e in 1759. He served as ensign in 1763, and
lieutenant under Bouquet in 1764; he was a leader, for several
years, of the Black Boys--a sort of regulators of the traders
who, the Black Boys thought, supplied the Indians with the
munitions of war. As the troubles with the mother country
began, Smith was selected for frontier service, and held civil
and military positions--captain in the Pennsylvania line; then
in 1777 as major under Washington; in 1778, he was promoted to
the rank of colonel of militia, and led an expedition against
the Indian town on French Creek. In 1788, he removed to
Kentucky; served in the early Kentucky conventions, preparatory
to State organization, and also in the legislature. He did
missionary work in Kentucky and Tennessee, and preached among
the Indians. He wrote a valuable account of his Indian
captivity, republished a few years since by Robert Clarke &
Co., Cincinnati, and a treatise on Indian warfare, besides two
controversial pamphlets against the Shakers. He died in
Washington county, Ky., in 1812, aged about seventy-five
years.--L. C. D.

[6] Captain Simeon Ecuyer, like Bouquet, was a native of
Switzerland; he did good service on the frontiers, especially
in the gallant defense of Fort Pitt in 1763. He became
disgusted with the bad conduct of his soldiers, especially the
grenadiers, and begged leave to resign. "For God's sake," he
implored Bouquet, "let me go, and raise cabbages."--L. C. D.

[7] Henry Bouquet was born at Rolle, in the canton of Berne,
Switzerland, in 1721, and at the age of seventeen he entered
into the service of the states general of Holland; subsequently
engaged under the banner of Sardinia, and distinguished himself
at the battle of Cony. In 1748, he was a lieutenant-colonel in
the Swiss guards, in the service of Holland. At length, in
1756, he entered the English army, serving in the Royal
Americans, and co-operated with Gen. Forbes on the campaign
against Fort Du Quesne, repulsing an attack of French and
Indians on Loyal Hanna. He afterwards served in Canada, and was
sent for the relief of Fort Pitt, when beleagured in 1763.
While marching on this service, he signally defeated the
Indians at Bushy Run, after a two day