Patrick  Henry,  of  Virginia,  he  planned  an  expe-
dition against  Illinois,  which  was  carried  out
the  following  year.  On  July  4,  1778,  he  captured
Kaskaskia  without  firing  a  gun,  and  other
French  villages  surrendered  at  discretion.  The
following  February  he  set  out  from  Kaskaskia  to
cross  the  "Illinois  Country"  for  the  purpose  of
recapturing  Vincennes,  which  had  been  taken  and
was  garrisoned  by  the  British  under  Hamilton.
After  a  forced  march  characterized  by  incredible
suffering,  his  ragged  followers  effected  the  cap-
ture of  the  post.  His  last  important  military
service  was  against  the  savages  on  the  Big
Miami,  whose  villages  and  fields  he  laid  waste.
His  last  years  were  passed  in  sorrow  and  in  com-
parative penury.  He  died  at  Louisville,  Ky.,
Feb.  18,  1818,  and  his  remains,  after  reposing  in  a
private  cemetery  near  that  city  for  half  a  cen-
tury, were  exhumed  and  removed  to  Cave  Hill
Cemetery  in  1869.  The  fullest  history  of  General
Clark's  expedition  and  his  life  will  be  found  in
the  "Conquest  of  the  Country  Northwest  of  the
Ohio  River,  1 77 1  1788,  and  Life  of  Gen.  George
Rogers  Clark"  (2  volumes,  1896),  by  the  late
William  II.   English,  of  Indianapolis.
CLA1IK,  Horace  S.,  lawyer  and  politician,  was
born  at  Huntsburg,  Ohio,   August  12,  1840.    At


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