ents on the Mississippi; upon Genet's recall, Clark's
commission was canceled. Later, he sought to secure employment
under the Spanish (see p. 130, _note_.) He died February 18,
1818, at Locust Grove, near Louisville, and lies buried at Cave
Hill, in the Louisville suburbs. In his article on Clark, in
Appleton's _Cyclop. of Amer. Biog._, i., pp. 626, 627, Dr.
Draper says: "Clark was tall and commanding, brave and full of
resources, possessing the affection and confidence of his men.
All that rich domain northwest of the Ohio was secured to the
republic, at the peace of 1783, in consequence of his prowess."
Cf. William F. Poole, in Winsor's _Narr. and Crit. Hist.
Amer._, vi., pp. 710-742. While due credit should be given to
Clark for his daring and successful undertaking, we must not
forget that England's jealousy of Spain, and shrewd diplomacy
on the part of America's peace plenipotentiaries, were factors
even more potent in winning the Northwest for the United
States.--R. G. T.

[188] CHAPTER XI.

No sooner had the adventurous advance of Col. Clarke, and the success
with which it was crowned, become known at Detroit, than preparations
were made to expel him from Kaskaskias, or capture his little army,
and thus rid the country of this obstacle to the unmolested passage of
the savages, to the frontier of Virginia. An army of six hundred men,
principally Indians, led on by Hamilton, the governor of Detroit--a
man at once bold and active, yet blood-thirsty and cruel, and well
known as a chief instigator of the savages to war, and as a stay and
prop of tories--left Detroit and proceeded towards the theatre of
Clarke's renown. With this force, he calculated on being able to
effect his purpose as regarded Col. Clarke and his little band of bold
and daring adventurers, and to spread devastation and death along the
frontier, from Kentucky to Pennsylvania. Arriving at Fort St.
Vincent,[1] on the Wabash, about the middle of December, and deeming
it too late to advance towards Kaskaskias, he repaired its battlements
and converting it into a repository for warlike implements of every
description, he detached the greater part of his force in marauding
parties to operate against the settlements on the Ohio river,
reserving for the security of his head quarters only one company of
men.

While these alarming prepa