Military: French & Indian Wars-post Rev War: Fort Pitt and Letters from the Frontier, 1892: now Alleghey county, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Donna Bluemink. USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm An html version of this book with links to maps and graphics may be found at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/1picts/darlington/fptoc.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FORT PITT AND LETTERS FROM THE FRONTIER Mary C. Darlington, Editor. J. R. WELDON & CO., PITTSBURGH, 1892. ______ TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1: Pages* 5-83 Preface Journal of Captain Celeron Campaign of 1758.‹Letters of Generals Grant, Forbes and Bouquet PART 2: Pages 84-148 Journal and Letters of Captain S. Ecuyer Part 3: Pages 148-199 Orderly Book of Captain S. Ecuyer PART 4: Pages 200-220 Sketch of the Life of General O'Hara PART 5: Pages 221-307 Letters from Officers of the Continental Army, from 1776-1799 Erection and Organization of Allegheny County, by William M. Darlington Index, Pages 309-312 * * * * * * *Page numbers will appear in the text in brackets. ______ ILLUSTRATIONS. Frontispiece Portrait of James O'Hara. Portrait of Mrs. James O'Hara. Guyasuta's Grave. MAPS. Fort Pittsburgh (Du Quesne) and its Environs, January, 1759. (p. 64/65) Hutchins' Map of Indian Towns and Bouquet's Route, 1764. (p.84/85) Fort Pitt, 1795. (p. 300/301) ______ [309] INDEX Alarms, orders relative to, 153 Allegheny County, Organization of, 301 Allegheny County, Members of Legislature, 301, 305 Alliquippa, 27 Amherst, General, Orders, 155, 187 Andrews, an Indian Express from Detroit, 108, 109 Atlee, Samuel, 210 Baillie, Lieutenant, 133 Baird, Mr., Orderly Book, 148-199 Barnsley, Captain, Orderly Book, 148-199 Bassett, Captain, 122, 132, 133 Bedford, Fort, Letter from, 138, 140 142 Bedford, Army from, 168 Block-house, orders to construct, 213 Bouquet, Colonel, Letter to General Amherst, 75-81 Bouquet, Colonel, Letter to Major Gladwin, 144 Bouquet, Colonel, thanks to garrison, 169 Brackenridge, H. H., 218 Brodhead, General, Letters of, 235, 236 Bullock Guard, 110 Burd, James, Letter to Colonel Bouquet, 81 Burd, Fort, 127 Burd, Colonel, 157 Burent, Captain, 119, 122, 128, 134 Bushy Run, Battle of, 107, 127 Butler, Richard, 241 Calhoon, Mr., 87, 127 Campaign in the South, 207 Campbell, Captain, arrived with provisions, 108 Campbell, Captain, commands militia on march, 179 Carson, Joseph, 216 Carson, William, 208 Carre, Capt., Orderly Book, 148 Celeron, Captain, Journal of, 1 Celeron, Captain, lead plates, 15, 24, 39, 40, 52 Chatterbox, Speech to McKee, 97, 98 Clarke, George Rogers, General, 202 Clapham, Colonel, 85, 125, 184 Collier, Daniel, 126 Commission as Quartermaster-General, 212 Conference, Indian, 17, 30, 32, 36, 37 Cornwallis, General, 207 Corn to cut, 164 Council held with officers, 14 Court-martial, 178 Cowpens, 207 [310] Cows, order to sell, 163 Craig, Major, 216 Crawford, Hugh, 86 Croghan, George, 123, 124, 130, 135 Cuyler, Lieutenant, 89, 130 De Butts, Captain, 286, 293, 295 Deerskins, 161 Deserters, 139, 141 D'Troit, Ecuyer, Journal of, 84 Dogs to be tied up or killed, 152, 179 Donelon, Captain, and Lieutenant Boyd fight, 120 Douglas, Ephraim, 201 Ecuyer, Captain, Journal, 84 Ecuyer Orderly Book, 148-199 