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s and on the Wabash; but neither to them nor to any one else did he disclose his purpose. During all that summer an apprehension prevailed at Detroit of danger to the settlements in the Illinois, Hamilton to Germain, 14 July, 1777, and Ibid., 27 July, 1777. but only from the Spanish side of the Mississippi. On the first of October, 1777, Clark took leave of the woodsmen of Kentucky, who saw him depart for the east with fear lest, entering the army, he would never return. On the tenth of December he unbosomed to Patrick Henry his purpose of acquiring the territory north-west of the Ohio. The surrender of Burgoyne had given confidence; yet Patrick Henry hesitated; for, as success depended on secrecy, the legislature could not be consulted; but a few trusty men-George Wythe, George Mason, and Thomas Jefferson —were taken to counsel, and the expedition was resolved upon. On the second of January, 1778, Clark 1778. received his instructions and twelve hundred pounds in paper mon