Deer Lick Council

On 3 July 1755, General Braddock holds a war council at Deer Lick and against the advice of one of his subordinates, Sir John Saint Clair, decides to press on toward Fort Duquesne without consolidating his force. Iroquois scouts return from a reconnaissance with the scalp of a French officer, and provisions from the trailing wagon train reach the main body, which has suffered from shortages of food and water.