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The Winning of the West, Volume Three

CHAPTER II
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[Footnote: Letter of Legrace and Filson's Journal.
The two contradict one another as to which side was to blame.

Legrace blames the Americans heavily for wronging both the French and the Indians; and condemns in the strongest terms, and probably with justice, many of their number, and especially Sullivan.

He speaks, however, in high terms of Henry and Small; and both of these, in their letters referred to above, paint the conduct of the French and Indians in very dark colors, throwing the blame on them.

Legrace is certainly disingenuous in suppressing all mention of the wrongs done to the Americans.

For Filson's career and death in the woods, see the excellent Life of Filson, by Durrett, in the Filson club publications.] Clark's Expedition.
These troubles on the Wabash merely hardened the determination of the Kentuckians no longer to wait until the Federal Government acted.


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