Narrative of the Transactions, Imprisonment, and Sufferings of John Connolloy, an American Loyalist, and Lieutenant-Colonel in His Majesty's Service: ... of Congress, in His Treatment and Detention

by John Connolly

Excerpt from Narrative of the Transactions, Imprisonment, and Sufferings of John Connolloy, an American Loyalist, and Lieutenant-Colonel in His Majesty's Service: In Which Are Shewn, the Unjustifiable Proceedings of Congress, in His Treatment and Detention
Here I had an opportunity of observing the great difference between the petite guerre of the Indians, and the military system of the Europeans, and how essentially necessary it was for a good soldier in this service to be master of them both. Animated by a strong desire to make myself worthy to serve my King and country on future occasions, after peace was established with the Indians, I explored our newly acquired territory, visited the various tribes of native Americans, studied their different manners and customs, under-took the most toilsome marches with them through the extensive wilds of Canada, and depended upon the precarious chaos for my subsistence for months successively. A perseverance in these preliminary duties of a good soldier taught me to endure hardships, and gave me agility of body, and an aptitude to enterprise, very proper to form a partizan officer.
Delighted with the soil and climate, I afterwards fixed my residence beyond the Apalachian mountains in West Augusta county, and as numbers were daily emigrating thither from the middle Colonies, I was active in encouraging the new settlers; these soon acquired property, the spirit of industry increased, cultivation and improvements were extended, and establishments, scarcely credible, arose from the midst of a wilderness, and spread for more than one hundred miles down the river Ohio. To be at the head of a new settlement was not the only object I had in view. During the preceding war, France had sent her soldiers from Canada, and by seizing this country, and erecting Fort Du Quesne (now Fort Pitt) had given great disturbance to Virginia, and the Middle Colonies in general. This new settlement precluded the possibility of renewing the like ravages from Louisiana, now the only avenue through which we were vulnerable, in case of future hostilities with the House of Bourbon.
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72 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2015

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