IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) /. r^ signifie "A SUIVRE", le symbols V signifie "FIN". Maps, plates, charts, etc.. may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre film6s A des taux de reduction diff^rents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour 6tre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est filmi A partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche A droite. et de haut en bas. en prenant le nombre d'images nicessaire. Les diagrammes suivants iliustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 -p- M ^;^^;' ^v 'iW'::- ■ ii:^ ^^fiA ^'•/ . -^^'^^ m- - \- . ■'*J»,-^ >■"■■ /" ''d * ■ . . ;/ ^ J {'. t • ',-" ** * • ■^s;> ' ■;>.> • ' • . v.'i >. vl THE HISTORICAL READER; ■t!^^.'':i??iP''^ CONTAININA &«* " « TWi? LATE WAR ^*. :;iir ■"\f '■^? BETWESN THE v'^ " ' ^^^^^ UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN^ From JunCi 1812, to February ^ 1815. Written in the Ancient Historical Style. "^ ' ALTERED AND ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UUITRD STATER, j BY G. J. HUNT. ■^}^:::C: i* " Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, ♦^^i*>. ** And teach the young idea how to shoot. » •,yv/»^.^^,y\^.x»^y.^.^,^^^y» .*t J\rEJV'YORK: Published by Samuel A. Burtus, Vo. 19, Peck- Slip, corner of Waier-Street. % :^''- .' ' 1817. -V-- ^-^ ■''^^Sfe^^ ' ■^>^1fr^ .-1 jafe:';- -4 •!/ southern DiaMct of Ale^o-York, ss. Be it remembered, that on the thirty first day of October, in the forty second vear of tho InrlepiMi- dcnce of the United States of Americi, O J Hunt, of the said Disirict, hath deposited in this ofTice thtj title of a book, the right whereof he claims as j)ro- prietor in the words and fi;!:ures foUowin:^. to w'v. : " The Historical Header;" containing- the Lite war between the United Siates and f treat Hrituin, froni June 1812, to February 1815, written in the Ancient Historioal style," altero'4 and acfapicd ft)r the use of achools throughout the United States, by G J Hunt. ** DL'lightful task, to rear the tender ihoui^ht, ■■-^^ And teach the ycuijg idea how to shuut." In conformity to the act of the congress of the Unite■ • PREFACE -. ',* ' r' i/ ., -; . , . ■ • n : ' -V. . :■ ■ ' "- ■ . " THE advantages which the ihtfodiiction of this "VToik ihlo our aciiiinarit^a of educuiioii would be liktly to produce are many and obvious : I. Tie iiuihor iiavmjif adapted for the model •f his htyJe tlic phraseoloii^y ol ihe be&t of booiis, re- iniirkuble loi iis simpluity and strength, the young pupil will acquire, wiih the knowledge of reading, a lovo tor the mann* r in whicli thi^ great truihs of Di- vine lievi lutioij arc conveyed lo his ur»derstanding, and this will be an iiiduccment to him to siudy the Y\.i\y Scriptures. "-l. All the circumstances related in this work are true ; they are recent, being within the recoilecuon of the present generation ; they form a very impor- tant part in the bihtory of oui country, and wil« be read with piidc and pleasure by evr ry one of our young- men in wlu).-»e bustMu may glow the senti- ments of patriotism and piety. 3 fiie most piomimni virtues of the heroes who produceil the events here treated of, are held up in such w manner as lo inspire iii the youthful nvind a love for the couniry tn y defended, and a spirit of honor ibJe emuLnion, which niiay be hig' ly adv>tnta- geoui to that coui try whenever it shall be necessary lo call it into cx^'cise. ^, :.i^t :_ V: '='7 4 Although a vein of morality runs ffirongh the i^ork. the stuiinuiUa hiive not he snialTtst bejiing on the partienlar tenets of any religious s( ct, but are culculuteii lo be reud by -^ll persons, of whatt-ver dc- noniiuation, who love virtue, valor, and freedom. ,.j ^^. IV PREFACE. i 'i ■''. _ # 5 The facts described are related in so clear and concise a way as without njuch eflbri on the part of the pupil, will easily fasten themselves on his memory. These arc some amongstother reasons wLich have induced the author to recommend his liule work to Teachers of youth throughout the United Stales, as veil as to fathers of families, and he does it the con- fident hope that it will prove useful in accelerating the progress of knowledge, and in awakening and cherishing in the minds of his young rounirymen those principles of virtue with which he has been .7^ Careful that it should be interwoven. Having received the universal approbation of men of judgment, he only thinks it necessary to give the following letters from Dr. S. L. Miichel, and Mr. Picket. \ O. J. HUNT. J^cW'York^ June \%y ISIT, Sir, I had noticed your work on the late war long before I had the pleasure of your acquaintance. It seems to be a plain and popular mode of exhibiting the transactions of which it treats. One of the defects in the literature of oiir country is that of good historians. 3 hat class of our citi- zens which is called to act, shows unparalleled at- chievcmeni and enterprize The other sections, to whom is allotted the business of narrating and re- cording events, are not so far advanced, the reason is evident ; there must be deeds to describe and per- petuate, before there can be historians. In process of lime, writers duly qualified, will make their ap- pearance Your Chronicle of events deserves to be men- tioned in the livt of useful publications. It will an-* Bwer as a book to begin with ; or it m;iy serve as a document of constant and ready reference. The re* ""*■-- CONTENTS. clear and n tlie part ^C8 on his Mch have e work to States, as t the con- :elcTating ^ning and untrynrien has been n of men give the and Mr. UNT. "" var long- nee. It iibiting ceplion of it into schools, will render familiar to chil- dren the chief actions in the contest, and teach them, at the same time, to respect their country and its ia- stitntiotts. It seems to me one of the best attempts to imitate the biblical style ; and if the perwsal of it can in- duce young persons to relish and love the sacred books, whose language you have imitated, it will be the strongest of all recommendations. Your's respectfully, SAMUEL L. MITCHELL. Mr. G. J. Hunt. /^ Academxjy AcTO-Torki July 8, 1817. I have examined the copy, and concur m the recommendation of the publication of your " His- torical Reader," with the alterations and improve- ments, for the Use of Schools. I sincerely hope that your exertions may be crowned with success. Your*s respectfully, Mr. J G. Hunt. J. W. PICKET. , ''I'' rABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. CHAP I — President's Message — Causes of the ^^ IVar^ iS'c. 9 CHAP. II — Refiort of the Committee — Decla- ration of War* CHAP. Hi — Recefition •f the Declaration of War in Great Britain'— her friends in Jim erica, isfc. CHAP. W—John l/enry-^ Elijah Parish. CHAP. V — .American Army — Miliiia — A''avy~-^ ,,^^^ Bridfih A'avy—Hogcrfi* frsi. cruise— ~cufi» ^;^ ture of the U. S. brig Auutilus'^^remo* * val of aliens beyond itde-ivaiir, -h * I'* U 18 'a ^t Oft # ^i2. < 1> TABLE OF CONTENTS. r ! il I ■ jr.'. "!»*•. S:, ■• .* ■ r V ■> 5*, CHAP. W^Hvirn exfiedifion. '"- ^ CHAP. Vll— /7t///*« vxfifdition conftnued^hit trie i and fiardnii bu ihf Predtttnt'^^cafi- tn^e :fiiurr of ^jt^dcnaburgh by the Pr 'i.sh CHAP WWl— Capture of the Peacock by the U S »l(jofi of \oar Hornet. CHAP. X\X-^Cu/iture of Little York in u/i/ier ('(171(1 da C\\ A p. W^Sk'-tchea of the History of America, CHAI*. XXI — Dc/iridadons in the Chtfta/wakr- Havre-de-Grare burnt by the Briiitih un- 1^" d' r "fdnnral Cockbum — atiark on Crany I-~land — Hamfiion lakrn by the liritiah — ouing'.fi CHAP. XXii--^ Bayard and Gallatin sail Jor 22 46 51 55 59 61 64 ri 7li CI 24 ' 1 39 1 1 ^^ 33 35 1 ' 1 CI 3d 1 40 q^\ 42 m' TABLK OF CONTEXTS, 80 St. Pe cTHburi^h^-the Driti.sh coni/iclUd to abundjH ihr si< ge uf fjft Mdi^u. CMAP XXIII — Surrindtrof fo'-tH dcorife wtd KriftoiUe yJiiwncuns—^ircutrul uton'U drives tlw BritinU fr'Jtn ^Sack< tt't Huibjr Gtntf. a tnder and C'/i.indicr m-idc /irihOum ern 'it Forty Mile Crtik. CHAP WW^rutifure (f he C/icH.i/iea^e-^ Cj?u L)( Ciitur blockiidcd in j\\ Lomlun. CM VP. XXy — Cu/J'Wf of Col BuirH.br and Mdj'ir Cliu/iiTiy wii/i thiir (Ouiiyiaitd CHAP XXVI — ( u/ifurc jf Fort Hc/ii jsucr and E iivk i\*rj(k-^^/ie six nutiorm dc'cla> e ^vur ULffrj'it Cuncidu CTT VP. XXVU — yJ^drfi on Lake Ontario. i. H V P. X X V 1 1 1— vy/u/rv on Luke C/ium/duin. ClIAP. XX iX — M'Jjr Crog'\un drftufa the Jjr"nt/i at Forr Stc/thcnxon. CIIAP. XXX — Uriish uch'j'mer Doinniica cufi' tii>(d bii t!ie /irixratrer Di cmu-'-^U. ^. briif Irgua ca/i/'d — Btxer 'S Hnterfi. CHAP. yt.XXl—Cafi lire of ihc B'-iti^h feet 071 iMke Erie CHAP XXX 11— Ca///«rf of Maiden and De- tro'i. () , Cien. Harrinon. CH \P XXXIII— /Ja^//r of the Thames, (HAP. XXXIV— Hrtr7y;^//i(? Creeks. CHAP. y^^y^Y —Continuatim of the Creek lia>' — (ren. Juikxon'a vict jvif over th<7n. 124 CHAP XXXVI— /•/aw of attuck'on Montreal dif tilled CHAP. yiy^XWW-Mwark burnr^Fort George evacuated — ATiugara frontier laid waate — Buffalo bunt. CHAP. XXXVI H—CVMJ*e of the Essex, Ca/it, D J'jr'er. CHAP. XXWX—Ca/iture 0/ (hs FroHcbylhe British frigate Qrpheua — capture of the L* i- fiervier^ by tht Peacock—capture of the Reindeen by the kVaapy cajit^ Biaktlif 83 85 90 9 9r 100 104 108 112 ! 1 5 121 129 133 136 «^-.'" / TADLE OF CONTENTS. ' 1 1 li 1 *■,. * » \ -"the jivon ca/iturecl and sunk—-U. S. vrvaeU Syren and Kattlcanake cafiturcd, 141 CHAP. XL — Breaking ufi of the cantonments at French Mills — battle of Chipfiaiva* 144 CHAP. \Ll— Battle of Bridgcwatcr, 148 CHAP. XLH — Jsgault on Fort £rif% by the Britifh, under Gen- Drummond, i!fc 151 CHAP. XLIII— ..//rifltX- on Stonint^ton^ by the I'ritish shifia of ivar. 155 CHAP. XLlV-^Jfairs in the Chesa/ieake-^ British army move ufi the Fatuxcnt, to- nvarda the city •/* Washington— ~Jire/iarc for battle at Bladensbiirgh. 158 CHAP XLV— Ca/if«?r of IVashington—sack- ing of ytlexandria — death of &ir Peter Farkrr 161 CHAP. XLVI — British, under Gen. Prevost, go against Plattsburgh — Com, JW Don" ough cafitnres the British squadron on "* Lake Cham tilain — . ICO CHAP. XLVU-^Batrlt of Plattsburgh, 174 CHAP. XI VHI — Jtiark on Baltimurey by the British army under Gen l^osSf and the fleet under Jd?nirals Cochrane and Ctck- burn. \77 CHAP. XLIX — Destruction of the firivateer Gen, Armstrong— .Gen. Jackson cafiiures Pensacola., and returns to -Y. Orleans. 184 CHAP, i — Steamboats — Fulton — torfied^ea— kidnapping Joshua Penny. I9O CHAP. L\— .Affairs in and about JST. York, 197 ( HAP. LII — 'ij^airs on th" ocean. 204 CHAP. I. HI — British flrci arrives near M'evj- Orleans-— the jimeriran flotilla captured ■, ''*'^.^m^af tacks by the B^iiisA upon the army of Gen Jackson. * 209 CHAP L\V-^0rand Baltic of JV, Orleans. 214 CHAP LV— Peace, ^19 jilgerine War, 223 Conclunout 229 ^ ^«U'... iv/ ,1 . •',,»,>•,'> ^ • HISTORICAL READER. iSSS THE WAR nETVVEKN THE U. STATES AND G. BRITAIN, '...;'^ ^'' t' [- 1812 TO iBliTi*"'-''*^^'^' ^'^^ ''*-,' ^^•■-►"■': t» ■ • I . . . ^■^•J:;A-.'.'f ,' .■,.:';: M- ,T, .'ifisfv !-■'•' CHAP. I. President's Message — Causes of the War-^Bnergetk Measures flrofiosed, N' ' ' , i - *.; \ . _'*/ ■ OW it came to pass, in the one ttiousand eight hiitulred and twelfth year of the christian era, and in the thirty and sixth year after the people of the pro- vinces of Columbia had decUred themselves a free and independent nation ; 2 That in the sixth month of the san e year, on the first day of the month, the chief Governor, whom the people had chosen to rule over the land of Columbia; 3 Even Jambs, whose sir-name was Madisov, delivered a written paper* to the Great SANHKDHiut of the people, who \^ere assembled together^ 4 And the name of the city where the peop4s;wer£, . gathered together was called after the name of tl||&. chief captain of the land of Columbia, whose fe«le^* cxtendeth to the uttermost parts of the earth ; albeit, he had slept with his fathers. » President's Manifesto, ;f C9ngres> 'f ,:■' >•:■ 0-'-:rtii1" ■%fe. f •■; - v- }■■ i:M- "f .;,;., -*• r-' A hf? B 1 1'^ ^f' 1 .) f r J 10 HISTORICAL 5 Nevertheless, the pe.ople loved him, forasmucti ks he wrought their deliverance from the yoke of tyranny in times past: so they called the city WAbS" IHOTON. 6 Now* when the written paper was received, the doors of the chambers of the Great Sanhedrim were ofosed, and a seal was put upon every man's mouth. y And the counsellors of the naiion, and the wise men thereof, ordered the written paper which James bad delivered unto them to be read aloud } and the in- terpretation thereof was in this wise ; 8 Lo ! the lords and the princes of the kingdom of Britain, in the fulness of their pride and power, have trampled upon tlie altar of Liberty, anci violated the sanctuary thereof ; ;. --^ . 9 Inasmdch as they hearkened not unto the voice of .moderation, when the cry of the people of Columbia ■was. Peace ! peace ! 10 Inasmuch as they permitted not the tall ships of Columbia to sail in ^eace on the waters of the mighty dtep; saying in their hearts, Of these will we m;^kc spoil, and they shall be given unto the king. 1 1 Inasmuch as they robbed the ships of Columbia of the' strong men that wrought therein, and took tliem for their own use, even as a man taketh his ox or his ass. - ' * 12 Inasmuch as they kept the men stolen from the ships of ('oliimbia ii. bondage many years, and caused them to iight the baul.es of the king, even agaiuisi their own;|)i»ethren ! neiilier gave tliey unto them silver op l^ld, 1^ut many stripes.. ' 13 Now the men of CclumUia were not like unto Hie men <»f Britain j for their bucks were not harUtn- ed unto the whip, as were llie servants of the king ; therefore they murmured) and their murniuriujj^ ibave been hei^rdf . _ •.H> ~ ' ;''^ i '"i ftefiort of the Committee — Declaration of War. No' n I* ceriain wise men from among >W, when there was aq end made of reading the paper which James had written, the Sanhedrim com* Inuned one with another touching the matter : 3 And they chose Miem to deliberate thereon. 3 And they commanded them to go forth from their presence) for thitt purpose, and return again on the tfiird day of the same month. 4 Now» when the third day arrived, at the eleventh hour of the day, they came forth and presented them- selves before the Great Sanhedrim of the people. 5 And the chief of the wise men, whom they had chosen, opened his mouth and spake unto them after this manner : 6 Behold 1 day and night have we meditated upoil the words which James hath delivered, and we arc -weary withal, for in our hiearts we desired peace. 7 But the wickedness of the kingdom of Great- Britain^ and the cruelty of the princes thereof, to- -wards the peaceable inhabitants of the land of Colum- biu, may be likened unto the fierce lion, when he put* teth his paw upon the innocent lamb to devour him. 8 Nevertheless, the lamb shall not be slain ; for the Lord shall be his deliverer. 9 And if, peradventure, the people of Columbia go not out to battle against the king, then will the mani- fold N*rong8 comm'tted against them be increased ten- ibld. and they shall be as a mock and a bye- word among kll nations. 10 Moreover, the righteousness of your cause ehail "t» ^>*»-^.^.-*<»- it'^fr * m ■9^mj<:s lUSADEK. U Ififtd you to glory, and the pillars of your liberty thall BOt be shaken. J'ZMfy.^"! K'.n- 1 1 Therefore, say we unto you, Gird on your swords and go forth to battle against the king ; even against the strong powers of Britain ; and the Lord Qodof Hosts be with you. . , 13 Now when thie great Sanhedrim of the people beard those things which the wise men had uttered* they pondered them in their minds many days, and weighed them well ; IS Even until the seventeenth day of the month pondered they in secret concerning the matter. j4 And it was so, that on the next day they sent forth a Da^cRBE, making WAR upon the kingdom qf Great Britain, and upon the sf rya^ts, and ujpon jtfap slaves thereof , * v^ ^ 15 And the Decree was signed with the luind .writing of James, j^ie .chjief Governor of the land pf Columbia. "■:-■'■: Z":'"^'^''^^ ' 16 After these things, the doort of the chamhers ef the •^anhedrin> were opened. '.*>.,*• '^«fc" ' •i■■i^'>«4..■. • .■ ■ ^ -^^^^ v> . ;■; .. •■ • " *,. ,:; v. •.»» : :- ^r,.s ... ' . . . . - fie.', - " , .... . . ^.^.. . i « i mif i i iiiiifiiii » ■ m w .w i . ' \ *uj' ■ 13 Save in those provinces and towns where dwell the friends of the king ; for, lo ! said they, the king's friends are many. -^^ly^. ..^,. : ' y,,.,vu;. Xj^kf J\H,k:m- . 13 These will we spare; neither will we hurt a hair of their heads : nor shull the savages of the wil- derness stain the scalping-knife or the tgmahawk with the blood of the king's ft lends. 14 Now it happened, about this time, that there were numbers ot the hihabitunts of the country of Co- [lunibia whose hearts yearned after the king of Britain. 15 And with their talsc flatierinjjf words they led astray some of the friends of Columbian Liberty ; for their tongues were smoother than oil. ,,v, r^. i .V 16 Evil machinations entered into their hearts, and the poison of their breath might b^ likened unto tho deadly Bohon Upas, which rears its lofty branches in the barren valley of Java.* 17 And they strove to dishearten the true friends of the great Saiihedrim ; but they prevailed not. * Of the existence of this ivonderful tree 4 here have keen dubts : but ilic rtadir U rtferred tu ihc relation of F. J\ J^otrnc/i nvho has given a su/ittfaciori^ aciouni «/ ii} /ram hm ©w» ira-vti^ in its nei^hbuurkeod* i-*. r ,* '!^3»*. I - J^iw- .■. ■ i .J.-.-, '.rk c. y '■V HISTomCAL r^ • V . 18 Mdrbbtt/Ti Siitto entered into the' bent' of dhc off the governors of the east) and' he was led astray by the wickedness thereof, even Caied the Strong. 19 Now Caleb, which in the Cherokee tongue, sig- niiieth an ass, liked not the decree of the g^eat San* hedritni inlaismuch as he favored the king; of Britain; 30 And, though willing to become a beast of burden, yet would he not move oh account of his very great stupidity^ '' :,::. -^ht^K^^^'-- ' u i«'.f.%; .. >"; 21 And he said unto the captains of the hosts of the' state over which he prcbided,'Lo! it seemeth not meet unto me that ye go forth to battle against the king* 22 For, lo ! are not the fighting men of Britain, in multitude, as the sand on the sea shore? and shall we prevail against them ? 23 Are not the mighty ships of the king spread over the whole face of the waters ? Is not Brituii^ the ^* bul" vark of our religion ?*' 24 Therefore, I command that ye go not out to bat- tle, but every man remain in his own house. ' 25 And all the governors of the east listened utito the voice of Caleb. 26 Moreover, the angel of the Lord whispered in- t%the ear of Caleb, and spake unto him, saying, 2f If, peradventure, thou dost refuse to obey the- laws of the land, the thing will not be pleasitnt in the' sight of the Lord ; 28 Inasmuch as it may cause the people to rise up •ne against another, and spill the blood of their own- children ; 29 And the time of warfare will be lengthened oUt, and the bfood of thousands will be upon thine head. 30 And Satan spake, and said unio Caleb, Fear not ; for if thou wilt forsake thy country, and throw off the paltrysubterfuge of Columbian LiBERTt, and defy the councils of tb« great Sanhedrim, **■■ -. igiiiMi- . J ^ tongue, sig. ft of burden, ^* ^^'-y great ' '»osts of the' eth not meet ^ ""tain, in ^^ sbaJi we spread over out to btt^ ft '»ed unto Pered in- obeythi' ntin th« Hse up eir own: fled our, ^ead. arnot; off ilie d defy. HEADER. 31 Then shall thy rtamc be proclaimed with the sound of the trufppet throughout all the earth ; and thou shalt be a prince and a ruler over this people. 32 Now the smooth words of Satan tickled Caleb mightily, and he barkened unto the counsel of the wieked one : , ' .„ , . • 33 P'or the good counsel given unto him was as wa- ter thrown upon a rock. 34 But when the chief governor and the great San- hedrim of the people saw the wickedness of Caleb, their hearts -were moved with pity towards 'him and his followers : yea, even those who had made a con- vention at the little town of Hartford. 35 Neither doth the scribe desire to dwell upon the wickedness \^hiGh came into the village of Hartford, the signification of the name whereof, in the yernacu'^ lar tongue, appeareth not. ' *' 36 For the meddling therewith is as the green pool f f unclean Tvatcrs, when a man casteth a stone therein. -J.; >■:■) t ;i. ^.[ ij . . * ■ , VJ ♦ . '• « .7 .> .. '* % 1 . *, ^ 'V i' ^- \ ,> 1 * t f J ■■ * > K J. t 'iti. I. . -W .O' iq: it i> > 'i- ' y • •V: "*I {..'.. . » ^ .« . 4 : „-.'.• J. • fjf '>ItlC »»ri* ' '\ ■i'i^^-<- '1iV HISTORICAL f J ♦^ ..»,- »| • . I • /I u CHAP. IV. • rx> • v;; • . '.. •7b/i» Hinry^^Elijah Parii/t, 'II . .. •v:.\'.^%>- 1.. '>■ l^ET^he children of Colum^jia beware of false pro- ph(^^hich come in sheep's clothing ; for it is writ- ten, Ye shall know them by their fruits. '! ^ 2 Now it came to pass, that a certain man, whose sir- name was Henry, came before James, the chief i^o- vernor, and opened his mouth, and spake unto him 3 Lo ! if thou will give unto me two score and ten thousand pieces of silver, then will I unfold unto thee the witchcraft of Britain, that tliereby thy nauon may not be caught in her snares. 4 And James said unto him, Verily, for the good of my country I will do this thing. 5 And immediately the man Henry opened his mouth, a second time, and said, 6 Lo • the lords aud counsellors of Britain have made a covenant with me, and have promised me many pieces of gold if I would make a league with the provinces of the east that they might favour the kin?? • and long and faithfully have I laboured in their cause'. 7 But they deceived me, even as they would de^ ceive the people of Columbia ; for their promises are as the idle wind that passeth by, which no man re- gardcth. 8 And, when he had gotten the silver into his own hands he departed to the land of the Gaiils, where he reniMneth even until this day. rjr-r. READER. 19 ^^'^ Jiave ised mo ^Uh tho "* Cause, aid de. ses are an re* 9 Kcvcrthelcss, the people profited much thereby . [inasmuch as it put them upon the watch, and they / guarded themselves against the evil accordingly. 10 He that longeth after the interpretation of the deeds of Henry, let him go and hiake inquiry of those who acted with him— »the ministers of the Hartford Convention. 1 1 Now, there was a certain hypocrite whose name was Elijah, and he was a false prophet in the cast; ' and he led astray those of little undc;rstanding : more-' over, he was an hireling, ai^d preached for the sake of filthy lucre. z , ■ . * 12 And he rose up and called himself a preacher of the gospel, and his words were smooth, and the peo* pie marvelled at him ; 13 But he profaned the temple of the Lord, and he' strove to lead his disciples into the wrong way. 14 And many wise men turned their backs against him ; nevertheless, he repented not of his sins unto this day. 15 Neither did the people, as Darius the Mede did xinto the prophet Daniel, cast him into the den of lions, that they might see whether the royal beasts would disdain to devour him. . V * 16 But they were rejoiced that power was not giv en unto him to command fire to come down from hea- yen to consume the friends of the great Sanhedrim. r • - - ' '■ • '- I' . :«■ fcfe ..W:- -■ ll \ u. ^' HISTORICAL CHAP. V. American Army-^RriliUa—-J/'avy-~'Rrithh ^'avy.^ Rodger 9* Jirat Cruise — Capture of the U. 6". brig /ifgmiiut^mremtval qf aliens beyond tide-water. X HE whole host of the people of Columbiat who tiad been trained to war» being numbered, was about seven thousand fighting men.* 2 Neither were they assembled together ; but ihejr ■were extended from the north to tho south, about three thousand miles.f 3 But tne husbandmen, who lived un(!cn' their own fig-trees, and lifted the arm in defence of their own homes, were more than seven hundred thousand, all naighty men of valor. 4 Now the armies of the king of Britain, are they not numbered and written in the book of Hume^ the scribe ? is not their name a terror to all nations ? 5 Moreover, the number of the strong shij s of the peaceable inhabitants of Columbia, that moved on the waters of the deep, carrying therein the destroying engines, which vomited their thunders, was about one score ; besides a handful of « cock-boats ;" with « a bit of striped bunting at their mast head." - 6 But the number of the fighting vessels of Britain was about one thousand one score and one, which bore the royal cross. * Standintf army, t ^rom District of Main: to Mobile Bay and Kew* Orleans* r Tf' READER. 21 7 And the men of war of Britain were arrayed ia |lljei«' might against tho people of the land of Columbia. 8 Nevenlveless, it came to pass, that about this time la strong ship of the United States, called the Pre.',:- ^dent, commanded by a skillful man whose naii)e was Rodtrers, 9 Sailed towards the island of Britain, and went [iiigh unto it, and captured numbers of the vessels of ihe people of Britain, in ihcir own waters; after ^Vhich she returned in safety to the land of Columbia. • '0 And the pcopl* gave much praise to 1{ others, [for it was a cunning thing ; inasmuch as he saved ma- [ny ships that were richly laden, so that ihey fell not [into the hands of ihe people of Britain. ■■i>-'-J 1 1 Moreover, it happened about the fifteenth day of the seventh month, in the same year in which the decree of the great Sanhedrim was issued, that a cer- tain vessel of the states of Columbia was environed roundabout by a multitude of the ships of the kii.g ; 12 And the captain thereof was straiteucdi and ho looked around him and strove to escape : ^^. 13 But he was entrapped and fell a prey to the ves- sels of the king ; howbeit, the captain, whose name was Crane, tarnished not his honor thereby. 14 And the nanve of the vessel of the United States was called JVaulilus. 15 Now, about this time, there was a law sent forth from the great Sanhedrim, commanding all servants and subjects of the king of Britain forthwith t6 de-^ part beyond the swellings of the waters of the great deep J even two score miles. 'sti^ ^^^'Sly*'' 16 And they did so ; and their friends from whonS they were compelled to flee, mourned for them many \ -rjCutLs^i 2^ HISTORICAL rv '. «' CHAP. VI. IMCa exfirdition — he enters Canada, and encamfia at i'iand'ivich — isaue^ ht9 J^roclamation— -retreats to De» troit, I .'..'-.••i JS OW it was known lluougliout the land of Colum- liia that war wus declared ugainst the kingdom of liri- tiAin. ^ 2 And to a certain chief captain called Williamy ^vhose' sir-name waa HuH^ was given in trust a band of more than two thousand chosen men, to go fortli- 10 battle in the north. . ■ ' 3 Now Hull was a man well stricken in years, and liC had been a captain in the host of Columl'U, in the days that tried men's souls j even in the days of Wasii-^ INGTOW. 4 Therefore, when he appeared in the presence of the "'real Sanhedrim, they were pleased jvith his coun* tenance, and put much faith in him.* 5 Moreover, he was a governor in the north,! and a man of great wealth. 6 And when he arrived with his army hard by the Miami of the Lakes, he gat him a vessel ah i placed therein those things which were appertaining unto the preservation of the lives of the sick and the maimed. 7 But, in an evil hour,. the vessel was ensnared, near • Gen. Hull had been ■o » "anldn^^ton and obt^inrd (t*i (iJififiirJincnt firevious to th^. 'K'ur, .«•• t Micld^an territory. READER. 13 unto a strong hol':l,*l)C!jitle a river cftllcd in ihc lang.iiige of lh» gauls, Dtiioit. . • ^ 8 And the army ofCulumbia suffered much thereby. 9 Nevertheless, on the twelfth ol the seventh month about the fourth watch oT «h liight, Wiiliam with hi^ whole host crossed th», iv.r >vhich is called Detroit. 10 And he enca iJ'ic) hib .aen round about the town of Sandwi'di, ii? the ;i >ice of the king. U Frcia tb' >lace, lie sent forth a proclamation, "which the great Sanhedrim had prepared for him ; and the -wisdom thereof appeareth even unto this day. 12 But if a man's as^ falleth into a ditcht shall the JTiastcr suffer thereby ? if injury can be prevented, shall we not rather with our might cndeaC"^ ^^ '^^^^P *^^"™ ' 13 Nowinihe proclamation which Hull pi'^'^^^h^^ abroAd,he invited the people of the proTinpc of Canada to join themselves to the host of Coluu.biu. who ^ "'^ come to dnve the se^r vants of the Un^ f,,^ ^^ VoV. 14 And it came to pass,ihat a great multitude flnrt ed to the banners of the great Sanheddm. ^°'^" j3^Neverthcless, they knew not that they wer. to be 16 However, it was so Hmf "ixr;i?t -•''.' the province of\he king:! Ilgl'^ ;™^f [»««' ^--^ . n and when U,e ^^:..i^ l^7t ^:^:- ^ ^-'.. ^ !, Who .,a.l joined the MandanI Jr,\° ^rome„of Co,„.biawe..efi.4d'u;l:L":" """ '"= viil'iMe ..- / / •7^ ^ HISTOllICAI. /• ■ . , ' ' . CHAP. VI!. '^]'''' \ Hull* 8 ex-fifdition— -surrender of his army and the ivhole Michiffan Territory-^his trial and fiardon by the I^reaide/it — capture of Michilimackinack, iN OW the host of the king were few in numbers ; nevertheless, they came in battle array against the strong hold of VVjlliam. ■2 And ^hen he beheld them from afar, he was afraid ; his knees smote one againat another, and his heart sunk, within hira ; for, lo I the savages of the wilder- ness appeared anicngs^t them. 3 And there v/as a rumor went throughout tlic camp of Columbia, and it bore bard upon William. 4 Inasmuch as they said the wickedness of his heart was bent on giving up the strong hold to the servants of the king. 5 Howbcit he was not ti\;lfing of the strong waters of Jamaica ; which, when they enter in- to the head of a man, destroy his reason and make him appear like unto one who hath lost his senses. 6 And when the charge against William was made known unto the soldiers of Columbia, they were grieved much, for they were brave men, and feared nought. 7 So the officers communed one with another touching the thing ; hut they wist not what tc do. 8 And they fain would have done violence uptp VViN ljam,.that rhey might have been enabled to pour forth their thunders against the approaching host of ^^ita^n ; which he had forbidden to be done. ; . , ,■,..(. •« •• • READER. as 9 Moreover, the names of these valiant men, wh# were compelled to weep before the cowardice of William, are they not recorded in the besom of every friend of Columbian liberty.* /« 10 And it was about the sixteenth of the eighth month when the servants of the king appeared before the strong hold of Detroit. * 1 1 And the name of the chief captain of the provin- ces of Canada, that came against the strong hold, was Brock) whose whole force was about seven hundred sol- diers of the king, and as many savages. 12 Now when the soldiers of Canada were distant about a furlong, moving towards the strong hold; even when the destroying engines were ready to utter their thunders, and smite them to the earth ; "'^'' ' 13 William, whose heart failed him, commanded the valiant men of Columbia to bow down before the servants of the king. > 14 And he ordered them to yield up the destructive weapons which they held in their hands. 15 Neither could they appear in battle against the king again for many days. 16 Moreover, the cowardice of his heart caused him to make a league with the servants of the king, in the "ivhich he gave unto them the whole territory over which the people Jiad entrusted him to preside ; not- withstanding it appertained not unto him. 17 And the balls of solid iron, and the black dust, and the destroying engines becafne a prey unto the men of Britain. '* 'v -■<■ • 18 Now there had followed after William a band of brav* men from the west, and the name of their captain MiL'cr, Cass, M'Arthur^ Brushy Fmdleyy ksfa 29 •«v_ HISTORICAL r --.Tjwr ■ = ' "^ And, lest they should 7/u '^"'""'bi"- ,- ^•••vases, a captain, who t jf '"'° ''", '""''^ "^ "- 'lered to go forth and meet Z "" ^ "»'>"". »as or- ^ 20 And the Und that ,«, ,7' „ Brownstown, by the cunni^ f ' '""* ^""■"PPeU at SiAncIt/ienameoftherM^f '" ; and the cp.ah, w om : "f"", "'^■•''^f. "a. Mil- ^f called Snclling., "* '" °"'"e'l to go before him against "IttenlJTj"^'"^ "'"■ *"'' ^'^ove hanl '''^'•eby. '^'"^'^ gat great honop 28 Nevenhel.