BOUQUET, boo-ka, Henry, British officer in the French and Indian wars: b. Rolle, Swit Lerland 1719; d. Pensacola, Fla., 23 Aug. 1765. He entered the army of the States-General of Holland, then served in the Sardinian army against France and Spain but returned to the Dutch service in 1748 as an officer of the Swiss Guards. When war broke out between France and England in 1755 Bouquet was made lieu tenant-colonel of an English regiment known as the Royal Americans. He reached Phila delphia in 1756 and in 1757 was ordered to Charleston with a small detachment of his regi ment; but in 1758 returned to Pennsylvania and was made second in command of an expedition against Fort Duquesne in which George Wash ington also took part. The French deserted and set fire to the fort before the expedition reached there. This gave the control of Pennsylvania to the English, but Bouquet remained in the province, mostly at outlying posts. In 1763 the Indians united in an attempt to expel the Eng lish; they massacred many settlers, coming within a few miles of Lancaster, and blockaded Fort Pitt. There was no time to raise provin cial troops if the fort was to be saved, so Bouquet set out with a force of 500 regulars, made his way through the forest, taking every precaution against surprise, and defeated the Indians at Bushy Run, within 20 miles of Fort Pitt. The number of the Indians that attacked
him was as great as his own force, and his soldiers had never seen Indian warfare, but by skilfully feigning a retreat Bouquet drew the Indians from their cover and completely routed them by a sudden charge. In the following year he led a force of regulars and provincial troops to the forks of the Muskingum River, 150 miles west of Pittsburgh. The Indians, overawed by his former victory and by his boldneSs in penetrating so far into the wilder ness, were ready to make peace and surrender their white prisoners. He was subsequently made brigadier-general and commandant of the Southern Colonies of British America and went to Pensacola where he died. Consult Parkman, 'Conspiracy of Pontiac' (Boston 1867) ; Penn sylvania Magazine of History and Biography (Vol. III, Philadelphia).