I should like to stay with you, if you will allow me." "I should be very glad to have you with me," Washington said; "but I do not think that you will see much action here.

It will be a war of forays.

The Indians will pounce upon a village or solitary farm house, murder and scalp the inhabitants, burn the buildings to the ground, and in an hour be far away beyond reach of pursuit.

All that I can do is to occupy the chief roads, by which they can advance into the heart of the colony, and the people of the settlements lying west of that must, perforce, abandon their homesteads, and fly east until we are strong enough to again take up the offensive.
"Were I in your place, I would at once take horse and ride north.

You will then be in plenty of time, if inclined, to join in the expedition against the French on Fort George, or in that which is going to march on Niagara.