-,s. in tl.» i« «ade,he hadindud d M ie -!.",r^'"'' '^"'"'" •>«<} »"'! the men cf war oYcl't "",''"= ""■"■= """ain, place. °* LoJumbw that were nigi, ij,, JSNowr, therefore, Whether it was rn r — " '"" cowardice out* "-"■•'**'"" ""I C'l. SnMn^ *^^»»'mtmm-'^. ^ 5as; so it cann.^ to pass, afier- wartU, tiaat William was tailed to account for his evil dc:cds. 33 And he was examined before the lawful tribunal of his country ; and they were all valiant wariiors and chief captains in ihc land of Columbia. 31 H'. r0 •MMMNiMi '\ READER.' 9.1 ced in the Guerricre,thut &he mif^ht be consumed, and the flames thereof u.ounted towards the heavews. 31 And the great Sanhethim honored Isaac with great honor, and the people were rejoiced in hiin,und Ihey furg-iit. in th( contcnipl:;tion of his glory, the evils tvhich had bcfullc!* them in the north. . "^ v, 22 But when the lords and counsellors of Britain heard those things, they believed thcrn not ; it was as the bitterness of j^all to i\u ir souls : for the pride 6f Britain was fix^Jtl upon her navy ; it was ihe apple of her eye. > , 23 Now, as one evil followcth after anotner to the sons of men, so it happen' d th:it, in the same month, a certain stjxtng ship of ihc United States, even the Es- sex, .he nfimc of the captam wht^recf was Porter, sailed in search of the vessels of the ninij, on the waters of the ocean. 24 And in process of time, she fell upon one of the ships of Britain, called the Alert, and matle spoil th- xc^; ©f to the ptople of Columbia. ' .'' .' "t: ;\'^'^. 4'. »■■%■' '■ r-S •. ;^ ;.- •-,'■•■ '^\ 3;3 HISTORICAL r t ^9W the movements of th. mouon of awbirhvi„<,;;hi t' "»7,'-ere «» the to the .outh, and fro„ he east m,?"' '^^°"' "'«»°«'' 2 And they soueht ,„ "'^ «•"'■ Columbia round abo«." *""™P="» ">« wi'olc land of 3 So it dame to D*a«5«; n,„* -Is of the U„s. th::'atd o^th '" "' "■" "'••""' -- called Ontario, ^ored tolry s" TV''"' ''"ich i, 4 And they demanded c7m„°'^"." ""'•'''»"•• »f the United States, which 2 Tf' °^""= P'"'?'" J""?, to be given up'ul.o .hem ^s. ' '''''" ^™'» 'h'' ^ Verily, if ye give them ' ^'"^^ . a contribution upon „« ' ' „ , ""' "P' "•«» ^i" ^^e lav f But Bellinger, the^'bLf ^" "''" P"'' '^bute. ' »;;«-"X^al! whZ'tme f ';l"^ ''^'•'' ''='^'' ^Y, ""= engmes to work. "^'^ ^^""i")-- set one of 8 -^ndthe vessels nfm.i • »;'Wrengi„es,td1foa^'-'>P-ed the mouth, 9 And the number of the huJ^ f^P of Columbia, fates that flocked to the de&„ '"'"''""" "^"«= United »';out three thousand. "'^*'^"'c Harbour was '° And when the men of war of B,i, • °' ailain taw that the tt^ "■» ^ *. 1 It ^'^-:i^' '• M,*-" READER, i33 hole land of people of Columbia were not afraid, and that the/ knew to use the destroying engines, they fled to their strong hold, in the province of the king, which is called Kingston. ♦t^v • ,v" 1 1 Howbeit, some of their ships received much damage from the balls of heavy metal, that smote them from the strong hold. / . 1 2 Now as the malice of the nations increased one against another, so did the evils increase which sur- rounded them. 1 3 And it came to pass, on the fourth day of the tenth month, there came a thousand fighting men of Britain to lay waste the village of Ogdensburgh, which lieth hard by the river St. Lawrence. 14 Howbeit, the people of Columbia permitted them not to Come unto the land j but compelled them to de- part in haste. • t .. ■• - '*«' - -i»t-j. 15 Nigh unto this place is a village which is c^Mcd St. Regis, where the soldiers of Britain had coiuc to fix a strong hold on the borders of Columbia. 16 But a brave captain, whose name was Vcuns;,.. with a band of men, called militia, went againi: them. ,o ^ .-■. 17 And he set the destroying engines "to work, and the noise thereof sounded in their ears ; so they were ciiscomfitted and fled in confusion. 18 And the number of the servants of the king*, ' made captive that day, was two score men, with tho - instruments of destruction in their hands. 19 Moreover, one of the banners of tha king;. even the red-cross standard of Britain, fell ialo iLt hands of Young. . •* • 30 On the eighth day of the snmc month, a capt^ii'i of Columbia, whose name was Elliotj -a cunhijig m ■.!^;.• ^ • • K ■ • - ''*"•■*• "ijii *• r'i^-rwto^'itv^ ■•-.••^.'^^ '^<*,f)t^f«^-«;«*!p.>»»j*»'''' ••••—T— j»- ■^>-••?^i;;^"'*''■ r r r I t r \ i4 HISTORICAL i took a chosen band, who came from the sea'Coast, and put them in boats. SI And he departed with them from Niagara to- wards the strong hold of Erie, even in the dead of the night. S3 And he came unawares upon the two vessels which were covenanted to the king, with the r.rm/ at Detroit. . S3 And the names of the vessels were the Adams and the Caledonia, and Elliot captured them the same night. 34 However, the next day, as Elliot and his men were returning with their prizes, the men of Britain, who were upon the other shore, let the destroying en« gines loose upon them from their strong hold ; 35 And/E few of the people of Columbia were slain. It was here the valiant Cuyler* fell ; a ball of heavy metal struck him as he was toming on a fleet horse to« wards the water's edge. 36 Now, Cuyler was a man well beloved ; and the oRicers and men of Columbia grieved for him many dayst • Major Cuyler ) of A', Jersey. t' ),.,. V "\ t -..!-- ...,^.*-^ .-._...,. ■ -■ ■•.<,«'i'«i) y i "^ '» « *t ■r T' ■ ;, " ■■■:^^:i if i 1 READER. 3S , , i V CHAP. X. > >- B«r//(r 0/ Qufenstown'—thc British General Jirocf: kilted. - -r . ^^^ ■ ^'^ ^ •-^•'^ And it came to pass, on the morning of the thir- teentit day of the tenth month, 2 Tnat Stephen, a chief captain of Columbia, sir- named Van Uenssclaer, essayed to cross the river wiiicli Is called Niagara, with his whole army.'^- "^ ^^ 3 Now the river lieth between the Lake Eric and the Lake Ontario. ' •' - '■ "-" 4 And the noise of the waters of the river is louder than the roaring of the forest ; yea, it is like unto the rushing of mighty armies to battle. ^':^ 5 And the movement of the stupendous falls there- lof bringeth the people from all parts of the earth to behold it.* ,. ',.,. ., 6 So Stephen gat his soldiers into the boats that were prepared for them, and they moved upon the rough waters of the river, towards the strong hold of Qucenstown. 7 And when the men of Britain saw them approach* ;lhey opened the engines upon . them, from Fort George, and round about. * - - :?s^ 8 Nevertheless, they persevered ; although the strength of the waters, which were ungovernable, ae- 'W parated the army. ' "'r^.^'^'^^^^^y^'' 9 However, Solomonjt a captain and a kinsm'S of* ' '■ .'■ i"* t. - *■ U , .' _ . V, ' ' ■ ' ■ . . I I .III ' - * Ma^ara Falls, f Col, Solomon FanjM^teher. . i s* ■»i*^ 3« .^ HISTORICAL Stephen, reached the shore with the men under hia command, in all about two hundred. . '"* ^ 10 And he put the army in battle array, in a ralley, and moved up towards the strong hold ; and Brock was the chief captain of the host of Britain. 1 1 And from their strong hold they shot, with their mischievous engines, balls of lead in abundance ; and it was as a shower of hail upon the people or Columbia ; 12 B'or there was no turning to the right hand nor to the left for safety. 1 3 And Solomon and his men fought hard ; and they rushed into the hottest of the battle. 14 And a captain of the United States^ whose name was Chrystie, followed close after thern^ with a chosen band of brave men. 15 So they pushed forward to the strong hold, and uroye the men of Britain before them like sheep, and smote them hip and thigh, with great slaughter ; and J3rock, their chief captain, was among the slain. 16 And Chrystie, and the valiant Wool, and Ogil- vle, and the host of Columbia, gat into the hold, and the army of the king fled : and Chrystie was wounded in the palm of his band. 17 But Solomon was sorely wounded, so that his i^ength failed him, and he went not into the hold. 1 8 And that day there fell of the servants of the king many valiant men, even these whe were called Invin- cibles, and had gained great honour in Egypt. 19 Nevertheless, the same day a mighty host of sa- vages and soldiers of the l^ing,* came forth again to bat- tle, and rushed upon the people of the United States, and drove them from the strong hold of Queenstown. ^ J^ein/orcemcnfs/ronr Fert GcT^e and thififidxva^^ ■ £•: ■H\»ik. . .■.".4.,- "■. ' •■■'.ft.. :.^j.,.-u:-i:.. X X: H READEE. 20 For, lo! Stephen, the chief catXain, could not pre* vail oa tae iiuHt ot militia on the other :»ide of the ri* ver to croH^ over. 2 1 So the army of Columbia moved dovm towards the river to cross over again, that they might escape. 22 But wnen they came doovn to the water side, lo ! they wt-re oeceived, for there was not a boat to convey them to a place of safety ; so thty became captives t« the men ot Britain. 23 Now tl>e men of Britain treated the prisoners kindly, and showed much tenderness towards them ', for which the people blessed them. 24 And the killed and wounded of the host of Co- lumbia, were an hundred two score and ten. 25 And the prisoner? that fell into the hands of the king, were abput seven hundred. 26 Nevertheless, in a letter which Stephen sent to Henry,* the chief captain of ll)e army of the north, ho gave great honor unto the captains who fought under him that day. ^ ^ - 27 And the names of the valiant men, %vho distin- guished themselves in the battle, were Wadsworthj Van Rensselaer, Scott, Chrysiie, Fenwick, Fink, Gib» son, and many other brave men of war. ., . f Maj, Gen, JDearhrn, '' cz HISTORICAL i<- fi CHAP, xr.- letter „as SifsWhr "'^'™' '^••'>' '" "Woh the Alexander.* • "'^ "P'*'" whose name „as of wa^Ce!^'"'''"''^^ ""'^ =• ■»=•- "cll skilled in the arts of'heta.etr^tV^rr'r'"''!'' '."" ^--^ -en S" fonhfrom their homeland •"" ^' '""'^'' ">««, to „ •* And ti,e word, thereof lr."r''°^'""''^'''™. >=« Jhey went in numbers a 'd -•' ^"""^ """' " t!'e shores of the rive" wit h^ ^°'T^ Alexander, on , ^ But here the ha,^d of ,? " '"""' Niagara. ^neuefaltoreth.his'ireanVckVeth''' h'?'"'""'>- <>- blot from his memory that wM i ' *"'* "<>"" f^l" to record j for he is a liri„ ''' "■""' <=ompeis him « Alas ! there "as i'""-^,""""« "'ereof. "^ in bye-places throu^hor.ir'l """"S '" ""et „ ^ And lo! j„ viper t-'. ''■*,'''"'' of Columbia.. ^'"Sr.I.oi.hVja^'of'tretndT''''"'' ""'" "-». -'> -er the borders of t'hVSrs^r"'' ""^ '' -^^'iS-. Ctf«. ^;;,^^^, KEADER. 'jO 9 Moreover, said they, the fierceness of the savages lis terrible as the wild tyger, and their numbers as the Itrees of the forest. 10 And the veteran soldiers of the king who have [been bred to war, are spread in multitudes over the [province of Canada. 1 1 Therefore, if ye go over to figHt against them, ye [will be as sheep going to the slaughter ; and ye shall liiever again recurn to the house of your fathers, for ye [will be destroyed. ; 12 Even as the wickedness of the war, which the [great Sanhedrim have made against the king cannot prosper, so shall ye fall a prey to the folly thereof. 13 And it came to pass when the husbandmen heard these smooth words, maqir of them were bewildered [in their minds, and knew not what to do. 14 So when the young men, who had flocked to the banners of Alexander, came down to the water's edge, to go into the boats, they thought of the words which the enemies of Columbia had spoken unto them ; and they refused to cross over : 15 Neither could the persuasions of the chief captain prevail on them all to go into the boats; and those whose hearts were willing were not enough. v^;i/ v. • 16 So he was obliged to suffer them to return totheir homes ; for his expectations were blasted. . I y And the army of Columbia went into wintcir quarters ; for the earth was covered with snow, and the waters of the great lakes, on the borders of whic>i [they had pitched their tents, qrcrc concealed* # 'm, 'y<] -^

CHAP. XII. A. ii, ■ \ t Cd/iture of the British aloafi of ivar Frolic, 6/22 gun»y by the United States* sloop, of vfar IVasfi^ •/ J 8 ^una* 4 ■ f • U .; » T.- 1 V* • v.. ■>■'•. ..>]>■■. ^ OW the strong ships ^f war of the kingdom of Great Britain were spread over the whole face of iha waters of the ocean. 2 But few, indeed, were the vessels of Columbia ihat were fighting ships and carried the destroying engines. 3 Howsoever, early in the morning of the eigh- teenth day of the tenth month, about the sixth hour, being on the sabbath day, '-: ■ 4 One of the ships of Columbia, called the Wasp» the name of the captain whereof was Jones, a valiant man, discovered afar ofTone of the strong ships of the king. 5 Now the the ship of Britain was mightier than the ship of Columbia ; she was called the Frolic, and the captain's name was Whinyeatcs, <» And they began to utter their thunders about the eieveuth hour of the day, and the noises continued for more than the space of half an hour ; 7 When the Wasp, falling upon the Itrdiic, and | getling cTitunglcd therewith, the men struggled !tQgc« READER. 41 ihcr ; and the mariners of Columbia overpowered the marinera of Britain. 8 So it came lo pass, that the Frolic became cap* tive to the ship of Colunibia. 9 And the slain and the wounded oi the king's ship were about four score. 10 And the children of Columbia lost, in all, about hulf a score : howbcit, there was much damage done to both vessels. 1 1 Nevertheless, about this time, a mit^hty ship of Britain, culled the Puictiers, came upon the vessels, which were in a defenceless situ:ition, and took them both, and commanded them to go to the island of the kinp:, which is called Bermuda. 12 However, the people of Columbia were pleas- ed with the noble coniiuct of Jones, and for his va- liant acts they gave him a sword of curious work- manship. 13 Moreover, while he remained at Bermuda, the inhabitants, the servants of the kinj^, treated him kindly; and showed much re spect for him and his ofUcers that were made captive. 42 IIISTOIIICAL Mii til I CHAP. XIII. Cafifure of the Brttfsh/rtffaie Macedonian^ hy Com, Drcaiur, in the frigate United States^—Briff Vixen ca/itured by the Britishfrigate HoutUimfiton, I h ' \ I ' i \\i -f pJ OW it happened, on the twenty-fifih day of the tenth month, in the first year of the war, that a cer- tain strongf ship of Britain, that liad prepared herself to fight a ship of Columbia, appeared upon the wa- ters of the mighty deep. 2 And she was commanded by a valiant captain, whose name was Carden, and the name of the sliip was the Macedonian. 3 And on the same day she met one of the strong ships of Columbia, the name of the captain whereof was Decatur, and the vessel was called the United States 4 Now D. catur was a man who had never known fear ; and the good of his country was the pride of his heart. 5 And when he came towards the vessel of the king, he used no entreaty wiih his men, for they all loved him, and the mot. on ot His finger was as the word of his mouth. 6 So when the ships came nigh urto one anotlcr thtir thuiulcra were ireniChdous, and the smoke thcreui Wiib as a black ciuud. f : 11 READER; 43 7 Kcvertheless, in the space of about ninety min- utes, the sjirong ship of Britain struck her reel flag to the snipes of Columbia. 8 Now the Macccloniun was a new ship, and she gat much damaj^e. 9 But the United States, like the companions of Shadrach, moved unhurt upon the waters ; nay, even her wings were not sino-ed. -»''.^ 10 And the slain and the wounded, of the ship of the kinp;, were five score and four. 1 1 And tlicre fell of the people of Columbia five who were slain outright, and there were seven maim- ed : 12 Moreover, the ship of Britain had seven of the stolen men of Columbia therein, who were compel- led to fi(=;ht against their brethren j and two of them were slain in battle. 13 And when Carden came on board the ship oF Colunibia, he bowed his head, and offered to put his sword, of curious workmanship, into the hands of Decatur. 14 But Decatur said unto him, Nay, thou hast de- fended thy ship like a valiant man ; therefore, keep thy sword, but receive my hand. 15 So they sat down and drasik wine togethrr ; foi* the spirits of brave men mingle even in the tim- of warfare. 16 And after they bad eaten and dr^.nk, Carf^'u opened his mouth, for he was troubled in his uiir;!,, and spake unto Decatur, sayin.e; : 17 Lol if this ihintj wiiich hath happened be known unto the kinff, th:U one of the vessels of Britain I . 'h struck her 11 .u^, and become captive to a vessel oi tx\^ % ri Jiui .'■ m ; if 44 HISTORICAL \':A United States, what shall he done unto the captain thereof ? (or such a thiniJc hath not been heard of among the nations of the earth. 18 And Decatur anbwered, and spake unto Car- den, saying, Veiily, thou ait deceived, neither will harm happen unto thee. 19 For, lo ! it came to pass, about three score days ago, that one of the strong ships of the king, thy muster, the name whereof was called Guerricro, foil an easy prey to one of the strong ships of Columbia ; and they burnt her with lire upon tljc waters. 20 Now when Carden heard these words, his heart leaped with joy ; for he dreaded the frowns of the king, and' he was glad that he stood not alone in the thing. 21 After this, in the eighteen hundred and thir- teenth year of the christian era, on the first day of the first month of the same year, and on the sixth day of the week, 22 The ship United States and the siiip Macedo- nian came into the haven of New-York, having pass- ed a certain dangerous place called llell-gate : and ihere was a heavy fog that day. •■23 And there were great rejoicings in the city of New-York, and iliioug'iout the land of Columbia. 24 Moieovcr, there was a sumj)tuous dinner given to Isaac, Decatur, and Jones, in honor of their valiant deeds; and the number of he gutsts were about five hundred. 25 And the inhabitants of New-York made a great feast on the ninth day of the month, for the biavc mariners that wrought in the ship of Columbia. 26 And they became merry with the drinking o» ■'mf^ :.\-mka >m>^*. ■■- i. READER. 45 been heard of ke unto Cap- > iieitljer will wine; after which ihcy departed and went into a house of mirth and guic.y.* 27 Now, it is written in the words of Solomon, whose wisdom hath not been excelled, that, there is a time to w(?ep, and a time to rt joice. 28 Not many days after those tliinp^s, it came to pass, that the hearts of tlie lords and counsellors of Britain were rt joiced. 29 For a certain mii^hty ship, called the South- ampton, fell upon a smaller vessel of the Unircd Statt s t and made capture thereof uhto the kiiij*-. 30 IJuttiie storm arose, and the se.i b< at ui>oii the vessels, and they were cast away, and they parted asunder, upon an island which lieth fur to the south, and both vessels were lost. * Theatre. t Umtfd Siates* On's" Vixen^ 1 2 guna^ G. W, Reed, commander. le a g;rcat the biavc ibia. inkir.p- o^ 6 ^ f 4& HISTORICAL CHAP. XIV. Affairs in the nouh — skirmishes — balfle of French- tonvn^ on the river Raisin-— -ca fit ure of Gen. Win- 9h€9ter*s armij-^massacre of American Jnittonem, dV\ TS OW it came to pass, that the wickedness of Bri- tain had roused up the spirit of Satan in the savages of the forest, in the north, and in the west. 2 And the tomahawk and the scalping-knife were raised against the people of Columbia on the borders of the great Ukes. S So the people sought after a valiant man to go against the savages and the men of Britain. 4 And they pitched upon a certain governor of one of the states in the west, whose name was Har- rison,* and the great Sanhedrim made him chief captain of the army. 5 Moreover, he was beloved by the "people, and a mighty host of husbandmen were ready to follow af- ter him. 6 And Harrison rested his army at the strong hold of Meigs, nigh ihe Miami Rapids, which li«nh in the "Way journeying towards the strong hold of Maiden, wliich is in the province of the king ; wliither he in- tended to go forih in the pleasant season of the year. • J^IaJ, Gen, yV% H, Harrison^ Governor of Ohio* <>^ '^.r RE\DER. 47 7 Ami Winchester* was another chief captuin that went against the savages. 8 Now the savages had been a sore thorn in the side of the people of Colun»bia. 9 They had assailed the liold which is cjillcd after a chief captain, whose name was Dearborn, and ilicir numbers overpowered it, and they used deceit, and pni to death the men, and the women, and the infants that were found in the hold, after they had become captives, save about half a score. 10 And their bowlings along the dark forest were more terrible than the wild wolf, and their murder- ous cunning more dreadful than the prowling tiger. 1 1 And the servants of the king gave them to drink of the strong waters of Jamaica, well know- ing that they loved it as they did their own souls. 12 These were the allies, the messmates, the com- panions of the soldiers of Britain ! hired assassins. 13 However, about this time there were many brave captains of the people of the United States that went against them, 14 Even Russ'.;I, and Hopkins, and T upper, and Campbell, and Williams, and others, who drove t'le red SAVages before them. 15 And burnt their villages,! and laid waste their habitations, and slew many of them ; for it i^ written in the holy scriptures, Hlood for blood ! 16 Veverttieless, they treated the savage prisoners who fell into their hands kindly ; ntiiher suffered they tlie people to buff ;t them. 17 l-ut it came to pass, on the twcntv-secor>d day * Bng- Gen. IVincht^sfcr. t loivns on the Waba^lu ;i>S V*'i. -/f-^ , fCi ) ■;i \ :i ni h V t #• HISTORICAL of t!je first month, that a mi;j;hty horde of savat^cs and servants of the kinj^, fell upon the urmy of Win- chester the chief captain. 1 8 And it was about the dawning of the day, when the desiroyiiig engines opened their fires. 19 And the place where the battle was fought was called, in the vernacular tongue. Trechtown, which lietli on the south side of the llivcr Raisin, nigh unto Lake Erie. 20 Now the name of the chief captain of the army of IJriiain was Procior, and he proved himself a wick- ed man. and his name is dispisedeven unto this day. 21 And when the battle waxed hot, and they be- gan to rush one upon another wih great violence, 2 I 'I'he small band of Columbia fought desperate- ly, and the slaughter was dreadful; and the pure snow of heaven was sprinkled and stained with the blood of men ! 23 Nevertheless, the people of the United States where overcome, and their chiei captain made pri- soner. 24 So when Winchester found he was made cap- tive, and that ihere was no hope for the rest of the men under ids connriand, he made a league \\h\\ Pioctor, t! e chief capiam of tiie hobt of the king. 25 In the niiich Proctor agree d to vouchsalV pro- tection to the captive men of Cohimhia, from iiie wrath of the savages, whom he hiid innauied. 25 Now the number of tlie men ol Columbia that fell into their i)ands that day, were about five hun- dred ; and the .'-lain ahd wuUiided ubuut an iiunclivcl two bcore and iCa, ■■'^■'/ READKU. 49 27 And the number of t!ic savap;0R nnd ihr men of Bi'ii.iin wlio fell in baiile lliai (lav were m luy. 28 And l*roclor removed the captives u.iio \he strong hold of Maiden, vviiich llclh upon the opposite bide of the river, in the province of the kinij^. 29 But, in the cruelty of his heart, he Icii the sick, the wounded, and the dying lo Ihc mercy of Ihe bu- vages of the wilderness I 30 In this thinc^ he transr^vesscd the word he had pl'dged, uhich ib evil in the sig!iiof the Lord. SI Oil I for a veil to hide in uti;;r darkness the horrid deeds of that awful day, that they niighi not be handed dowu to lUc childrcii of mciij in ihc times {o come. • 1 . jw 32 Lo ! early in the mornin;^ of the next day, ere the bun had risen, the work of death bt- gan ! 33 Behold the sullen savage, with deadly rage, drag forth the bhivering soldier over the blood-sudn- ed snow, fainting, bleeding with his wounds, and iui- ploring on his knees for mercy, - - 34 Alas 1 the savage heedtth not his words ; but giveth him a blow with the hutchet of death. \ , 35 For have not the counsellors of Britain said| For this will we give unto you silver and gold ? 36 Tlius were the poor wounded prisoners of Co. lunibia slaughtered in abundance. • " . 37 And Round-Head, the chief captain of the war- riors, and the savages under him, gat great praise from. Piocior, the chief captain of the host of Briluin,* * Sec Proclor's account, da cd Qarbcc, I'\b. G;IG I j. ^-r i'i I ff^^^yt-s oft/w nrittrT'"'''' ''''' '^'^^luctcd under *« i n duavowcd, ^^"'^''A/ ; t/u9jac( has uevcr T-T' y-^' llEADI'R. 61 ClI \P. XV. Cafitnrc nf the Britifih frii^atc Java, bij the United iitatea' Jvii^utc Conmiiiitioji, In the twelfth month of the first year of the decree of the great Sunhedrim, on the twenty and ninth iUy of the month, 2 It cume to pass, that one. of the stronr^ ships of the kincj hud approached the couniiy of the south vhich lieth many thousand miles off. 3 And the ship was called Java, after one of (!^c sweet scented islands of the east; wiiere the p()p}ty flourishes, where the heut of the sun is ;.i iiin(hint, and where the Uohon Upas emits itsdctdiy ])oihon. 4 Moreover, she carried about four hundred ar/d fifty men, and a governor,* and many utlicers and sol- diers of the king ; and she was well prepared lor battle. 5 And Lambert commanded the ship of Britain, and he was a brave and valiant man. 6 So as he passed aloufj, nigh unto the coast of Brazil, where the sun casteth tlie shadow of a man to th«- south at noon day : 7 (A place unknown to the children of Israel, in the days of Moses,) -s^- 8 Lo ! one of the tall ships of Columbia, even the * Gov. Hyslofi and suite, bound to B'jnibay, ^Il »s IIISTORIAL CoDstifutionbrlu Id her vvhrn she was yet a fjreat way <;ff', and inailo sii>;nH unto her >vhich she answered not; ^'"Whicli caused the i^alhint captain, whose sir- ,nnme was IJ.iiiihridi^e,* to cast a shot towards her /' ufu.r which she received the iluiiulcr of his dcstroy- injj engines, 10 And it was about the second hour after the mid- d y, when the sonnd ot" the battle (h'Uin Wits heard. I I And, as they approached towards each other, tl.e people shouted aloud, and the roaring of liic en- gines was (li-eadfiil. VI And I he servants of the king fought bravely ; '.r.ar.d they held oiit to the last. ■JL 13 For th.ey were ashanied to let the nations of the ' 51 rarih syy muo them, " 14 Lo 1 ye, \v!io are the lords and the 'masters of the inip;luy fleep, have suffered the feeble Yankees to eniH)iier you.f 15 Vtieretbrc, the slaughter was dreadful, beyond ITlCrtSUrO. If5 And I'lc 1)1 icl; clouds of smoke arose, and ob- scured the ri;ys ot the sun, so thai liuy fowght in the sh.ade. 17 And the winds moved the vessels abnut,and they strove to avoid the b.ids of lead, and liie heavy bails of iron, th.at whistled about them in nudiitudes. i8 (Now these balls, which were gathered fiom the Ixnvels <'f the earth, were an iiivchiion unknown to the Philistines; even Sampson wisastranger tothem.) 19 However, the sldp- fought hard, for the space of about two hours, wlica tlicir thunders ceased. * Co m . /j.'. /;; /; \'idi!;c . t Jnocreo7j i\.'o;rt, bv 'h's unr. it is hoficd, is suf- Juii'iUiy convinced oj the tfiViiiiuiicy oj the ^nwiirans. ^. READER. s» 20 And the ship of Britain hud become a wreck, and the deck thereof was covered with blood ! 21 Nevertheless, the servants of the king struck not the flag of liritaia ; for they were loth and heai- tilted : 22 But when Bainbridge, who saw this, came down upon theni a second time, they humbled themselves^ and drew down the British cross. 23 And the slain and the wounded of the king, that day, were an hundred three score and ten ; ^ 34 And those of the people of Columbia, were about thirty and four. 25 Moreover, Bainbridge, the captain of the ves- sel of the United Slates, was sorely wounded. 26 And Lambert, the captain of the ship of the kinp^, was wounded, even unto death, 27 Now when the servants of the king were taken from the wreck, and meat and drink sat before them, that they might be refreshed, they partook thereof, and were thanktul. 29 And on the second d;»y, Bainbridge put a match to the bluek dust that remained in the ship, and she burst asunder, anil rent the air with a loud noise. 29 And the fragments thereof were spread upon the waters round about. 30 And the fish of the sea, even the mighty whales, fled from the noise of the explosion. 3 I However, the ('onstitution escaped not unhurt, for she was much wounded in her tackling. 32 So, when Bainbridge came into the haven of St Salvador, which lieih farther to the south, he gave the men of Briidin, whom he had m de captive, li- beriy to go home to the king, their uiaster. " '.*^: 7 JI>J» Lii_L—»M V^ !« I- S4, Wh HISTORICAL y-.l 33 But when the tidings thereof reached the palace of the king, the lords and the princes and the rulers of Britain were confounded. 34 Their spirits sunk within them : astonishment seized the tyrants of the ocean. 35 The smile of joy had departed from their coun- tenances, and the gloom of despair hovered around them. 36 The wise men and the orators were mute ; they gaped upon one another, and wisi not what to say. 37 But the people of Columbia, from the north to the south, were jjladdened; and bestowed great honor and praise on Bainbridi^e the captain. 38 Even the great Sanhedrim of the people re- joiced with great joy. READER. 5S astonishment CHAP. XVI. Com. Podq-era* return from a second cruisf-^cafiture of (he U. States* dri^ Viper — the General Arm- atrojitf and a British friisacc — Jwivateerin^, T^ OW it came to pass, in the beginning of the one thousand eight hundred and thirteenth year of the Great Founder of the Christi^'n sect, 2 That a strong ship of the ved States, called the President, commanded by Aodgers, returned a second time to the land of Columbia. 3 And while she was upon the waters of the great deep, she fell in with one of the packets of the king called after the swift flying bird* of the air, and made capture thereof. ' /! 4 Aiid in the ship Rodgers found abundance of wealth even an hundred sixty and eight thousand pieces of silver. 5 And it was carried, with many horses, to a place of safe keeping,! in the town of Boston, which iieth to the east. •' 6 Moreover, he made capture of another ship of the king,| laden with oil and bones of the great fish of the deep. 7 Now it happened, on the seventeenth day of the first month of the same year, , 8 That one of the weak vessels of the U. Stateb|! » ^T.'allovj, t £ank of Bouon. \ Hhiji Argo. |) Viper. ::f^ m i H i' [ ^t HISTORICAL ^ became a prey to one of the strong ships of the king, Galled the Narcissus : albeit, she fought not. 9 About this time the vreat waters of the Chesa- peake, which empty into the sea, were guarded by the strong ships of the kint^, so that the vesaels might not arrive or depart therefrom. 10 But the vessels of the United States, and the private vessels of the men of Columbia, were doing great damage unto the commerce of Britain, even in her own waters. 1 1 And the number of the private vessels, that moved swiftly over the face of the waters, and went out to despoil the commerce of Britain, and to cap- ture the nferchant vessels thereof, wasubjutiwo hundred two score and ten. " ' 12 And they made capture of more than fifteen hundred of the vessels of the people of Brirair,. • 1.1 Moreover, there was a sore tattle between one •f the privvite armed vessels of the people of the United States, and a strong sltip jf the king.f * 14 The privateer was called the General Arm- strong, and the name ofihe captain was Guy.| 15 Now Ciuv was a valiant num, and fear was a stranger to him. . . • - 16 And on the eleventh day of the third month he * copied from afar a vessel wliich appeared as a speck upon the waters. 17 But when he bore down upon her, behold ! she was a fighting slup of Biitain, carrying the de^iroy.^ ing engines. * During the rmr. f ^ Britiahfrii^ate. \ iupt. C/uim/Uir,: READEI^. §r 18 And Guy wa? near beiiig entrapped, for he was deceived, ihinkinj^ it w^s a merchant vessel. 19 Therefore, he was compelled to fight ; so he opened upon the vessel of the king, one of his mis- chievous engines called, in the vernacular tongue, Long-Tom. 20 And tliey fought hard, and the noi%e of the en- gines was very great. 2 I And the bulls of lead and iron showered around like hail-stopics : for the sirong ship of Brituin had them in abundance. 22 Now the slaughter was dreadful on both sides^ and Guy was on the point of making capture of the •hip: but he received a wound, and his vessel was diasbled, so he made good his escape. 