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Love Thrives in War A Romance of the Frontier in l8l2 By Mary Catherine Crowley Author of •' A Uaughter of New France - and 'The Heroine of the Strait" Illustrated by Clyde O. Ue Land Toronto George N. Morang & Company, Limited 1903 Copyright, rgoj. By LiTTtE, Brown, and Comfany. ^11 right, rturvtj Publiihed May, 1903 UNIVMIITV MiM . JOHN WIllON ANU (ON • CAMMIDGI, U. |. A. ^wn,i •"•• >c -,vi. .*^^* i»f TO ALL GALLANT .OVER, WHO HAVk CON, TO WAR FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND A,.L ..OVAL SWEETHEART, W„o. WITH A, TRUE A COURAOE. HAVE BUCKLED ON THE SWORD, OF SOLDIER HEROES WiTH A FERVID OR UNSPOKEN "GOD SAVE THE BRAVE" ^\'1 \ il I. IaL-' !t.lii I.WS! iKr*i;?-.^^:^iVl^i;^IL Prefa ce 'TMIE historical personages more or less famous X who are portrayed in this romance are limned from old portraits and the descriptions of their con- temporaries. The hero and heroine are composite sketches and represent distinguishing traits of promi- nent families of the Canada frontier at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The young Scotch High- lander is not to be confounded with another Captain Muir. named among General Proctor's subalterns. If the incidents of Indian adventure recorded in these pages seem wild or improbable to the reader whose environment is remote from such scenes, they were only too real on the shores of the Detroit River and in the Maumce Valley, less than a hundred years ago. The instances of feminine courage are drawn from the experience of one heroic woman. The author has been brought into close touch with the customs and local characters of the time, and sym- pathy with its spirit through the free access she has had to the manuscript letters, diaries, public and genealogical documents in the rare and extensive library of Mr. Clarence M. Burton: also, through viii PREFACE rcicrcncc to many memoirs, the army and naval re- ports, and standard biographies that relate to the War of 1 812. to Farmer's History. Ross and Catlin's " Landmarks." and Mrs. Hamlin's •• Legends of Detroit." "TMI SrAKROWs PiacH undbr tiir Favm,» April the Mcund, nintttcn hundred and thrM. m^w i r '^""i Contents Cmaptm Fibit. The Baer'i Pipe CMAfTrii SicoND. A B«l P«r< CMAfTM Thi«d. The Arm of Tecumwh Chapti. Fou.tm. No Uvc without a Rival Cmaptm FirrH. The Reveille • • • • CHAfTM Sixth. One Uve drivei out Another Cmaptir Sevinth. Jamci Blue Jacket Chamm Eighth. A Bride and a Bomb . Chapt« Ninth. The Fort of the Strait CHAFTm Tenth. The Coming of the Redcoats Chaptbr Eleventh. The Fortunes of War . Chapter Twelfth. A Lover's Message . Chaptw Thirteenth. Squaw and White Woman Chapter Fourteenth. By the River of the Vineyards Chapter Fifteenth. The Great Shawanoe . Chapter Sixteenth. With Tippecanoe at Fort Meig, Chapter Seventeenth. War's Red Touchstone Chapter Eighteenth. Souls made of Fire . Chapter Nineteenth. The Band played ..Yankee Doodle" Chapter Twentieth. Love and Glory Chapter Twentv-First. The Passing of the Shawanoe Psg, I ao 41 60 76 89 106 "3 «4' 160 »79 198 *'4 2a8 246 26s *77 288 304 318 333 ^ - ^ • ft ix:".^.?. :-^cfore «unri,e. Laurent* put oH in a c«..oe " « ,3, " Ala*, thia was not i'ierre ' " " ao4 " ' t>og J get up,- commanded the Shawanoe - . . . .. ^,, "Hi. arm «tole around her. and he Inrnt hi. head, awaiting her answer " " jaj :^fr' V mwmm m Love Thrives in War CHAPTER FIRST THE BAKER'S PIPE ON the eleventh of June, 1805. the morning sun, the fabled Red Swan of the Ottawas, having preened his gleaming pinions behind the white mists of the Lake of Ste. Claire, soared above them and, on wings of gold, began his course through the cloudless skies that looked down upon the waters of the Strait and on the bark-roofed town of Detroit, already more than a century old. A long ray of light fell across one of the houses of the narrow street along the bluff, and a sturdy urchin at play on the gallery, feigning to catch up the sunbeam, called into the hearth-room at the left of the doorway, — " Look, mother ! Look, Laurente ! The Red Swan has left a feather for us ! " He was an engaging little lad, who had seen the ice break up in the river and the prairie grow green fc ir times since his baby gaze first beheld Nature in her loveliness. LOVE I'HRIVES IN WAR ^t ■ A handsome young woman who moved about in the room paid no heed to his gleeful shout, but above the green barrier of the half-door, as in the frame of a picture, appeared a piquant face partly shaded by a mass of light-brown curls, and a pair of pleasant gray eyes glanced out at the boy. " Yes, my merry ' bon ami,' " cried the gay voice of the girl, who was perhaps seven years his senior; '* and the Red Swan's feather means good luck for your mother's holiday." " Lau rente, Laurentc, give me a kiss," begged the youthful lover, making a dash toward the door. Before he reached it, however, the smiling, dimpled face vanished, and a mocking laugh, musical as the rippling stream of the Savoyard, greeted his discomfiture. In the interior of the house all