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"I am," said he, bewildered but defiant. "Your name?" "John Duff," he answered, as though against his will. "Your business?" "Hunters," said Duff; "and I reckon we're in our rights." "I'll judge of that," said our Colonel. "Where are you from?" "That's no secret, neither. Kaskasky, ten days gone." At that there was a murmur of surprise from our companies. Clark turned.
"I am," said he, bewildered but defiant. "Your name?" "John Duff," he answered, as though against his will. "Your business?" "Hunters," said Duff; "and I reckon we're in our rights." "I'll judge of that," said our Colonel. "Where are you from?" "That's no secret, neither. Kaskasky, ten days gone." At that there was a murmur of surprise from our companies. Clark turned.
Who be you?" he added suspiciously. "Be you Rebels?" "Colonel Clark is my name, and I am in the service of the Commonwealth of Virginia." Duff uttered an exclamatory oath and his manner changed. "Be you Clark?" he said with respect. "And you're going after Kaskasky? Wal, the mility is prime, and the Injun scouts is keeping a good lookout.
"What foolishness is this?" he said, eying the dripping drum. "Sure, Colonel," said McCann, swinging it on his back, "we'd have no heart in us at Kaskasky widout the rattle of it in our ears. Bill Cowan and me will not be feeling the heft of it bechune us." "Get into ranks," said the Colonel, amusement struggling with the anger in his face as he turned on his heel.
He called Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, and George Wythe into conference, and on January 2, 1778, Clark was given two sets of orders one, for publication, commissioning him to raise seven companies of fifty men each "in any county of the Commonwealth" for militia duty in Kentucky, the other, secret, authorizing him to use this force in an expedition for the capture of the "British post at Kaskasky."
"How can I serve you, messieurs?" "Hain't the Congress got authority here?" said one. "I am happy to say," answered Monsieur Vigo, rubbing his hands, "for I think much of your principle." "Then," said the man, "we come here to trade with Congress money. Hain't that money good in Kaskasky?" There was an anxious pause. Then Monsieur Vigo's eyes twinkled, and he looked at me.
He had no hope whatever of getting reinforcements or even advice and instruction for many months, probably not for a year; and he was thrown entirely on his own resources and obliged to act in every respect purely on his own responsibility. In fact, all Henry's order contemplated was an attack on "the British post at Kaskasky."
"What foolishness is this?" he said, eying the dripping drum. "Sure, Colonel," said McCann, swinging it on his back, "we'd have no heart in us at Kaskasky widout the rattle of it in our ears. Bill Cowan and me will not be feeling the heft of it bechune us." "Get into ranks," said the Colonel, amusement struggling with the anger in his face as he turned on his heel.
Who be you?" he added suspiciously. "Be you Rebels?" "Colonel Clark is my name, and I am in the service of the Commonwealth of Virginia." Duff uttered an exclamatory oath and his manner changed. "Be you Clark?" he said with respect. "And you're going after Kaskasky? Wal, the mility is prime, and the Injun scouts is keeping a good lookout.
"How can I serve you, messieurs?" "Hain't the Congress got authority here?" said one. "I am happy to say," answered Monsieur Vigo, rubbing his hands, "for I think much of your principle." "Then," said the man, "we come here to trade with Congress money. Hain't that money good in Kaskasky?" There was an anxious pause. Then Monsieur Vigo's eyes twinkled, and he looked at me.
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