23 And the slain and the wounded of Guy were twenty and three, and the vessel of the king lost about twice that number. 2 4 Now, for this valiant act, Guy gat great honor and the people gave him a sword of fine uorkiUvMiship. 25 Moreover, the Saratoga, the Scourge, rhe Chciusseur, and many other private vcbteif of tiie people of the United States, were a grievoua p'ague to the servants of the king ; 26 Inasmuch as some of them n;ade sport' with the mighty blockade of Briti-n, which she put forth against the free people of the land of Columbia. 27 For when they came nigh unto the coast of Biira'in, they made capture aijd burnt the vessels of the king, that carried rich incichandise, costly jew- els, and bilver and gold. t'^^ '■^~" 28 Vea, ever, in tlicir own waters, andin'lhe sight of their own havens, did they do these things. 7 * ■ '-'^'/y::-r ><«• •iv ..^'^t/fifHt^.^,- 58 IIISTORTCAL ?9 For it happened that the cunninj* Yankees knew how to construct the swifi-sailinp; vessels, that they out-van the strong vessels of Britain. SO And as the ships of Britain moved but slowly on the waters, so they cauj^ht them not 31 Wherefore the artificers, the mechanics, and those who deal in merchandise, raised their voi< es to the great council of Britain, saying, "r^o 32 Lo ! are we not the faithful servants of the king, our master ? have we not given unto him the one half of our whole substance ? and shall these Yankees take from us the remainder ? S3||[ath not ilu; king a thousand ships of war I and wherefore should we be hemmed in ? v;# -^ 34 Lo ! our merchant vessels are idle ! neither can we pass in safety even unto the land of Hibeniia, ■which lieth nigh unto us. 35 And, behold, tl e capt^iin of a private armed vessel of the Yatikces, in derision of thr proclama- tion of our lord the king, hath proclaimed the island of Great Britain and her dependencies in a state of rigorous blockade ; saying. Lo ! I have the power to hem ye in. 36 Therefore, let the counsellors of the king pon- der these things, and let the strong ships of Britain drive the vessels of Columbia from our coast. 37 Now the wise men of Biitain heard those things with sorrow ; and they spake one to another concern- ing the matter : V 38 But they wist not what to do ; for the cunning of the captains of the fast sailing vessels of f olum- bia, surpassed the wisdom of the lords of Britain. • VV% VV«VW 'Ste. (ffll lnilllMl 4 .,/-vW"* HE VDEK. 59 CHAP. xvrr. ICa/ifurc andburnius of Ot'dembur^h by the Brithk. J V these chys the war against Columbia was waged [with jj^reat violence, 2 And the firr-clad savages prowled in secret pla- ces and fell 'upon t'te helpless. * 3 * They hid themselves in the wilderness; they couched down as a lion ; and, as a your.g lion, they witched for their prey.* 4 The tall and leafless trees of the forest brnt to the strong winds of the north ; and the sound there- of was as the roaring of mighty waters, 5 Moreover, the face of the earth was covered with snow, and the water of the rivers vvas frozen. 6 And tlic bordeis of Columbia, nigh uito the province of the kin; . , • •-^ r' ^* --■ '» X ,if?: :%^ fcp5 60 HISTORICAL 10 ^m] there were Hve slain aiul ten VT/umled of the people of Columbia, and nhout three score were tuken hv ihe servants of the kintif. 1 1 Moreover, the men of Brit in f^at much spoil ; even a lari^e quantity of the black dubt fell into their hands ; 12 And twelve of the destroying engines, which the pcopli: of Columbia had taken from the king* a- bout forty years before. 13 Also, three hundred tents, and more than a thousand weapons of war ; but the vessels and the boats they consumed with fire, 14 Now ()g(lcnshurii:li was a beautiful village to behold ; nev< rtlcless thty burned it with fire, und it became a hcisp of ruins. 15 And the women and child'-en looked for their lionu's, but found them not ; and they sat down in sorrow, for the huughiy conquei'ors laughed at their suf^> rings. 16 After which they returned with their spoil to Prescott.. from whence they came, b« ingon the other side of the water, in the province of the king. '7 And the honor that wfis given to the servants of iiritain that day was as a thimble full of water spilt into the sea : for they were 'like unto a giant going out aguinbt a bulrush. 1 , I, READEK. CI criAP. XVIII. Cafitnre nf the Pcacoik^ of 18 t^ivths b'j the U. S. sloo/i of nvar Hornet, of I 6 ^umi — return of she Chesafteakefrom a cruise. I HE unto one of the sirong shijjs of ihe king, c.dl d the I\ acock, after the bird whose feathers are beautiful to bthold ; 1 I And tlic captain thereof was sir-named Pcakc. 12 Now hcp;an the roarinj^ noi>»esof the mgiues of (lestrnctioii, drat opened their mouths at';ainst one an- ol'ier ; and dreadful was the siau^jhter of that day. 13 Xeverlhelcss, in the «pace of about the fourih part of an hour, the vessel of the kioji; was Ctiptuied by the people of Coiunibia. 14 And they found therein some of the mariners cf the United Slates, who had bcc^ged th.^t Ihey niij^lu t;o down into the hold of the ship, and not rai ic their hands ai^ainst the blood of their own brethren . 15 I'ut Pcakr-, the commander, iuffercd ihtm not, b-ii compelled them to fight against their own kins- jr.vu : and one of them was sluin in balilc, 16 And the killed and maimed of the people of riritain, wure about two score and iwo ; and Peake^ the cii)tain, was also slain ; and the loss of Columbia Wt.s about five souls ! 17 Moreover, the Peacock sunk down into the yawning deep, b.fore they could get all the men of Priiain out of her ; and three of the people of Co- lumbia were buried wiih her, wliilsi in tlic humane act of endeavouring to preserve the lives of the enemy. 18 Now this was the fifth flighting vessel of the King which had been humbled, since the decree of the great Saniiedi im, before the destroying engines oC the people of Coiundjia. 19 And Lawrence, and the brave men that fought with him, had honor and praise po\irci.lout upon them abundaiii'y. READER. et was a va- 20 Moreover, the people of New-York f^avc unto Lawrence vessels of silver, with curious devices ; and they miulu a fcusi for the men who fought in the / IloPiet. ^^\ And all the people were exceedingly rejoiced at the valiant acts of Lawrence, and his fatiie extend- ed throughout the land of Columbia: the sound of his name was the joy of the heart. 22 liut when the news thereof reached the ears of the wise men of Britain, they said, La ! these mc:n are giants ; neither are they like unto the warriors of tlie king. 23 And their witchcraft and their cunning are darkness unto us ; even as when a man puuctli a can- dle under a bushel. 24 Behold ! five times hath the * striped burning* of Culumbia, triumphed over the royal cross of li.i- tain 25 Now the great Sanhedrim, who were assem- bled togetiier, forgat not the valiant deeds of, the mariners of Columbia. 26 For they divided amongst them more than se- venty thousand pieces of silver. 27 And it came to pass, on the tenth day of the fourth month, in the same year, tliat the Chesa- peake, a strong vessel of the United States, arrived in the haven of Boston. k8 She had sailed upon the face of the rough wa- ters more than an hundred days, after she dcparicd from the land of Columbia, and passed a great way to the south : 29 And went hard by the island of Rnrbadoes, pnd those places in the great sea ^^hich encompasseth the 64 IIIHTORICAL worlc), from V hence ihey biing poisoned waters, \vhich open llie W(*nil>ol the eailh to receive tlic un-| waty i:Oiis ol nun. 30 Muri-ovir, in nturnint^, she came nij;h unto the cupcHol » jrginia, where tne bweei sceitied plant* groweth in aliU. dance. 31 And >\ iiile she was on the ocean she captured a nuinhcr of the vessclb of the people of BrituinJ ^vhich weie laden will) rich uierchunUise, CHAP. XIX. Capture of little York^in Ufifier Canada — the dt* structv.n of the ni'hole American arnnj prevtnted lij the precaution of Gen, Pike — hia death. IV OW, v'hiht these things happened in the south and tliC evils of war destroyed the life of man, and the smih s of heaven strengthened the arms, and lift- ed up the irlory of Columbia ; 2 Behold, pre pamtions of warfare were making on the borders of the great lakes of the north. ♦ Tobacco. %*^: •a » READER, « S And the vessels of war of Columbia that were up- t»n the waters of the lake culled Ontario, wcr« com- manded by a brave man? whose name was Chauncey. 4 Now on the twenty-fifth day of the fourth month» the army of Columbia, who were gathered on the shore of the lakfii went down into the strong vessels of Chauncey. 5 And the number that went into the yesseU wai about two thousand. ' - " C And Henry* and Zcbulon, whose sir-name was Pike,t were the chief captains of the host of Columbia. 7 On the same day the sails of the vessels were spread to tlie winds of heaven, and they moved to- wards a place called Little York,t in the province of Canada. 8 Howbeit, the winds were adverse and blew witU great violence from the east. 9 Nevertheless, on the morning of the twenty* seventh day of the same month, the army of Colum* bia, commanded by Pike, the chief captaiO} moved out of the strong ships of the United States. 10 But Henry remained on board the vessel of Chauncey, neither came he to the water's edge. 1 1 And the place where the host of Columbia land- ed was to the west of the town, about twenty and four furlongs, and from the strong hold of the kinfj^ about ten furlongs. 12 The gallant Forsyth, who led a band of brave men, wlio fought not for filthy lucre's sake, went be* fore the host. f Major General Dearborn. f ^rig^ Gen, Fikft^ \ Capital of U, Canada, M. k' Is f ■lior. Ij About thii: time the savages and the servants of the king^, even a great multitude, opened their en- gines of destruction without mcrc}-. 16 And from the forest, and the secret places, their balls were showered like unto hail-stones, and the sound thereof was as sharp thunder. 17 And a man, whose name was SheafTe, was the chief captaiii of the hgsl of Britain. 18 Now the destroying engines of the strong hold of the king issued fire and smoke with a mighty noise and shot at the vessels of the United States. 19 But Chauncey returned unto them four-fold ; and the battle wi^xed hot, hoih on the land and on the water. 20 And the men of Columbia rushed forward with ilerceness, and drove the men of Britain from their strong hold. - 31 So they fled towards the town for safety, for they \ycre overcon.'? ; and the savages were smitten with fear, their loud y^llings ceased, and their feet wer© light as the wdd roe ; 22 Nevertheless, the men of Columbia shouted a- Xoud, and sounded their trumpets, their cymbal,^ and their noisy drums, which were contrived since the days of Jeroboam, king of Israel. 23 And Zebulon, the valiant warrior, followed hard (kfter them ; and they found no rest ; for they were ; Bi/Ies, ■-•/ T READER. sore pushed, and the phantom ot* their imaginations pictured out nev7 evils. , . ,^ ,. -,, » 24 So when they found they were nigh bch^j^made captive, they departed in haste from the town and from the strong hold thereof, save about two score. 25 Now when the army of Britain was overthrown ; v/hcn they were compelled to flee from the strong hold ; the wickedness of Satan entered into their hearts. 26 And they gathered together abundance of the black dust and fixed it in the lowermost part of tho fort, below tlie walls of stone. 27 Aficr which they put a lighted match nis»;h to itj so that when tiie whole army of Columbia got into the hold, they might be destroyed. 28 But the Lord, v/ho is good, even he who go* verneth die destinies of /.lan, permllf-d k not. 29 Now when Zcbulon and his army came out of the thick woods, in buttle array, to go forth against the strong hold, 30 Lo ! they saw not the host of Britain ; but the eye of Zebulon was as the eye of an eagle, his strengtti &s the lion, and his judgment as the wise : 31 So he stayed his men of war from rushing for- ward towards the place, lest they might be entrap- ped : and he caused them to move along the wood to the right and to the left. - : -. 2 32 About this time a stripling, from the south* V^ith his weapon of war in his ha»d, ran up to Zebu- lon, a»d spake unto him, saying, .' > 83 Behold ! a man of Britain appearethin tlie iort ; feufTcr me, I pray thee, to slay him, for he is busied with the destroying engines : 34 But Zebulon said, nay ; we arc yet ci gr jat way m u <8 HISTORICAL 35 And the yoilng man entreated him a second time, saying^) I beseech thee, let nic step out before the host and slay him, lest the engine be let loose upon us ; then Zebulon said unto him, Go. 36 So he ran out before the army and shot the man^ and he fell to the earth ; and it was about a furlong oiF, and the weight of the ball was about the weight •f a shekel. 37 But as the young man returned to where the army stayed, behold! the black dust in the hold caught fire, and it rent the air with the noise of a tiiousand thunders : 38 And the whole army fell down upon their faces* to the earth ; and the stones, and the fragments of rocks, were lifted high ; and the falling thereof was terrible even unto death. 39 Yea, it was dreadful as the mighty earthquakej which overtnrneth cities. 40 And the whole face of the earth round about, and the army of Zebulon, were overshadowed with black smoke ; so that, for a time, one man saw not another : 41 But when the heavy clouds of smoke passed away towards the west, behold the earth was covered with the killed and the wounded. 42 Alas ! the sight was shocking to behold ; as the deed was ignoble. 43 Aboui two hundred men ros-^ not : the stones had bruised them; the sharp rocks had ftillen upon them : V*^ • Hoivever strange this may afifiear-t it is a fact that the concussion of the air firoducaU that tj/'ict an nearly all taho fronted the ex/]losion% ^ READER. it 44 They were wedged into the earth : their wea- pons of. war were bent down into the ground v^th them ; their feet were turned towards heaven ', their- limbs were lopped off. ^^-^^ , 45 But wlien those who escaped unhurt arose and looked around, they beheld not their chieftain ; he hud fallen to the earth. 46 A l)uge stone smote him upon the back, and two of his officers, (one of whom was the gallant Fraser^*) raised him up and led him forth from the field of murder ; the one on the one side, and th'5 other on the other side. 47 And as they led him away he turned his head around to his brave warriors, and said unto them, G^ on ; I will be vyilh you soon I I am not slain. 48 The magic of his words gave joy to their liearls ; for they loved him 'as they loved their own father* 49 And with resistless force his noble band rush- ed on, at the trumpet's sound, over the heaps of slain and wounded to glory, and to triumph I 50 And a swift messenger ran down unto Henry, with these words in his mouih, Lo ! the right hand c.f our army is slain I its pride ia gone ! 2cbuloa has fallen ! 51 Immediately Henry departed from -the fleet, and came to the sho^' and went up and led the host of Columbia to the town and took it. \ *:* ; - 52 Now the slain, the maimed and the captives of the host of Britain that day, were about a Uiousand fighting men : . * %: 53 And the loss of the mtn of Columbia waS about three hundred slain and vvoiuidcd. ' ,Ai,4V;, * ... -t-. •U.S.*;' Major Jt'^aicrf aon of Donald Frascr, of A ew- York. a * ^mmmmm «l »* , Jl'I - f' . HISTOHICAfc V ■ S* And rfenrr ih> f a * *■ « Nevertheless. Sheaffe ft "^'" """ ''-"y- escaped with a handful „f' ^^ "^''P"'" °<' 'he kin^, 57b« " *"""'• '"'^ ' '"^ f *'Snw of iJnVuA ivilh deep'so^rorrfoAh^/s ""' ''•"P'* *"« ■"'"e'ed «'' Oh ! eanh. ho» i "" *'='•'= "'"i" in baltle "•eat in warfare/ i S,' f" '"^ inhabitant, t-" '^«P for their chiJdre^' ""^ °",'»»'' cea.e ,o husband, and'tbei chit T' ' '^'' ""P '"»-"-eip feee, no more - '^"" ' ''•« 'hey shall see their tu "of?h:ir i?,!:'"' "' ^°""»W« »igi. for the re. 60 Seest thou those i;..i disconsolate mother, they e ' """Z ."""y "^ '« their «ear» started in their eve, ,1^'" *"' ""i". the hear,, fail, d them; and thev'h. '"'"■* ""««. heir win^:. ^Mc^tl^^-'^^S feather fr,m her f^" to .he earth, ascc.de/ ."oTr" ""^'" - • ae name of ,««. '° heaven, a„d recorded ^-J^**^ ( ••'"^ -■^r." CHAP. XX. n XH^-r' Sketches of the HUtory of AmeritA. S , v»i -v ■ «.. . 1 hE voiee of many ycafs shall drop upon the chH- dren of men ; and our children's children shall hear« ken unto it in the days to come. -; 2 The country of Columbia is a wide extended land, which reacheth from the north to the south, Tnore than eight, thousand miles ; and the breadth thereof in about three thousand. 3 Moreover the name of the country was called af- ter the name of a great man, who was born in a place called Genoa ; being in Italia^ on the sea-coast. 4 His name was Chrhtofiher, sur- «im<-d Culumbu^, 5 As the righteous u^an stiuggleth against w eked* ness, so did he agiunst ijjnorance ^nd stupility. 6 Nevertheless, it came to pass, ir» the fourteen hundred and ninety second year, of the Christian era> that he crossed the watiers of the mi^^'luy deep, a thing that had never been iiinowri among the ^ons of 7 And the ptac6' where he land'^d was an island in the sea. nit^h unto the continent of Columbia, called San Salv u!or ; which, being inter^>reted, tignifinh a pli)' c of safety. 8 And the place Was jnh.:bired by wild savages, and they wn'Mj nakicl, ^ No^f when the people heard ihat Columbus had fouud a new land, they were aalouiBiied beyond mea- . — -\i <] >■ ^^. H titStORICAL sure, for it was many thousand miles off; moreovQr, some of them strove to rob ikira of th.^ honor, and he was treated wronj^fuUy. 10 But his name was lifted lut above his eheraies, and it shall not be lost. l\ Now the land of Columbia is a iriOst plenilful land, yielding gold and silver, and brass anvl iron auuri" dantly. 12 Likew5',r, all manner of creatures iuiich ^re tised for foodi and Herbs ond fruits of the earth : 13 From ihe red cherrj-, nnU the rosy peach of the north, to the lemonj and jc g: idcn oiwnge of the south. 14 And from the str:all inse ;r,, th?.; eheateth the microscopic eye, to 'be huge mummoth that once moved on the borders of ihe river Hudson ; on the great r'^vcr Ohio ; avu! even down lo the' country of Patagoiiia in the south. 15 Now U»c height ot a mammoth is about seven cubits and a half, and the length thereof fourteen ctl- bita ; and the bines ther*'?of being weighed are more than thirty thoui.^ud shekels ; and the lengia of th« tusks is mere thi;,n six cubits. 16 It is !noie woi.derful thun the elephant; and the history iljcreof, is it not recorded in the book of Jefferson, tho scribe ?• 17 The nrccc tiger and the spotted leopard dwell In the d'irk forests ; and the swift f>oted deer upon the mount;!' " and hit;h places 18 Now th< number of iniiabitants that are spread over the whole continent, is more than an hundred xiiitUon. • Jej^ers9n'3 notes en Virginia* ilo' are ■"*«. READEl^. 7S T; moreovQT, lonor, and he nost plennful nd ?:ron abupard dwell deer upon are spread in 'lundred i9 Ar.vl Uie people of Columbia, ^vh6 are indepen* dent of the tynvntR of the earth, and who dwell be- tween the greit riv :: f which is called Afistisni/i/il, in the souU- . ^^d »:'.i province of Canada^ in the north, being liumbcicci, are about ten thousand times len ih!;u3and souls.* ' 20 The men are comely and noble, and cowar4ic6 hath forgot Vn 1-^ht upon them ; neither are they a ij 3\ipcri.citioua people ; they are peace-makers, thev kve the Gou f Uiael, and worship him j and there are no itl(>laters amongst them. 3 1 The women are passing beautiful ; they are like unto fresh lilies ; their cheeks are like wild ro- ses ; their lips as a thread of scarlet : nature hath gifted them with Uoman virtue and patriotism ; and thjy have spread goodness with a plentiful hand. *2ii Now it had happened in times past that the king of Britain had made war upon the people of Co-* lumbia, even for^y years ago. 23 For the riches and prosperity of Columbia had become great, and the king coveted them. 24 Arid the war raged with the might of Britain^ even in the heart of the land of Columbia, for about the space of seven years, whrn Ihe ar>.iy <-!' Colunibial bec:ime triumphant ; neither could the power of Britain conquer tie sons of liberty* 25 Accorriingly a part of those who remained of the armies of Briiai.i returned home to the king, their ' nirister; but a great number refu^-^^d to reiu-n, prej,^ fi::.i:\v^ a country whose mild 'r/^ are ^^^UnUy and! 5' vholesome, for the people are tt.c lawj^lv^rs, even as it was in the days of Cesar ; Hut they know no kings. ^f?^^'^^^'* ■ y 'X *v. JIEADER. / / ■'7 ( r/ r/ /'./ CHAP. XXI. T3 f \^eprcdatdons in the Chesafieake — Havre de- Grace burnt by the Britifih und<^r ^idm. Cockburtj — ut' tack on Crany Island— ^Ilam/i ton taken by the British-— outrages. J^» OW it came to pass, that the mighty fleet of Britain, which was moving round about the grt^t Bay' of Chesapeake) committed" much evil upon the sho.es thereof. 2 And they rohhcd those -who were defenceless^ and carded away their fatted cattle, their sheep, and all those tilings which they found, and put them intQ the strotig ships of the king J^l 3 Uoreover, they burnt the dwellings of the help- less with fire, a'id they accounted it £port. 4 And the old men, the little children, and the. women, yea, the fair daughters of Columbia, were v compelled to fly irom the wickedness of barbarian p.. 5 Even the small Tillages that rose beautiful -y o»i 1, the river side, became a prey unto them, and wcret" * consumed by men who called themselves thfi might if conquerors of Ewfie. 6 They were like hungry wolvs that ?.re revMV satisfied ; destruction and devas , .. marked their foots U;^. 7 Nc^% he ships o- .he kin^ were ccnmanded by 9k wici i man whose name was Ccckburn. /M 75 HISTORICAL II r 8 And it was so that on the third day of the fifth j month, in the thiity and seveii, . ) ;; : 'A the iiulepen» dencc of thi* pe* pie of Coii.a>hi>\, 9 Cockburn, fiir-nanied tha wicked, led forth a host] of tlie bavage men oF Britain, agidnst a pleasant vil- lage called Havre-de-Grace, which lieth on the bor- dv.rs of the Susquehanna, a noble river ; tifi::,; *u ihe| stiiie of Marybnd 10 Now there wns none to defend the place, save! one man, whose jir-nanic was O'Nei), who came fiom the land of Uibernia, and him they made cap- tive, 1 1 And they came as the barbarians of the wilder- ness : fierceness was iu their looks, 'cruelty was in their hearts. 12 To ihe dwelling houies they put the burning brand, und pluudtrcd the poor and needy williout pity ; such wi^,l;edness was iioi done even among the Philistines. 13 The women and children cried aloud, and fell down at the feet of the chief c.iptain of the king ; but, alas I his heart was like unto the hi art uf Pharaoh; he heard them not. 14 However, it came to pass, the r.xt du) , when the pitiless Cockburn had collected liis booty, and glutted his savar^e disposition, he Jrparied. 15 And on the sixth day of tlie same month he went against other unprotecred viilai^es, which Vvj on the river Sassafras, called Frcdi ricKtown and Georgetown, and burnt tliemabo. 16 So did he r.turn to his wickedness as a dogf retunieth tr ''is vomit. 17 Now about this time the number of the strfn^ ftuips of Brltam was increased, and i^reat inuliiiudc* of the soldiers of the kini; cam*; iviih thciu lo ihc vva^ ters of the Ghesapcakc. READER; V ess as a clog 18 And it came to pass on the twenty-second day of the next month that Cockburn, the chief captain ef the ships of Dritainy essayed to go agdinst a small « island, nigh unto Norfolk in the state of Virginia, called in the vernacular tongue, Crany-Island. 19 And the number of the men of Britain t!iat went against the island was about five thousand ; and they began to get upon the shore at the dawning of the day. 20 Near unto this place a few vessels of -Colum- bia, commanded by the gallant Cassin, were hemmed m by about a score of the mighty ships of the king. 21 Now Uie fighting vessels under Csssin were mostly small, and were called gun-boats and they were little more than half a score in number. 22 Howbeit, but a few days before, they went' ag.\Ii:.t the Junon,' a strong ship of Britain, and com- pelled her to depai. from before the mowths of th* destroying engines; 23 But the island ■ ^as defenceless ; and there came to protect it an hundred brave seamen from the gun-boats, and an hundred anti ufty valiant men from the Constellation, a fighting slap of the United States. 24 And they brought the destroying engines with .them, and they let them loose upon the vejisels of the king, and upon the men who were landing upon the fchore. • • • ;-,-^„».v^. ;••'••■ 25 And the thundering noise thereof astonished ihe servants of the king ; for they knew there was but a handful of men upon the island. 26 Moreover, Ltiuin in her folly had introduced a pew instrument of destt uctiori; Cg^lljid Congreve • Britiih Frigate Junf^n* 9 ■,i. .'t i V ■ k V, r8 HISTORICAL !*' EocketS) in honour of their inventor; and these were used in great abundance. '27 But they were harmless as turtle doveS) for they killed not a man. 28 Now the men of Columbia, with their handi- craft) shot the balls of iron strait as an arrow from a bow, and thereby did much damage to the servants of the king. 39 Inasmuch as they slew about t^vo hundred of the men (if Britain that day ; and drove the host of them from the ishind. 30 So the mighty army of Britain fled in haste to the strong ships of the king for safely. 31 Now on the twenty-fifth day of the same month the army of Britain went against a village called Hampton, which lieth in the state of Virginia, and took it 32 Howbeit, the little band of Columbia, com- manded by Crutchfteld, fought hard against them. •33 NcTcrtheless, they prevailed over him, and slew seven of his men, and wounded others, upon which he fl'd ; for the men of Britain were like «(h? to a sw'iim of locusts. 34 lint the 1)1 )od of two hundred foyal invaders becume a saclficc to the wickedness of their leaders. US Oil ! Ei»i>laiid ! that a veil niipht be cast over tbv tr Nb^r'^iS^Mms of t'^ut dav : but it cannot be. 36 Thy wickedness shall be written with a pen of iron, .M-.; -/lai loc poiii'. .'u a nianiond. ;>7 It wys hrre, even in Hcffiiptons that thy strcnc^' . -ik- f^' V • 99 HISTORICAL CHAP. xxir. Rusi{ia7i medlaiion-^Baijard and Gallatin f^ttilfor SL I'etersburgh^the British compelled to abandon thi iiege of Fort Meigs, X HE lofty eagle cuttcth the air with his wings, and moveth rapidly along ; the fish of the deep glide swiftly through the waters ; the timid deer bounds through the thick forests with wonderful speed : 2 But Imagination surpasseth them all ; she ri« delli on the fleet winds ; she holdeth a stream of lightning in her hand. 3 In an instant she flieth from the fror-en mountain* of Zembla, in the regions of the north, to the burn- ing sands of Africa in the torrid zone. 4 Now the sons of Columbia were peace-makers 5 ncitlicr did their footsteps follow after warfare. 5 And, it is written in the holy scriptures, Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be calkd the fchildr n of God. 6 So the great Sanhedrim of the people sent two of the W-ije men of Columbia, the one nnmed Galla- tin a ij t!.c other Bayard, into a distant country : 7 Even unto the extensive country of Russia, that there they might meet the wise men of Britain, and heal the wounds of the nations, and make peace wit^i one another. i! READER. t\ 8 But the people of Britain yielded not to the en- treaties of the great Sanhedrim ; therefore the war continued to rage. 9 So it came to pass, on the fifth day of the fifth month, in the pleasant season of the year ; when the trees put forth their leaves and the air is perfumed with the sweet scent of flowers, and the blue violets besp;ead the green hillocks ; 10 That Harrison, the chief captain, from the westi the brave warrior, who had entrenched himself in the strong hold of iMeigs, nigh unto the river Miami* sallied forth against the savages and the men of Britain, tliat hemmed him in. H Now there were about a thousand soldiers of the king, and a thousand savages tbiit had besieged the fort many days ; and threw therein the balls of destruction, and strove to make captive the army of Columbia. 12 Nevertheless, Harrison, and his gallant little band, fought hard against them, and drove them from before the strong hold with great sluughijr. *r 13 Likewise, the slain of Columbia was about hiit score, besides the wounded. ' 14 Moreover, the chief captain gave great honour to Miller and ail the captains and soldiers under him j even those called militia. 15 And the names of the states called Ohio and Kentucky were raised high, by the valiant acts pf their sons that day. 4-" ^ '^'^0^ H.,-" ft t 82 HISTORICAL CHAP. XXIII. Surrender of Fort George and Fort Fric to the JmC' ricans — Gen', Brown drives the British from be- fore Sackett^s Harbour with great loss — Gens. Winder and Chandler made /irisoners at Fort^' mile Cretk. ! i JN OW, on the twenty-seventh day of the sam« month, being thirty days a&er Zebulon had gone to sleep with his fathers* 2 Henry, whose sir-wame was Dearborn, and Lew- is,* the chief captains of the army of Columbia, and Chauncey the commander of the fleet of the United States, that moved on the waters of the great laice Ontario, essayed to go against Fort George and Fort Erie, in the province of the king. 3 For they had previously concerted their plan find matured it ; and taken on board the ships, the army of Columbia, and a number of the destroying engines. 4 And when' the vessels of Chauncey came nigh unto the place, they let the engines loose upon the fort, with a roaring noise. 5 In the meantime the irmy landed upon the shorej and went against the servants of the king. ^. '^'h: Gen, Morgan Levfi" READER. 83 6 And the men of Britain were friq;htcnctl at the sound of the wan'ng instruments that reached their camp, and they fle.l in dismay towards the strong hold of Queenstown. 7 And they destroyed their tents, and their store- houses, and put a match to tlie black dust of their magazines, and blew them up into the air : this they did even from Chippewa to Albino. fi Moreover, the slain and wounded of the king were two hundred two score and ten ; of the men of Columbia about three score were slain and maimed. 9 So the forts George and Eric were captured by the army and navy of the United States. 10 And Henry and Isaac, whose sir-name wa» Chauncey, spake well of all the captains and men that fought with them. 1 1 The gallant captains Scott and Forsyth fought bravely ; neither were they afraid. 12 Boyd, and M'Comb, and Winder, and Chandlery and Porter, and a host of heroes, turned not aside from the heat of the battle, 13 And here the noble spirit of the youthful Perry burst forth into view ; a man made to astonish the world, and shower down glory upon the arms of Co» lumbiu. 1 4 Now it happened about the same time, that the strong ships of Britain moved towards the other end of the lake, to the east thereof, and went against a place called Sackett's Harbor. 15 The fleet of the king was commanded by a chief captain whose name was Yeo ; and Prevostj the go- vernor of Canada, commanded the army. 16 And on the morning of the twenty-ninth day of the month, they landed more than a thousand men oa Uie shores of Columbia. ^v^ > .1. i 84 mSTOtilCAL ir Howbcit, a certain valiant man, even Jac6b, whose sir-name was Brown, commanded the host of Columbia that went ap;;vinst (hem : 18 And Jacob, albeit a man of peace,* drove the tncn of Britain, and compelled them to flee rapid!/ iVom the shore, and j^^et them into their vessels. ' 19 So Prevost and Yeo returned to tho strong hold of Kingston. 20 And 'he skill of Jacob, in driving away the sol- diers of the kinf^, pleased the people, and they ho- noured him greatly. 2! Not many days after these thinj^s, there was a sore battle fouijh;, near to a place called Forty-mile Creek. 22 And it wa*s so that V.'inder and Chandler, two brave captains of the United States,, and about fout score men, were come upon unawares in the dark* net>s of the night, and made captive by the servants of the king. 23 After which they were conveyed to the strong hold of Montreal, which lieth in the province of Can* ada, on the river St. Lawrence. 