Ecuyer Letters, 110-144 Ecuyer Wounded, 105 Elliot, Robert, death of, 214 Ellis, Letter, 174 Firelocks, 167 Flour, 164 Forbes, General, Letter to Colonel Bouquet, 71 Fort Recovery, Wayne's Letters, 263, 282 Forts, names of forts supplied by O'Hara, 211 General Hospital, 206 Gladwin, Major, Letter from Bouquet, 144 Glassworks, 216 Grass to cut, 156 Grand Glaize, 215 Grandidier, Mr., 133 Grant, Major, Letters, 63 Grant s Hill, Indians on, 92, 93, 97-99 Greenville, Fort, 214 Greene, General, 208 Hamilton, Alex., 299, 300 Hand, Ed., General, Letters of, 223-227, 230-233 Harmar, General Josiah, Letters, 211 Harmar's Defeat, 212 Heckwelder, John, Letters, 204-206 Hodgdon, S., Letters to O'Hara, 249 Hopkins, John Henry, 218 Horseshoe Plain, 202 Horses and Cows, 160 Hudson, John, 134 Hulings, Marcus, 132 Hutchins, Ensign, 125, 144 Indian Conferences, 17, 30, 32, 36, 37, 45, 53, 56, 57, 63, 221 Indian Letter, 287 Indians drive off cattle, 136 Inundation, March 12, 1763, 114 Indian Corn, price of, 155 Indians on river shore, 102 103 Inventory of provisions, 173 Irvine, Wm., General, Letters, 237-241 Kaskaskie, 202 Kanawha, 201 Keys of the gates, 159 Kirkpatrick, W., General, 215 Kiashuta, 221 Knox, Henry, General, 245‹247 Kuskusky, 201 Lead plates buried, 15, 24, 39, 40, 52 Le B¦uf, Fort, Ensign Price's escape from, 93, 94 Lee, Arthur, Letter, 241 [311] Letter to Philadelphia, 26 Ligonier, 146 Lochry, Colonel, Letters to, 224-229, 231-233. Louis Phillippe, 219 Miami Villages, 202 McIntosh, Fort, 210 McIntosh, General, letters, 234 McMasters, John, 213 McKee, 90, 91, 133, 135, 136 Militia to march to Bedford, 179 Mifflin, Governor, 213 Miller shot, 90 Mingoes sell skins, 124 Moreau, General, 219 Moravian town, 203 Neville, John, General, 215 North Carolina, 207 Nourse, Jos., Register, Letters, 212, 245 Notes by General O'Hara, 219 O'Hara, James, General, Life of, 200 O'Hara, James, General, Letters, 203, 210, 245, 260, 264, 268, 275-281, 285, 290 O'Hara, William Carson, 217 Ourry, Captain, 121 Orderly Book, Fort Pitt, 148-199 Philadelphia, Letter to, by Celeron, 26 Pickering, Timothy, Letters, 292-293 Pipe, Captain, 201 Pitt, Fort, Ecuyer's Journal, 84 Presidential Elector, 217 Price, Ensign, escape of, 93, 94 Presbyterian Church, 217 Putnam, Brigadier-General, 212 Rations reduced, 171, 172 Redstone, Fort, 89 Ross, James, 218 Roche De Bout, Fort, 214 Sick and wounded, 179 Salt, 217 Sandusky, report of destruction of, 89 Saw-mill in Allegheny, 216 Sentinel, orders to, 156, 180 181 Ship, General Butler, 216, 217 Smith, Devereux, 200 Smallpox, 93, 182 Simeral, Alex., 223 Spanish schooner, 217 Spelt field, 100, 153 Stagg, Jos., 212 St. Clair's Defeat, 213 Steele, Letters, 297-298 Stewart, Captain, orders to march, 199 Summons made to the English, 61 Tarleton, General, 207 Thompson, James, killed, 92 Trent, Major, 129 Troops to march for Ligonier, 171 Turtle's Heart, Speech to McKee, 92 Venango in ashes, 94, 130 Vincennes, 202 Washington, Fort, Wayne's Letters, 262, 263, 273, 274, 283, 288, 289 Wayne, General, 208, 264, 267, 270-272, 282-285, 288-290 [312] Whiskey Insurrection, 215 Wilkins, John, 215 Wilkinson, General, 273, 296 Women, orders about work, 153-155, 158, 160 Wood, orders relative to, 158, 162, 177 Written rocks, 28 Yellow Bird, a Shawnee Chief, 104 * * * * * *