The weather was cold; he slept in a tent at night, or out of doors, on
a bearskin by the fire, and he had to work very hard. He met a great
many Indians, and learned to know their ways in fighting and how to
manage them.

Three years he worked hard at surveying, and at last he was a grown-up
man!

He was tall and splendid then, over six feet high, and as straight as
an Indian, with a rosy face and bright blue eyes. He had large hands
and fingers, and was wonderfully strong. People say that his great
tent, which it took three men to carry, Washington could lift with one
hand and throw into the wagon.

He was very brave, too, you remember. He could shoot well, and almost
never missed his aim; he was used to walking many miles when he was
surveying, and he could ride any horse he liked, no matter how wild
and fierce.

So you see, when a man is strong, when he can shoot well, and walk and
ride great distances, when he is never afraid of anything, that is
just the man for a soldier; and I will tell you soon how George
Washington came to be a great soldier.




GREAT GEORGE WASHINGTON.

PART II.