The _Willing_ appeared in a few days. Her men were deeply disappointed because they were too late to take part in the fight. [Illustration: EXPEDITIONS TO THE WEST AND THE SCENE OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK'S CAMPAIGN] Clark put men in the forts at Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes, and made peace with the Indians round about. But he was never able to march against Detroit, as once he had planned to do. [Sidenote: =Clark's Grant=] Virginia rewarded the brave men who had followed Clark by giving to each three hundred acres of land in southern Indiana. The land was surveyed and is known to-day as "Clark's Grant." Clark and his men had performed one of the greatest deeds of the Revolutionary War. They made it possible for the United States to have the Mississippi River for her western boundary when England acknowledged our independence. [Sidenote: =Clark unrewarded=] George Rogers Clark was never properly rewarded. He spent his last days in poverty at the falls of the Ohio, on Corn Island, and died in 1818. In 1895 a monument was erected in honor of his memory in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana. SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL =The Leading Facts.= _1._ Boone loved the woods, crossed the mountains into east Tennessee, and later went to Kentucky. _2._ He wintered alone in Kentucky; his brother returned home for supplies. _3._ Boone built the "Wilderness Road," and also built Fort Boonesboro. _4._ Boone took part in the War of the Revolution, was captured by the Indians, carried to Detroit, but escaped. _5._ Years after his death his remains were taken to Frankfort, Kentucky. _6._ John Sevier studied at Fredericksburg; fought Indians in the Shenandoah. _7._ He went over to the settlement on the Watauga; helped defend it against the Indians. _8._ Sevier helped win the great victory at Kings Mountain. _9._ He was many times governor of Tennessee. _10._ George Rogers Clark loved the woods; was a surveyor and an Indian fighter at twenty-one. _11._ Moved to Kentucky, saw men and women scalped, and resolved to capture the British posts north of the Ohio. _12._ Clark received permission from Patrick Henry, collected his little army, and floated down the Ohio to the falls. _13._ He drilled his men; set out for Kaskaskia, which he captured. _14._ Clark marched for Vincennes through the drowned lands; attacked and captured Vincennes. _15._ Clark was not rewarded by the government, but the state of Indiana has erected a great monument to his memory.