"On  the  11th  I  got  to  Belvoir,  where  I  stopped  one  day  to  take
necessary  rest  and  then  set  out  and  arrived  in  Williamsburg  the
6th,  when  I  waited  upon  His  Honor,  the  Governor,  with  the  letter
I  had  brought  from  the  French  and  to  give  an  account  of  the
success  of  my  proceedings."

GIST'S  JOURNAL

Captain  Gist  also  kept  a  journal  of  this  expedition.*  Some
passages  of  it  aff"ord  an  interesting  commentary  on  what  Washing-
ton has  more  briefly  recorded:

"Wednesday,  26th. — The  major  desired  me  to  set  out  on  foot
and  leave  our  conipany,  as  the  creeks  were  frozen  and  our  horses
could  make  but  little  way.  Indeed,  I  was  unwilling  he  should  un-
dertake such  travel,  who  had  never  been  used  to  walking  before
this  time.  But  as  he  was  set  on  it,  we  set  out  with  our  packs,  like
Indians,  and  traveled  eighteen  miles.  That  night  we  lodged  at  an
Indian  cabin,  and  the  major  was  much  fatigued.  It  was  very  cold.
All  the  small  runs  were  frozen,  so  that  we  could  hardly  get  water
to    drink.