was commotion. A Pani slave, Ursule, bustled to and from the outer kitchen, busied in packing into two saddle-bags pro- visions for a day's journey, together with such deli- cacies as a pair of plump, dressed pullets, a great block of maple sugar, a loaf of fresh-baked wheaten bread wrapped in fine napcry, — tokens of neighborly remembrance to be offered to the hostess who would make the traveller welcome at Frenchtown before the sun sank to the west. *' All is now prepared, madam," announced Ursule. "Oh, wait — wait a moment," pleaded Laurente, as she ran through the kitchen and out into the garden beyond. Returning presently with a branch of fragrant cherry blossoms, she laid it on top of the goodly store. f THE BAKER'S PIPE r " ^^' A ! , ^^'' ''"" ""^^^ ^ ^°"q"et for you. Cousm Adela.dc, when you set out your solitary dinner upon some tree-stump in the woods,' she declared. •• It is meant, I think, that we should have not only da.ly bread but something pretty as well upon which the eyes may feast •• Th"?"\'^"M; ^^^^ ^''''' ^'^^ b^f^^ -ith trash? The bough will wither long before I halt to dine " rephed Dame Adelaide Brush, as she slipped ov^r vtist ^ "'"^'"^ "^''' '""^ ^"'^"""^ ^' ^' th<^ The girl's smile faded, and with a scarcely audible chtdistgir ^^^ '-''' ' '-' '^ ^-^'^ '-' ^er " Let the branch stay," she protested with a sudden change of mood. "You are a good little friend Lauren e; and, wilted though the blooms may be they will remind me of your kind helpfulness. My bonnet, child; now my cloak." Laurente brought both, and stood by admirin<.ly be' t the ' f "^^' '^^ headgear'and mantle before the round mirror that ornamented the wall- parlor. ''''" '^' '"'"^°''' °^ '^' seldom-used "Now I believe I am ready and have forgotten nothing," said Madam Brush, stepping out on the gallery. "Oh, yes, the baby!" But Ursule had been mindful of this imoortanf h^rrurTed b"r'"^ ^" ''- ^-^^^^^ ^^'-^ had turned back into the house, whence she now 4 LOVE THRIVES IN WAR came forth carrylnfj a blinking infant, capped and swathed, and marvellously good-natured over having been taken up unceremoniously from the birch-bark cradle. At the same moment, Wealthy, a grizzled negro, led two horses around from the yard. *' Mornin*. missus; de sun do shine like as if de Lord was fillin' de earth full up with jewels, dis day," he said, as he doffed his widc-brimmcd straw hat and gave a twitch to the bridle of La Folic, the sorrel mare. " We had ought to make good speed on de road." "Yes, Wealthy, if all goes well, we shall reach Colonel Navarre's farm before dark," assented the mistress ; " but make haste, it is time we were off." The old man bestirred himself, and swung the saddle-bags into place. Madam Brush, bending down, kissed her little son, who stood wonderingly by. " Are you going to be away a great while, mother," he queried, surprised at this rare demonstration. " No, no, I shall be back to-morrow," she an- swered, half ashamed of a display of affection unusual at the period. " Laurente, are you sure you are not afraid to stay with Ursule and the boy? I would not go at all if you were not here ; and yet, faithful as the Pani is, I am laying upon you almost too great a charge for a girl still far from her teens. " " Do not worry. Cousin Adelaide, I will play the sportive little mother to Edmond, and you will be home again so soon," laughed Laurente, tossing back her curls. THK HAKER'S IMPE 5 Wealthy held the stirrup for his mistress and. hav- ing assisted her to mount La Folie, comfortably dis- posed the baby before her in a basket attached to the pommel of the saddle. This being done, he Hung himself upon the white plough-horse, Pale-face glanced once more at the brace of pistols in the' holster, and patted his squirrel-skin bullet-pourh Then Dame Adelaide, wife of Elijah lirush. Esquire waving a hand to the group on the gallery, rode down the street, followed by her attendant. When she had gone some rods, however, she looked back. Laurente and the little lad still watched her- the house, strongly built of hewn logs, clapboarded on the n(. .h. and with a steep sloping roof, presented a scene ol rude comfort with the sunlight streaming in at the open door. A scene that would remain for- ever impressed upon the memory of this pioneer woman who now turned from it to pursue her way How little did Madam Brush think she would never see this comfortable home again ! The journey she had undertaken was one of duty as well as of pleasure. Her cousin. John Askin, who had married Monique, the daughter of Francois Navarre was rejoicing in the advent of a son and heir The projected visit of congratulation had been given up when, a week since. Elijah Brush departed upon a sur- veying expedition into the wilderness. Then helpful young Laurente Macintosh came from over the river to spend the day. and volunteered to remain with Ursule during the absence of her hostess, who in- tended to be away but one night. And the neighbors on either side, were only a stone's throw distant LOVE THRIVES IN WAR Life here on the