24 The ofticers and soldiers of Columbia fought bravely, and there were many slain and wounded on both sides : 25 Nevertheless, the army of the United States rested nigh unto the place. '€ * Gen. Broivn is a Quaker, even Jacob, 2(1 the host of HEADER. S6 GHAP. XlLlVj Ca/ilure of the Chesafieake — Commodore Dccatuv blockaded in /vew-London, IN these days the pride of Britain was sorely wounded; for she had been discomfited upon the Waters of the great deep ; and disappointment had sharpened her anp;er. ?• 2 The people of Columbia had triumphed over her ships ; and her mighty armiijs had gained no ho- nors. ^3 Notwithstanding she had made peace with the nations of Europe, and her whole strength was turned against the people of Columbia. 4 The prosperity of many hundred year* h^id flat- tered her, and she was pufPed up -^ith the vanity thereof; yea, she had forgotten herself. 5 So it came to pass, on the first day of the sixth month, that a certain strong ship of the king, called the Shannon, appeared before the haven of 13osto», which lieth to the east. . ' '• 6 And she bade defiance to the vessels of Columw-^Jp bia; for she had prepared herstll forthe event. ;|% 7 Now the Chesapeake, a fighting ship of thlf.^,; United Stales, was nigh unto the place; and she was commanded by the bravC Lawrence, who had gained much honor in the sight of the people ; nei- ther was he afraid * HISTORICAL 8 A lid ho went fuPih to battle against the vessel of the king, which was conimanclcd by Broke, a valiant man. ''9 Moreover, the mischievous engines thai were in the ship of Eiitain were more, and the numbL'rof tlicir men greater than those of the vessel of the Uni- ted States. 10 For Broke had gotten about two hundred men, iind secreted them ; so that when the hour of danger anived thc^ might assist his men, and full unawares v.poii il\c men of Lawrence. 1 1 " vertheless, towards the going down of the sun, the ve:;s'"ls drew nigh unto each other, 12 And Lawrence spake unto his office|^s and his mariners, saying : . , 13 Now shall we set our engines at the work of destruction ; let the fire issue out of their mouths, as it were like unto fiery dragons/ I'i And alLi\ough their numbers he greater than ours, yet we may be conquerors j for he who is little of spirit guincth nothing. 15 But if, peradventure, we should be overcome* even then shall not the sacted cause of LiBERTt perish, neither shall the people of Columbia be dis- heartened. 10 Also, your names shall be recorded as the thampions of freedom. ' 17 And the nations of the earth shall learn with aslonibhrncrit, how dearly you prize the inheritance of your fathers. 18 Now when Lawrence had made an end of speak- ing, they sat the destroying engines to work, and rushed One upon another like fierce tigers. 19 The fire and smoko were abundant, and tre- mendous was the noise that rent tiie air and floated upon ihc wutcrs. READER. 87 20 And the Chesapeake fell close upon. the Shan- non, swords clashed with swords, and pikes wilh pikes ; and dreadful was the conflict thereof; 21 But the men of Broke were more numerous than the men of Lawrence, and overpowered them, by the means of Jieir numbers. 22 Already had the valiant Lawrence fallen ; lils life-blood flowed fast ; still he cried out to his brave companions, saying unto them, Don't give up the sliip: his noble spirit fled, but his name shall not perish. 23 Moreover, about this time all the oCTicers of the ship of the United Stales were cither kluin or sorely wounded ; so she was captured by the vessel of Che kin [5. i?4 Arid Satan rose up in the hearts of the con- querors, and they shot the balls of death down into the hold of the vessel of the U.Mted States, even against the halt and maimed who had surrendered tl.cmsclves. 25 And when the tidlng^s thereof reached the kingdom of Great Britain, the loi ^s, the princes, the rulers, yea, ail the people were rejoiced beyond measure 26 t\nd they hade their roarinq; cng-iaes utter their voices, in London, their chief city, that had been si« lent muny years, even those in the i^rcat towtr,* which was built by VV'^illiam the Bastard, more than seven hundred yoa''s af^o. 27 Th' i ■ joy was unbounded, for they had over- come ONE of the strong ships of Columbk. - 1^ ^i * On this occasion they fired f.heif to^u^r. ffuni^ w/tich had not been done since AelnoJz^- -victory. 8« HISTORICAL 28 Kow the slain and the wounded on board the Chesapeake, were tvn hundred two score and four; and there fell'bf the servants of the king about v.wo hundred. * ' ,29 Amongst the slain of Columbia were also Au- gustus, whose sir-name was Ludlcv>, and another brave officer whose name vvas White. oO And when the pcopls of Columbia heard of a tniih tliat Luwrcnce was slain, they mourned for him many days. 3 1 His Itody was conveyed to a place called Hali- fax, in the province of the kini^, where they honored his racmorv, and buried him for a while. ;»2 Bui in a short lime thercaffer his body was tuken out of the earth, with the body of Ludlow, andi conveyed to the city of New-York, for interment. 33 And the captain's name who volunteered hia I sci'viccs in ihis act of patriotism, and who brouglii; the bodies away from Ualifax, was Crowninshield,| of Sulcm, in the statt of Massuchusetts. 34 So Lawrence was buried in the burial-place of bis fu'hers, in his own land : and a great multitude of people went out to behold the funeral as it passed throuc:i\ the citv. 35 And his valiant deeds shall live forever in the remembrance of the people. 36 About this time, on the fourth day of the month, the brave Pecatur essayed to )rcver in the \ •READER. 53 tain, carrying each of them more than seventy of the destroying engines, rmffered him not to go l< h. 39 Moreover, they wished to retake the Iviacedo- jiian, that they might retrieve the shame of thc^cap- ture thereof. 40 So the bliips of Britain blockaded Decatur and liis ships in the haven of New-London, which lieth in the state of Connecticut, nigh unto a place called Sionington, and they remained there many months. lels of Br'' iO 00 PIISTORIC \ CHAP. XXV. Cajiture of Col. Boerstler and Major Chafdn^ ivith their command — treatment of Jirisoncrs — Major Chapin's escaJiCt ^ OW there was much hard fighting on the bor ders, for the nations were wroth against one unother, and many men were slain by iho sword. 2 But it is wi ittcn in the book of Jeremiah tlie prophet, that He who is shun by the sword, is belter than he who is shun by famine. 3 Nevertheless, many of the soldiers of Columbia suffered hunger : for they had given unto them un- wholesome food and a scanty fare, 4 Although, when the servants of the king became caplives to the people of Columbia, they were kind- ly treated, and partook of the fat of the land. 5 Now it came to pass, in the second year of the war, on the twenty-third day of the sixth month, 6 That a captain lif the United States, whose sir- name was Boerstler, was ordered to go forth from the strong hold of Fort George, to annoy the enemy. 7 And the name of the place where he essayed to go, was called Beaver-dams, being distant from the strong hold of Queenstown about seventy furlongs. .^«,^: % f^ READER. '•■>••. 91 3 And the number of the men of war of Colnmhiu who foUovvctl ufter him was little more thim five hun- dred. 9 But when they came nip^h unto the place, early ill the morning of the next day, la ! they were en- compassed round about by the savages and soldiers of the Uing. 10 Nevertheless, they fou<^ht bravely for a time; and Di\ii-born, the cliief captain of Fort Georj^-e, sent the valiant Chrystie to help him ou* of his snare. 1 1 But Boerstler and his army had already become capTu c to the men of Britaiiu 12 And they nndc a covenant in writingi between one another, but the men of Britain violated the co- venant. 13 Inasmuch as they permitted the savages to rob the oflicers of their swords, and their apparel, yea, even the shoes from off their feet. 14 After which the men of Columbia were com- rranded to go, in boats, down to the strong hold of Kingston, in thn province of the king. 15 But a certain brave captain, called Chapin,* a cunning man withal, made his escape in a boat, and arrived at the strong hold of Fort George ; having, by the strength of his single arm, overpowered three ef the strong men of Britain. * Major Chafdn. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I |r 1^ III 2.0 25 lU 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 .4 6" t. V] <^ /2 ^> Photographic Sciences Corporation m iV f «^ :\ \ V '%^ 6^ >> ''V 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 C/j /^o y *9^ OO HISTORICAL OttAP. XWt €a/i:ure c/ Fort Schlosser and Blacl^ Rock — ^en. Dearborn resigns his command to Gen. Botjdy on account of tickneas'-^the Six JVvr.tcr from Chippawa to a place called I'ort Schlos- ser, 4 And there wus a handful of the men of the Uni- ted StatPs in the place, whom they made captive, be- ing twelve in number. 5 Likewise, they carried away the bread and the meat, and some of the ^strong Waters; also one ©£ the destroying engines. 6 Moreover, the engine which they brought way was made partly of brass, partly of iron, and partly of wood. 7 And the weight of the ball that issued cut of its mouth vras about two hundred shekels, after t^e she- kel of ;he sanctuary. » ■"■.«*'r-^ ■If. READER. 93 of the se- Columbian- gilt, ^vhen le hungry ^l over the )rt Schlos- fthe Uni- iplive, he- ld and the Iso one of ight '.way I partly of iut of its t^e she- 8 On the tenth day of the same month they also passed over the river Niagara, towards a place called J3Iack Rock, and the small band at the place fled. 9 And they destroyed the strong house, and the camp with fire, and carried away the flour, and the s Jt, and such things as they stood in need of. 10 However, while they were yet carrying them away, tbere came a band of men of the United Statesj from the village of Buffaloe, 11 And let their instruments of war loose upon them; and smote them even unto death; albeit, lliose who were not slain escaped with their plunder, 12 And they fled hastily away, leaving nine of their sl^in behind, and more than half a score of cap** lives. *''■ 13 The soldiers of the king were commanded by two men, the one called Bishop and the other War- ren, and the men of Columbia were commanded by a ciii f captain, nained Porter.* 14 About this time the savages and the men of war of Britain assailed the guards and the out posts ]iear unto Fort George. „ 15 Day alter day and night after night did they an- noy them ; and many were slain on both sides. 16 And Dearborn, the chief captain of thi fort, and of the host of Columbia round about Niagara, became sick and unable to go out to battle. • V 17 So ii.;oyd, a brave and tried warrior, was made chief captain in his stciid, until Wilkinson, the chief captain, arrived : and the gallant Fruser was appoint- ed one of i.is aids. 18 Now there were some amongst the tribes of the » Gen. l\ Bs i^orter, 10 *- 94, HISTORICAL 1 ^il savages, who had been instructed in the ways of God, and taught to walk in the path of righteousness ; 19 For the chief governor of the land of Colum- bia) and the great Sanhedrim of the people, had taken them under their care, 20 And sent good men amongst them to preach the gospel, and instruct them in the sublime dociriiie of the Saviour of the world. 21 And tl>ey hearkened unto the preachers, and were convinced, and their natures were softenfed. 22 Amongst these tribes were those who wore called the Six nations of New-York Indians : 23 And their eyes were opened, and they saw the evil and wickedness of Britain. 24 So their chiefs and their counsellors rose up and made war against the province of Canada, and fought against the hired savages of the king of Bri- tain. 25 But in all their acts they suffered *■ the spirit of barbarians to rule over them. 26 They remembered the good counsel given to them by their aged chief,* 27 And when the red savages and the men of Bri- tain fell into their hands, they laised neither the toma- hawk nor the scalping knife. 28 Nay, they treated them kindly j and those who were slain in battle they disturbed not ; and their hu- manity exceeded the humanity of the white men of Britain* * Alluding to an eloquent tfieech, delivered about that timcy to the Six J^ationsy by one of their old war* viora. READER. $5 CHz\P. XXVII. JJaira o?i Lake Ontario^ between the feeta of Ccw. C/iauncey and Hir Janiea Yco, In those days, tlic great waters of the lake Ontaric> were troubled \s\i\\ the movements of the fighting ships of Columbia, as well as those of the king. 2 Now the fteet of tlie king, which was commanded by Yco, who w^as a skilful captain, was greater than the fleet of Columbia, which was commanded Uy the brave Chauncey. 3 And they had contrived to move to and fro upon the bosom of the lake Ontario many months. 4 And two of the small vessels, called the Julia tind the Growler, being parted from the fleet, fell in- to the hands of Yeo. 5 Nevertheless, Cbauncey followed after Yco, and hemmed him in for a time. 6 But a strong west wind arose and the fleets were again separated. 7 After this Chauncey captured a number of small fighting vessels, and about three hundred soldiers of the king. 8 Now it was so, that when Yeo put his fleet in battle array, as though he would fight, 9 Then Chauncey went out against him, to meet ^m, and give him battle j but the lieart of Yeo fail- 9G HISTORICAL ed him, and he turned aside from the ships of Colum. bia. 10 So Chaunccy sa'lcd along the borders of the }uke, from the one end to the other ; even from Nia- gara to Sackett's Harbor, and Yeo followed him not. 1 i Now all the vessels of the king-, and all the vessels of the United States, that carried the dc- siroyin.5 cnj^ines, upon the lake Ontario, being num- bered were about seventeen. 12 Howsoever, they cut down the tall trees of the forest, and hewed them and built many more stroni; vessels ; although they had no gophar-wood amongst '^hem in these days. 13 And they made stories to them, even to the third story., and they put windows in them, and they pitched them within and without with pitch j after the f »,hion o{ the ark. 14 And, lo ! some of the ships which they built upon the lake, carried about an hundred of the en- gines t)f death. 15 And the weight of a ball which they vomited forth was about a thousand shekels. 16 Now the rest of the acts of Chauncey and Yeo, which they did, are they not written in the book of Palmer, the scribe ?• • Historical Register, an excellent jmbllcation^ in 4 -vols, octavo^ firintt'd in Philadelfihia, 1816; which contains the facts and the official documents of the late war. in^' '«■ READER. 97 (^HAP. xxviir. Jfaira on Lake Chamfilain^-fiillage of PiaitahurgH by the Britiah'^bojnbardment* of Burlington — Sc firedathna comT^itted in the VAesafieaAc) and aion^ the toasti Now the fighting vessels of Britain began to ap^" pear upon the lake, called by the jincient Gauls^ Champlain. ^^ 2 And the vessels of war of Columbia that were -^ upon the waters of the lake were not yet prepared for the battle; the name of their commander was M*Donough,a striplitig. 3 So it came to pass, on the thirty and first day of the seventh month, that the vessels of the king came forward against Phttsburgh, which lieih on the bor- ders of the lake. 4 And there were none to defend the place ; {<>t the army of Hampton, a chief captain of the Unitec] States, was encamped upon the opposite side of the lake, at a place called Burlington, in the state of Ver-^ mont. 5 And the nitmber of the Soldiers of the'';i|S!g that landed at Plaltsburgh was more than a thousand meny and the name of their chief captain was Murray.' 6 And a captain of the United States, whose name was Mooers, a man of valor, strove to gather loge-* .>*^^ % r ■ 98 HISTORICAL ihcr the husbandmen of the place; but they were not enoui^h. 7 ^j the lU'iTiy of the king; ca;-)Un'ccl the place ; and the ni)iiig engines to work, and smote the fnen of Britain, nip and thigh, with great slaughter 21 And the deep ditch that surrounded the fort >va3 strewn wiih ihcir sLiin and their wounded. 22 So tlie host ol Britain were dismayed and over- thrown, and fl d in confusion from the fort into the forest ; from whence, in the dead of the night, they went into their vessels, i.nd departed from the place. 23 Now tiie loss of the men of Britain was about an hundred two score and ten ; and of the men of Columbia there wis one slain and seven wounded. ' 34 But when Proctor had rested his army he sent a skilful physician to heal the maimed which he had fled from and left behind 25 But Harrison, the chief captain, said unto him, Already have my physicians bound up their wounds, and given them breid and wine, and comforted them ; after the manner of (jiir country. 26 For we suffer not the captives that fall into our hands to be buffeted or maltreated j nehher want they for any thing. 27 So the physician of thr> king's army was permit? ^d to return to his own camp. '^j- f « V READEtt. 103 ^8 Moreover, jH^reat honor and praise were hcsfow- ccl ui)on the brave C!ioyr|um. the cuptain of the fort, for Ijis valiaiU de ds ; uul his name was spoken, of wuh joy throughout tiic Kind of Columbia. i ^i«^^- --•••4 ».'* , -m ■^. ♦.'V'. l}S'i HISTORICAL enAP. xxji. in \\ I » n i l-i^i JSritish schooner Dominica, of 14 gmis^ captured By the firivateer Decaiur^ of 7 guns — U. S. brig Jir* g'ua ca/iturrd by the Pelican — cnfiture of the Box- er by the U» S, brig entcrjirizei « » M Now the wav continued to rage without abatement upon the waters of the great deep ; 2 And manifold were the evils that came upon the children of men by the means thereof. 3 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim of the people vrere forced to bestir themselves ; and they had con- tinued their councils day after dr\y without ceasing* 4 And it came to pass, that there was a dreadful battle fought between a vessel of the king, and a pri- vate vessel of Columbia. 5 Now the name of the vessel that fought was De- catur, and the captidn's name was Diron, a GauL 6 And it was so, that about the fourth day of the • eighth month, the Decatur having sailed out of the haven of Charleston, being in the state of South Car^ olina, fell in with one of the fighting vessels of the king, called the Dominica. 7 liut the destroying engines of the king's vessel were two fold gieiucr in numbers than those of \V^' Decatur. READER. IDS' 8 Nevertheless, Miey set them to work, so that they groaned beneath the fire and smoke ; 9 A.nd in about the space nf an hour the Doroinicft wus conquered and taken captive. 10 For when the vessels came close togctherf the tnen smote one another with their swords and weapons oi" war; yea, even the balls of iron they cast at eaeli other, with their hands, and slew one another with wonderi'ul slaughter. 1 1 Inasmucli as there were slain and maimed of the king three score souls ; those of the Decatur wore about a score : morc<,vor the captain of the Dominica \vas slain. 12 The fight was an unequal one ; and the brave- ry of Diron gained him a great name, for he over- came the enemies of freedom j although their force was greater than his. 13 After this, on the fourieenih day of the samo month, there was another sore battle between a small vessel of the United States, called the ArgUa, and the Pelican, a ship of ihc king, l' ,;:«,,. 14 Now the Pelican was somewhat stronger than the Argus, and they were stubborn and kept the de- stroying engines to work, with great noise, about for- ty and five minutes. 15 And the brave capiiiiu of the Argus, whose name was Allen, was wounds d unto dcJi, and the vesacl of Columbia was capturvct by the ship of Bii- tain, the name of the comnuaidcr whereof was Ma- ples. 16 Of the men of Columbia six were slain and seventeen w )unded ; ot the mil) of liiitum tiio Si«iii aiul vvouiuled were five. 17 Now the death of Allen wa:j spoken of with sor- 11 * m •£, 10^ HISTORICAL H ■ row throughout the land of Columbia, for he had de- fended the vessel of the United States nobly : and captured some merchant ships of Britain. 18 Even the eneuiy regarded him for his bravery, for they b-.v'ed him with honor in their o>vti country, not fur trom the place where he became captive, which was in the waters of the king, even in St. George's Channel. 19 But it came to pass, on the fifth day of the next month, in the same year, 30 That a certain small vessel of Columbia, car- rying the engines of destruction, commanded by a gallant man, whose name was Burrows, fell in with another sniall vessel of the king» called the Boxer, ami the captain thereof was a brave man, and his name was Blythe. 21 In the language of the people of the land, the vessel of Columbia was called the Enterprize. 22 Now when the vessels drew nigh unto each other the men shouted with loud shouting. 23 And immediately they let the mischievous ert- gines loose upon one another, with a noise like unto thunder. "24 But it happened, that in about the space of for* ty minutes, the Boxer was overcome ; but she was taken somewhat una w ires : 25. For, lo I the pride of the men of Britain had lYiudc them foolish : and, thinking of the conquest, they nailed Britannia's red-cross to the mast of the •vessel. 26 Whereupon, after they were overcome, they cried aloud for mercy, sayint^, 27 Behold ! our colors are fast ; and we cannot quickly unloose them : nevenhcless, \ve will be pri- soners unto you, therefore spare us. « iifeAbtR. 107 28 So the brave mariners of Columbia spai'ed them, and stopped the destroying engines ; for their hearts were inclined to mercy. 29 However, this was another bloody fight ; for there fell of the men of Britain forty that were slain outright, and seventeen were wounded » 30 And the loss of Columbia in slain and maimed was about fourteen. 31 And the commanders of both vessels were slain ; and they buried them with honor in the town of Portland, which leaveth Boston to the west ; for the battle was fought hard by. 32 iMoreover, the great Sanhedrim wat pleased with the thing, and gave unto the nearest kinsman of Burrows a medal of gold, in token of remembrancci thereof.* * AfjrrHBfy L, Davis^ of ATeW'Yorkf a firinter^ a fiatriott and a fihilanthrofiiaif on a tour in the can* tern States, /lasainff through Portlands and the burial place of Burr 0X09 (which was without a memorial,) betng pointed out to him, generously delayed hit jour* ney iiniil, at his own expense^ he had caused a monu* ment to be erected over the grdve of the valiuntf Xffhich bears the following inscription^ equally credtta* ble to the modest merit of Mr. Davisy^-to hi% head, and to his heart : BENEATH THIS STONE Moulders THE BOliY OF WILLIAM iiURROrV^i I. te Ciminsji'H* r •<■ the / UNITED STATES' URiG EM f'F.RPRIZT^, "Who was murtally wounded on he 5t i t>l September, 1313. in an ciction, which coU'Mijuicd to increase the fume of American vulour, by ca|)iuring his "^^^ ,,■*,. / 108 HISTORICAL CHAP. XXXI; The cafiture of the British Fleet on Lake Krie^ by the American Fleets under Com. Perry, I u ' i HE Lord, in the plenitude of his wisdom and power, ordaineth all things which come to pass; and the doinjjfs are for the benefit of man, and for the glory of God. 2 Tor where is the evil which hath not turned to p.n advantage, and been a warning, and swallowed up the evil that might have come ? 3 Now about this time the strong vessels of Co- lumbia, that jr.oveil upon the face of the blue waters of the great l-ke Erie, were given in chaige to Oli- ver, whose sir-name was Perry. 4 And he was a prudent man, and had prepared himself to meet the vessels of the king, even forty days before h4nd. 5 An(i the Oiiine of the captain of the fleet of Bri- tain was 1 aiclay, u man of great valor ; but he boast- B-Hir. MAJESTY'S BKIG BOXEK, after a severe cor.test of 45 minutes. A parsing strarrjer has erected this monument of re- spect to thr manes of a patriot, who in the hour of pc'il, obeyed the loud summons of an injured country, and who gallantly met, fought and con- quered the foeman. WIJK ■% \ READER. IG^ cd and was vain of his fleet, for it was more powcN ful than the fleet of Columbia. 6 Nevertheless, it came to pass, in the one thou- sand eight hundrfcd and thirteenth year, on the tenth day of the ninth moiith, early in the morning, about the rising of the sun, 7 The valiant Perry beheld the fleet of the king at a distance upon the lake ; so he unmoored his ves- sels and went out to meet them in battle array, fleet against fleet. 8 And when their white sails wfere spread upon the bosom of the lake, they appeafed like unto a squad- ron of passing clouds. 9 A gentle breeze wafted the hostile vessels to- wards one another. 10 It was silence upon the waters; save when the sound of musical instruments fell sweetly up*^ tire car. 11 Cut it happened, a little before the mid-day, that the shouts of the men of war of Britain wei*j9 heard, and the shouts of the men of Columbia. ,^- 12 And now the destroying engines began to utter their thunders, vomiting forth fire and smoke and brimstone in abundance. 13 And suddenly the waters were in ain uproar}, and the bellowing noise sounded along the lake. * -,' 14 Moreover, the chief force of the ships of the I khig was piU against the vessel in* which RfiP^V was ; 15 And the vessel was called the Lawrence,v|per a brave man, whose dying words waved uponlb^ ;■: aloft : • • , • ;"^=^^f^ 16 Now, behold, a thousand baits of iron skim the surface of the waters, swift as shooting stars. . 17. Ikit wlicn the battle \vaxed hot, and Perry saw ^lA V no HISTORICAL 14 I/- that the tackllr.!>: of Iiia vessel was shot away, and l)i-. iiicn were slaii and wounded with great slaugh- tcM* lid his dc^iroyiiij:^ entwines became silent, 18 Uc pnt thf. charjje of the vessel into the hands of one of hib olFicers, whose name was Yarnell, a trusty man ; 19 Then, wi. '^'- - - M i ^ JLm ■ '£M^x :? H,% * See Tecumseh*s ieitcr to Procior. t ^t thU timt tht Britiah army ivere short of au[l* 12 ■m %^- l'.f 'i-i lU HISTORIOAL 17 But the savages and the men of Britain had de- stroyed those things which they could not curry away, and fled in haste. 18 So M'Arthur, in whom the chief captain put much Taith, remained at Detroit in the charge thcrer of. 19 And it came to pass, when Harrison saw that the host of Britain fled before him, he departed from Sandwich and went afier them j it bciiig on the se- cond day of the next month. . ... i.o 20 And his whole army followed after him, in al| About three thousand brave men from the back-woods of the state of Kentucky and the pleasant villages of Ohio. .■-: 2 1 Now Harrison was a mighty man of valor, and no man could rauke him afraid 5 and the captains an4 oflicers that were with him were nil valiant men. 22 And, when some of ^l« captains suid unto him^ ho ! there is a feast to-day ; go thou and partake thereof, and refresh thyself, and we will waich ; 23 He answered and said unto them, Nay, shall I go and riot, whilst the warriors of Columbia lie on the frozen ground ? t . - 24 No, their fate shall be my fate ; and their glory shall be my glory. .. < - Mi'r • 1^ 25 So he wr;:ipped himself in his cloakf and lay down in his own tent. 26 And the husbandmen of Kentucky were led on by their valiant governor, wh«se name was Shelby, and he was a man well stricken in years ; even at the age of threescore did he go against the enemies ef Columbia ; and all the people rejoiced in him. 27 And the gallant Heiiy staid not behind ; but freely offered his stiength) and was one of the right t HEADER. hand men of Harrison) with whom he followed after the host of Britain. 33 Nevertheless, it hmppened that a hnnd cf tim lavages sirovc to give hindrance to the army ot Co- lumbia ; 2i> But the men of Coliunbia let two of the destroy- ing engiues loose upoi: them, and tliey fled Into the "ftildciucss iilve wild deer. ••^•^.i. ■4 .. ' isii' ■V ■.>* j. . f . t. '^'i^ " ^.^ i-y: »[?. ■•* > ■*■,■..•* • ■■«??»■ ..•^ v» ■ "^V- ,■< ■ ' -i»^ >. "% » CHAP. XXXIII. t, V ;■■ ' I. Jfattie nf i/ie Thame a^-'G en. ITarriaon eafitvyea ^ BritUh army under Gen. Proctor'-^iltuminuiioai §n ac€Ouni of it-^tiexua vf it received tn Jln^land. *?*>!>£>•: *^ t 1 ,-^' A.ND it came to pass* on the fifth dajr of the same month, that Proctc ,, with the sayages &nd the army •f the king, rested upon advatltageous ground) on the banks of the river ThameS) 2 Where he drew his army up in the order of bat- tle, after the fashion of these days« and prepared him. self to meet the host of Columbia. 3 Now the army of Proctor was mighty ; for he had a thousand horsemen : but the number of the savages that followed after hini apfi iwt known to this liine ; ho'.rbcit, tiiey were many. 4 And they were under the ch.i'.'r'^ ka . chief war- rior, whom lliey called Tccumsch, a savage whom tlie king had made a chief captain.* 6 And it came to puss, on the same dry, in the 'alter part of the day, that the army of Harrison irew Aiigh unto the place. * Bri^, Oeneral* ' . .-■ ■- w ■'■ ' _''^*i**« READER. 117 t And h« called together 1 ?« captains of fiftieth And his squadrons* anU encouraged them, and com- manded them to prepare themselves for the ijght. 7 And he put the host of Columbia in battle array anrain&t the host of Britain, army against army. B Now the sound of the trumpet, the cymbal, cho b\;^ie-horn, and the noisy drum, echoed through the detp wilderness. 9 And the red'savages appeared in the field, before the men of Britain, for they had put theni^ as a shield) in the front of the battle. ''^^- 10 And they yelled with dreadful yellings, and sounded aloud the war-whoopi which was the ^ gnal of death. -*, .^ 1 1 But the army of Columbia rushed upon them with the fierceness of lions. 12 And the weapons of war were used without mercy; the foxes and the beavers crept into the ir holes, for the destroying engines frightened the wild beasts, so that they looked for their hiding places. 13 The gallant Johnson* fell upon them with a band of chosen horsemen, and he drove th§m before him like chaff before the wind, and smote their chief warrior,! and slew him with his own hand, so that hd fell to the earth. 14 And the host of Columbia assailed the men of Britain on all sides, and overcame them, and made them prisoners of war; whereupon the engines ceas- ed to utter their thunders. \f%-T' (»"' • CoL JohnsoTiy of the Kentucky light-horse, t Tecumseh ; nvho ivas at that momer.i ir, (he act of 9hooiing Ihe colonel, 12 * : > 118 HISTORICAL i *■ 15 Howbeit, Proctor escaped, on a awift running Korsc, with a handful of his captains that were under him. 16 Now the number of prisoners captured by the army of Harrison that clay were afcout six hundretl. 17 And the slain and wounded of the men of l3ri- tain were thirty and three ; and the same number of savages were slain. 18 Of the army of Columbia seven were slain and two score and two were wounded. - " " ' 19 But the men of Kentucky and Ohio, whose sons and brothers and fathers had been inhumanly slaughtered at iTie River Raisin, slew not a single captive. ' 20 But they treated them as mrm ; thus rendering eooD rot. JcviL. according to the word of the Lord. 21 Moreover, (hey captured six of the destroying engines that were made of brass, and two that were made of iron ; besides many weapons of v/ar. 32 Now three of the brass engines were those given to the men of Britain, at the capture of Detroitf the first year of the war, and were the same that had been taken from the king in the duys of Washing- ton. 23 Soon after the battle, Harrison returned with his army to Detroit, where many of the savages had assembled to repent of their evils, and ask for mercy from the chief captain. *4 So Harrison made a Covenant with them, and they were thankful, and gave hiih hostages. 25 Now there were great rejoicin5);s in the land of Columbia, and the hearts of the people were exceed- ing glad. v. re slain and READER. ll« 26 S6 that when the news thereof reached them they drank wine ; and when the evening came they lighted their candles^ and put them in candlesticks of silver and candlesticks of gold, and placed them in the windows of their houses* 27 And there were many thousands of them ; and ll\e light thereof was aa though the stars had fallen IVom heaven* 28 This did they throughout the land of Columbia, from the district of Maine, in the east, to the state of Georgia, in the south. 