...Country, I had conceiv'd some Doubts, — & some Fears for the Event: of the Campaign. But I ventur'd only to say, To be sure, Sir, if you arrive well before,...these fine Troops so well provided with Artillery, that Place, not yet compleatly fortified, and as we hear with no very strong Garrison, can probably...

...bushes, and also what I had read of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Iroquois country, I had conceived some doubts and some fears...these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, that place not yet completely fortified, and as we hear with no very strong garrison, can probably...

...them through the woods and bushes, and also what I had heard of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Illinois country, I had conceived...campaign; but I ventured only to say, 'To be sure, sir, if yon arrive well before Duquesne with these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, the fort,...

...read of a former defeat of fifteen hundred French, who invaded the Iroquois country, I had conceiv'd some doubts and some fears for the event of the campaign. But I ventur'd only to say, "To be sure, sir, if you arrive well before Duquesne, with these fine troops,...