We have checked again with our master carpenter and found that he is making progress. We are still not sure of what he is making, but it heightens the anticipation. It seems that he has squared the log to make some sort of a bench since we see what appear to be four legs temporarily overturned. Now he may be making some sort of a hole in the bench. We will check back later. Notice that he uses a wooden mallet instead of an iron hammer with which to hit the tools - in this case his hatchet. This makes them last longer.

One does not expect to find some of the local women at a camp, but just as the army needs a carpenter and a blacksmith to make items and repair broken ones, so it needs wool, clothes, rugs and other items. Here we see one lady showing a braided rug to a couple. Often officers will buy such items to make living in a tent more comfortable. We also saw this smiling spinner making thread from wool. When uniforms and other clothing tears in the wilderness or wears out, the soldiers and officers like to have a ready supply available. This means that the movement of an army often brings much business to the small towns like Winchester that they pass through. Just think of the business that will come our way when Gen. Braddock and his army win back the Ohio Valley from the French and our British settlers move out there. Winchester will no longer be on the edge of the frontier and our goods will be in great demand.

    Our two day visit to the camp of Gen. Braddock's army at Winchester is coming to an end. We would like to show you more pictures of:

but we must hurry back to the Gazette office. We hope to keep track of the march of Gen. Braddock's army, so check back again some time. But there is one last project we must check up on......