29 And, when the Prince Regent, and the chief counsellors, and 'he wise men ot i^ritain, heard the tidings, for a truth, that their fleet and their armj^ were captured, they were astonished beyond mea-* sure. 30 They looked at one another like men who had lost their wits : they were silent, and their tongues clave to the roof of their mouths. 3 1 Their knees smote one against another, for the strength of Britain was shaken ; her valiant warriors had lost their honor ;* and her li^lory was outshone. 32 Now there were great honor and praise be- stowed upon Harrison for his courage, and his valiant acts i and the people remembered his name with pleasure* 33 Moreover, he gave great prftise to Shelby, the governor, and Perry, and Johnson, and all the brave men that were wiin him. 34 And in the same month, when the object of the army was fulfilled, the husb launittu of Columbia re- turned every man to his own house. ' • Doubly lust I' ; di/ water and by land i by being conqueredf and by being cruel*' 120 . HISTORICAL S5 But Harrison and Perry^ and the band of war- riors of the great Sanhedrim, went into their vessels. 36 And they moved from Detroit* and came in the ships of Perry, (o Baffalo, nigh unto the river Niaga- ra, to meet Wilkinson, who came from the south, and was appointed chief captain of the army of the centre^ V *. •■ T f "■ ' ' ■ . .. • .1 ■ : . 1 *. lif ^. *•<.. 'Tr " *.' . t r" >■'•■ >i |.V ^;' :;-v7*"X' RfiADEKri . J :■■ \i\ .;r^v CHAP. xxxiv.:^;,::,^.''';v;.fc •': •'.^. '! ■^;*-W^' iP'ar with the Creek JAition tf Indians— ^ma/isacT'e at Port Mimmn-^Oeor^ia and Tennessee tnilili^, tcft" der General Jackaon retaliate^ •■,•<> •W. r ' ■: vl ..-•* ,f* riOW it came to pass, iirhile these tbinga were go* ing on in the north, and the repentant savages laid their murderous weapons at the feet of Harrison^ ''^'^ 3 That the servants of the king were stirring up the spirit of Satan in the savages of the wilderness of the south t ■.; ^, rt .•^,, ■ w'iifVi^ if.- -, ■ ,■ >&v. '• ;-. 1 '■,;■ 3 And placing the destroying enguies into thelf hands that they might shed the blood of the people of ColuiAbia. • 4 Now those south<3rn barbarians were called the Creek nation of Indians. 5 Morcovcri tliey were a nation of savages that dwelt in the back-woods and the wilderness round about the status of Georgia, Tennessee, and the Mis- sissippi Territory* 6 So, about this time, they took their weapons of death i;n their hands, and went against the strong hold of Fort Rlimms, whicli licth on a branch of the river Mobile, that empiieth its waters into the great Gulf of Mexico. 'm 132 HISTORICAL ' i And they captured the place; and with the fury of demons they niurdered» with the tomakawk, the nien, the womeni and the infants that were in and about the fort, spareing neither age nor ^ex ; and slaying the prisoners that begged for mei-cy. 8 And the number of the people of Columbia that were massacred and burnt alive in their houses^ that day, was about four hundred ; however, there were an ijundred savagfeS slain. 9 For it was a sore fight ; and Beasley, who com- manded the fort, fought hard aguin&t them ; howbeit, he was slain. 10 But it came to pass, in the same year, that the people of Columbia were revenged of the evil : 11 Andrew^ whose sir-name was Jackson, a maa of tourage and valor, was chief captain in the south • 13 And he !tent out one of bis brave captainS} whose name was Coffee, with a strong band ; even fiine hundred mighty horscRten r 13 Now these were the valiant husbandmen of Georgia and the t)ack-woods of Tennessee ; their horses irtte fleet as the roe-buck ; their weapons of war were certain death. U So they went forth against a town of the stta- ges called Tallushatehes, on the second day of the tleventh ftionth. 15 And on the next day tJiey encompassed the town round about j and the savages prepared them- selves for battle. IG About the rising of the sun they sounded their drums, and bqgfan their horrible yellings. 17 But they frightened not the hearts of the brave men of Tennessee^ *■' • X ,4. > READpai^J^ 123 ith the fury lakawk, the were in and ? %ex i and ilumbia that house s> that there were , who com- n , howbeit, ear, that the 3 evil : _ cson, a man G the south ; ve captainS} band; even bandmen of ssee ; their AT capons o( of the 8tf a« day of the passed the jared them- }$ So when Coffee had stationed hts captains and his men of war about the town, in the order of battle^ the whole SLttfi^ shouted aloud ; 19 And the instruments of destruction Were let; loose upon them op all sides ; and they fought with all their might 20 But the men of Columbia rushed upon them, and subdued them, and made about four score wor men and children captive. ^ ^ i? * -f^ 2 1 And slew about two hundred of their warriors ; leaving not a man to tell the tidings. 22 For, lo ! when the ravages of the wilderness commit great evils and transgressions against the people of Columbia, ^ j^ .- yk^^y.^i, > r 23 The great Sanhedrim of ttie people send out mighty armies against them, that arc able to over- )i throw them, and make their towns a desolation, and' lay waste their habitations. 2*4 Now the loss of the army of Columbia that day, was five slain and about forty wounded. 25 And Jackson, the chief captain, gave great praise to Coffee, and all tlie valiant men th^t fouglit that day. ' '^^'' -*"x^ ' . "' -' 29 On the next day after the battle, the army of Columbia returned to their camp, at a place called the Ten-Islands. : . -. .V#^'( "TO' jr-*' )unded their f the brave VVi. ^^' .?*-*•->« -^. AXK r . «< 134 HISTORICAl, CHAP. XXXV. . Sv. Conthiuadon of the WarntitA the Creeka^-Gen. Jaek'> son*n great victory over them — they 9ue for peaeo r^a treaty 19 concluded with them, ;;^^-^ -•'' -'^r .f'^ > iJt^ NoI'VVITHSTANDING their cUscomfiture, the lialion of the Creeks were still bent on warring against the people of Columbia. ^ ^'^'^^ ^ # **. 2 An'l they committed many outrages upon the in- habitants of" iho states round about. -i«:.; ♦ 3 But it came to pass, on the seventh day of the sam^ montli, that a messenger came to Jackson) the cj:ief c:.ptain, and spake unto him, saying: 4 Lo ! even now, more than a thousand sarages have pitclied their tcqts at T^iHedoga, near the strong hold of Lv.shley, with intent to assail it. 5 Immediiiiely Jackson took two thousand hardjr men, who were called volunteers, because they had unbolicited, offered Uuir services tp their country) and led them against the savages. C Now the men of war that followed after him w< re inostly from the state of Tennessee, and men of d.;unilci?.s courage. ^^ - »:, * : 7 .S(», early iit the n.orning of the next day, the ar- my of Jackson drew nigh lUc place, in battle array. .■'•i'te- ■'<■':- *♦ HEADER. 12;, ^Gen. Jaekm \iefor fieaee mfiture, the on warring ^ .-'^•: # ■« upon the ih^ • h 4ay of the JacksoD) the isand savages ar the strong >U9ancI haffljr mse they had tieir country, 'ed after him iee, and men :t day, the ar- aitle array* i And the savages can\c out towards the arn^.y of Columbia^ with shouting and yeHings : and again tho engines of destruction were used plentifully. 9 And the leaden balls whizzed about their cai'^s like unto a nest of hornets. 10 But the horsenien, and the whole army of Jack- son^ rushed upon the savages, and slew them with great slaughter, and overcame them. 11 And the number of savages slain that day was about three hundred ; and a red-cross banner of the Spanish nation was found amongst them, and taken." ,13 Seventeen pf the men of Columbia were slain, and about four score wounded. 13 So, when the battle w^s over, Jackson returned to his own camp. 14 After these things had come to pass, oi) the twelfth day of the month, a certain captain, whose sir-name was White, was sent against another place called the Hillabee-Tpwns. 15 And, on the eighteenth day of the same month, he took the towns, and destroyed them, and sit- w" three score of the savages, and made about two hun- dred two score and ten prisoners. 16 About eleven days afterwards, a valiant captain, whose nan[^e was Floyd, with his brave men, went against the towns of Autossee and Tallisee, which lie on the banks of the river Tallapoosie. 17 And Floyd went against them with bolaitiesSf and triumphed oyer them, and killed aboutviwp iiundred of theni, and burned their towns witft:^^«J and slew the king of Autossee, and the king of/Tal- ^isee, who were the ki.igs of two tribes. 18 Moreover, on the thirteenth day of the next ijjjGnth, Claiborne, a governor, and a man of yalor^ v^-^ ■ *> 126 HISTORICAI. Avcnt against the savages that dwelt on the river Ala- bama ; r.) And he marched with his army through the wil- derness more than an hundred miles, to a town built upon a place called by the savat^es the Holy-ground, where three ol" the Indian i)rophets dwelt. '20 Now there were lyinp; prophets among the sa- vages, even as there were in the days ol" old, among the children of Israel ; and they prophesied accord- ing to their own wishes j 21 And those of shallow understanding believed them, and were led into a snare, whereby their whole tribe was nigh being destroyed. 22 And Wciherford, the chief warrior of the Creek nation, was there abo with his band. 23 And he fought hard against Claiborne ; but he ■was overthrown, and lied, and the town was burnt, even two hundred houses. 24 Notwithstanding all these tribulations, the de- predations of the savages of the south were not stay- ed. 25 So Jackson, the chief captain, went out against them with his army, and attacked them at their strong hold, on the waters of the Tallapoosie, where they •were entrenched, with more than a thousand war- riors. 26 Now this was on the twenty and seventh day of the third month, in the one thousand eight hundred and fourteenth year of the christian era. 27 And Jackson set his destroying engines to "work, and fought desperate' against them, for about the space of five hours ; when he overcame them, so that only about a score escaped. 28 Seven hundred and fifty of the savage warriors were found slain in battle ; and two hundred two >.■¥■ READER. I 327 river Ala- gh the wil- L town built jly -ground, long the sa» old, among ied accord- ■jg believed Dvcby their ior of the d. ne ; but he \ was burnt, i ms, the de- 2re not stay- t out against their strong where they >usand war- iventh day o£ trht hundred engines to 2m, for about ime them, so age warriors hundred two 'joorc and ten women and children became captives 10 the army uf Columbia. 29 Manahocc, their chief prophet, was smitten in ihc moulh, aivJ sluin, and two other f.iise prophets were slain \v;;.h him. Z'J Moreover, i'.hout the first day of the stix'.h month, a brave m:wi, whoiie name was Pearson, \\\A\ ')ic husbundmen of ihc; states of North and Soiiili Carolina, went a,4;ainsl th-nn alorTg the hordcib of ilio Alabama, and captured about six hundi-cd crihtni. 31 Thus did iho nicn of Columbia triumph over ihem, and coiirpicr them, even to the seventh lime. 32 And so the ji;d;^'neut cf the Lord fell upon them for tl'cir umi;.>;!iie'jusiicss, and for ihcii* wic-i^-id and murderous deeds. 33 After which they repented of their evilj having, through their own folly, lost many thousand war- riors. 34 And their chief warriors gave up their instru- ments of destruction, and laid them at the feet of Jackson, the chief captain. 35 Even Wetherford, the chief warrior, gave him- self up to Jackson, saying, I fought with my might ; but I have brought evil upon my nation ; and thou hast slain my warriors; and I myself am overcome. 36 Now the savages are easily imlamcd and roused to works of sin and death ; and of their weakness the servants of the king are not ashamed to take advan- tage ; even to tlie ruin of the poor and ignorant bar- barians. 37 So the warriors and the whole nation of the Creeks, being tired of a destructive war, entreated the men of Columbia for peace, saying unto Jack- son, :\/?\, , V;3 HISTORICAL 38 Lo ! now are our eyes opened to our own pvo^ lit ; now will we make peace with you. 59 And if ye will no more suffer the fire, and the sword, and the destroying engines to spread desola :ioi> amongst uS) 40 Then will we make a covenant with you, and give you for on inheritance a greut part of the land "whith our fathers inherited before us. 41 And the length and the breadth therr'of shall be about as large as the whole island of Briuin, whose jncn of war have led us into this snare. 43 For although the king, who calleth himself ouf iuthei-, across the great waters, did put the insstru- inciits of death into our hands, and give us the black dust in abundance ; nevertheless he deceived us : and in the hour of danger his servants left us to take cave of ourselves. 43 So Jackson made a covenant with them; and it was signed by the chiefs of their nation. 44 And after it had been examined by the wise men and tlic g-reat SatiUedrim of the people, it was ratltlcd siiid sii^ned with the hand-writing of James^ itKi' ci iti ('oveinor of the land of Columbia. READEU. 120 pown pvo^ re, and the cud desola ith you, and of the land rof shall be t'\in, whose himself our t the instill- us the black ivcd us : and to take cave I them ; and n. y the wise joplc, it was ig of James, /la. CHAP. XXXVI. Plan of attack on Afontrcal dcfcatctl. 1 HE frailly of man spcakcth volumes : one mr^n ac- cuseth anolher ; but wl;crc is he who is perfect : 2 Man dcviseth mighty plans in his own mind, but he accomplisheth them not. 3 lie is wise in his own conceit, but his wisdom faikth him : he seeth folly in others, but pcrcelvcth not his own ; he is as a reed slutktn wiili the wind. 4 Now the countrv of Colunibi.i w:\s assailed on every j>ide by tlie enemies of freedom. 5 And in the hope that the war might Fpccclily cease, and an end be made of the shedding- of blood, the great S uihedrim of ihe people wished to push their armies into the heart of the provinces of the king, even to Montreal, 6 So tiiey pitched upon certain chief captains, W.h'& were well skilk'.l ia ihe arts (jf warfare; and Wil- kinson and Ilamoton were the names of the cap- tauis ; 7 And Brown, and Boyd, and Covington, and Swift, and Coles, and Purdy, and Kipl'y and Sv/art-- W'oui, aiul Fraser, and many otheis, were vuliant cap- tains under them. 8 Mot manv davs after Harrison returned (" om his triumph over Proctor's army ; and in the saiue veur, 1 O ^ ;■♦' 190 HISTORICAL it came tc pass that Wilkinson conveyed liis army from Fort George and ihe rountry of Niagara, to Saclwctt't Hnrboi, at the east end of lake Ontario ; •cavinj:^ riiirri'.'»on and M'Chirc bcliinrl, at the stronf; hold oi r'oit Gcon^c. 9 From Sackcll's Harbor Wilkinson moved to a p'.i' called Grenadier Island; and in the first week f)? the eleventh month he arrived at Ogdensburgh, in o; '!cr to go against the strong hold of Montreal. iO Now the army of Hampton rested nigh unto lake Champlain ; and about the same time he moved towards the borders of the king. 1 1 And Wilkinson sent a mcseenger to him and entreated him to come and meet him, and join the two armies at the village of St. Regis. 12 The same night Wilkinson with his army crossed the great river St. Lawrence, near by the strong hold of Prescot) which lieth in the dominions of the king. 13 And he moved down with about six thousand men towards the hold of Montreal, until be came to a place called i> rystler'a Farms, nigh unto Williams* burgh. 14 Now, at this place, on the eleventh day of tho eleventh month, a strong band of the men of war of Britain, from Kingston and round ;^)out, fell upon his army in the rear, and annoyed them greatly. 15 At length, on the same day, a part of the army of Columbia turned about, and fought against them and drove them back ; however it was a sore fight. 16 Wilkinson, the chief captain, who went before the host of (^.olumbia, had been sick many days, and was unabl" to go forth against them himself. 17 So he sert some of his brave captains, even Boyd, and Swartwout, and Covington i and the en- READEU. \n D<1 Ilia army Niagara, to c Ontario ; the stronr; moved to a 5 first week nsburgh, iti Ureal. nigh Tinto c he movucl to him and nd join the h his army ear by the e dominions ix thousand he came to a Williams* day of tho en of war of fell upon his itly. of the army igainst them sore fight, went before ny days, and elf. ptains, even and the en- gincs of destruction were set to work wlili great noise and fu y ; and the valiant Covfiigton was n'ounded unto death. 13 Moreover, the loss of the men of Cf)]unibia that (i \y Was an hundred slain, and two hundred two s- ore and ten wounded, and" the loss of the king was about an hundred four score and one. 1;) After this battle the army of Wilkinson moved along down the St. Lawrence until they came to Barnhcarts, near Cornwall, where they met ihc va- liant Brown. 20 Now this place licth on the north side of the river, and on Uic other side lieth St. Regis, where Wilkinson, the chief captain, expected to be joined by the army of Hampton, from Champlain. 2 1 But in this he was disappointed ; for, }o I Tlampton sent one of his captains, whose name was Aikinson^, to Wilkinson, with the tidings that he had (lo dined to meel him, and was returning to his camp on the lake. 22 Now when the ininy of Wilkinson heard those things, they were discouraged ; and all the plans that had been devised by Armstrong,* the chief captain^ and scribe of the great Sanhedrim, were of no avaih 23 So the army of Wilkinson crossed the river again and came into the land of Columbia, at French Mills, near St. Regis ; where they went into winter quarters. 24 And the men of Columbia, even the great San- hedrim, were disappointed in their expectations. • Gen» Armstrong, Secretary at War. • », 132 HISTORICAL 25 Moreover, Hampton received much blame in llie ilung ; and he was even taxed with the crime of drinking too freely of the strong waters. 20 But the imaginary evils which the children of men commit are oftentimes graven in brass, whilst theii- -^ctwrd good deeds are written in sand. 27 Neither shall it be forgotten here, that when the shivering soldiers of Columbia were suffering wiih cold in the north, 28 The lovely and patriotic daughters of Columbia, blest with tenderness, remembered them, and sent them coverings for their hands and for their feet : 29 Even from the fleece of their fathers* flocks, they ^wrought them with their own hands, and dis- iril)Uted them with a good heart. 30 And, for their kindness and humanity, the poor soldier blessed them, and their virtues were extolled by the men of Columbia throughout the land. - READER. 153' CHAP, xxxvir S\''ewark burnt'^-^Fort George evacuated-^Ma^drd frontier laid Kvaute"— Buffalo durnt. Jn the meantime, however, the strong vessels of Chauncey went out and brought Harrison, and the remnant of his army, from Fort George to Sackett'9 Harbor, to protect the place. 2 But they left M'Clure behind, wi^h the men un- der hini ; being* for the most part husbandmen, called militia, and volunteers. 3 And they were eager to be led on to the battle i but the term for which their services were engaged having expired, they returned every man to bis own house. 4 So M'CIure, the chief captain of the fort, called a council of his oiriee**, and they agreed to depart to the stroDg hold of Niag.ira. 5 And they took their destroying engines and the bl ick dust, and the bread and meat of the army, and carried them across the river. ''^W^ 6 Likewise they put a lighted match to tlV^&fack dust, in the fort, and it was rent asunder wuh .vgreat noise, as it were of thunder and an eanhf^uuke. 134 HISTORICAL T ■Moreover, they burnt the town of Newark, be- fore they departed, which happened oil the tenth day of the twehih n\ynih. 8 Howbeit, they gave the inhabitants ilme^to save tliemselves, before thty put the burning torch to their dwellings; ncverlheless, it was an evil thing, and pleased not the people of Columbia. 9 Tl;e men of Columbia were not cruel, and they put none of the inhabitants of the town to the sword. 10 After this, it came to pass on the nineteenth clay of tliC same month, early in the morning, before the dawning of tliC day, about fificcn hundred of the Savages and soldiers of xhM. king crossed the riveP aiid went ai^'-iinbt Niagara. ' ] 1 Aud they fell unawares upon the nicn of Co- lumbia, ■while t'liey were yet asleep in their tents ; and overcame them, and took the fort, and put the garrison to the sword ; even the women and children suiTered under the savago tomahawk. 12 Nov,- the people cf Columbia, who were massa- cred that day, were about two hundred two score and ten. 13 But the c.Main of the hold, whose name was Leon'dril, was charged with the evil ; for he had left the fort, av.d neglected that duty which should ever be tlie pride of a r>oldier. 14 Nevertheless, when they had committed all this horrid slaughter, the barbarians were not fully glut- ted with murder ; , 15 So they went agidnst the little villages of Lew- istown, Jtlanchestcr, Youngstown, and Tuscarora, and burnt them with fire, and slew tiie poor aiid help- less that dwelt round about the place. READIvR. 135 cwark, be- c tcnlli day me to save rch lo iheir thing, and 16 After which, at the close of the jvenr, they went against the bjantiful villaj^c of liufTalo, and burnt it also ; and mude it a ruin and a desolation, il, and they the sword, riinetecath iin;^, before dred of the id the riveP ri^-cn of Co- theii- tents ; and put the id children vere iiaassa- score and n&me was he i»ad left ihould ever [tted all this fully glut- [es of Lew- Tu&CLirora, n- and help- Jio UISTORICAL CHAP. XXXVIII. Cruise of the U. S. frigate EsscXi D. Porter cQni' ?na?i(ler — /ler defence and ca/iturey at Fai/iaraisop jN OW while the great lakes and rivers were bound in fellers of ice, and the armies of Columbia slum- bered in the winter camps of the north ; 2 And whilst the conquering sword of Jackson spread ruin and desolation among the misguided sa- vages of ihe south ; 3 Lo ! new scenes of warflire appeared upon the waters of the great deep. 4 In ihe first year of the war David> whose sir- name was Porter, sMled from the shores of Coluiiif bia towards the south, tliat he might capture the ves- sels of the men of Britain. 5 And the ship which he commanded was one of | the strong vessels of Columbia, called the Essex. 6 Now David was a valiant man, and he had con- trived a plan to annoy the commerce of Britain in the waters of the great Pacific Ocean. 7 So, in process of time, he passed around the fur- thermost part of the land of Cplumbia, which is call- ed Cape Horn, and lieth far to the south ; near the | country of Patagonia, which is inhabited by the bar- barians, ai>d sailed toyvards the haven of V alparais.c. READER. isr ). Porter com" ;ared upon the 8 From whence, leaving^ Chili to the south, he moved along the coast of Peru, till he came to Lima, ^vli«re it never rains : 9 A country where gold and silver are found in abundance, and where there is one continual summer^^^jj-. and the trees blossom throughout the year. 10 Again, he prepared his vessels, and sailed from Lima towards the north, until he fell upon the islands of Gallapagos; called the enchanted islands. 1 1 Now these islands lie upon the west side of the great continent of Columbia, under a meridian sun, beneath the girdle of the world. 12 Hereabouts he captured a multitude of the mer" chant ships of Britain, laden with rich merchandize^ and silver and gold. 13 And he fixed a score of the destroying engines into one of the ships he had taken ; and made her a fighting vessel, and called her name Essex Junior, and a man; whose name was Downs, he made cap- tain thereof. 14 And he fell upon the fishermen c ' Britain, and captured those who went out to eatch the mighty whales, which afford oil to give us light m the night time, and bones to shade our daughters from the scorching sun of the noon»day. 15 Moreover, David went to an island where dwell wild savages, and established himself so that he could go out and return whensoever he chose. 16 And when he departed from the island, which he cMlcd after the chief governor of the land of Co- lumbia in those days,* he left some of his men, with the weapons of war to defend the place. * Mudiaon Island, 14 138 HISTORICAL 17 Now Divid was a grievous thorn in the side of Britain, and he almost destroyed her commerce in the South Seas: 18 Inasmuch as he put the wise men of the king to thcii' wits end ; for they were unable to out-sail him and take him captive. 19 So they sent their strong ships in search of him, by two's, over the whole face of the waters of the Southern Ocean ; and the expense thereof would have made wore than two feasts for the Prince Re- gent, who govcpicd Engh'.nd in the name of his far thcr. 20 However, it came to pass, that David returned again in his ship to the haven of Valparaiso; and the vessel, called the Essex Junior, atconipanied hirn. 21 Now Downs, who commanded her, had been to the place before, and conducted ijie prizes of Da- vid therp, and brought him the tidings that he was likely to be ensnared upon the waters. 22 So, whilst David was there, on the twenty- eighth day of the third montli, in thp eighteen hun- dred and fourteenth year of the Clu'istian era, 23 He looked around, and behold ! he saw two of the strong ships of Britain approaching, for the pur- pose of hemming him in ; the one called the Phoebe, and the other the Cherub. 24 But his heart sank not within him, for he knew no cowardice ; but, with tlic wisdom of a brave man, he strove to escape, as the vessels were top pov>erful for him. 25 But the winds were adverse, and blew hard, and prevented the tacklings of his ship from taking effect : 26 Nevertheless, David said nnto the captains of the king, Come singly, and r.ot like cowards, upon READER. 139 inc ; then shall yc receive the thunders of the free- men of Columbia abundantly ; 27 Aiid her fame shall not suffer, although in the contest ye may destroy my vessel upon the face of the wat'.M's. 23 Dut llillyar, the captain of the king's ship call- ed the Phoebe, was afraid lest he should be over- come. 29 Now, when David found he was unable to make good his escape, he drew nigh tb.e land, that he might be protected by the great law of nations; for it was a place friendly to both parties. 30' But in tl'.is he was deceived ; for the authorities of Spain trembled at the nod of the servants of Bri- tain, in whom there was no faith. 31 So both vessels came upon him, like ravenous wolves, in the very haven of Valparaiso; thus trans- gressing the law of nations, and committing an out-' rage wliich hath few examples under the sun. 32 And they set their engines to work upon the Essex with all their might. 33 Nevertheless, David fought against them with desperation, for there was no hope left for him to es- cape ; neither did he expect mercy. 84 And he held out for more than the space of two hours, when he became overpower;;d ; having his ship a sinking wreck, covered with blood, and on fire ; with about an hundred and fifty of his men slain and maimed. 35 So, after David had fought hard, he became captive to the ships of the king ; who had also $ome of their men slain, and some wounded. 36 Moreover, Hillyar gave him praise and called him a man oL* courage ; for he fought against two Strong ships of IJritain. J4Q HISTORICAL 37 And David made a covenant with Hillyal*, in Avhich the Essex Junior was given unto him and his men, that they might return in her again to their own country. 38 And it came to pass, in the seventh month of the same year of the battle, David arrived in the city of New -York ; having been absent about twa years* 39 Now 'vvhcn the people of Columbia beheld the valiant Porter, they were rejoiced with exceeding great joy; inasmuch as they unharnessed the horses from before his chariot, and drew h^m through the rity. . r 40 And they made a sumptuous feast for him, and Invited a multitude of guests ; And spent the day in i^"]:\dnes3 and ftiirtb. % •it> ..v..;^-i«^'^ ^;. '/.., HEADER. 141 Hillyaf, in him and his to their own 1 month of ived in the about two' • . a beheld the exceeding d the horses through the f - or him, and nt the day in CUM\ XXXIX. Cafiture 'of the U S. doofi of war Froilc, by the Brltixh frigate Or/iheus — cafitiire of the British sloofi of IV ir U Hjiervier, by the Peacock^' .Cafit* Wnrrifigton — cafiture of the ReindeeVy by the Wu,i/u Cafit. Blakcbj — the Avon rafitured arid sunk — [7. S. jesfif/^ Syren arid Hattleanakc ca/i' Cured — 4dmiral Coch*-nne deciarca the whole Amer- ican coa6't in a state q/' blockade, > ^v. 'Ja^ jSOW it happened on the twenly-first day of the fourth month of the eighteen hinidreu and IVjiirtcentU year, that on-J of the strong ships of tlic kinr;, called the Orpheus; 2 lieiiig- upon the waters of the p,rcat deep, fell in with a small vessel of the United Statesj called the Frolic, and m -de capuiie 'hereof. 3 However, in the s.aine in»'ith. not many days af- terwards, a fi:.:;htin,^ v ssfl of Columbia, called the Peacock, commanded by the brave Warrington, rnct one of the vessels of ilie king- 4 Now they were ai>om equal in force; and th» name of the ves^«.l of LJrituin was called L'Epervier, and the captaiii'a name was W'aliis. 5 And they sat the ens^ines of d:t;,'. ruction to work, ■a:id fought with great fury for the .'^pace of fu;ty minutes J • 14 * 142 HISTORICAL f 6 When the mariner^ of Columbia overcame the servants of the kingi nad the vessri of Oritain struck her red-cross to the ship of Warrington. 7 And tbore were blain and wouiulfd of the ser- vants of the kinjj uhoui twenty and three ; but there were none slain of the people of Columbia. 8 Moreover, Warrington gat about an hundred and twenty thousand pieces of silver, that were in the vessel. 9 And he received great priu«e throughout the land for ihiH galluiit exploit. ;^' ' 10 And the great Sanhedrim thanked him and gave him a medal of gold. ^* 1 1 Likewise, the people of Savannah, a chief town in the state of Georgia, being a ih«usand miles to the south of New- York, honored him greatly. 12 For he had brought both vessels into their port ; and thtre were much rejoicings ; and a rich feast Wiis prepared for him by the people. 13 Mo cover, it cuMie to pass, on the twenty-eighth day t f t.'ie sixth month, that one of the fighting ships oi Columljia, called ihc Wasp, met a vessel of the king upon the oi:ean culled the Reindeer; after one oi the swift running jiiiniuls of Columbia. 1^ Now ihti W Hsp w. s coninHuded -by a man of courage; w nose n: rikc was ^'lakcly. . 15 Ami a ilreL.diwJ battle be,v;;'iii ; and the ntiscliiev- ous bails of dcaii uciiou showered around with ire- nitndoiis noise 16 N\ verihtless, Blakely ran down upon the Rcii:dcer, aikU in about ?.WN.nty minutts iie captured her. 17 But her captain was slain, and she was as ife were a wreck upon the waters j so lilakely destroy- ed her. READER. UJ 18 The loss of the king, in killed ami wounded that day, wao about seTenty and five; und five of the men of Columbia were slain, and about a score maimed, ^^ "■ 19 And the friends of the great Sanhedrim were pleased with the valiant acts of Ulakely. 20 Moreover, on the twenty-seventh day of the eighth month, the Wasp captured arioiher ship of the king, called the Avoni and sunk her to the bot- tom of the great deep. SI And the tlahi and wounded of the Avon) was two score and two. • *- .X'. ,4^ 22 Huwbeit, about the same time, the Syren and the Rattlesnake* fell intp the hands of the king. 23 /kbout this time, the whole land of Columbia was ordered to be hemmed in by Cochrane, a ser- vant of the king, and a chief captain of the navy of Britain. ^ .*< 24 But all their blockades were of no avail ; for the men of Columbia escaped and outwitted them. • U, S> achoontr and hrig^ about U gung each. m ir 4U HISTORICAL ii * CHAP. XL. ■» ■ '■■ "J f «l I I I I I I I * MaJT J It filing. f- •.•^ !k 145 HISTORICAL ton,* the chief warrior of Britain ; and Riall, the tliicf captain of the host, is a man of great experi^ ence : , • , • 15 Nevertheless, be not disheartened ; but let us beware that we be not ensnared; ■ 16 So he prepared hia army to go against the host bf Britain, in battle array; a;Kl the soldiers of Co- liimhia shouted for the buttU. 