Life of George Washington — Volume 01

LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON - BY WASHINGTON IRVING - IN FIVE VOLS. - VOL. I. - CHAPTER I. - GENEALOGY OF THE WASHINGTON FAMILY.

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CHAPTER II. - THE HOME OF WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD—HIS EARLY EDUCATION—LAWRENCE WASHINGTON AND HIS CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST INDIES—DEATH OF WASHINGTON'S FATHER—THE WIDOWED MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN—SCHOOL EXERCISES.

CHAPTER III. - PATERNAL CONDUCT OF AN ELDER BROTHER—THE FAIRFAX FAMILY—WASHINGTON'S CODE OF MORALS AND MANNERS—SOLDIERS' TALES—THEIR INFLUENCE—WASHINGTON PREPARES FOR THE NAVY—A MOTHER'S OBJECTIONS—RETURN TO SCHOOL—STUDIES AND EXERCISES—A SCHOOL-BOY PASSION—THE LOWLAND BEAUTY—LOVE DITTIES AT MOUNT VERNON—VISIT TO BELVOIR—LORD FAIRFAX—HIS CHARACTER—FOX-HUNTING A REMEDY FOR LOVE—PROPOSITION FOR A SURVEYING EXPEDITION.

CHAPTER IV. - EXPEDITION BEYOND THE BLUE RIDGE—THE VALLEY OF THE SHENANDOAH—LORD HALIFAX—LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS—SURVEYING—LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS— INDIANS—WAR DANCE—GERMAN SETTLERS—RETURN HOME—WASHINGTON AS PUBLIC SURVEYOR—SOJOURN AT GREENWAY COURT—HORSES, HOUNDS, AND BOOKS—RUGGED EXPERIENCE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

CHAPTER V. - ENGLISH AND FRENCH CLAIMS TO THE OHIO VALLEY—WILD STATE OF THE COUNTRY— PROJECTS OF SETTLEMENTS—THE OHIO COMPANY—ENLIGHTENED VIEWS OF LAWRENCE WASHINGTON—FRENCH RIVALRY—CELERON DE BIENVILLE—HIS SIGNS OF OCCUPATION— HUGH CRAWFORD—GEORGE CROGHAN, A VETERAN TRADER, AND MONTOUR, HIS INTERPRETER—THEIR MISSION FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO THE OHIO TRIBES— CHRISTOPHER GIST, THE PIONEER OF THE YADKIN—AGENT OF THE OHIO COMPANY— HIS EXPEDITION TO THE FRONTIER—REPROBATE TRADERS AT LOGSTOWN—NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INDIANS—SCENES IN THE OHIO COUNTRY—DIPLOMACY AT PIQUA—KEGS OF BRANDY AND ROLLS OF TOBACCO—GIST'S RETURN ACROSS KENTUCKY—A DESERTED HOME—FRENCH SCHEMES—CAPTAIN JONCAIRE, A DIPLOMAT OF THE WILDERNESS—HIS SPEECH AT LOGSTOWN—THE INDIANS' LAND—"WHERE?"

CHAPTER VI. - PREPARATIONS FOR HOSTILITIES—WASHINGTON APPOINTED DISTRICT ADJUTANT GENERAL—MOUNT VERNON A SCHOOL OF ARMS—ADJUTANT MUSE A VETERAN CAMPAIGNER—JACOB VAN BRAAM THE MASTER OF FENCE—ILL HEALTH OF WASHINGTON'S BROTHER LAWRENCE—VOYAGE WITH HIM TO THE WEST INDIES—SCENES AT BARBADOES— TROPICAL FRUITS—BEEFSTEAK AND TRIPE CLUB—RETURN HOME OF WASHINGTON— DEATH OF LAWRENCE.

CHAPTER VII. - COUNCIL OF THE OHIO TRIBES AT LOGSTOWN—TREATY WITH THE ENGLISH—GIST'S SETTLEMENT—SPEECHES OF THE HALF-KING AND THE FRENCH COMMANDANT—FRENCH AGGRESSIONS—THE RUINS OF PIQUA—WASHINGTON SENT ON A MISSION TO THE FRENCH COMMANDER—JACOB VAN BRAAM, HIS INTERPRETER—CHRISTOPHER GIST, HIS GUIDE— HALT AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MONONGAHELA AND ALLEGANY—PROJECTED FORT— SHINGISS, A DELAWARE SACHEM—LOGSTOWN—THE HALF KING—INDIAN COUNCILS— INDIAN DIPLOMACY—RUMORS CONCERNING JONCAIRE—INDIAN ESCORTS—THE HALF-KING, JESKAKAKE AND WHITE THUNDER.

CHAPTER VIII. - ARRIVAL AT VENANGO—CAPTAIN JONCAIRE—FRONTIER REVELRY—DISCUSSIONS OVER THE BOTTLE—THE OLD DIPLOMATIST AND THE YOUNG—THE HALF-KING, JESKAKAKE, AND WHITE THUNDER STAGGERED—THE SPEECH-BELT—DEPARTURE—LA FORCE, THE WILY COMMISSARY—FORT AT FRENCH CREEK—THE CHEVALIER LEGARDEUR DE ST. PIERRE, KNIGHT OF ST. LOUIS—CAPTAIN REPARTI—TRANSACTIONS AT THE FORT—ATTEMPTS TO SEDUCE THE SACHEMS—MISCHIEF BREWING ON THE FRONTIER—DIFFICULTIES AND DELAYS IN PARTING—DESCENT OF FRENCH CREEK—ARRIVAL AT VENANGO.

CHAPTER IX. - RETURN FROM VENANGO—A TRAMP ON FOOT—MURDERING TOWN—THE INDIAN GUIDE— TREACHERY—AN ANXIOUS NIGHT—PERILS ON THE ALLEGANY RIVER—QUEEN ALIQUIPPA—THE OLD WATCH-COAT—RETURN ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE.