174 HISTORY OF FORT LIGONIER General Stanwix at Fort Pitt on June 29, 1760, as fol- lows: "I received yesterday by the express, Mr. Boyle, your letter of the 27th of February, in consequence of which Col. Vauhn's detachment is to march tomorrow to Philadelphia. As they have no men detached be- yond this, I have only to relieve Bushy Run, Ligonier and Stony Creek-one sergeant and six privates at Bushy Run; Lieut. Blane, one sergeant and one cor- poral and eighteen at Ligonier; one sergeant and six at Stony Creek." Also, in a letter written on December 2, 1761, Bouquet says that he had sent small forces of Royal Americans to Bedford, Stony Creek and Fort Ligonier and one sergeant and two men to Bushy Run. Also, on June 10, 1762, Lieutenant Blane, commander at Fort Ligonier, wrote to Colonel Bouquet explaining arrangements he had made for relieving the posts at Stony Creek and Bushy Run. In Chapter X, we saw that Captain Ecuyer reported to Colonel Bouquet about June 1, 1763, that the Indians had "told Byerly to leave his place in four days, or he and his family would be murdered." On June 2, he reported that the men at Bushy Run had retreated to Fort Ligonier. Pontiac, Guyasuta, Custaloga, Shingas, Turtle Heart and their warriors well knew that the destruction of Fort Pitt would not crown their efforts with success unless Fort Ligonier,. also, were destroyed. This post- commanded by Captain Archibald Blane, of the Royal Americans, with a small garrison of these troops, con- tained stores and munitions which would be of much use to the Indians. If Fort Pitt and Fort Ligonier could be destroyed and their garrisons massacred, every white person west of the Alleghenies could be killed, and the Indians could sweep unmolested into the settlements beyond. Therefore, early in June, the Indians ap- peared before Fort Ligonier. In the meantime, the