Bouquet, Henry

boo-ka, Henry (1719-1765), a Swiss soldier. He served in the armies of Holland, Sardinia, and England. During the French and Indian War he came to America as lieutenant-colonel in an English regiment and held various commands in this country. He is affectionately remembered in Pennsylvania for vigorous campaigns carried on against the Indians. In 1763 he checked an Indian massacre by a victory at Bushy Run, near Fort Pitt. The next year he put an end to Indian depredations by a signal victory won at the forks of the Muskingum River, 150 miles west of Pittsburg. The Indians surrendered their white prisoners and sued for peace. Pennsylvania had been noted for Indian massacres both east and west; but, from this time on, was free from the terrors of the tomahawk and scalping knife.