 It's probably too big a responsibility to put on a 22-year-old's shoulders. Well, during this mission, Washington's men confronted a party led by a French envoy named Joseph Coulon de Jumonville. I won't get too much into the details, but basically an ambush ensued. Although what happened is debated to this day, we do know that the event was short and bloody and that in the end, Washington and his men were victorious and Jumonville was dead.