There were other expeditions and battles in the North.

But none of these had any important effect on the outcome of the war.
[Illustration: Clark's Campaign 1777-1778] [Sidenote: Clark's conquest of the Northwest, 1778-79.

_Hero Tales_, 31-41.] 155.

Clark's Western Campaign, 1778-79 .-- The Virginians had long taken great interest in the western country.

Their hardy pioneers had crossed the mountains and begun the settlement of Kentucky.