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The army started in three divisions. The bulk, 

 consisting of Augusta men, under Col. Charles 

 Lewis, marched on September 8th, closely followed 

 by the Botetourt troops under Andrew Lewis him- 

 self. 13 Field, with his small company, started off 



13 Letter of one of Lord Dunmore's officers, November 21, 

 1774. "Am. Archives," IV, Vol. I, p. 1017. Hale gives a 

 minute account of the route followed; Stewart says they 

 started on the nth. 



With the journal of Floyd's expedition, mentioned on a 

 previous page, I received MS. copies of two letters to Col. 

 William Preston, both dated at Camp Union, at the Great 

 Levels ; one, of September 8th from Col. Andrew Lewis, and 

 one of September 7th (gth?) from Col. William Christian. 



Col. Lewis' letter runs in part: "From Augusta we have 

 600; of this county [Botetourt] about 400; Major Field is 

 joined with 40. ... I have had less Trouble with the Troops 

 than I expected. ... I received a letter from his Lordship 

 last Sunday morning which was dated the 3oth of August at 

 Old Towns, which I take to be Chresops ; he then I am told 

 had Col. Stephens and Major Conolly at his Elbow as might 

 easily be discovered by the Contents of his Letter which ex- 

 pressed his Lordship's warmest wishes that I would with all 

 the troops from this Quarter join him at the mouth of the 

 little Kanaway ; I wrote his Lordship that it was not in my 

 power to alter our route. . . . The Indians wounded a man 

 within two miles of us ... and wounded another ; from this 

 we may expect they will be picking about us all the March." 

 He states that he has more men than he expected, and will 

 therefore need more provisions, and that he will leave some 

 of his poorest troops to garrison the small fort. 



Col. Christian's letter states that the Augusta men took 

 with them 400 pack-horses, carrying 54,000 pounds of flour, 

 and 108 beeves; they started "yesterday"; Field marched 

 "this evening" ; Fleming and his 450 Botetourt men, with 200 

 pack-horses, "are going next 'Monday." Field had brought 

 word that Dunmore expected to be at the mouth of the Great 

 Kanawha "some days after the 2oth." Some Indians had 



