A month of spring was passing, and the army was far from having the necessary supplies.

Neither Virginia nor Pennsylvania responded properly.

In Pennsylvania there was a bitter quarrel between the people and the proprietary government that hampered action.

Many of the contractors who were to furnish equipment thought much more of profit than of patriotism.

Braddock, brave and honest, but tactless and wholly ignorant of the conditions predominant in any new country, raged and stormed.