2 Field Pieces and some Waggons with Provisions 1 Midshipman & 12 Seamen were Orderd to Aſsist the Train June 9th. Inactive June 10th: The General March'd wth. the remaining part of the Army.
25th: it was reported that a party of Indians had Surprized Kill'd, and Scalp'd 2 families to the Number of 12 within 4 Miles of ye Fort
June 26th: Accounts of another family's Scalp'd within 3 Miles of us. The Governor detach'd a party to bury the Dead, and to look for the Indians, they found a Child standing in the Water scalp'd, which had 2 holes in its Skull, they brought it to the Doctor, who dreſsed it but Died in a Week.[1]
June 10th: the last Division of His Majesty's Forces March'd from Wills Creek with General Braddock, when the General Arrived at the little Meadows 22 Miles from the Creek, and having all his Forces wth. him, found that the Carriages, Pack
- ↑ Entries written by one while detained at Fort Cumberland. If written by Gordon he hastened immediately to the front, for he was with Braddock's advance on July 9.
