Boon was lieutenant-colonel under Todd; and their county of Fayette had for its surveyor Thomas Marshall, [Footnote: Collins, I., 20.] the father of the great chief-justice, whose services to the United States stand on a plane with those of Alexander Hamilton.
[Footnote: Roughly, Fayette embraced the territory north and northeast of the Kentucky River, Jefferson that between Green River and the lower Kentucky, and Lincoln the rest of the present State.] Clark's Plans to Attack Detroit.
The winter passed quietly away, but as soon as the snow was off the ground in 1781, the Indians renewed their ravages.

Early in the winter Clark went to Virginia to try to get an army for an expedition against Detroit.

He likewise applied to Washington for assistance.

Washington fully entered into his plans, and saw their importance.

He would gladly have rendered him every aid.