Arthur St. Clair’s connection with the Ordinance must have been, from the nature of the position he occupied as well as from the character of the man, of very considerable importance. There is good reason for believing him to be the author of the clause relating to the treatment of the Indians. No other member of the House had a better acquaintance with the Indian character, or better appreciated what was by right due to the red man, and it is therefore more than likely that the preparation of this clause was entrusted to him, though there exists no positive proof of the fact. General St. Clair’s history as Governor of the Northwest Territory will be reserved for future publication in this Magazine. WILLIAM W. WILLIAMS. GEO. WASHINGTON’S FIRST EXPERIENCE AS SURVEYOR. Washington’s early education was in the direction to fit him in an especial manner for the practical work of the surveyor. After having exhausted the possibilities of the elementary school, which he had before attended, he was taken into the family of his brother Lawrence, that he might have the benefit of a better one than existed in that neighborhood. It seems to have been intended that he should attain a thorough and practical business education—such as should fit him for all the duties of an extensive colonial land owner and planter. Perhaps the possibility of his becoming a magistrate or burgess was also present, as the place that awaited him in the society of Virginia was such as to warrant so modest an ambition. There are now in existence several of his school books, into one of which are copied, with infinite pains, forms for contracts, land conveyances, leases, mortgages, etc. In another are preserved the field-notes and calculations of surveys, which he made as a matter of practice—kept and proved with the same exactness that would have been expected had the result been intended to form the basis of practical transactions. Not the least advantage of Washington’s sojourn with his brother, was the fact that it introduced him, at once, into the highest and, at the same time, the best society of the colony. Lawrence had become one of the most honored and prominent men in Virginia. His wealth, his social position and that of the Fairfax family, his sterling character and unquestioned ability, had united to advance him, and he was a member of the House of Burgesses, as well as adjutant-general of his district, with the rank and pay of a major.