Military officer: born in
Rolle, Switzerland, in 1719.
In 1748 he was lieutenant-colonel of the Swiss Guard in the service of
Holland; and he entered the
English service with the same rank in 1756.
In 1762 he was made colonel, and in 1765
brigadier-general.
Bouquet was active in
western Pennsylvania in connection with operations against
Fort Duquesne; also in relieving
Fort Pitt in 1763.
During
Pontiac's war
Fort Pitt (now
Pittsburg, Pa.) was in imminent danger, and
Colonel Bouquet was sent to its relief.
He arrived at
Fort Bedford, in western Pennsylvania, on July 25, 1763, in the neighborhood of which eighteen persons had been made prisoners or scalped by the Indians.
The barbarians were then besieging
Fort Pitt.
As soon as they heard of the approach of
Bouquet, they raised the siege with the intention of meeting and attacking him. Uncertain of their strength and motives,
Bouquet left
Fort Bedford and went to Fort Ligonier, where he left his wagons and stores, and pushed on towards
Fort Pitt.
with the troops in light marching order, and 340 pack-horses carrying flour.
On Aug. 5 his advanced guard was attacked near
Bushy Run by Indians in ambuscade, who were driven some distance by the troops.
The barbarians returned to the attack, and a general action ensued, the Indians being continually repulsed and then returning to the fight.
They were finally driven from their posts with fixed bayonets and dispersed.
They rallied, and the next morning surrounded
Bouquet's camp.
After a severe conflict, they were again dispersed.
In these engagements the
English lost fifty killed and sixty wounded.
Colonel Bouquet reached
Fort Pitt four days afterwards, and the campaign was closed.
In 1764 he subdued the
Ohio Indians, and compelled the Shawnees and Delawares to make peace.
D)r.
William Smith.
of
Philadelphia, wrote a history of this expedition, and published it in 1765, with plates and a map.
Bouquet died in
Pensacola, Fla., in February, 1766.
