CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Preface | [11] | |
| I. | Washington and the West | [15] |
| II. | The Hunting-Ground of the Iroquois | [40] |
| III. | The Arms of the King of France | [63] |
| IV. | The Virginian Governor’s Envoy | [85] |
| V. | The Virginia Regiment | [120] |
| VI. | The Chain of Federal Union | [189] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| I. | Modern Road on Laurel Hill, (Follows Track of Washington’s Road) | [Frontispiece] |
| II. | Washington’s Road | [93] |
| III. | A Map of the Country between Wills Creek and Lake Erie (showing designs of the French for erecting forts southward of the lakes; from the original in the British Museum) | [109] |
| IV. | Ledge from which Washington Opened Fire upon Jumonville’s Party | [145] |
| V. | Site of Fort Necessity | [157] |
| VI. | Two Plans of Fort Necessity (A, Plan of Lewis’s survey; B, Sparks’s plan) | [175] |
| VII. | Diagrams of Fort Necessity | [179] |