who was the leader of the french in the french and indian war
George Washington in the French and Indian War Washington's party reached Fort LeBoeuf on December 11, in the middle of a raging snowstorm.[14] The French commander, Captain Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, received them with hospitality; however, in response to Dinwiddie's demands, he pointed out that the letter was more properly addressed to his superior, New France's governor the Marquis Duquesne.[17] The letter Legardeur drafted in response to Dinwiddie's was clear and to the point: "as to the summons you send me to retire, I do not think myself obliged to obey it."[17] Washington took careful notes of the military arrangements at both forts before departing on December 16.[17] He was somewhat concerned by the fact that Tanacharison and his men remained behind for further discussions with the French; he wrote, "I saw that every strategem which the most fruitful brain could invent, was practiced to win Half King to their interest".[18] He returned to Williamsburg after a month of difficult travel.[17] Dinwiddie had Washington's account of the expedition widely distributed to emphasize the French threat. It was printed on both sides of the Atlantic, giving Washington an international reputation.[19]