OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR HAMILTON" AND OTHER BRITISH OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS

Hamilton's version of their treatment at Vincennes   Who the prisoners were    Captains Williams and Rogers with twenty-five men convey the prisoners to Virginia   Instructed by Colonel Clark to see that prisoners be provided with all necessaries   Hamilton's account of the journey, and description of condition of the Americans   Governor Henry's letter announcing the capture of Vincennes   Hamilton put in irons and confined in a dungeon in retaliation for cruelties inflicted on American prisoners   He bitterly denounces treatment of himself and colleagues   Governor of Virginia acted on advice of the executive council   He explains and justifies his action   Correspondence between General Washington and Governor Jefferson on the subject   Severity of treatment finally relaxed   Fac-simile of a letter of Jefferson in relation to Hamilton   Release on parole offered prisoners   Accepted by some    Declined at first by Hamilton, but finally accepted   Important letters, etc., on the subject   Leaves Virginia for New York   Recites troubles encountered on the way   Reaches British comrades in New York in wretched condition    Is at last exchanged and sails for England   His subsequent career....605-662

COLONEL CLARK RETURNS TO THE FALLS OF OHIO   CONDITION OF AFFAIRS THERE.

Fort near mouth of Ohio determined upon   Develops his plans in a general order   Also in a letter to Governor John Todd   Letter of Todd to Governor Jefferson approving Clark's plans   Clark proceeds to mouth of Ohio early

SENT TO VIRGINIA AS PRISONERS.

CHAPTER XV.

 
   CONTENTS OF CHAPTERS.

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in 17S0   Builds Fort Jefferson a few miles below   Intended for a settlement and garrison combined   Besieged by Indians   Heroic defense   Captain George Owens and bis descendants   Garrison finally relieved   Indians withdraw from its vicinity   Perilous journey made by Clark from Fort Jefferson to Harrisburg   British and Indians invade Kentucky   Clark's campaign against the Indians at old Chillicothe and Piqua   Distressing particulars of death of Joseph Rogers   Clark returns to Kentucky   Deplorable condition of affairs there, at Fort Jefferson and the Illinois   Official letters on the subject   Sketch of George Slaughter and Silas Harlan   Fort Jefferson finally abandoned...................................................................................663-696

CHAPTER XVI.

CONTEMPLATED   CAMPAIGN   AGAINST   DETROIT   IN 17S1    LOCHRY'S DEFEAT.

Council of war to consider an expedition against the British at Detroit, or "the Floridians on the Mississippi"   Early action delayed   Clark visits Virginia and aids in driving out the British   Secures Governor Jefferson's approval of an expedition against Detroit   Is commissioned brigadier-general thereof    Letter from General Washington approving the expedition, promising military stores and Continental troops   Letters of Jefferson and others on the subject    Colonel Gibson's regiment promised to Clark   Promises not fulfilled and expectations not realized   Country weary of war   Troops and army supplies hard to secure   Draft made but unsatisfactory   Ciothing scarce   Paper money nearly worthless   Letters of Clark upon the discouraging situation    Bears up bravely under disappointments   Starts from Pittsburgh with but four hundred of the two thousand men expected   Events of voyage to falls of the Ohio   Colonel Lochry's command fails to join Clark at the appointed time and place   Follows on and is disastrously defeated   Distress of Colonel Clark at the defeat of Lochry and failure of campaign against Detroit    Colonel Crockett's letter defending Colonel Clark's conduct............697-734

CHAPTER XVII.

BAD CONDITION OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY AND

THE ILLINOIS.

Memorial of the people of Vincennes   Letter of Captain Baley, commandant of the post there   Colonel John Floyd writes of the situation in Kentucky    
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Colonel Floyd killed by Indians   Colonel Slaughter and others write gloomily of the situation   Clark immediately engages in putting matters into better shape   Ascertains strength of the Kentucky militia   Builds Fort Nelson    Suggests to the governor of Virginia a system of armed boats on the Ohio    Uses a gun-boat between the falls and the Licking   Indian depredations continue   Disastrous battle of Blue Licks in August, 17S2   Rising of the people to carrv the war into the enemy's country   General Clark marches, at the head of a thousand men, against the Indian towns on the Little Miami and destroys [hem   Indians amazed at unexpected development of the strength of the Americans and never afterwards invade Kentucky in force   An appropriate ending of the successful part of General Clark's military career.

