I suppose it's about the only victory of which we can make boast." He spoke the full truth.

From the St.Lawrence to the Ohio the border was already ravaged with fire and sword.

Appeals for help were pouring in from the distant settlements, and the governors of New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts scarcely knew what to do.

France had struck the first blow, and she had struck hard.

Young Washington, defeated by overwhelming numbers, was going back to Virginia, and Duquesne, the fort of the French at the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny, was a powerful rallying place for their own forces and the swarming Indian bands, pouring out of the wilderness, drawn by the tales of unlimited scalps and plunder.
The task before Captain Colden's slender force was full of danger.