Now, although the march was not resisted, they saw unmistakable signs that it was watched.

They found trails of small Indian bands and several soldiers who straggled into the forest were killed and scalped.

Braddock was enraged but not alarmed.

The army would brush away these flies and proceed to the achievement of its object, the capture of Fort Duquesne.

The soldiers from England shuddered at the sight of their scalped comrades.