60 The Winning of the West 



burg, having traveled six hundred and twenty miles, 

 he reached his father's house. 7 



After staying only a day at his old home, he set 

 out for Williamsburg, where he was detained a fort- 

 night before the State auditors would settle the ac- 

 counts of the Kentucky militia, which he had 

 brought with him. The two things which he 

 deemed especially worthy of mention during this 

 time were his purchase of a ticket in the State lot- 

 tery, for three pounds, and his going to church on 

 Sunday the first chance he had had to do so during 

 the year. 8 He was overjoyed at the news of Bur- 

 goyne's surrender; and with a light heart he re- 

 turned to his father's house, to get a glimpse of his 

 people before again plunging into the wilds. 



After a week's rest he went back to the capital, 

 laid his plans before Patrick Henry, and urged their 

 adoption with fiery enthusiasm. 9 Henry's ardent 



3^. to 13.?. In Williamsburg, the capital, they were for a 

 fortnight g 18^. 



7 Seventy miles beyond Charlottesville; he gives an itin- 

 erary of his journey, making it six hundred and twenty miles 

 in all, by the route he traveled. On the way he had his 

 horse shod and bought a pair of shoes for himself; appar- 

 ently he kept the rest of his backwoods apparel. He sold his 

 gun for ,15 and swapped his horses again this time giving 

 ;7 los. to boot. 



8 When his accounts were settled he immediately bought "a 

 piece of cloth for a jacket; price 4. 15*. ; buttons etc., 3$." 



9 Clark has left a full MS. memoir of the events of 1777, 

 1778, and 1779. It was used extensively by Mann Butler, the 

 first historian who gave the campaign its proper prominence, 

 and is printed almost complete by Dillon, on pp. 115-167 of 

 his "Indiana." It was written at the desire of Presidents 



