Imagine that you are the commanding officer of a
British fort during the French and Indian War.
In the form of a journal that you hope to pass onto your children, write down
your thoughts about life inside of the fort.
R: British
officer during the French and Indian War
A: Children
F: Journal
T: Life
during the French and Indian War
April 14th
Three nights prior, we took in four survivors of a
nearby Indian attack. Their homes had
been burned, and those who were injured or could not escape in time were taken
captive by the Indians. I am afraid that
our already low food supplies will not hold out much longer with all these
extra mouths. Before dawn, I sent out a
party of men to scout along the river and bring back any game that they could
find. They came back empty-handed, with reports
that the Indians and the French had ambushed them two miles out, leaving two
members of the party dead. I do not
think it will be longer before we find ourselves under siege, so I have
dispatched a rider with a plea for back up from the surrounding forts. Even more disturbing, one of the men came
down with what appears to be smallpox.
We have isolated him to the infirmary, but I fear what will happen if we
find ourselves with a smallpox outbreak in the middle of a siege.
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