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CHAPTER XVIII.

ALL PROSPECT OF THE BRITISH CONQUERING THE COLONIES TERMINATES WITH SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS.

Negotiations ended in treaty of peace of 17S3   These negotiations called attention more particularly to the great benefit General Clark's services had been to the country   He had captured from the enemy a vast territory, and being in possession it was included in the boundaries of the new government   But for this the boundary might have been the Ohio river, or the Alleghany mountains   Importance of the conquest   Triumph of Clark and his soldiers   Seal of the Northwest Territory   Importance of that territory.

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CHAPTER XIX.

CLARK, RELIEVED FROM MILITARY SERVICE, RETIRES DISAPPOINTED AND DISTRESSED.

Virginia, exhausted by the war, failed, for a time, to sufficiently provide for Clark's troops   He is finally retired from service   Letter of governor of Virginia to Clark   Letter from Clark to the governor, disclosing his financial distress    Asks, in vain, for a portion of what is due him   Similarity of treatment of Clark and Vigo   Letter from Vigo to Clark   Comments on the treatment of Clark   Retires to Kentucky neglected, disappointed and distressed   Injurious effect on his health and habits   Remains in comparative obscurity until made a commissioner in 17S5 to treat with certain Indian tribes   Some incidents at the treaty....................................................................................779_794 
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CHAPTER XX.

WABASH AND MIAMI INDIANS, ENCOURAGED BY THE BRITISH, BECOME HOSTILE TO THE AMERICANS   CAMPAIGN AGAINST THEM DETERMINED UPON.

General Clark placed in command   The situation communicated to the Governor of Virginia by Clark and John May   Officers, Kentucky military district, meet in council   Right to impress military supplies declared   Expedition marches by land to Vincenncs   Provisions forwarded by water, delayed and spoiled   Expedition delayed at Vincenncs   March in demoralized condition   A portion revolt before reaching enemy and return   Clark overwhelmed with grief   French inhabitants no longer friendly   Clark determines to garrison Vincenncs   Is driven by necessity to impress supplies for his troops   Takes some Spanish property   Commissary appointed   Regular accounts kept of property taken   His conduct misrepresented   Virginia and congress, without waiting for his explanations, condemn it   This action hasty and inconsiderate   Opinions of disinterested persons   Clark returns to the falls full of disappointment   Finally meditates an expedition in the interest of the French against the Spaniards on the Mississippi   Accepts French commission   Issues a proclamation   Expedition abandoned   Effect of the movement beneficial in hastening free navigation of the Mississippi   Opinion of Governor Shelby and others......................................................795-S24

CHAPTER XXI.

CLARK'S GRANT   THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ILLINOIS REGIMENT, AND THE LAND ALLOTTED TO EACH.

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CHAPTER XXII.

THE LATTER YEARS OF GENERAL CLARK'S LIFE AND HIS

DEATH.

Clarksville, Indiana, and vicinity   George Rogers Clark's connection therewith    Is stricken with paralysis at that place   Amputation of his leg   Virginia presents him a sword and pension   The subject of sword presentations to him considered   He lingers long in a feeble, and finally helpless, condition    
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Dies at his sister's house in Kentucky in 1S1S   His will   Controversy in relation thereto, and other events connected with his illness and death.

S61-S96

CHAPTER XXIII.

Burial place of George Rogers Clark   Location of the graves of the Clark family in Cave Hill Cemetery   Inscriptions on the grave-stones   Visit of the author to these graves   Reflections upon there being no monument to honor General Clark's memory   Steps taken to secure one in connection with the great Indiana soldiers' monument at Indianapolis   Successful efforts in that direction   Description of the monument   Abortive movements of Kentucky and the United States to erect a monument-   Opinions of eminent men of George Rogers Clark and his services to his country............S97-922

CHAPTER XXIV.