17 Now the army of liritain rested upon the plains of Chippawa, and *vere ready to meet th^ ar- Iny of Columbia ; they shouted aloud, and inflamed their blood with the strong 'tvattrs of Jamaica'. 18 And they put fire to the black dust of the de- stroying engines; and a great noise is&ucd from tlie iiifjuihs thercofi 19 Moreover, they vomited fire and smoke and trimstone incessantly, and with the movements of tho armies the dust of the earth arose and overshadowed tlie field of slaughtei'. 20 And the heavy balls of iron whistled about thenl in abundance. 2! lio\Vever, the skill of Jacob, and his brave cap- tains^ , became manifest, and ihey drove the host of Britain before them, , 2 2 And compelled tbem to flee to their sfrong en* Irenchmenls at Fort George and Fort Niagara. 23 And the field of battle was covered with the . felain and liie maimed ; even eight hundred men. ''-'^ 2i And the slain and wounded of the servants of the king were about five hundred. 23 So Jacob and his army gat great praise, and all the wairiors of Columbia that fought that day : 2( stat< on 2 ^yho * Loj'd IVcllington. nst the host icrs of Co- ■■^■., ,». V READER. 147 26 Amongst whom were tl)e volunteers of the states of New-York and Pennsylvania, who were led on by the gallant Porter** 27 And Ripley was there, and the bravo Scott \yho went out and fought in the heat of the battle. ^ Qens, Porter, Ei/ilcy, and * ( I ; f. ;•#: w''io(;,r ,»■'■' smoke and icnts of tho ;rshadowed '^t* .'^*; *^ #■ "^"tt'ti; \ , )48 mSTORICAL . .1 'A CHAP. XI^L > ' - t' Battle of BridgewatfT, Now about this time there was peace among tlia etrong powers of Europe ; and the strength of Bri* tain was free to be employed against the people of Columbia. ' > 2 So she increased her navy on the shores of Co- lumbia, and strengthened her armies in Canada ; and gent skilful men to conduct them and to fight her bat- tles : 3 And, in her spite, she emptied out the vials of her vengeance upon the United States. 4 Notwithstanding, it came to pass, on the twenty fifth day of the same month. 5 That another bloody battle was fought hard by, a*, a place called B ridge vviiter, from whence ye might behold the stupendous water-falls of Niagara. 6 There the army of Britain came out against Ja- cob, with a host of five thousand chosen men. i 7 Now the numbers of the host of Columbia were Jess than the host of the king, who were commanded by two chief captains^ the one named Drummond,* and the other Riall ; J * Gen* Drummond, READER- 149 ice among iba jngth of Bri* the people of shores of Co- Canairta; and fight her bat? Ut the vials of on the twenty ught hard by, ience ye might Jiagara. out against Ja- j men. « olumbia were re comman^led Drummond,* um i i ' W-ri S Nevertheless, Jacob went out against them ancl gave them battle : and the army of Columbia shoiii- ed alowd ; and the battle waxed hot beyond niex- Bure. ,.,.;,'. - ..V. 9 And it lasted for the space of seven hours ; even until the midnight. 10 The huge engines of destruction roared as the loud thunder, and the blaze thereof was like unto flushes of lightning. 1 1 But it came to pass, that the army of Columbia drove the invincibles of Wellington from the field. 12 The valiant Miller, with his band, rushed up- rr the soldiers of the king, with the sharp points of hi ipons of war, that faintly glittered in the lijjku of the moon, and oveixame them * r^ • 13 Moreover, Drummond, the chief captain of llie king, was wounded, and in danger of being jntwde captive ; and Riall, the chief captain, was taken and fell into the hands of the brave Jessup.f 14 Aad Jacob, the -chief captain of the host of Columbia, was sorely wounded; and the brave'^ Scott was wounded also. 15 However, this was a dreadful battle, fought army against army, and blood and slaughter covered the green fields. l(i The loss of the king, was about a thousand and t\v.) hundred fij^hting men, who came to lose in the land of Columbia the honor they won in Europe. * Miller*s brilliant charge on the enemy* ; "• t Major Je«su/7, of the 25 th Re^, 15 (J 150 HISTORICAL 17 The loss of the men of Columbia was also very great ; beings an hundred three score and ten slain^ and more than five hundred maimed. 18 Now as Jacob) the chief captain of the host of Columbia was wounded, the charge wai given to the valiant Ripley, and the army returned to the strong^ hold of Fort Erie. 19 And Jacob and his brave men gained great praise throughout the land of Columbia* ■ « I •■\ READER:. 151 ras also very nd ten slain, f the host of given to the o the strong ;ained great ^ CHAP. XLII. Jssauli on Fort iir/>, by the British, under Gen. Drummond — Gen. Brown resumes his command — sallies out of Fort Erie against the British camfi '-^M*jirthur*s ex/iedition into Canada. And it came to pass, on the fourth duy of the next month, being the same day that the gallant Morgan, with two hundred and tw^o score men, drove a thousand soldiers of the king from before Black Rock, 2 That a chief captain of Columbl?, whose name was Gaines,* arrived from Sackctt's Harbor at Tort Krie ; and took the command thereof. 3 And it was so, thiit on the following day the ra'« my of the king approached towards the lort, and en- camped themselves. 4 Moreover, they threw up breast-works and pre- pared their battering-rams, with intent to destroy the place, and make captives of the men of Colum- bia. 5 And on the fifteenth day of the month, after they had prepared themselves, they rushed forth with all their might against the strong hold of Columbia. • Oe?i. Gaines. 153 HISTORICAL 6 And as their deeds were evil, they began in tlic dead of the night, iv!»en the howlinfjei of the wild- welfare heard from afar, andihc steady roar of dis* tant wat^er fails, calchei the ear of the drowsy^ centi- nei. '■'' 7 Lo ! it was a night dark and gloomy ; and the very clouds of heaven wept for the folly of nrm.* « Quickly dirl the weapons of murder disturb and trouble the general silence. 9 Their ihuaders roared around the battlements; and the sudden blaze, from the engines, was as ft thousand flushes of lightning. 10 But the men of Columbia were oot asleep; •for they met them at the onset : thrico the men of Britain came ; and thrice were they driven back^ 1 1 About this time, a man of Columbia, who was sorely wounded, begged of an officer of the Jiing that his life might be spared ; i2 But the captciin, whose name was Drummond f to whom he spake, refused him quarters ; and, tak- ing an oath, he sv/orc, and cursed the men of Co- lumbia, saying, Even as I slay thee, so shall it be with yc all. 13 Thus violating the commandment of God, which sayeth, Thou shalt do no murder. 14 But the hand of the Lord was stretched out against him ; for while he was yet speaking, in liio wickedness of his heart, i^e was smitten dead to tl.r earth. • It was a rainy night » t Col. Drummond. READER. 1 .- '•» ^ ' began in tlic )f the wild- f roar of (lis* irowsy^ centi- my ; and the ' of nr».n.* E* disturb and battlements; iS) was us ft oot asleep ; ZQ the racn of riven back^ lumbia, who officer of the Drummonclf Urs ; and, tak- men of Co- , so shall it be nent of God. URDEH. , Stretched out >eaking, in iti'o en dead to tl.o 15 Now, although the men of Erltain did some injury to the foi't, they were q.uickly compelled to depart. 16 And the slain and wounded of the king lliat night, were about seven hundred, besides two hun- dred capvives. 17 The loss of the United States was about an hundred men. 18 Now it came to pass, on the seventeenth dUy of the next month, when Jacob was recovered of his wounds, and had reiumcd his command, he sullied' out of Fort Erie with his men, and went agftiil!>t the camp of the servants of the kine^. 19 And by lis br, very and skill, and that of the vdiant captains under him^ he took and destroyed' tht-ir strong holds, and slew many of them, so that their loss was about a thousand fighting men* 20 Aiid the slain and wcun '3d of Jacob's army were two hundred ninety and nme. - 1 Now the valiant deeds of Jacob, and Lis brave men, are they not written in all the books of tho chronicles of the land of Columbia of that day ? 22 Att^r this, on the twenty-first day of the same moiuii, the chief captain, and the hor^t of i3rltain, be- ing tired of the noise of the destroying engines of I'le men of Columbia, went away from the place nnd rested at Queenstown. 23, About this time Izard, the chief captain, arriv- ed at Fart Eri, , from Platlsburgh, and, as he was the oldest captain, he look the charge of the army of the north. 15* ^^■''^' 154 HISTORICAL 24 During these circumstances, it happened that tl . brave M'Arthur, who had remained at the strong hold of Detroit, to defend it, 25 Moved his army towards Burlington Heights, and went more than an hundred miles into the pro- vince of Canada. 26 And the men of Columbia that went with him were valiant men. from the state of Kentucky and Ohio ; in number about eight hundred. 37 Victory perched upon their arms, and they slew some of the servants of the king, and made many prisoners, and returned again with the loss of one man. 28 In the meanwhile, the army of Izard crossed the river and returned from Erie to the borders of Columbia, in the latter part of the year, and went into their winter camps at Buffalo. READER. }55 ppcned that at the strong f>n Heights, nto the pro- fit with him entucky and if and they !^, and made I the loss of sard crossed e borders of r, and went CHAP. XLHL Attack on Stonin^ton, by the Bnii,\'/i x/ii/ts of vjar'f which are defeated and driven off. In these days the sti'ong powers of Britain strove hard to quench the fire of Columbian Liberty. 2 But it was lighted up by the hand of heaven^ and not to be extingui^jhed. "" 3 Now it came to pass, on the ninth day of the eighth month of the same year, 4 That the mighty ships of Britain came and open- ed their thundering engines upon the little town of Stonington, which lieth in the state of Connecticutj. in the east. ' ' ' 5 But the inhabitants of the place were bold and Valiant men, and they scorned to make a covenant with the servants of the king. \ 6 Although Hardy,* the chief captain of the king's ships, had threatened to dest* oy the place ; saying, Remove from the town your women and your children, who are innocent ctnd fight not. . • Com. Hardy > a ca/i(ain under Lord JWhon, a$ the battle of Trafalgar, 156 nisTonicAL 7 Tims shewing more righteousness than rny of the king's captains : albeit, he gave ihtm oiily the space of" one hour to depart : 8 So the men of Coluntbia let 'lie destroying en* gines loose upon the vessels, awd shot the yaiikce- balls amongst them pleniifully, and con\pelkd them to de|)arl : 9 Notwithstanding, thty had hut two of the de- stroying engines in the place 10 However, on the eleventh day of t}»e same month, they were again forced to put them in mo- tion. • ** 'M For, in the mean time, Ha'dy had sent a mes- senger to the inhabitants, saying, 12 If ye will not prove vickcd, and will refrain from stinding your evil torpedoes amongst our ves- sels, then will we spare yotir town. 13 Now llf^rdy was niglaily iifriiid of these tor* pedoes, (the liistory wher. < f it. wriucn in the fifiieth book of these chronicles) and he trembled at the sound cf the name thereof. 14 Nevertheless, the people of Sionington refus- ed his requtst. 16 So the ships of Britain came again and they brought another strong sl>ip ol the king to help them to take the place. 16 But once nmre the valiant sons of Connecti- cvn made them fly for safety : and they came not again. 17 And the gallant conduct of the people of Ston- inf;ton gained them much praise, even from the great Sanhedrim cf the peopie. tlian r.ny of cm oiily the stroyin}^ en* the yaiikee- ipelkd them of ihc (le- fif iliC same ihcm in mo- } sent a mea- 1 will refrain i-igst our ves- cf these tor* in the fiftieth mbkrt at the ingtcn refas- ^ain and thejr to help them of Connecti- ley Ciinie not ;ople of Slon- cn from the READIlR^ iif 13 Thus would the men of Columbia have done, in many other places, but for thQ false words am\ ^ick^dne^s of ttiril«rous men. : 15t HISTORICAL CHAP. XLIV. '^^(faira in tCf Cheaafieake — DriiUh army mave uji the Patrxent — land and march towards the city of Washington — fire/iure thf7nselvc8 for battle at Jiladensburffh* ]So\V tlie m{gh(7 fleet of Britain, that troubled ihc walers of the great Bay of Chesapeake, com- manded by Cockburn the wickedj cootiiuicd their depredations. 2 The number of their f],!;;hting slilps were in- creased, and the soldie'rs'of the kin^^ had come thither in multitudes from the island of Britain. G For the war v/hich she had waged against the mighty ruler of France,* was at an end ; and all their men of war were idle ; so they sent them against the men of Columbia, who slew them with terrible slaughter. 4 Now the numbers of the servants and soldiers of the king, in and about the Chesapeake, were lit- tle fewer than ten thousand. 5 And tliey moved up the great river, which is called the Potowmac, and the river Patuxent, which lielh to the east thereof. * Buomfiarle, READER. ]b^ 6 So, a3 they passed along, they did much da- mage ; and destroyed abundance of the sweet-scent- ed plant of Virginia, burning it with fire. T Now this weed is a native of the land of Co- lumbia, and groucth not on the island of Britain : 8 Therefore, the nostrils of the servants of Bri- tain were regaled with the scent thereof, for the king had put a silver bar* against its piviUifwl used throughout his whole dominions. 9 However, it came to pass, about the weniieMi day of the same month, that the whole army of Bri- tain gat out of their vessels and their boats, at a place cair^d Benedict, being towaids the hea'; of the river Patuxent. 10 And a^man of great experience in matters of warfare, sir-named Ross, was chief captain of ihc host of Britain^ . 11 So they marched on towards Washington, which lieth on the waters of the Potowmac, and is called the chief city of the land of Columbia ; where the great Sanhedrim assemble themselves together. 12 And they journied on until i..^.- came to a place called Bladcnsburgh, which lieui to the east of the city, not far off*. 13 And Cockburn staid not beiiind, for his heart thirsted after blood and murder. 14 Now this was on the twenty-fourth day of the eighth month, in the one thousand eight hundred and fourteenth year of the Christian era. 15 And the army of Columbia that went out to • The tax on tobacco^ manufactured in England,^ k very heavy. 160 HISTORICAL I meet the host of Britain, was commanded by a brieve Ijian, whose name was Winder. 16 But it was in the'heat of the summer, and the Imsbandmen of Columbin, that went out to defend the place, wcve weary, for they had travelled many miles from the house of their fathers. 17 Moreover, their numbers were few at the on? spt ; for those that were journeying on their way came not in time. 18 Nevertheless, they who came, prepared them- selves for the fight, in the hope that Uticy might not be overcome by the servants of the kiMg;. 19 And it was so, that when Ross, the chief cap- tain of the host of Britain, drew nigh the place, and «uw that the men of Columbia were beju on giving him hindrance, 30 He addressed the officers and men of hi« army, /and encourged them, saying, 21 Lo ! we arc stronger than the host of Colum. bia; therefore, let us go with all our might against their cbi.'f city, and make capture thereof, 22 And burn it with fire, and take their chief go- vernor, and biud him hand and foot, and bring liim before the king. 23 Moreover, let ns Rurround the temple of the ♦^reat Sanhedrim oT ihc nation, and endeavor to catch them, even as the huntsman a^icheth foxes. 24 Then shall wc strike terror throughout Uie land of Columbia, and the arms of the king, our mas* tc.". shall be encircled with glory. 25 The spirit of t^e people will be broken ; they will bow down to the servants of the king '. and all the nations will behold the valiant deeds of BiUaiH* READER. W eel by a brj^ve imer, and the ut lo defend Bvelled many :c\v at the ont> on their way ■epared them- icy might not S- the chief cap* the place, and )ejU on giving Ml of hi« armyj 3St of Colum. might against of, eir chief go- d bring him rco th an temple of lli« d endeavor to icheih foxes. hrouglioul llie king, our mas- e broken ; they e king J and all ecds of Britain. CHAP. XLV. * Ca/tture of Washington — sacking of Alexandria' death qf Sir Peter Parker, •^OVV, when Ross, the chief captain, had dond speaking, they sent forth their fire brands, and sat their destroying engines to work, and cast balls of destruction and death. 3 Nevertheless, the men of Columbia were not dismayed, but poured out their thunders upon thcra' in abundance. ' ■ • t. r. ■ 3 And Joshua, sir*named Barney, who command* ed the vessels of Columbia near the place, with his brave men, went out upon the land, and" fought against them with desperation. 4 For he had ordered his little fleet to be burnt uith fire, that the men of Britain might not profit thereby, and it blew up in the air with a loud noise. 5 Now Joshua was in the heat of the battle ; and his destroying engines slew the men of Britain on all sides i however, he was wounded and made cap«» tive. 6 But the servants of the king treated Joshua Well, and honored him lor his bravery. 7 Now James, the chief governor, and the coun« seilors, aud the sciibjs of the great Sanhedrimj wei\t 16 t63 HISTORICAL jout to see the battle, and to contrive f«r the sufety of the city. 8 And Monroe,* the chief scribe of the great Sanhedrim, was there ; and Armstrong,! and many other friends of the land of Columbia. 9 Nevertheless, the wisdom of all their plans fail- ed them ; and they were sorely grieved to behold the husbandmen and the army of Winder, the chief captain, flee before the host of Britain. 10 But they were mislead in their calculations ; And they were now unable to prevent the tvil. 1 1 Neither did the men of war they counted up- on arrive in time to catch the army of the king. 12 Therefore, the host of Columbia fled, and went beyond the city, and passing through George* town, rested at a place called Montgomery Court- house. 13 And the slain and maiiiiisd of the king* were about four hundred : those of the men of Columbia about two score. r 14 No\rit was about the goJng down of the sun, trhen the host of the king polluted the Citadel of Freedom, and with their unhallowed footsteps vio- la^ed the Temple of Liberty. 15 And Cockbum and Ross led the savage band of Britain into the midst of the eity. 16 And the men oi Columbia gnashed their teeth, rii • Hon, Jamea Monroe, Scc^ry of Sttitc^ \ Gent Armstrong, W X \ "^ the safety the great and many 'plans fail- d to behold r, the chief xlculations ; «vil. :ounted up* 5 king, a fled, and rh George* lery Court-* king, were if Columbia of the sun, e Citadel of lotsteps vio' sayage band d their teeth, StaCe, UEADER.l ^6- ■and bit their lips with vexation ; for the thing might have been prevented.* 17 Nevertheless, it proved a blessing ; for it uni- ted the people of Columbia as one man, M^ainst the tyrants of the earth. .18 Now the place that had been pitched upon to ^ build the chief city, was in a fine country, and a beautiful spot, in the District of Columbia. 19 But the inhabitants round about the City of Washington were few ; for they had, as it were, just began to build it. 20 There was much ground laid out for the city, but the builrlings therein were not many ; neither Nvas it fortified. • Whatever may be individual tentiment^ it hag* been, and still is the o/iimon qf the be^t informed^ that there iv»s sufficient time to have had the filacc entrenched and fortified, ifnecesaary, nvith an hun» dred pieces of cannon ; and at leant to have kajit the enemy at bay, until a sufficient force were ansenibled to have cut off his retreat. But to expert raw milt' tia to meet and re/iuiscs in an ofien plain, solid co- lumns qf regular troofis, superior in numbers as well as discipline, must be preposterous. If ho is to blame in the business we presume not to say ; but hope a recurrence of the evil may be provided agaihst in fu- ture. Had the same energy and industry been ex* ercised at the city of Washington, that were dinplay- cd by the patriotic citizens of Mw-York^i^ erecting fortif cations for the defence of their capitt^we might have been spared the mortifcation th0jvUowed tfifi <,up(ure of the seat of government. ^ ■t.^\ *ii "# :h94 HISTORICAL V * 21 So when the servants of the king came it tht place^ they looked around, in surprise, and cried out with astonishment, saying, 22 L<^the city hath fled with the people, fbt thtre are but an handful oi' houses in the place. 23 However, the next day they began tlic work of destruction, like unto the barbarians of ancient times ; for their wickedness followed after them as ihe shadow folio weih after the substance. 24 And they destroyed the beautiful edifices with fire, even the palace of the great Sanhedrim. " ^5 Now Cockburn was loath that his wicked deeds should be handed down :o future gencrationa ; so he went and destroyed, with his own hands, the chief printing-oflice* of the city, and scattered the types abroad ; 26 Because, as he alledged, the printer had, in times past, uttered many hard things against him. 27 Thus did he, even Cockburn, like an ignorant savage, stamp his own name with infamy, and make it become a reproach amongst all mankind. 28 Science and learning blushed at the cham«» pions of England, who had been represented as i!ic bulwark of religion ; but who were, in reality, the supporters of idolatry ; the stafi' of Juggernaut, the false god of India. 29 Now the art of printing was not known among the ancients; for it was invented in these latter ^ys ; even in the fourteen hundred and fortieth .year of the Christian era. * OJ/ice of ihe Mitional IntcUii^cnccr % READER. US ime ii> tlit and cried people, for place, le work of )f ancient r them aa ifices with rim. s wicked iicrutiona ; hands, the Utcred the or had, in nst him. R ignorant and make I. the chnm* ited as i!ie cality, the rnaut, the wn among; lese latter nd fortieth ■(■»> :(r. Sfi It was the helpmat^^ of Freedom, and when the light which it spread burst forth upon the world, it began to open the eyes of man» and to destroy the poisonous weeds that choaked the growth of Libertf. 3 1 Moreover, to complete the vandalism of Cock- burn and Ross, they fell upon the printed books of the p^reat Sanhedrim. 32 Even those that had been gathered together for instruction ; the toil of many years ; containing the lep.rning and wisdom of ages. 33 And they consumed them with fire ; thus stri- ving to turn man back to the ages of ignorance and darkness. 34 Now, Thomas, whose sir^name was Jeffkr- SON, who had been a scribe in the days of Wash- ington, and a chief governor in the land of Colum- bia, in times past ; a man whom the people esteem- ed for his virtue ; 35 When he heard of their wickedness ; how, ■savage-like, they had burnt the books which had been written by the wise men of the earth, and pre* ss-rved from the beginning to that day; 36 In the ^lodnessof his heart, he w ste unto the great Sanhediim, wl\en they were assembled toge- ther, saying : . 37 Since, like the brHjarians of old, whose igno- raiice rnight plead for them, the servants of the kingdom, of Great Britain have laid waste yotr chief city, and made, it a desolation, -^-^ -v sw, 38 .And have trampled upon science, mutilated the monuments of art and industry, destroyed the avchives of your jifttion, and burnt your books "Vfilb fire ; ' , 16 * ;. i. *^. ' :t'^ '^r 163 HISJORICAL '^'M^' i^m .■ vV^ '•mm SIKHiafJ BE^t! .x^ifc ' . ■ , , S flJsMI '::^' !S»,i^'W 39 For your benefit, and for the bcnefL of my country, I will give wnto you my whole LiLn.vy, which I hrive selected with care, froni my youth ; »- wards ; and whatever in y >ar ju imncnt sUail hf, lue value thereof, that v.'iil I arcep,.* 40 I !\m well striciicn in years, and must shortly sleep with my fathers ; but the last wii !i ^f r-jy heart shall be tie welj'ark or Mr coujjthy. 41 Now Thomas was a philosophfr, ar.'. a man of' great Icarninj^. and he had abundance oi books of all iiatl -liSj and in all languages, even ten thousand vo- lu-i'.es, 42 So the great Sanhedrim accepted the offer of Thomas, and they retain the books to this day. 45 Now it came to pass, in the evening of the same day, on which the vandals of Britain set fire to the city, that the army of the king fled from the place ; for ihe air of Liberty is poison to the fol- lowers of tyrants^ 41 Moreover, they left some of their slain and wound'd behind, for they were afraid of being caught in a snare by the husbandmen of Columbia. 45 So they went down the river and gat into theif vessels from whence they came. 46 In the meantime, the inhabitants of Alexan- dria, a town which lieth to the south of the cl.ief city, on the riv< r Potomac, in the state of Virginii, 47 Being smit:en with fear, s»e-t ;o Cockhurn and Ross, entreating that they mi 'lo spared, if, pcr- ^ />iV Jefferson 'efr it ivhat comjiensaiion they t/a Prart/, \ongr(9ii to make him .' firoficr for hia Li' rtEADKR. 167 left of my >le Lil#i'i.rv, y youth . 1- nust shortly JjTRY. i.-, a nmn of books of all lOiisand vo- thc offer of » day. iiig of the n set fire to from the to the fol- slain and of being Colun»bia. U into their of A.Ie>:an- tlie chief f Vii i^inii-s :khurn and •ed, if, pcr- ) make him or his Li' adventure, they made a covenant in good falih with them, and surrendered th'^mselvea. 48 And ihc chief cap' li'is of Britain agreed to the capitulation of the town, and to vouchsafe its \,\0' teciion. 49 But the people suffered for their foolish confi- dence ; and no one pitied tbetn ; lor it was of their own seeking. 50 So it happened, after they had trusted to the faith of the servants of the king; Gordon, a captain of the ships in the river PotoniaCi came up against them before the town ; 5 1 And took their merchant ships ; and compell- ed the people to open their store-houses, and put in- to the vessels their flour, even sixteen thoilsand bar- rels, and their wine, and th»;ir coriou, and a thousand hogsheads of the sweet-scented plant. 52 So the robbers of the kini^ look them away, sacked the town, and laui^hcd at the people thereof, foi trusting to the fctiih of liritish honor. 53 However, as they passed along down the river, with their ill-gotten treasure, lo I the ships of Bri- tain were assailed, and uv^\\ being destroyed: 54 i'"or Kogers, and Perry, and I'or'.er, three va- liant capiuins of the navy of Columbia,' gave them hindrance and ann(>yed them greatly : .15 i'erry and Porter raisetl fort ifj cations upon the be r-i oi the river, and put therein the destroying ^ines, whici when the vessels came nigh by, they let loose upon them abu 'daftly, and wounded them h) their tacklin;Ti and slew nuinbtrs of their men. 56 Moreover, the buli<5 wltich the engines vomited forth, were red and hot from ihe mouth of the fiery furnace. 1S8 HISTORICAL 57 Meanwhile, Rogers sent his fire-ships mwoul; fhfcin to destroy them as they fled ; nevtrtheless Ihey escaped. 58 Now about this lime, heinpj the thirtieth day of the same month, Peter, who^e sir-name was Par- ker, who conimaiulcd a strong ship of the king, was comniitiing many depredations along the shores of tRfe Chesapeake ; 59 So Peter essayed to go, in the night-time, against some husbandmen of Columbia, command- ed by th(- gall .nt Ueid,* about the borders of the state of Maryland ; 60 And wh'^n he had landed his men of war, he went out after the husbandmen, and the plunder; but they were upon the watch, and fell upon him, and killed and mcjtned about two score, and were nigh making captives of them all ; and PctJr was amongst the slain. * , 61 Now when the news of the taking of the chief city of Columbia, and the saekinir of Alexandria was received in f^ritain, at tiist the people rejoiced, say* ,ing, Now, forsouth, have we conquered these cun» liing Yankees ! 62 But afterwards they became ashamed, and hid their faces ; for they had heard the judgment of the surrounding nation , by whom iheir vandalism was condemned t • Co/. R(td. of the militia » t i nvn.ber of well written art ' s iv ere publish' edy not only in the papers of Frur-:..^- ■ vd Ger^nauj^ but fven in Enfrland.in which thi oidalous imita' tionof the covducc of the Go'Jis ami yanUuls was very tcverely rcjirthcnded. UEADKU. (69 up 3 am one,' evtrthcless irtieth day le was Par- B king, was le shores of night-time, com man (I - Icrs of the of war, he le plunder; upon him, and were Pctjr was f :undi tlie cliief ria was oiced, say- these cun* d, and hid lent of the lalism was refiublhh' loun imftci' J was very CH\P. XLVr. »■ Urif'sh under Gen Prevofsf, go ogu'.mt Plattshurt^ri — t'onu Macdotwui;h ca/ilurca the Briti:sh a(ju^:d' ron on Lake Chamjiluin, NkVERTHELESS, if diiTiculiies and disasters betel Lhu people of Colum!)ia in Lhe souih, 1;> 1 theie was a wreath of iuurels weaving for them in the north. 2 Bahold ! a niighty army of the kii/g had asscm bled to>i;eiher ai the village of Chuniplau, between Phittshurgh and Montreal ; i.it^h unto the pluco where Forsyth the warrior, the second SiyiUer,* v.-as slain ;t 3 For liie Prince Regent had :o:vn'nanclcd his scr» vants to go forth into the heart of uic land of Colum- • Sumter, a brave officer bi the Jmerkari EcvQlti- liouy similar in ctuiracter to forayih. t The/ulfowing lines were suggested to the mind of Lhe Kvriier^ by vuwing the n/iot rohere the remains of'!:, rallant Forsi .'i tie interred Or (he 26ih of Jl:. dl-i, this ente' firifiing officer made an incur- do:: 'nto Canada, an fa>- as Odcenirjivn, ivhcrc an ^^^'^ affiair to'J< filace ivith a detvdimen.. ^r 'he enemy. froni')p^ the Port oj La Cot- After k>u:ng seventeen of ' lii ■•" number^ Porsy'n received a vj'jund in the $eckt iro HISTORICAL bia, and separate the states of the east from the rest 0*" tl c country. 4 *ic» it came to pass, about the fifth day of the liinth month, that ihe host of Britain apptaied be- fore the vill;ii.^e of Plattsburgh ; which liclh about three hunched miles from Ncw-Yoik, towards the north. 5 Now Prcvost, ihe governor of Can-ida, was the commander of ihc army ; and tliu number of his men of war was al)out hftccn thousand. 6 And they bcj^an to prepare their battering: rams, their bombs and their rtckcts, and all kinds of instru- ments of destruction ; and they entrenched them- selves round about. 7 Now the stronf^ iioM of Plattsburgh was hard by } and the Uraye Macomb wab tnc chief captain of 'Z^. ■#:'' 9f ivliich he died in a fcv) day a after ^ and rvas buric'', ivith TfMiiary hitnors^ at Chamjilaiti, '" Stay, travcH'^r, stay — view well the ground, Where Forsyth fought and bled ; Mark well the spot, for yonder mound, ^ ^ , Contairis the valiant dead. No cold neglccC could check hir: zeal, His C >unti7 \vas his pride. And fi, ! ng f .r that Country's weal, The uero ucbly died ! A No tomb-stone marks the dreary spot, Where sleejjs the warrior brave, lis fame, his aciions, quite forgot, And buried i?'. his grave. ,ji from the rest ? vjas buried, nE\DER. 171 {f\e hole! ; and the number of his men was about fif- t( en hundred ; bcinj; in the proportion of oae Yan- kee to ten Invinciblcs. 8 Howsoever, the valiant husbandmen of the states of Vermont and New-Y >ik, called militia, commanded by Moocrs, a man of great courage, as- sembled together, to assist in the defence of the place, on the borders of the river Saranac, wliicU cmptieth its waters into lake Champlain. 