1763.
Frontier Forts and Settlements.
Extent of British Settlements in 1763.—Forts and Military Routes.—Fort Pitt.—The Pennsylvania Frontier.—Alarms at Fort Pitt.—Escape of Calhoun.—Slaughter of Traders.—Fort Ligonier. Fort Bedford.—Situation of Fort Pitt.—Indian Advice.—Reply of Ecuyer.—News from Presqu’ Isle.—Fate of Le Bœuf.—Fate of Venango.—Danger of Fort Pitt.—Council with the Delawares.—Threats of the Commandant.—General Attack. [277]
CHAPTER XIX.
1763.
The War on the Borders.
Panic among the Settlers.—Embarrassments of Amherst.—Colonel Bouquet.—His Correspondence with the Commander-in-Chief.—Proposal to infect the hostile Indians with Small-pox.—Captain Ourry.—Lieutenant Blane.—Frontier War.—Alarm at Carlisle.—Scouting Parties.—Ambuscade on the Tuscarora.—The Dying Borderer.—Scenes at Carlisle. [296]
CHAPTER XX.
1763.
The Battle of Bushy Run.