On the border spread an universal gloom, and the low, sullen mutterings of revengeful wrath.

Crawford had been so prominent a man, so popular, and, except in his last and fatal expedition, such an efficient leader that his sudden taking off was almost a national calamity.

In fact no one felt it more keenly than did Washington himself, for Crawford was his esteemed friend.
Col.

Zane believed Ft.

Henry had been marked by the British and the Indians.