9 In the meantime Downic, the ciiief captain of the fleet of Britain lyion the lake, had prepared him- self to assist Prevost on a certain day appointed, 10 When he was to come out against the fleet of Columbia, which was commandfed by the gallant Macdonouf^h. 1 1 Accordingly, it came to pass, on the appointed day, being the eleventh of the ninth month, in ihe one thouaand eight hundred and fourteenth year of tho Christim era, 1 2 And three hundred *nd sixty-five days after Olifc" vcr had captured the king's fleet on the waters of Erie, 15 That the strong vessels of Britain appeared, with their sails spread, moving upon the bosom of lake Champlain, coming against the fleet of Colum- bia. 14 Now it was in the morning, about the ninth hour, when Macdonongh beheld the fleet of Britain sailing boldly towards him. 15 And it was so, that the vessels of Columbia were safely moored in the bay of Plattsburgh, where they waited the approach of the enemy ; who were the stroiyglat in cumbers, wid in their engines of death, . f 172 lIISTOUrCAL 10 However, wIumi tlK7 were uhoiU a furlong off, llicy Ciust ilicir uiicliois, iiiul set llicn»i>_lvca in baule orri.y, squadron against squudion. J 7 Now ihe sound of ihc baHlc-druni was heard Rlon;^ ihc Like, and ihe brave murincri shouud aloud for I lie ri).',ht. 18 Tlien bcj^an ibrir dcstroyinjj entwines to utter tlieir voices, and it was like unto the voice oi migh- ty thunders, 19 And the same hour, the armies on the sh.orc bciifan the dreadful buttle with their roarinjj^ engines. 20 So that on the land and on the waters the fire and smoke were al>undant, .uid the noise thereof was tremendous beyond measure. 21 And the battle waxed hot, and the vessels of Downie fought bravely against the vessels of Mac- donongh : 22 Nevertheless, the Lord of hosts favored the men of Columbia, and they overcame the servants of ilie king, . V 23 For in about the space of three hours, the va- liant Miicdonough and his brave men, captured the ^vholc fleet of I3rilain, save a few gun-boats, that maile good their es ape. 24 Now the killed and wounded of the king's fleet, vver( an hundred ninety and four; and Dow- nie, the chief captain, was amongst the slain. 25 Moreover, the nun)ber of the captives of the men of IJriiain was about lour hundred. 2G Now Macdonough was a good man, neither was he full of boasting and vain-glory: lia arrogated tdl him^cif no praise on account of bis|HKcess; bujt ^ READER. ms furlong off, in ill bc\iUo was heard [)UUd aloutl ncs lo utter DC ol mi^jh- 1 the sliorc nj5 engines, ers the fire thereof was e vessels of Is of Mac- favored the he servunts irs, the va- aplurcd the -boats, that ascribed the victory to the pleasure of the Almigh- ty. 27 And as it is written, in the word of the Lord, Do UNTO ALL MEN AS YE WOULD THKT SHOULD DO UNi'o You, SO he took care of the priboners, and emi)ioyed skilful phybicians to bind up the wouads of the nlaiuied. 28 Then were the children of Columbia exceed- ingly rejoiced j yea, their hearts were made glad ; and they praised Macdonough for his noble deeds. 39 Moreover, the great Sanhedrim honored him ; and a piece of land, which overlooketh the lake, wa$ given unto him, for an inhcriiance ; 30 That, in his old age, and when he was well stricken in years, he might remember with joy iho strength of his youth, and smile upon the spot, where, fleet to fleet, he triumphed over the enemies of freedom ; 31 And where his children's children might pointy and say, It was thsuk the guardian angel of Co- lumbia permitted our father to humble the pride o" Britain. the king's and Dow- lain, lives of the in, neither e arrogated Access, but fe^*^'>v ,ie- READER. CHAP. XLVIII. \n "n Attack on Balthnore^by the British army y under Geni Rossy and the Jieet U7ider jidiniral Cochrane a?id Cockburriy •» Now when Ross and Cockburn returned from their burning and pillagint^, and all the barbarities they committed at Washington, the chief city, and i.he nc-igld)orliood thereof; 2 End)o!dened by the success of their iinri^qht- eous deeds, they g-athered together iheir army and their navy, and essayed to go against I he city of Bal- timore, which lieth in the state of Maryland ; 3 That they might commit tho like wickedness, in which they had taken so much pleasure at Hamp- ton, Havrc-dc-Grace, and Wasi.ington. 4 But they had a mightier pi;>ce than Washington to go agidnsi; ; for Bidtimore is a great city, con- taining therein ui)w)Ut fifty thousand souh; and the people had entrenched it round about, and made it a strong place. 5 So it ''/ame to pass, the next day after Mi^cdo- nough had raptured the fl.'.et of Britain, on lake Champlain, being the twelfih da/ of the ninth month, 17* •' 178 HISTORICAL 1 .9 I 6 That their vessels and transports came to a pli.ce culled North Point, which lieth at the entrance of the river Petapsco, about an hundred furlonii;3 from the city, and beijan to put their men of war Upon the shore. 7 And the number of their chosen fip^lrting men, who were landed, were about eight thousand. 8 And when they were all moved out of the boalsj Ross, the chief captain, conducted them on towarc's the city. 9 As they moved along their instruments of war glittered in the beams of the sun , and the waving of their squadrons was like unto the troubled waters of the ocean. JO However, when they came to a place called Bear Creek, lo I the army of Columbia met them in battle array. 1 1 For, when the gallant young men of B^iltimore heard the rumor, that the soldiers of Britain were coming upon them ; 12 With the spirit of freemen, they grasped their weapons of war in their hands, and went out to meet them without fear ; resolved to conquer or to die.* 13 For well they knew, that life would be a bur- then to them, when their habitations were consumed with fire ; their parents slaughtered ; and the i«ino- xence of their wives and their sisters violated. 14 Now the name of the chief captain of the ar- fny of Columbia vras Samuel, whose sir-name was I * Mthough it may be said the British were not Ctftiquered ; yet they were defeated. READF.R. 179 Smith :• a valiant ir.an, who had font^ht h\ the days of Wasluiit^ton, and g-ained mucli iiouor. 15 Morcove!', SamHcl was a man well strick'^n in years, and he hud many brave ciipLains under him ; even Strieker, and Stansbury, and Winder were with him. 16 NoMV it was somewhat afier ihie mid-day when the e.itjines of dcslruciion began ilicir roaring noises : 17 And the fire and smoke were vomiied forth out of their mouiiis, so that the light of the sun wac^ hidden by the meaub of the black clouds that filled the air 18 And their rockets, and all their instruments of death,* which the sons of men have employed their understandings to invent, svere used abundantly. 19 Now the battle waxed hot, and the gallant Strieker, and his brave men. fouj^lu hard ; and it was a dreadtui fisjht, 20 Inasmuch as the slain and wounded of the king that day, were about four hundred ; and the loss of the men of Columbia was two hundied, 21 Moreover, Ross, the chief captain of the host of Britain, was amongst the slain ; a boy, who had accompanied his father to battle, hud taken dreadful aim at Ross, with his lifle, and killed him : 22 And the people of Columbia grieved only he- cause it was not Cockburn the wicked, who had fal- len ; for a man, whose name was O'Boyle, had offer- ed five huadred pieces of silver for each of his ears. '«« • Gen, SmiiA, 169 HISTORICAL 23 Neverlheless, the men of Columbia were not powerful enough to overcome the servants of the kin^ ; so they drew back into their entrenchments, and sti onj? holdb, tl.at were upon the: high places round ubout the city. 24 And Rogers, and Findley, ard Harris, and Siiles were among the captains of the strong holds; and were all faithful men. 25 But it came to pass, the next day, when the men of Ikitain saw that the men of Columbia were well prepared for battle, that they were afraid to go against the strong holds. 26 So in the nuddle of the night, which was dafk and rainy, they departed from the place, and returned to their vessels, that they might escape the evil that was preparing for them. 27 Moreover, they took the dead body of Ross, their chief captain, with them, and cast it into a ves* sel, filled with the strong waters of Jamaica ; 28 That the instrument of their wickedness might be preserved, and conveyed to the king, their mus- ter, and be buried in his own country. 29 Now it cume to pass, in the meantime, that Cochrane, and Cockbuin the wicked, the chief cap* tiiins of the mariners of the king, sailed up the river Petapsco, towards the strong hold of Fort JVMIcnry to assail it. 30 Nc \v the strong hold of M'Henry lieth about fifteen furlongs from the city , and the name of the chief captain thereof was Armistead, a man oi cou- ragv albeit, ho was sick. 31 And when the str ong vessels of the kin^ READER. 181 ibia were not 'vants of the itrencliments, t high places Harris, and strong holds j jy, when the olumbia were e afiaid to go hich Avas dafk , and returned e the evil that body of Ross, it it into a ves- naica ; kCdness might J, their mus- eantime, that the chief cap* d up the river ort JVMIcnry y lieth about J name of tl»e a man of cou- of the kin^ ilrew nigh unto the fort, thiy cast their rockets and their bomb-shells inio it plcmiruiiy and strove hard to drive the men of Colunjbia away. 32 But the g.dl mt Armibtcd let the destroying engines loose uj)0ii ihem, without mercy ; and they cast out their thunders, winged with death, among the servants of \hv. king. 33 The loud groans of their wounded flonted upon the waters, vvitii an awiui horror that sliocked the ear of huma;)itv. 34 And it was so, that when Cockburn found he couhl not prevail dgiinst the strong hold, he also departed from the river, neither came they against the place any more.* • One of the fcnllant dtfnders of Fort AI^ Henry haa celebrated thin circumaiance m deathless verse. Nii jioetry is so exqu:-iitc, and his Uesirifitions so fiQ' thciiC't that ive cannot resist the filcasurc oj' /iresenC' inif his stanzas to our readers. THE STAR-SPANGLF,D BANNER. O ! say, can you see, by the dawn's eai'ly light, What so proudly we haii'd at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight. O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming ? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our Fl>.g was still there ; O I say, does that Star-spangled Banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave? 189 HISTORICAL 55 Now when the men of Columbia heard that Ross, the chief ciptain of the kinq;, was slain, and the host of Britain was connpcllcd to flee from be- fore the ciiy, they were exceedingly rejoiced. On the shore dimly seen throuy;h the mists of the deep. Where the foe*s huught}«host in dread silence re- poses, What is ihat which the breeze, o'ei* the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses ? Now it catches the glean» of the moniinj^'s first beam, In lull j>lory reflected now shines on the stream. *Tis tf»e Siur-spanp^led banner, O! long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country, should leave us no more ! Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps* pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. O ! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand, Between their lov'd home, and the war's desolation. Blest with vict*ry and peace, may the Heaven res- cu'd land, Praise the Power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation 1 Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto — »' In God ia »ur trunt ;" And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave: READER. 18^ card that slain, i^nd fioui be- ed. ts of the ilence re- I?6 And the bt^vc defenders of Baltimore had great praise and ' onor given them tljvoughout the laT)d. 37 And the names of those who fell in the con* lest, are they not writienon the monument which the gratitude of the people of BaU'-rvore erected to the memory of its defenders ? towering [liscloses ? irst btnm, tream. layit wave the brave, swore confusion, more I footsteps' he grave, uph doth the brave. nd, esolation. iuvcn res- 5serv*d us is just, rujit /" mph shall ;he brave.; ^^. « i r -i 1 / J ■'■] r«4 ■ HISTOIUCAL isl ■' f i.hi CHAP. XLIX. biii y ■ .:.( •i'*,i'"". iO:l! •:■ f.i it '■ i>. Dcstructtou of the fniva^eer Gen. Jrmstrontf, Sani" url C. Rfid^ co/itani—Scorfiionafid Tii'rrss cafi* tnrtd — U S. fric^atc yJdams burnt — Castnie^- Fort Boycr attacked — dc/itriiciion of the Jirates at Barratnria^ by ^om. Patterson— --G en. Jackson ca/uurcs Pensacoiay and returns to JVexo-Oricant, • t ^ OW the loud and frightful noise of war sounded upon the bosom of the great deep; and the shores of Columbia knew no peace. 2 1 he dreadful clangor of arms rung upon the land, and echoed from the mountains; and the groans of sufTiM-ing victims floated in the air of heaven, 3 But the Lord favored the people of Columbia, and thoir armj.es atid their navy gained strength, and prosperity was showered upon them : the voice of war became familiar to those who were strangers to it in times pnst. 4 Now on the twenty-sixth d \y of the ninth moiub, being in the thirty and ninth year of American In- dependence, 5 It came to pass, that a certain private armed ves- sel cf the people of Columbia, called the G neral Armstrong, commanded by Samuel, whose sir-numC was held, READER. 185 trontc, Sani" Tit! rrsH cafi* — Catxine— thr Jnratea ten, Jdckson feiO'Or leant. war sounded id the shores ig upon the kI the groans heaven, of Columbia, strength, and the voice of s St rangers to ninth month, American In- ite armed ves- the G neral hose sir-nuin( and ten years ago,-' d where poison- ie evening when oi.^ vessels of Bri- 6 \\ci<\ cast her anchors in the haven of F'yal, an i8l:\U(l ill the sea, which lioth towaid.H the rising sunj jibout t^Yo tliousand miles from the land of Colum* bia ; 7 A pU\cc wlicro, two >■ there was a mityhtv earihquuk ous reptiles never dwell. 8 And it was about the d is Samuel saw a number of the tain hemming him in : so he drew nigh to the shore for safety, for the place was friendly to both powers, 9 Nevertheless, the boats from the vessels of the king wrnt against Samuel to take his vessel ; but with his weapons of war he drove them off and slew numbers of them, so that they were glaU to escape to their strong ships. 10 However, they quickly returned with a great- er number of boats, and about four hundred men ; and S imuel saw ihem, and prepared to meet them.' 1 1 The silver beams of the moon danced upon the gently rolling waves of the ocean, and th© sound of the oar again broke the sweet silence of night. 12 But, when they came nigh the vessel rf Snnmel| the men of Cohunbia poured out destruciion upon them with a plentiful hand ; 13 Inasmuch as they were again compelled to de- part to their strong v< ssels. with drc. diui loss. 14 Ht>w t> 186 HISTORICAL • 15 Now Lloyd, who commanded the Plant^gerict, was the chief captain of the king, in the place ; and Ije violated the law of nations. 1 6 So, when Samuel saw that the whole fleet of Britain were bent on destroying his vessel, in defi- ance of the plighted honor of nations, he ordered her to be sunk. ir After which he and his bruve mariners desert- ed her, and went upon the shore ; and the servuils of the king came and burnt her with fire in the neu- tral port of Fayal. 18 Nevertheless, they received the reward of their unrighteousness, for much damag« was done to their vcisels, and their slain and wounded were two bundled two Fcore and ten. 19 Of the people of Columbia two only were slain and seven maimed ! 1 20 And the valiant deeds of Samuel gained him aiiame amongst the brave men of Columbia, 21 Now, in the same month, the Scorpion and the Tigress, two fighting vessels of Toluinbia, on lake Huron, were captured by the men of Britain. 23 Likewise, about this time, there were numer- ous other evils that befel the sons of Columbia ; S3 Inasmuch as a brave captain, whose sir-name was Morris, was obliged to consume his ship with fire, lest she should full into the hands of the enemy ; and she was called tiie Adams.* 24 Now this was at a place called Castine, which tras forcibly iiccupied by the strong ships of Britain, J U, S. frigate jidamB* L'C- ''^* READER. \B7 itagenct^ ice ; and ?• fleet of , in clefi- ordcrcd •s desert- servunts the neu- eward of was done led were nly were uned him a. m and the 1, on fake ain. re numer- iibia ; sir-name ship with le enemy ; ncj which ){ Britain) and lieih to the cast, in the District of Maine : more* dver, ii became a watering place for the servants of the king. 25 But when James, the chief governor, and thq .4; great Sanhedrim, know thereof, tlfey sent word to the governor, and offervil him boldiers to drive thtm from the borders of Columbia ; ■ 26 Bui, lo i the governor, even Cale!) the Strongs refused his aid, tor he was afraid of ttic wrath of the king of Britain.* 27 (Now Caleb, in the hebrew tongue, signifieth a do^ ; but, verily, this dog was faithless) 28 Moreover, it came to pass, about the same time, that the strong hold of Fort Boyer, being at « place called Mobile-point, was attacked b/ the strong ships of Britain. ^r - 39 Now Mobile had lately been the head quar* (ers and the resting-place of the army of Jackson} the brave ; , 30 But the enemies of CoIumHa had become tu- multuous at a place called, by the Spaniards, Pen* Sacola, whither he had departed to quell them ; 31 So that the fort was defended by only aband> ful of men, commanded by th';^ gallant Lawrence. 32 And the names of the vessels of the king, that assailed the fort, were the Hermes, the Charon, and the Sophie, besides other fighting vessels ; which opened their lires upon the strong hold. 33 Nevertheless, Lawrence was not dismayed, al' • See the Utter cf Sec, Monroe, and Strong'^ ■ ,'?- - m .■^ 'ii,^ 188 HISTORICAL though Woodbine,* the white savage* camfc in his rear, with one of the destroying engines and a how. itzer, an instrument of Satan, and about two hundred "^iiaviiges. 34 So when J■;:%■>. 40 From whence thcjr sent forth ^Ije weapons of war and iho black dunt among the savag^vto destroy the people of Columbia ; and that the servants of the kinp: of Spain were afraid to prevent the wick- edness thereof ; 41 fiehold ! he, even Jackson, went out against the place with a band of five thousand fighting men, the brave sons of Tennessee and other parts of Co* lumbia. ~^ i'-- 42 And it was early in the morning of the seventh day of the eleventh month, when the host of Colum- bia appeared before the walls of Pensacola. 43 And iminediately Jickson sat the engines of destruction to work ; and tho smoke thereof obscur- ed tue weapons of war, 44 Now when the governor of the pi tce heard the noiie of the engines ot death and the clashing of arms, he was smitten with fear ; 45 Insomuch that Jackson, the chief ca|>tain, who with his army had encompassed the place, quickly compelled him lo surrender the town, and beg iop mercy ; whioi was granted unto him and his peopley even the Spaniurds. . rr. / .; 46 Now When the men of Britain saw this, they put the muicli to thr- b acl; dust in their strong hold;| and it rent tne air vviin a tremendous noise. ' 47 After which they fl<^d from the land into their strong hhips, that were in the haven of PcnsuCola. 48 And Jackson, iiaving accomplished' his pur- pose, rctui lied with his army, in triumph, to the city of \ew -Oilcans, on the second day «i \XiQ twelfth monih. ; •? 18 * t9t HISTORICAL CHAP. L. Steam*boaU'--Fulton<—~torfiedoea<--^ttemfit to blow u/i (he riantagcnet'-^kidnap fling Joshua Fenny, ^ OW, it happened that, in the land of Columbia, there arose up wise and learned men, whose cun- ning had contrived and invented many useful things. 2 Among these there appeared one whose inge- nuity was exceedingly great, inasmuch as it astonish- ed all the inhabitants of the earth : 3 Now the name of this man was Robert, sir- named Fulton ; but the cold hand of death fell upon him, ami he slept with his fatheis, on the twenty and third day of the second month of the eighteen hun<«i dred and fifteenth year of the Christian era. 4 Howev«'r, the things which he brought into pmctice in his lifetime will be recorded, and his uainf sp(;kcnof by generations yet unborn. 5 Although, like oth*rr men of genius, in these days, he was spoken of but slightly at first i tor the people said, Lo ! the man is beside himsi-lf ! ai>d they laughed at him ; nevertheless, he exceeded their ( 3C* pectations. ._., 6 For it came to pass, that (assisted by L iviii|f.* ^tOD) a mau of wealth, and a lover of arts and learn- blow ufi nny. )Iumbia, se cun- 1 things, se inge- istonish- ert, sir- ell upon nny and eti iiuii^ ;ht into and his n these tor the li'dihejr heir (X.* I ivi|ig» i learn- hi^^f^m^H^ ing) he was enabled to construct certain curious ves- sels, Citlled in the vernacular tongue, steam-boats. 7 Now these steam-boais were cunningly con- trived) and had abundance of curious workmanship therein, such as surpassed the comprehension ol' all the wise men of the east} from the beginning to this day. 8 Howbeit, they were fashioned somewhat like unto the first vessel that floated upon the waters, which was the ark of Noah| the ninth descendant from Adam ; 9 /Vnd that they might heat the water which pro- duced the steam, there was a fiery furnace placed in the midst of the vessels, and the smoke issued from the tops thereof. 10 Moreover, they had. as it were, wheels within wheels: and they moved fast upon '" f* 12 But when the scoffers, the enemies of P'ulton, and the gainsayers, saw that the boati moved plea- santly upon the river, they began to be a^humed of their own ignorance and stupidity, and were fain to get into the bouts themselves ; after which, instead of laughing, they gaped at the inventor with ^oti« ishmtnt. II^?'?* ■ IS And it came to pass, that th great Sanhedrim wore pleased with the thing, inasmuch as they di- ncted a figliting vessel of Coiuaxbia to be built afien Uiia manner. - • , . .--^ *-*,. 3' i93 HISTORICAL 1 4 So a vessel was built to carry the destroying engines, even a steam frigate, and they called the name thereof Fulton the First ; 15 And certain skilful men were appointed com- ini<^sioners to construct this new and dreadful engine • of destruction. 16 And Samuel, a philosopher, sir-named Mitchel, a citizen of New-York, was one of the commis- ' sioners; also, Rutgers, and Morris, and VVolcot, and Dearborn, were oiher commissioners ; and they all gave their services freely for the good of their cuun- ti*y Vl7 Now she was equipped with thirty of the en- ' gines of destruction ; and the weight of a ball that they vomited forth was about a thousand siiekels. . 18 And, when the movement of the frigate was fteen on the river> she was as a strong floating hj^* tery upon the waters, terrible as death. 19 Atid'the leni^th thereof was about an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : 20 Moreover, as they had no gophar-wood^ they built the vessel partly of the locust-tree, and partly of the majestic oak that fiourishes iu the extensive forests of Columbia. . > 2t But it came to pass, when the whe men and the people of Hriiaii>h«ard of this steam frigate, they were s* izsd with astonishment and fright ; inasmuch as it became a monster in their ima.ginutions. 22 And they spake concerning it, saying, Lo! the length of ihi-^ wonder of the wond, which hath been invented by those cunning Yankees, is abot*t two hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof an huu** drcd thirty and five cubits ; - . if- i .iW.»^i^-""f.E ,.'.od, they md partly exieiiMve men and ;ate, they Inasmuch IS. ing, Lo! tiich hath is aboi»t \ an huu<* <23 The number of her destroying^ engines \% very great ; and the weight of a bah wltich she voiniteth foi'ih, is abuut a thousand five hundred two score and ten shekels : 24 Moreover, said they, she is prepared to cast forth scalding water in showers iipon the servants of the king, which will deform their countenances and spoil their beauty ; '' 'J5 Likewise, they have prej^arcd her with two- edged swords, which, by means of the sieam of thft vessel, issue like li|^htning out of her sides. 26 And now, also, the cunninj:; and witchcraft of these Yankees, these sons ot liclial, these caiidren of lieeizebub. have invented another instrument of destruction) more subtle than all the rest : ' W7 Yea, these are mighty evil things, and they are c died torpedoes, which may be said to signify sleeping devils ; which come, as a thief in the night;^ to destroy the servants of the king; and were con* trived by that arch fiend, who? ^ name was Fulton. 28 Now these wonderful torpedoes were made partly of brass and partly of iron, and were cunning- ly contrived with curious works, like unto a clock ; and as it were a large ball. • x^ 29 And, after they were prepared, and a great quantity of the black dust put therein, they were let down into the water, nigh unto the strong shipS} with intent to destroy thenfi ; ■ * '^i$f^.: SO And it was so, that when they struck against the ^ottom of the ship, the black dust in the torpedo would catch fire, an I buist forth witn tremendous roar, casting the vessel out of the waters and hur%.t- ihg her in twain. -{■•>'• 194 HISTORICAL tK N I 3 1 Now these torpedoes were brouj^hl into prac- tice duriiij^ the war, aUhough the war ceased before they did that destruciien to the enemies of Colum- bia, for which they were intended. 32 However, a certain nr>an of courage and enter- prize, whose name was Mix, prepared one of th« torpedoes, and put it into the waters of the deep, at c< pl^ce called Lyn-Huv( n Bay, at ihe mouth of the great bay of Chesajieake. ni^h unto the town of Norfolk, in the stale of Virginia; 33 Ami it niovcd towards a strong ship of Britaiih called the Plantagenet, after one of the former prlncee of England ; but an accident happened a little be- fore it reached the vessel, and it burst asunder in the Vaters with a tremendous noise ; - 34 And spouted the water up into the air, as doth the mighty whals, and the sound thereof wat, as it were, the voice of thunder ; ' > 35 And the servants of the king weM Mghtened horribly by the means thereof; after which they trembled at the name torpedo I— *and were oUiged to ^uard their vessels in the night) Mid put a double ;Watch upon them ; 36 Moreover, they condemned this mode of vrar« fare, saying a Verily, this is a foul fashion of fight- ing ; inasmuch as by your canning ye Yankees take the advantage of us; and the thing is new unto us. S7 But they had wiliuHy forgotten, that in the life time of Fulton, they had ofiPered him forty thouiaud pieces cf gold, if he would bring these tor^rloes i^to practice in their omfq coutury, that they mif ht iWi .1;. )j,'|r "HEADER. 195 I prlc- beford )olum- enter- of the J deep, outh of ke town Bntaiih princes tile be- >r in th« at doth it, as it ghtened cb they (ligedto double of war- &f fight- ees take unto us. the life houtaa^d )r|ii^oes y m%hi use thenn up^amst the Gauls,* with whom they vraiTcd coiuinually for more than twenty years : llowbeit they proved faithless to Fultunj and so he din ii not for them. 38 Moreover, it came to pass, that a certain man, % pilot, even J )sl,ua, sir-named Penny, became a vic- tim of their spite, because he aitempted to go against them with the torpedoes to drive them out of the waters of Columbia. 39 Now Joshua lived at a place called Eant Hampton, being at the cast end of Long Inland, neai* Gardner's Island, opposite New London. 40 And the men of Brilain came to his house in the iiight, and stole him away, even out of liis bed, and carried him on board a vessel of the king, called the Uamiiies, from whence he was conveyed to Hal- ifax in the province of Nova Scotia. 4' Now while Joshua remained in the dungeons of the king he was treaied with the inhospitality of barbarians , moreover, they strove to lead him as- tray : but he proved faithful to his God and to his country j for he had known the wickedness of Bri- tain in times past.f 42 However, they kept him in bondage many nionths, after which they suffered him to go to his own country. • 7'hT8 was about the lime of the Boulognt fiotilU, t Jotihua J^cnny had brerit /irevioua to the nvar% imfiresncd in the Uriti^h §trvice^ and kcjii in it a nunt? hr q/' years. •.f- i9«- HISTORICAL 41 For the chief j^ovcrnor of the land of Coluui^ Via. and the Great Skinhcdriru, in their wisdom, had ordered two of the servants of the \C\nf^ to be taken and held as hostages for his safe return ; aiKl, hut for this thing, they would have hang.d him, orcti sra a man hangtth a dojj. '«. ' r " READER. om, had je laken ■ » aiKl, but orcfi as .: ^^ .. -;W CHAP. LI. ;,.r ■ '. ■ 197 <*j Jjfairs in and about JVew-York, thejirat commercial city in America — working on the fortijicaflona qf Brooklyn and Hae*'iem'—cafiture of the Britiifi tender Eaglcy by the Yankee smacks ■Q^Vt. , - > :* Now, as good sometimes cometh out of ctU, t« the people of New-York, n great city, which lieth at the mouth of the river Hudson, nigh the sea coast} and containeth more than an hundred thousand s>ouls« 2 When they beheld the wickedness that wai committed by the servants of the king, to the south and round about, began to bestir themselves, and prepare for the dangers with which ihey were likely to be encompassed : V^-rV 3 So it came to pass, that the husbandmen from the surrounding country gathered together, and pitched their tents hard by the city. 4 And the number that came to the defence of the place was about thirty thousand valiant men ; more- over there were about five thousand husbandmen from the state of New- Jersey,* '^ ' •: ^ :' i% ^'^:. • The exertions of Daniel D Tom/ikin^ govern* or of the state of A", York, at thia timef will long be remembered by the lieople. if^. 19 .v%. 198 HISTORICAL M 5 Now the men were called Jersey Blues, and they were encamped partly at Paulus Hook, and "partly at a place called the Narrows, which lieth to the south of the city about un hundred furlongs, where the destroying engines were placed in multi- tudes. 6 And when the term of the engagement of these men of Jersey expired, tl»ey grieved only that their lime was spent for nought ; for they were ready and well pu'epared to meet the servants of the king. •i 7 Nevertheless, it was so that the freemen wlio came to the defence of the city, built strong holds and forts, and raised up fortiiicatiuna in abundance* inasmuch as the whole place was as it were one camp. ; 8 Moreover, on the tenth day of the eighth month, in the eighteen hundred and tourtcenth year, the in- habitants asst^mbled together in the midst of the city, even in a place called the Park, where the Federal llull, a superb edifice, rears its majestic front; with- in tiie walfb of which the wise men, the expounders of the law, preside, and deliberate for the benefit of the people 9 Now it was about the twelfth hour of the day when the people began to gather themselves toge- ther ; and, from the porch of tlie hall, the aged VVil- Jet* with the siar-sp ngkd banner of Columbia waving over his silvery head, addressed the sur» roii!)dii.g muiiitmle. 10 And tiie people shouted with a loud voice, for the words of his ni(»u;ti were pjeasant to the sons of Liberty, and were in this wi^e ; ; Col. IViliely of Mw'York, 11 brou: my s ti-y, a not h of the dom. 12 thcms 15 . people 14 > entren( 15 A build tl nii uts ; liiither, licights HuerJci 16 T went oi ''ind tin fence o| Slate. t ir Al over \U and on 18 M son, to\| * C07A ^f fie ci\ t The READER. 1 9.9 11 Lo ! three score and fourteen years have biouj^ht with them their bodily infirmiiics ; but M'ere my strengtli as unimpaired as my love for my coun- try, and that soul which still animates me, ye would not have found me in tiic rostrum, but in the midst of the battle, fighting against the enemies of free- dom. 12 Thus did he encourage the people to prepare themselves for the i)roteciion of the city. 15 And certain wist; men were ap^-ointed by the people to h.liig these things into operation.* 14 So the people began to fortify ihemselves and entrench the high places round about the city. 15 And when they went out in its defence, to build their strong holds and to raise up their batile- nii nts ; lo ! ihe steam-boats of Fulton conveyed them ihiiher, about a thousand at a time, even towai ds the licights of Brooklyn in the east, and tl.e heights of Haerlcm in tne north. 16 The young and the old, the rich and the poor, went out together ; and took with them their bread and their wine ; and cast up the earth for the de- fence of the place, freely, and without cost to the state. t 17 And when they went into the boats to cross over the river, there was loud shouting in the boats ftiul on the shore. 18 iMoreover, as they passed along upthe Hud- son, towards the heights of Haerlem, the fair daugh- * Committee of safety, composed of the Jldermen ^f he citijy and iheir assistants; t The services rendered on this occasion by that rntiectuhle class of citizens ^ rut, Firemus of A^EfT" loni:, ivcre particularly consjiicuous. 