Note 16 — Chapter I

[Céloron’s expedition was followed, in 1750, by the visit of Christopher Gist, who was sent, under the direction of this newly formed Ohio Company, to prepare the way for planting English colonists in the disputed territory. The instructions to Gist are in the appendix of Pownall’s Topographical Description of North America. He fell in with George Croghan, one of the Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish, then exploring the country for the Governor of Pennsylvania; and Croghan was accompanied by Andrew Montour, a half-breed interpreter. The original authorities for their journey are in the New York Colonial Documents, vol. vii., and in the Colonial Records of Pennsylvania, vol. v.; while the Journals of Gist and Croghan may be found respectively in Pownall (ut supra) and in the periodical Olden Time, vol. i. Cf. also Dinwiddie Papers, index. In the Pennsylvania Archives, second series, vol. vi., are various French and English documents touching the French occupation of this region.—Ed.]