The French and Indian War Quotes

“Just after the early sunset of December 11, 1753, a gangling young man appeared out of the woods accompanied by a grizzled old-timer and half a dozen others leading packhorses. The older man was Christopher Gist, by now no stranger along the tributaries of the Ohio. The younger man was unknown to the French. He spoke no French but managed to convey that he had come from Virginia with an important message. His name, he said, was George Washington. It meant nothing to them.”
― Walter R. Borneman, The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America