Does anyone have access to the 13 reels of microfilm of the George Rogers Clark Papers, The Illinois Regiment, at the Virginia State Library and Archives? The index and description are found here: http://my.execpc.com/~sril/clark The index has an entry for "Accadiens, Roiac, 2-172." I wonder if that has anything to do with the Acadians? Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA

George Rodgers Clark was an older brother of William Clark of the famous Lewis-Clark expedition. He led the Americans who captured Kaskaskia and Fort Sackville in Vincennes, Indiana. Below is an excerpt from the following site: http://www.myoldkentuckyroots.com/georgerodgersclark.html Stanley LeBlanc http:///www.thecajuns.com ***excerpt*** In about 1775 Clark moved to Harrodsburg (Kentucky's first permanent settlement). He became an elected delegate and persuaded the Virginia Assembly to create Kentucky County and provide for its defense. When he return to Kentucky from Virginia He Assumed military leadership on the frontier. The British from their post in Detroit were sending Indian Parties to attack Kentucky settlements and General Henry Hamilton was offering a bounty for scalps of Americans. Clark thought that the best defense was to attack the British stations and planned a march into the Illinois country. In the spring of 1778 he gathered 170 men and led them across the Illinois prairie. On the night of July 4 they crept upon Kaskaskia and captured the town without gunshot. When word of Clarks invasion reach General Henry Hamilton in Detroit, he sent 700 British (mostly Canadian Militia) and Indian troops down the Wabash to Vincennes, planing to drive the Americans out of the Illinois country come spring. Meanwhile at Kaskaskia, Clark knew he had to act before Hamilton could attack. Eventhough he barely had 150 men, he believed that surprise could make up for numbers. In February 1779 Clark and his men march 200 miles across the flooded prairie in sub-freezing temperatures. They quietly invaded the town of Vincennes and the started their attack of Fort Sackville. By shrewdness Clark tricked Hamilton into believing that his force was much larger than it was and Hamilton surrender the fort and himself to General Clark. American then became the dominant power in the land between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes ***end of excerpt*** -----Original Message----- From: Judy Riffel [mailto:j.a.riffel@worldnet.att.net] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:44 PM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] George Rogers Clark Papers Does anyone have access to the 13 reels of microfilm of the George Rogers Clark Papers, The Illinois Regiment, at the Virginia State Library and Archives? The index and description are found here: http://my.execpc.com/~sril/clark The index has an entry for "Accadiens, Roiac, 2-172." I wonder if that has anything to do with the Acadians? Judy Riffel Baton Rouge, LA ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/ACADIAN-CAJUN.html This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237