The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

ET. 26.] LIFE OF WASHINGTON. 93
plies. A party of Cherokee Indians, who had been
tempted to join the expedition, with the prospect of
rich presents from the King's stores, came forward so
early, that they grew weary, discontented, and troublesome, and finally most of them went off in a fit of
ill humor.
It was a day of joy to him, therefore, when he received orders to march the Virginia regiments from
Winchester to Fort Cumberland. This was effected
by detachments, which at the same time covered the
convoys of wagons and pack-horses. The whole arrived at Fort Cumberland early in July, except a small
guard left at Fort Loudoun to protect and prosecute
the works at that place. Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen
had proceeded by another route through a part of
Pennsylvania, with six companies of the first regiment,
and joined Colonel Bouquet at Raystown, thirty miles
from Fort Cumberland, and the head-quarters of the
combined army. Both regiments, including officers
and privates, amounted to about eighteen hundred men.
The illness of General Forbes detained him long on
the way from Philadelphia. During this time Colonel
Washington continued at Fort Cumberland, and his
troops were employed, some as scouting parties, and
others in opening a new road to Raystown and repairing the old one towards the Great Meadows.
He resorted to an expedient, which proved highly
beneficial to the service. "My men are bare of regimental clothing," said he in a letter to Colonel Bouquet, "and I have no prospect of a supply. So far
from regretting this want during the present campaign,
if I were left to pursue my own inclinations, I would
not only order the men to adopt the Indian dress, but
cause the officers to do it also, and be the first to set
the example myself. Nothing but the uncertainty of