7' ' ::>, SOO HISTORICAL ters of Columbia, with hearts glowing with patriot- hm, waved their lily hands in token of applause. 19 Likewise, bands of men came from the neigh- l^ourhood round about ; even from Newark, and Patterson, and Paulus Hook, which lie in the state •f New- Jersey, * 20 They had also captains appointed over their fcands ; and Abraham and David were two among the captains.* 21 Now Abraham, with his band, came a great way, even from the town of Patterson, where the wonderful waterfalls pour headlong over the rocky mountains, reflecting in the sun a thousand brilliant rainbows. 2S Thus for an hundred days did the people of New-York prepare themselves for danger, and cast up entrenchments for many furlongs round about the city i so that the people of Britain were afraid to go against it.f • Major Godwin and Major Hunt% t So great was the enthusiasin of the fieofile in con- tHbuting their fiersonal services to the erection of for- tifications on the heights of Hacrltm and Brooklyn^ that scarcely could an individual be found in the fW' pulous city of JSTew-Yorky from hoary age to tender youths cafiable of using a mattock or a sfiade^ who did not volunteer his services in this work of /latriotism. JEven the Ladies were coiisfncuous in aiding and cheering the labours of their Fathers^ their UusbandS) their Brothers^ and their ' nildren. jlmongst others, the numerous societies of Freemasons joined in a body, and hf'aded by their Grand- Mast er^* who was also Mayor of the tvy^firocecdcd to Brooklyn, and aasist- cd very s/iiritedly iti its defence. On this occddicn » De Witt Clinton. . ■ . .. ' READER. 301 alriGt- se. ^i ueigh- j and Q state r their among a great ere the 3 rocky jriliiant eople of and cast 30UI the lid to go in con' n of for- Brooklyn,, n the po- tender ivho did triotisrn. ding and FusbandS) st others, n a body} was it I so nd assist' 23 Nevertheless the strong ships of war of Bri--' tain moved upon the waters of the oqean around the place in numbers, but they were afraid to approach the city ; for when they came nigh, the men of Co- lumbia let the destroying engines loose upon them, even those that vomited forth whizzing balls, like shooting stars, red from the fiery furnace. ; ii 24 Notwithstanduig, the haughty captains of the ships of Britain would send in their boats to rob the an elderly gentleman, one of the order ^ ivho had two sons (//.'*• oniy children) in the service of hi a country^ one of thrm hrcfhly distinguished during the war for his wounds and his bravery^ sung the following start' zas^ in his own character o/* Mason and Father^ whilst the Lodges were at refreshment:^ „,,i ■.-■*'■.• Hail, Children of light ! whom the Charities send Where the bloodhounds of Britain are shortly ex- pected ; Who,your country , your wives and firesides to defend, On the summit of Brooklyn have ramparts erected : Finn iiod true to the trade, .« y , * Continue your aid, Till the top-stona with shouting triumphant is laid: The free and accepted will never despair, Led on by their worthy Grand Master and" M-^yor.^ II. V For me, whose dismissal must shortly arrive, ' To Heav'n I prefer this my fervent petition : ,ft " Mav I never America's freedom survive, "Norbeh klherdisgrac*d byasiianiefulsubmission: " And, though righteously steel'd, . * *' If It last v/ie ?rtM«^ yic'UI, ** May my sons do their duty, and die in the field:" But the free and accepted will never despair. L«d on by Uieir worthv Grand Master and Mayor^" ' 19* ;: l•.■^'-^ ;f),X^- ■Vy •■if-. i 203 HISTORICAL market-men and the fishermen : howbeit, thejr were sometimes entrapped. 25 For it came to pass, upon a certain day, that the Poictiers, a mighty ship of the king, lying at a place called Sandy-Hook, sent out one of her ten- ders, even the Eagle, in search of this kind of plun- der: 26 Whereupon, a fishing boat of Columbia, called the Yankee, under the direction of a chief captain called Lewis,* prepared herself with a number of men to entrap the Eagle. 37 So they took a fatted calf, a bleating Iamb, and a noisy goose, and placed them upon the deck of the boat ; and when the servants of the king came nigh the Yankee, thinking they were about to be treated handsomely with the good things of the land of Columbia* their hearts were rejoiced ; 38 And they commanded the vessel called the Yan- kee to follow after them, towards the ship of the king, their master ; but at this moment the men of Colum- bia arose up from their hiding-places in the hold of the boat* and shot into the vessel of Britain. 29 At the sound of which they were so astonish- ed, that they forgot to put the match to the black dust of the huge howitzer, a desructive engine made of brass, which they had prepared to destroy the men of Columbia. 30 So they were confused, and surrendered the £agle up to the Yankee. .^ . .\ • Commodore Letvisy commander of the Jio iila in the harbor of Keiv-York — '^ailhg-maitar i^ercivoiy gallantly conducted, this €xfn,dttion> 4i vere that ; at a ten- plun- lalled iptain )er of lb, and eck of r canie L to be lie land HEADER. 31 And as they came up to the city, before the Battery, which is a beautiful place to the south there- of, the thousands who were assembled there, to cele- brate the Columbian Jubilee, • rent the air with loud shouts of joy, whilst the roaring engines echo- ed to the skies. 32 Thus was the lamb preserved, and the proud and cunning men of Britain outwitted with a fatted calf and a Yankee goose. • American Indeiieiidence. le Yan- le king, Colum- hold of y ,:" stonish- Ack dust made of he men ered the to tila in «■..:.- \^ '20i HISTORICAL :■■ •^?«?' CHAP. LH. Jiffaira on th(T ocean — firivatecr PrtJicc of Kcufcha- tcl — Marquis of Tweedale d<'featccl in Ufijicr Ca7i' add — cafHiirc of the President— -/osa of the Syl/ih -—ca/Uure of the Cyune and the Levant by the Con- dtituiion — ca/iture of (he St, Lawrence — cafiture of the Fcngiun by the Hornetf^ajitain Biddle, oTHX there was no peace, and the evils of war continued on the face of the deep, and the waters thereof were encrimsoned with the blood of man. 2 And it came lo pass, on the eleventh day of the tenth month, in the eighteen hundred and fourteenth year, that there was a sore battle fought between five barges from the Endymion, a strong ship of the kins^, and a privateer, called the Piince of Neufcha- tel commanded by the valiant Ordonneaux, a man ofGiul. 3 Moreover, the number of the men of Britain were threefold greater than the people of Columbia ; and the fight happened near onto a pL'ce called Nan- tucket, ill the cast, journeying towards Boston. 4 Now they sat tbeir etigines to work with dreadful violence ; but in about the third part of an hour {he barges of the king's ship w^re overcome; and more than three score and ten men of iiritain -V ts**^- '^ -*■■'«*■;« ■•'^v. READER. 205 ■Srere slain and maimed : the loss in the privateer was six slain, and about a score wounded. 5 Now this battle happened in the same month in which more than a thousaiid men of the warriors of Britain, commanded by the Marquis of Tweedale, were defculcd af^ lilack Creek, in Upper Canada, and driven to their sfmn* holds by the men of Co- lumbia, under the gallant Bis^el.* 6 Ten days afier which tlie steam frigate, Fulton the First, was launched lorth into the waters at New- York. 7 And it came to pass, on the fifteenth day of the first month of the next year, that one of the tall ships of Columbia fell into the hands of the servants of the king ; 8 And she was called the President, after the tide of the chief magistrate of the land of Columbia ; moreover, she was commanded by the gallant Deca- tur, 9 Who, but an for accident that bcfel his ship the day beforCjt whilst he was moving out of the harbor of New-York, would have outsailed the fleet of Bri- tain, and escaped, as did the brave and persevering Hull, of the Constitution, in the fiifciycar of the * Gen. Bissel. t She was injured by grounding •ff the Hook. '' X Commodore Hul^ in this affair, gained much aji- fiiause, for his manoeuvres in escaping from the Bri- tish fleet. '*■ J 06 HISTORICAL 10 Ncvertliclcss it was so, that Decatur was, as it wcic, surrounded by the ships of the kinj^, even five of them ; so one of the vessels, called the En- dymion, fell upon him, and Decatur fought hard Rgainst her, and would have taken her ; 11 I ut the rest of t!^c stron.uf ships came down npon him, and opened iluir thunderintj en<.',inc8, and compelled him to surrender his ship to the fleet of Britain. 12 However, it was a bloody fight; and there fell of tb« men of Cc^lnmbia that d;ty twenty and four tluit were slain nutrit^ht, and about two score and ten Avtrc m;lu well, and gained f»;rcat prai-se ; and the loss of ti>c king was about three hundrc '. 14 Now the capture of the ;un-!)oats of the Uni- ted States upon these waters tncourar^ed the ser- vants of the king, so ihcy bcgai to land ihtir mighty army upon the shores of Coiunibia in great multi- tudes from their boats : 15 And they pitched their tents, and cast up for- tifications, and prepared to assaii the strong hold of Jackson* the chief captain. 16 And, that the host of Diitain might be discom- fited at the onset, Jackson went out with his army againsi them ; but the men of war jf ihe king were twofold greater than the men of Co nubia, so Jack- son was unable to drive them away. 17 However, he fought bravely ag.iinst them, and slew numbers of them ; albeit, the sL in and mainied of Columbia were about two hundred ; so Jackson drew back to his entrenchments} anu strengthened himself there. * Lakes Borgne and Po?ichar train. 212 HISTORICAL 18 Now this happened on the twenty and third day of the twelfth month, in the eighteen hundred and fourteenth year, 19 And it came to pass, on the twenty-seventh day of the same month, that a fighting vessel of the United States, called the Caroline, commanded by Daniel, was set fire to, and blown up, by the heated balls of the king's fiery furnace. 20 On the next day, the whole host of Britain gathered themselves together, and with their might went against the strong hold of Jackson. 21 But Jackson let the destroying engines loose "Upon the servants of Britain; and compelled them to return to their encampments with great loss, even an hundred and two score. /■ 22 Nevertheless, on the first day of the first month* ©f the eighteen hundred and fifteenth year, the men of war of Britain came again, and strove to dislodge the army of Jackson ; but again they were deceiv- ed, and lost about an hundred men. 23 At this tinje there arrived to the aid of Jack- son about two tl^ousand five hundred valiant men, from the back' woods of Keniucky. 24 Disappointed in their expectations, and falsing in their attempts to discomfit the army of Columbia, the cf-ptains and the host of Britain arrayed them- selves in their might, to go against the hold of Jack- son with th. ir whole force. 25 And the morning of the eighth day of the month was piiched upon, by the men of Britain, for conquering the host of Columbia, and settling them- selves in the land of liberty. 26 So they prepared themselves with their fas- READER. 215 cines, and their scaling ladders, and their bombs, and their rockets, and' all the weapons of destruction that tlie ingenuity of Britain could invent. 27 After which Pakcnham, the chief captain of the host of the king, spake to the otlicers and th© men of war that were under him, saying, 28 Be ye prepared ; for, lo ! to-morrow, at the. dawrung of tlic day, our mi.^hty squadrons shall rush upon these Yankees, and destroy them. 29 Here will we establish ourselves upon the borders of Cohimbia; and ye shall be officers, tythc- men, and tax-gatherers, under the king, your mas- ter : 30 Mor-eover, a day and a night shall ye plunder and riot ; and your watch-word shall be, BEAUiy AND J30UTY ! 2o * 214, HISTORICAL CHAP. LIV. Grand Battle of A'av-Orlean.^. Now Pakenham, the chief captain of the host of Britain, made an end of addressing the officers and the soldiers of the king : 2 And it canie to pass, in the one thousand eight hundred and fifteenth year of ihe Christian era, in the first month of the year, and on the eighth day of the month, 3 Being on the Sabbath day, (which, as it is writ- ten in the scriptures, Thou shalt hemembkr and KEEP HOLY,) 4 That the mighty army of the king, which had moved out of the strong ships of Britain, came, in their strength, to make conquest of the territory of Columbia, which lieih to the south ; 5 Aijd to place therein a princely ruler, and all manner of officers, the servants of the king, even unto a tax-gatherer. 6 So, early in the morning, they appeared before the camp of the men of Columbia, even the strong hold which Jackson, the chief captain, had fortified, y Their polished steels, of fine workmanship, glittered in the sun, and the movement of their squadrons was as the waving of a wheat-fiield, >vhen the south wind passeth gently over it. READER. 215 S The fierceness of their coming was as the com- ing of a thousand untamed lions, which move ma- jestically over the sandy deserts of Arabia. 9 And the army rested upon the plains of Mac Prardies, nigh unto the cypress swump, being dis- tant from the ciiy ahout forty and ei^hl furlongs. 10 Ai d it was aboni ilie rising of the sun, when the battenng-rams of the king began to utter their noises ; and tlie sound thereof was terrible as the roarhig of lions, or the voice of many thunders. 1 1 Moreover, they cast forth bombs, ai.d Con- greve rockets, weapons of destruction, which were not known m the days of Jehoshaphat. 12 Nevertheless, the soul of Jackson failed him not, neither was he dismayed, for he was t ntreiichcd round about ; and when he raised his hand, be held every man*s heart therein. 13 And Jackson spake, and sai5 unto his captains of fifties, and his captains of hundreds. Fear not ; ■we defend our lives and our lioerty, and in that thing the Lord will not forsake us : 14 Therefore, let every man be upon his watch ; and let the destroying engines now utter forth their thunders in abundance : 15 And ye cunning back-woodsmen, who have known only to hunt the squirrel, the wolf, and the deer, now pour forth your strength upon the mighty lion, that we may not be overcome 16 And as the black dust cast upon a burning coal instantly niounteth into a fl ime, so was the spirit of the husbandmen of the liuck-woods of Columbia. 17 Now the brave men from Tennessee anfl Ken- lucky set their shininjj; rifles to work, and the de^ f" 216 HISTORICAL stroying engfinesbepjan to vomit their thunders upon the servants of the kinj?. 18 Twice did the host of Pritain,in solid columns, come against the entrenchments of Jackson, and twice he drove them back. 19 Moreover, Daniel the brave, who had raised up defences opOn the banks of the river, likewise let his engines loose upon them, and shot into the camp of the king. 20 And the men of Britain strove to scale the ramparts, and get into the strong hold of Jackson ; but the husbandmen drove them back with great slaughter. 2 1 The fire and the smoke, and the deafning noise that sbuuded along the battlements, were tre- naendous for more than the space of two hours, when the dreadful roarings ceased, for the warriors of the king fled in confusion. ; 22 Hut wJien the sdlpi.ureous vapors arose, be- hold the bttttle-ground was covered wilh ihe slain and wounded oflicers and soldiers of the king of Great liriiain ! 23 Humanity shuddered at the awful scene, whilst the green ficlils blushed. 24 Seven hundred of the servants of the king were sUin ; and their whole loss that day was two thousand six hundred valiant men, who had fought under Wellington, the champion of England. 25 And Fakenham, the chief captain of the host of liriiain. the brother-in-law of Wellington, was amongst the slain ; and they served his ^ody as they hud served the body of Koss, their chief captain at READER. 2ir x s upon ilumns, n, and raised ,vise let e camp :ale the ickson ; ,h great leafning ere tve- hours, varriors ose, be- le sluiii king of w hilst le king was two i i'ougUt [I. the host on, was as they ptain at Ir.c BiUiuiorc deniohstraiion, preserving it, in like maimer with the strong Vaters ol Janiait,u. 26 Moreover, one ot their chief captains, whose sifname was Gibbs, \Tas also slain, and Keanc was sorely wounded ; so tUat the charge of the host of Britain that remained IVom the shm^hier, t^Hl to a certain man whose name was Lambert 27 The loss of the army of Jaci.son was only se- ven slain and seven maimed, a circumstance unpar- alleled in the annals of history: hpwbcit, thcrt were about two score stain and wounded upon the other aide of the river. 28 Now the whole loss of the king's army, from the time they came against the country of Lou- isiana until their departure, was about five tnousund. 29 After this they were cUscouruged, for there was but a faint hope left for them ; so they departed, and went into the strong ships of the king, with their chief captain in hi^li sfiirits 30 It i« written in ihe book of Solomon, that a fool laugheth at his own folly : now the men of Bri- tain were not inclined to laugh, for they were sorely grieved ; and, but for the fear of the laughter of others, would h ve wept outright. 3 1 And Jjickson, the chief captain of the host of Columbia, guve great praise to the gallant Coffee and Carrol, and Daniel, whose sirname was Patter- eon, and all the valiant men who iought on that glo- rious day. 32 Moreover, Jackson was honored with great honor by the people throughout the land of olum- biaj even the great Sanhedrim were pkased with him, and exalted his name. '^ < 218 HISTORICAL 38 And the inhabiu»nts of New-Orleans were greatly rejoiced, and carried iiim tliroiigh the streets of the city above the rest ; and tlie virgins of Co- lumbia strewed his path with roses : 34 For, lo ! he had defended them from the vio- lence of savages, who came in search of beautij-and booty / 3j And when the wounded of the host of Britain •were brouc;ht into the city, ihe fair daughters of Co- lumbia took their fine linen and bound up the wounds of the poor fainting officers and soldiers of the king, and sat bread and wine before them, to cheer iheii' drooping spirits. / 36 Now again were the servants of the king dis- appointed ; for, as they were sent upon an evil, as well as a foolish errand, they expected not mercy ; 37 And when they saw the goodness that was showered upon them, they said. Surely ye are an- gels sent down from heaven to heal the wounds in- jBicled by the folly of nations ! • 38 And should we again be led on to battle against your country, with propositions to violate your hap- piness, our swords, as by magic, shall be stayed, and 4rop harmless at the feet of virtue and BinAUTif i READKR. were recta Co- i vio' iriiaiii t Co- punds thcii' ir; clis- vil, as nercy : \X. Avaa are an- ids in- against ur h ap- ed, and 4 / >t-<^ CHAP. LV. Peace, ^ 0\V after the fleet of Britain had departed from New-Orleans in dismay, they committed many other depredations of a petty nature. ■ ^ 2 In the mean time, Cockburn, the wicked, was busily employed in what his heart delighted ; inas- much as he carried the men of IJritain against the borders of South Carolina and Georgia, and contia- ued his system of robbery, 3 And here, with the strong ships of Britain, he captured a town called St. Marys, in the state of Georgia; and, among other evils, he stole away the sable sons of Ethiopia, 4 And conveyed them to the island of Bermuda, of which the king had made him chief governor, and sold them, after promisip.g them liberty and free- dom. 5 However, it came to pass about this time, that the news of peace being made between the nations aruived in the land of Columbia : 6 For it had happened that the grea Sanhedrim, in their wisdom, hud sent out Henry, su'uamed Clay, end Rubsell, two wise men, called, in the vernacular tongue, commissioners, to join themselves with '^ '/. / C\ 20 iriSTORTCAL Ikynrd and ndlatin, who were sent before them, ti> try and make p'-acc : 7 I'or the voice of the people of Columbi:\ had ^pokir. peace from the biMciiiuine!; ; they wished war mit^ht cea? READER. ay be eel in- oihcr emon* umbia anded, )e. of the Liblican itimate ALGERINE WAR. American .^(juadron sails from A'ew-York— -arrives ia the Afrdiferranean, and ca/icures the jUiftrint vesnets — treaty of fieace with tlie Dey — affairs at Tunis and 7'ri/ioli — Decatur's return to jlmerica. people X rava- se their rmless, ; sound* lumina-t aver the oiri the lowered tield the t ^ OW it came to pass, that while the war raged between the people of Columbia and the kingdom of Great tirituin, other evils rose up in the east. 3 For the people who inhabited the coast of Bar^ bary, even the Algerines, committed great depre- dations upon the commerce of Columbia; ,,' , i,r 3 Inasmuch as they captured tlieir merchant ves« scls, and held the men of Columbia who wrought therein in cruel bondage. r^iv' ^ •„ - .-* 4 Now these Algerines, who were barbarians, dwelt upon the borders of the great sea called the r^Icditerranean, in the" way journeying towards the Garxlefi of Edeuy the cradle of the world ; even Par- adise, where stood the tree of good and evil, and where the great river Euphrates emptieth its waters into the Gulph of Persia, which lieth about six thou- sand six hundred and sixty-six miles to the eust of Washington, the chief city of the land of Columbia. o Moreover, the waters of this great sea washed the shores of ancient Palestine, the holy land, the ■V..' •..« ■ ••^-, 2U HISTORICAL place of our forefathers, and the country of Eirypt, •where the children of Uracl were held in buiid.igc forty years. . ' 6 Nevertheless, the manifold evils which these barbarians committed, by the instigation of Satan "ivithin them, or by bcin^j led astray by the enen/ns of Columbiy, raised the voice of the great Sanhe- drim against them. 7 For they had violated tlie treaty which the peo- ple of Columbia had made with them in youd fuiih, and set it at nought. 8 Now it had curiously happened, that throvigh fear or folly all the nations of the earth had alwuys accustomed themselves to pay tribute to these bar- barians ; . ■ . • . . 9 But the people of Columbia were the fir^t to break the charm, with their brave captains and their destroying engines, many years ago.* 10 Ilowbeit, they were now again compelled to go against them, and strive to bring them to a sense of justice, if not by pcrsuaiion, by communications from the mouths of their destroying engines. 1 1 So it came to pass, on the third day of the third month, in the one thousand eight hundred and fif- teenth veur of the Christian era, 12 That the great Siinhedrim of the people sent forth a decree, making war upon the people of Al- giers, who were ruled by a man whom they called ihe Dey, .... • AUudini* to the ivcir aijcJnst the Barbary fionu' ers, about 1804. READER. fifiS 1 il'cse SiUan ntfw'i. 8 Sanhc- ic pco. (1 iuiih) hroMg'h always jse bur- first to ul their elled to a sense ications lie third aiul tit- )le sent ; of Al- y called 13 After which, the fleet of Columbia* which had been increased by the folly of Brituiii, was prepared to go atjainst them ; and the gallant Decatur was made chief captian thereof. 14 The number of the strong vessels was about half a score, and the names of the mightiest amongst them were called the Guerriere, the Macedoniani and the Constellation. ^ 15 Now the name of the first of these tall ships was after a strong ship of the king of Britaini which was taken by the brave Hull, and burnt upon the Waters and the Macedonian was also taken from Britain by Stephen, sirnamed Decatur : 16 And whtn they came into the waters of Eu- rope, the men of Britain* gnashed their teeth witli V' xation, neither would they behold them, but ihey turned their backs, for iheir pride was wounded, whilst the surroundintj nations bciicid the fleet with astonishment. 17 ^^3vv it was on the eighteenth day of the fifth month, in the same year, iu the after part of the day, that the fli;ct of Coknnbia spread their wings to the western breeze, and sailed from the haven of New- York ; 18 \nd, with Decatur, the chief captairv, in th© Guerriere, they bade farewell to the land of Colum- bia ; and the shouts of the people made the welkia rinu;, and iheir blessings followed after them. 19 And it came to Dass, when Dtcitur, wi *'i e to pass, when Dec itur, with the fleet of C( lumbicu arrived in the waters of the Me- "T/ fiOltf' * .^t Gibraltar, iS'c, 21 ^ 226 HISTORICAL diterranean sea, being only thirty days after he left the land of Columbia, 20 That he fell in with one of the strongest fight- ing ships of these barbarians, called the Misodu, and he followed after ber, and in less than the space of half an hour after letting his destroying engines loose upon her, he took her captive, with five hundred men that were in her, 21 And thirty of the barbarians were slain, among "whom was their chief captain, whom they called Rais Hammida ; besides many were wounded, and about four hundred prisoners were taken; but Decatur had not a man killed. 22 Moreover, on the second day afterwards, the fleet of Columbia captured another fighting vessel of the Algerines : 23 And the slain that were found on board being numbered, were twenty and three, and the prisoners were four score : howbiit, there were none of ihe people of Columbia even maimed. Thus was the navy of Columbia triumphant in the east, as it had been in the west. 24 Now these things happened nigh unto a place called Carthagena, on the borders of Spain ; and when the Spaniards beheld the skill and prowess of the people ol Columbia, they were amazed. 25 Immediately after this, Decatur departed, and went with his fleet to the port of Algiers, the chief city of the barbarians, lying on the borders of Af- rica. 26 But when their rulfM' beheld the star-spangled banners of Columbia, he trembled at the aspcn-leiif ; for he had heard that his strong vessels were taken th ai d^ a READER. Sir e left fight- Li, and ace of s loose inched among^ d Rais \ about )ecatur ils, the vessel d being isontTs of ihe ivas the s it had a place in ; and )\vess of :ed, and le chief i of Af- pan^led cn-lci.f; e taken by the ships ol" Columbia, and his admiral slain, and he was ready to how down. 27 And Decatur demanded the men of Columbia, without ransom, who were held in bondage; and ten thousand pieces of silver, for the evils they had committed against the people of Columbia : and the Dey had three hours to answer him yea, or nay. 28 However, he quickly agreed to the propositions of Decatur ; and he paid the money, and sign'^d the treaty which Decatur had prepared for him, and de- livered up all the men of Columbia whom he held as slavvs. 29 And the treaty was confirmed at Washington, the chief city, and signed by James, the chief go- vernor, on the twtnty and sixlli day of the twelfth month, in the same year : and Decatur generously made a pre sent of the ship Misoda to the Dty. 30 Now it catne to pass, after Decatur had set- tled the peace with the Dey of /Mj^ierA. according to his wishes, that he sailed against another town of the barbarians, called Tunis. 31 For the governor of this place, who is called the Bey, had permitted great evils to b<(:,comm.ittcd against the people of Columbia, by the ships of Bri- tain, during the late war ; inasmuch as they let them come into their waters, and take away the vessels of Columbia that were prizes. 52 So. for these depredations, the gallant Decatur demamled forty thtmsand pieces of silver, which, after a short deliberation, the Bey was fain to grant, lest, peradventure, his city might, from the force of the destroying engines, begin to tumble about his r ears. -ji ' '.i'.- "^i-.:i! 2UB HISTORICAL m From the port of Tunis, Decatur departed and went to a place called Tripoli, which liclh lo the south thereof, where the bnive Eaton* fought^ and erected the banners of Columbia upon the walls of Derne. 34 Now the chief governor of the Tripolitans, whom they called the BaHhuw, had sufl'end like evils to be done by the British in his dominions which had been permitted by the Bey of Tunis. 33 So likewise, for these evils Decatur dcmatulcd thirty thousand pieces of silver, but at first the Ba- shaw refused to p;vy it. 36 However, when he saw the strong ships of Co- lumbia were about to destroy the town, lie paid the money, save a little, which he was unable to get, and for wliich Decatur compelled him to release ten cap- tives of other nations, whom he held in bondajjc. 37 Thus did Decatur, and his brave men in the same year, compel tht- powers of Barbury to respect the banners of Columbia. 38 Now, having accomplished the object of his expedition, he returned, encircled with glory, to the land of Columbia : 39 And all the people were rejoiced with great joy, and they made feasts for him, and extolled his name.' 40 Moreover, ilie great Sanhedrim of tbe people honoret. him for his gallant exphnts, and gave unto him and his br-'vc r fiiccrs and mariners, an hundred thousand pieces of silver. * Gt n. Faton^ a hero of the *4merica7i %var wilT*- Tri/iolij some years ago. parted [cth 10 [oughts walls i ofCo- )uid the ?et, and en cap- n in the respect :t of his 1^) to the h great >llc(t his people ive unto umdrcd ar Willi- ULIADKH. 2J'.» CONCLUSION. Commodore Jiaifh'tridgc^—Lord Eamowh^t lU/wtU' lion ai^uiiiHt yl!if\crs. IN" the mean lime, It hud come to ])ass, tliat j'jst Ui« fleet" of Oecalur lihould not be sulKciun, the }!jfcMt Sanhedrim seiit out after hiin auoiher strong fleet, cojnmanded by the valiant Hiiubridi^c. 2 But, lo ! when his fleet arrived tiiere, tiu' peace had been made, and an end put to the war by the fleet of Decatur : so, alter sailinij loimd about the coast, B airbridge reluiMied l;omc ui^ain with the fleet of Colwmbia. 3 Now it came to pnsa, after Decatur had return* cd in iriuinp!^ to the land of Colund)i;i^ that the lords and the counsellors of Britain became jialou» of the fame ol Columbia, which she had [Gained in the east, in releasing- her people from slavery, as well as those of other tiations. 4 Moreover, the !>:ubarians committed dcprcda- ti(jns against the people of Britain, neither did ihcy regard their royal cross, as ihcy did t!ic stars ot Co. lumbia 5* So the king fitted out a mi!j;!uy fleet lo go against ihem ; and the name of the chi^f captain ihuruof ■«'.; -r^j :.M J.J 230 HISTORICAL was Pellew, to w!iom ilie kin|]f of Biitaiii had given a new namc'dnd culkd him lord Exmouth. 6 Accordin}.5!y. us their moveniunts were j-low, in the fourth monih of the one thousand ciijhi hundred aiicj sixteenth year of the Christian era, the mighty fliict of Britain weigihcd anchor, and shortly arrived before the city of Algiers, as the flvjtt of Columbia had done many monilis before them. 7 And it was so, that the chit f c.iptain of Britain, in the name of the ki«g his master, demanded of the Dey, the men of Britain, whom he htlU us slaves, and also those of other nations- - 8 Hut the Dey refused, saying, Yc shall pay unto me five hundred pieces of silser fur every slavey then will I release them, ana they siiall be free. 9 And Exmouth, the lord of Britain, yielded (o the propositions of the barbarians, and accordingly gave unto them the money, even more than twenty horses could draw ; 10 For the number of Christain slaves which Ex- mouth bought of the barbarians, was about five hun- dred. . . ' 1 1 Therefore, the fleet of Britain succeeded not? as did the fleet of Decatur.* Sif^-- • Lord Exmoui/i has since, in a second exfieditiou^ succeeded in rclcusing all < hristian cafitivcs conjined in ^ilg-icrs, avd in obtaining' the ransom money (to a very considerable a?nouniJ ivhich ihc Dey had fire- vioushj received from England and Aa/ilcs* f-*- P"^ ^sk-i!c'X: READER. 2sr given 12 Thus, in this thing, did the lords oF Brituin strive to snatch the laurel from the brow of Column biu ; 13 But her valiant sons had entwined the wreath ,of glory ; and the scribes of this day shall record itj In ever-living characters, on the pyramid of fame. FINIS. ^: '4 ■' t I SAMUEI. A. rUHTUS, J]00K<5FLLKR 8^ StATIONF.R, No. 19 l*eck i>iip, Corner ot \V L.tcr street, Nkw-yoiu:, lias con-lantly FO!t salii. 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