"What is the General doing over yonder?
He must hear by the heavy firing what straits we are in.

He knows the condition of the fort.

He should risk and dare everything to come to our aid.

If this fort is lost, then our western frontier has lost its only point of defence against the inroads of Indians and the encroachments of France." A few days later and a cry went up from the walls, "A white flag! a white flag!" and for a moment a wild hope surged up in the hearts of the soldiers that the enemy had grown tired of the game of war, and had some proposal to make.
The messenger brought a letter.

It was not from the French commander himself, though it was delivered with a courteous message from him.