Purpose to the Ohio
The fresh new Lieutenant Governor from Virginia, Robert Dinwiddie, are eg singing inside the contacting up on the british regulators, from the Privy Council, to stop French incursions toward Ohio Area. Brand new Privy Council wanted to give the colonial governors the advantage to resist French incursions in america. King George II’s advice reported that the newest governor were to vertical forts, cover English states and take off people Indians otherwise Europeans away from English area. The guy subscribed Dinwiddie to ask our house out of Burgesses for cash also to increase good military. not, as the Dinwiddie is feuding to the Burgesses exactly who refused to choose the cash for an equipped expedition up against the French, he decided to posting an enthusiastic emissary alternatively.
At the Logstown, Arizona were to influence where French forces was printed, request an Indian escort, and you will move on to new French forts about Kansas River Valley
Arizona might have heard about brand new expedition from their neighbors and you may patron, Colonel William Fairfax. Into the sburg to provide themselves so you can Dinwiddie in order to volunteer in order to become Britain’s emissary towards French. Arizona wasn’t direct why he was happy to undertake this task, but he may enjoys wished to ingratiate themselves to the governor with the intension of thriving into the North adjutancy. Dinwiddie recognized Washington’s qualities, maybe because of their connections to this new Kansas Company.
Dinwiddie coached Washington sexy Japansk jenter to travel to Wills Creek (Cumberland, MD)–where Kansas Organizations strengthened storehouse is located–and hire Christopher Gist while the techniques. From there, he had been to hire porters and you can move on to Logstown, a keen Indian settlement. Dinwiddie instructed Arizona, immediately following he visited the latest French fort, to provide their page from the Governor, expect a reply, and ask for a great French escort back once again to this new Virginia settlements. If you are wishing within fort, he had been to notice troop strength, armaments, protections, telecommunications, and you may understand all he may regarding French agreements.
Washington’s basic authoritative avoid is at Logstown. Brand new Mingos, Shawnee and you may Delawares who lived-in the fresh new Ohio Area was consumer/partners of your own Iroquois Confederacy. The brand new Iroquois Council designated citizen, community headmen in subject people regarding Kansas Area. These ‘half-kings’ met with the authority to give and you can discovered diplomatic presents getting the latest Confederacy not and then make independent treaties. The fresh 1 / 2 of queen in the Logstown try an adoptive Seneca called Tanacharison, mostly referred to by the colonial Virginians while the “Half Queen”. Whenever Washington arrive at Logstown, he presented gifts and tried to convince Tanacharison to become listed on an allegiance to the United kingdom. Tanacharison seemed desperate to friend towards Uk as he had his very own issues into French. Prior to he’d encountered the French frontrunner–Captain Pierre Paul de los angeles Malgue, sieur de- Marin–during the fort within Presque Area in which the guy demanded your French leave Indian region. This new chief had refused to get off, saying that the French possessed the latest property. The guy as well as had refused to do the wampum treaty gear Tanacharison demonstrated (signifying new treaty into the Indians are broken). Tanacharison try offended from this and you can was wanting to give the strip into the newest regional French commander, Master Jacques Legardeur de- Saint-Pierre, during the Fort LeBeouef. The guy readily provided to compliment Arizona toward French forts and you can to add a formal escort class, although it perform simply take a short time to arrange into the journey. Arizona wanted to get-off instantly and chafed along side decelerate. If the class is actually fundamentally ready, Arizona try dismayed discover the escort group contained a number of old chiefs and something more youthful hunter to include fresh meat along the way.