ADDITIONAL SKETCHES OF MEN WHO SERVED UNDER GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.

John Sanders   Major Thomas Quick   Captain Richard Brashear   Lieutenant Richard Harrison   Lieutenant John Gerault   Lieutenant Michael Perault    General Robert Todd   Captain Levi Todd   Ebenezer and John Sevcrns    Edward Bulger   Captain Abram Chaplinc   James Curry, Levi Teall and Joseph Anderson   Colonel William Whitley   John Paul   Buckner Pittman.

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CHAPTER XXV.

SOME HISTORICAL INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH CLARK'S

GRANT.

The region of the falls always a favorite place of resort   Abundance of fish and game    Battlefield and burying ground of some unknown race near Clarks-villc   Ancient stone fortifications at the mouth of Fourteen-mile creek   Other forts and stations   Bland Ballard's escape   Lieutenant Isaac Bowman    Richard Rue................................................................................969-9SS

CHAPTER XXVI.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.

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Volume II 
    
   CHAPTER XIV.

THE  CAPTIVITY   OF  LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR HAMILTON AND OTHER BRITISH OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS SENT TO VIRGINIA AS PRISONERS.

Hamilton's version of their treatment at Vincennes   Who the prisoners were    Captains Williams and Rogers with twenty-five men convey the prisoners to Virginia   Instructed by Colonel Clark to see that they' are provided with all necessaries   Hamilton's account of the journey, and description of condition of the Americans   Governor Henry's letter announcing the capture of Vincennes   Hamilton put in irons and confined in a dungeon in retaliation for cruelties inflicted on American prisoners   He bitterly denounces treatment of himself and colleagues   Governor of Virginia acted on advice of the executive council   He explains and justifies his action   Correspondence between General Washington and Governor Jefferson on che subject   Severity of treatment finally relaxed   Fac-simile of a letter of Jefferson in relation to Hamilton   Release on parole offered prisoners   Accepted by some    Declined at first by Hamilton, but finally accepted   Important letters, etc.. on the subject   Leaves Virginia for New York   Recites troubles encountered on the way   Reaches British comrades in New York in wretched condition    Is at last exchanged and sails for England   His subsequent career.

HE capture of the British boats on the Wabash river, with all the stores and valuable papers intended for Hamilton, as narrated in Chapter XII, added to his already overwhelming humiliation. The night after signing the agreement to surrender Fort Sackville he says he spent "in assorting papers and preparing for the disagreeable ceremony of the next day. Mortification, disappointment and indignation had their turns."    It was but the begin-

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ning of the unfortunate lieutenant-governor's trials and sorrows according to the narrative of his numerous and long-continued troubles as given in his report to his superior officers, to which reference has already been frequently made. There is no doubt this account was colored and in some respects exaggerated to suit his side of the case, but, at the same time, it is evident that he was very forcibly made to realize what it is to be in an enemy's hands as a prisoner of war, towards whom special resentment is felt. He was certainly not allowed to sleep on a bed of roses.

He realized what was in store for some of his comrades, and possibly for himself, at the very beginning. "The evening of the day we capitulated," says he, " Colonel Clark ordered neck-iron fetters and handcuffs to be made which, in our hearing, he declared were designed for those officers who had been employed as partisans with the Indians. I took him aside and reminded him that these prisoners were prisoners of war included in the capitulation which he had so lately set his hand to. He said his resolution was formed; that he had made a vow never to spare man, woman or child of the Indians, or those who were employed with them. I observed to him that these persons, having obeyed my orders, were not to be blamed for the execution of them; that I had never known that they had acted contrary to those orders, by encouraging the cruelty of the savages; on the contrary, and that if he was determined to pass by the consideration of his faith and that of the public, pledged for the performance of the articles of capitulation, I desired he might throw me into prison, or lay me in irons, rather than the others.   He smiled contemptuously, turned away 
   AND OTHER BRITISH PRISONERS IN VIRGINIA.

