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George Washington
By Alexander
PART 1
I lived 67 years of life (1732-1799). I was 6'3" with large hands and feet. I had
white, powdered hair and was very serious. I was born to generations of Virginia planters
and was honest and industrious. I served in the military, both for Virginia under British
rule and as Commander in Chief of the American Colonial Armies. I got married to Martha
Custis and adopted her two children, and later my stepson's children after he died. I was
privately tutored and liked mathematics very much. I was not as comfortable with words,
but people still admired and looked up to me because of my courage and leadership. I like
physical activity more, such as fishing, swimming, shooting and am a really good horseman.
PART 2
In 1753 I had to deliver a message from Virginia Governor Dinwiddie that the British
wanted the French to withdraw from the Ohio Valley territory or be forced out. I made a
1,000-mile journey through snowstorms and rainstorms, across mountains and river rapids
through hostile Indian Territory. My interpreters and guides and I finally reached the
French at Fort Le Beouf near Lake Erie, gathering information about the French forces in
the west. The French commander told me they were there to stay and would drive the English
out if they tried to attack. I returned to Virginia with this message. Near the village
"Murdering Town", my interpreter and I were almost killed by our guide when he
fired point blank at us. I disarmed the guide. The interpreter wanted the guide killed but
I refused this act of "frontier justice'' and let him go. Next, we built a log raft
to get us across the icy Monongahela River. Using a pole to push the raft through the
blocks of ice on the river, I lost my balance and fell in! I made it safely ashore but my
soaked clothes immediately froze solid. I spent the night rubbing my fingers and toes with
snow.
PART 3
Chapter 1
"Yyyyyaaaaaaaaawwwwnn" I uttered as I woke up. As I pushed off the new bearskin
that I had killed recently, I glanced at the calendar. It said: April 15, 1751. I looked
in my parent's room. Nope not awake yet, I thought as I went to the kitchen to eat my
breakfast. Eggs, rashers of bacon and grits were put on the table before me and I ate.
When I was just finishing my breakfast my parents came into the room. They said,
"Good morning, son" as they sat down at the table. "I gotta go," I
said as I picked up my hunting gun and my bag for the skins I get, and scrambled out of
the house to go hunting. I hope it's going to be exciting, I thought. And boy was it!
Chapter 2
As I made my way to the woods, I heard some rustling in the bushes. If my senses serve me
right, that must be a raccoon, I thought, and sure enough, a raccoon came speeding away
from me. I fired twice, misses. Well, 3rd times the charm, I thought. I shot again and hit
him, so I picked him up and put him in my bag and walked on. I heard louder rustling, so I
turned around and while I was looking in the direction of the sound, a bear knocked me
unconscious and dragged me off!
Chapter 3
I woke up on an island in the middle of a river. I looked around, no bear. And there, not
more than a few feet away, was a wooden raft with 1 paddle! I guess somebody tried to get
away but that bear beat 'em to the raft and the kid got eaten, I thought. Shivers ran down
my back. So I went to the raft very quietly and dragged it to where the shore of the river
was. I got my gun, put it on the raft and started to paddle my way across the river. I
knew where I was because of the surveying I had been doing. I was halfway across when a
wave knocked the raft and I did a somersault onto the bank.
Chapter 4
"Yeeeeeeeeeeooooooooooooowww!" I howled in pain as I got up. I picked up my gun
and looked at the sunset. So I went North according to the sun and, after a couple of
hours, I saw something. Could it be? Could it be? Yes! I let out a whoop as I ran home. |
