Conquête du pays au nord-ouest de la rivière Ohio, 1778-1783 : et, la vie de Gen George Rogers Clark . rt, Baley en son centre. Il existe une incertitude quant au moment où ce fort a été construit, et à qui il a été nommé. Pioneer Reynoldss Historvof Illinois dit qu'il a été construit en 1769, et conservateur de son Goodspeeds-comté de Knox, Indiana, dit qu'il était nommé Jean de inhonor Sacqueville, un négociant français et soldat, qui était employé par la Société française de Detroit.Il a aussi dit que c'est affirmé qu'il a été construit comme earlv comme 1713.*L'auteur est d'avis que, comme entre les deux datesmentioned, celle de gouverneur Re

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Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . rt, Baley at its center. There is some uncertainty as to when this fort was built, and after whom it was named. Reynoldss Pioneer Historvof Illinois says it was built in 1769, and Goodspeeds His-tory of Knox County, Indiana, says it was named inhonor of Jean Sacqueville, a French trader and soldier, who was employed by the Detroit French Fur Company.It also says it is claimed it was built as earlv as 1713.*The author is of the opinion that as between the two datesmentioned, that of Governor Revnolds is likelv to be FORT SACKVILLE. 319 nearer correct than the other. The most probable con-clusion as to the name of the fort is that it was called afterthe English nobleman bearing the title of Lord Sackville.There may have been two forts called Sackville, erected atdifferent dates, and both not exactly on the same site. TheKnox county history, before referred to, describes the fortas an irregular enclosure, being about sixty feet at thenarrowest place and two hundred feet in the widest part, . FORT SACKVILLE. and containing from two to three acres. This was sur-rounded by a stockade from ten to twelve feet high, withblock-houses at the corners or angles, as was usual in fortsof that day. In the center was a block-house also, whichserved as quarters for the officers, and underneath this wasthe magazine. On the riverside were the barracks for themen. Small pieces of ordnance were at times in use forthe defense of the fort and garrison. This corresponds, 320 FORT SACKVILLE. as to height, with the statement of Lieutenant-GovernorHamilton, who says of the stockade timbers that they wereupright and eleven feet out of the ground. It will be remembered that after securing possessionfrom Captain Helm, Lieutenant-Governor Hamilton pro-ceeded, at once, to strengthen it, and put it in goodorder, and he admits, in his account, that when Clarkappeared it was in a tolerable state of def

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