Its fall was linked to the actions of an ally, Half King, who killed the commander of an enemy scouting party, Joseph de Jumonville, and left with his Seneca warriors before fighting began.
The month before the encounter at this site was spent building a road connecting it to Gist's Plantation. Its main overseer took charge after the death of Joshua Fry and was forced to share command upon the arrival of reinforcements under James Mackay. Its fall was linked to the actions of an ally, Half King, who killed the commander of an enemy scouting party, Joseph de Jumonville, and left with his Seneca warriors before fighting began. Jumonville's brother, Louis, sought revenge, and thus this *outpost in the Great Meadows, built as part of an expedition ordered by Robert Dinwiddie, was besieged by an army from Fort Duquesne. FTP, name this hastily-made fort, whose capture opened the French and Indian War and saw an ignominious surrender made by George Washington.
The month before the encounter at this site was spent building a road connecting it to Gist's Plantation.
Fort {Necessity} (accept “Great Meadows” before the *)