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paign of, 42–51; impracticability of orders given to, 51–58; prophesies his own death, 53; dependent on Sir John St. Clair, 54; Virginia's lack of wagons and horses handicaps, 55; campaign should have been made through Pennsylvania, 55–57; the victim of treachery, 57; low character of troops under, 58–59; army reaches Alexandria, 59; indifference of colonies to, 61–75; colonial assemblies refuse money for, 64–65; manuscript letters, preservation of, 65; colonial troops criticised by, 67; praised by, 211; dependence on Benjamin Franklin, 68; failure of colonies to provide Indians for, 73; letters to British Ministry, 67–75; orderly books, quoted, 76; itinerary of troops from Alexandria to Fort Cumberland, 76–77; horse races in camp to amuse, 90; addresses Indians at Fort Cumberland, 92–93; beef for troops under, condemned, 93; chaplains in army under, 94; officers receive eleven wagon loads of presents, 96; wagons arrive at Fort Cumberland, 96; size of army (May 24, 1755), 97; seaman's account of defeat of, 101–107; leaves Fort Cumberland, 108; progress toward Fort Duquesne, 108–109; Franklin's prediction concerning defeat of, 109; Washington describes march of, 110, 114–115; de-