[101] For the French account of these operations, see Mémoire contenant le Précis des Faits. This volume, an official publication of the French court, contains numerous documents, among which are the papers of the unfortunate Braddock, left on the field of battle by his defeated army.
[102] First Journal of C. F. Post.
[103] Letters of Robert Stobo, an English hostage at Fort du Quesne.
“Shamokin Daniel, who came with me, went over to the fort [du Quesne] by himself, and counselled with the governor, who presented him with a laced coat and hat, a blanket, shirts, ribbons, a new gun, powder, lead, &c. When he returned he was quite changed, and said, ‘See here, you fools, what the French have given me. I was in Philadelphia, and never received a farthing,’ and (directing himself to me) said, ‘The English are fools, and so are you.’”—Post, First Journal.
Washington, while at Fort Le Bœuf, was much annoyed by the conduct of the French, who did their utmost to seduce his Indian escort by bribes and promises.
[104] Trumbull, Hist. Conn. II. 355. Holmes, Annals, II. 201.
[105] At this council an Iroquois sachem upbraided the English, with great boldness, for their neglect of the Indians, their invasion of their lands, and their dilatory conduct with regard to the French, who, as the speaker averred, had behaved like men and warriors.—Minutes of Conferences at Albany, 1754.
[106] Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanoe Indians from the British Interest, 77.
[107] Garneau, II. 551. Gent. Mag. XXV. 330.
[108] Smollett, III. 436.