607

and ordered three of these persons to the guard till the irons should be made. The scalps of the slaughtered Indians were hung up by our tents; a young man of the name of Rainbault was brought into the fort with a halter about his neck, and only for the interposition of the volunteers from the Illinois, some of whom were his relations, would infallibly been hanged without any crime laid to his charge but his having been with a scouting part}'. He was half strangled before he was taken from the tree. Our soldiers told us that some of the rebels had sworn solemnly to destroy Major Hay and myself the first opportunity. As we could not guard against any attempt in the situation we then found ourselves, we thought it best to appear unacquainted with any such resolution, but we were twice in the night obliged to fly for security to Colonel Clark's quarters in the fort, two men that were intoxicated, and whose names had been given us, attempting to shoot us in our tent. The attempt was proved but no punishment ensued. We were kept in the dark as to the day of our departure, though I had repeatedly asked it, that we might have bread baked and prepare what was necessary."

He was not kept in suspense as to the time of his departure very long, for, on the 7th of March, according to Bowman's journal, " Captain Williams and Lieutenant Rogers, with twenty-five men, set off for the falls of Ohio, to conduct the following prisoners, viz.: Lieutenant-Governor Henry Hamilton, Major John Hay, Captain William Lamothe, Monsieur Dejean (grand judge of Detroit), Lieutenant John Schieffelin, Doctor I. McBeth, Francis Ma- 
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sonville, Mr. L. F. Bellefeuille (French interpreter), with eighteen privates."

Clark's memoir says: "On the 7th of March, Captains Williams and Rogers set out by water with a part)- of twenty-five men, to conduct the British officers to Kentucky; and, farther to weaken the prisoners, eighteen privates were also sent. After their arrival at the falls of the Ohio, Captain Rogers had instructions to superintend their route to Williamsburg, to furnish them with all the necessary supplies on their way, and to await the orders of the governor." By weakening the prisoners, Colonel Clark, of course, meant to lessen the number he had to look after and take care of.

These prisoners seem to have been turned over temporarily by Captain Williams to Captain Harrod, presumably at the falls of the Ohio, who executed the following receipt for the same: "Received of Captain Williams, the within mentioned prisoners, in number twenty-six, March the 31st, 1779. Wm. Herrod, captain." In addition to the names of the eight officers, above mentioned by Bowman, the list, accompanying the receipt, gives the names of Sergeant James Parkinson and Corporal Abel Leazenby, and sixteen privates, as follows: Robert Bryant, George Spittal, John Fraser, John Sutherland, Thomas Keppel, John Wall, Christ Macgra (McCrow), John Brebin (Bre-bonne), William Taylor, Patrick Mackinlie, Reuben Vesey, Amos Ainsley, Benjamin Pickering, John Home, William Perry and Belser Givine (?).*

*Tlie given names were not mentioned in the receipt, but have since been added.   The list contains twenty-six names. 
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Captain John Rogers, a kinsman of Clark, as already stated, seems to have been charged with the duty of seeing that the prisoners were conveyed from the falls of the Ohio to the capital of Virginia. The following instructions were issued to him by Colonel Clark : "You are to accompany Captain Williams to the falls of the Ohio and to accompany the prisoners from thence to Williamsburg. They will be guarded and conducted by the Kentucky militia. You are to be careful that they want no necessaries if possible to procure them. You will draw bills on the treasury for the expenses of your journey, and render a just account thereof to His Excellency, the governor."

As evidence in contradiction of the charge made by Hamilton that Clark treated the British prisoners cruelly, it will be observed that special instructions wrere given the officer in charge to "be careful that they want no necessaries, if possible to procure them."

The account given by Hamilton of the departure and journey is that "on the 8th day of March, we were put into a heavy oak boat, being twenty-seven in number, with our provision of flour and pork at common rations, and fourteen gallons of spirits for us, and our guard, which consisted of twenty-three persons, including two officers. We had before us three hundred and sixty miles of water carriage, and eight hundred and forty to march