river bank had been strenuous but safe for several years. Surrounded by a stout palisade, the settlement was considered secure against attack cither from the Indians or the ICnglish ; and, with savages and redcoats, the inhabitants were now at peace. What could happen within the next twenty- four hours, other than the usual round of dull mo- notony? True, the arrival of the governor appointed for the newly formed territory of Michigan was daily expected. But, were his ship near, would it not be already reported from Lake Erie by Indian runners or coureurs-de-bois? Madam Brush had no premonition of all that was to transpire within a short interval, as the sorrel mare ambled on through the town. Now the traveller passed the former headquarters of the British com- mandant, called the King's Palace, noticeable as being the only two-story house in the province ; now, the mansion of Joseph Campeau, the richest man of the place; now the church of Stc. Anne with its two towers, each surmounted by a gilded cross which glittered in the sunshine. Anon, she came to the officers' quarters, the hos- pital and guardhouse, the citadel of Fort Lernoult, built by the British during the Revolution, on the site of old Fort Pontchartrain. Upon yonder flag- staff the Stars and Stripes had first been raised in the Northwest. There to-day the glorious banner floated grandly in the soft summer breeze, but the eyes of Madam Brush kindled with no enthusiasm as she beheld it. Instead, she averted her glance, and sighed as she THE BAKER'S PIPE 7 gazed across to the green banks beyond the river, where white manors and farmhouses stoijd out against a background of woods, and blooming orchards, and tilled fields. A mile above, on that beautiful Cana- dian shore, lay Strebane, the home of her girlhood, the home she had 1< ft, to marry, in defiance o." the will of her father, Elijah Inrush, the young American who had won her heart. The lands on the northern boundary of the Strait now belonged to the United States, and the new nation and Great Hritain were on terms of friendship. Hut old John Askin and his son- in-law were ever at variance, and in the heart of Adelaide waged a war between family traditions and love of kindred, and loyalty to the husband of her choice. Some such reflections distracted the mind of the proud matron as she rode on into the shadow of the blockhous" above the entrance to the town. *' Tenez ! Halt I " cried a rasping voice. Coming to herself with a start, she involuntarily drew rein, to find a soldier in buckskins with musket levelled to obstruct her progress. "Jean Cccirc, what is the meaning of this?" haughtily demanded Madam Brush. " It mean I am ' Ic garde ici,' and no one goes out, — no, not even a stray poulet, or a pecg, wizout my pairmis ion," rejoined Jean, pointing his weapon ominously at La Folic. By this, the white plough-horse had galloped up, bringing Wealthy to the assistance of the lady. •' For de Lord, may do Red Dwarf take you, Jean Cecire," he called angrily; "you ain't got no manner LOVK THRIVKS IN WAR o* right to procrastinate 'qucstrians from goin' in and out dcsc times." " Tonncrrc ! Silence, you coquin ncgrc ! " com- manded Cccirc, shifting the gun to cover the ser- vant. "Zc garde have one right to demand where zc dame faire voyage, and why?" The black concluded there was but ot>e answer to this imperative inquiry, reinforced as it was by the shining gun-barrel. He leaned forward, and the next moment revealed one of the big pistols firmly grasped in his right hand. Madam Hrush screamed. " Tut up your weapon, Wealthy," she ordered, and then, turning to the sentry, continued in a conciliatory tone. " Monsieur C«;cire, although the chief authority of the town may be vested in the commandant at the fort until the arrival of the new governor, I take it you exceed your instructions by delaying me. Neve»- theless, any one may know the object of my journey. I am going down to Frcnchtown to visit the family of Colonel Navarre." Satisfied with his show of importance, and vain- glorious as a fighting cock, yet uneasily conscious that he had blundered, Jean strutted to the side of the road, shouldered his musket, and with a gesture of command, shouted, — " Avance done, avancc ! " La Folie needed no second bidding. At a woru from her rider, she sprang through the gateway r.nd kept a good pace across the garrison fields, while Pale-face willingly followed close behind. THE HAKKRS PIPE :; I Crossing the willow and sycamore bordered stream of the Savoyard, formerly known as the Ri^^olct des Hurons, the road, fairly good at this season, con- tinued on by the margin of the Strait, past the old scigneurial manor of the Chevalier dc Cadillac where now lived young Lewis Cass and his bride ; the Spring Wells ; the relics of the Pottawottomie vil- lage ; the Godefroy and Labadic farms with their Normandy pear-trees and fields of sprouting grain ; the house of Debendon the Indian agent. There- after, leading through the ford of a broad creek, keeping the bright flood of river and lake ever in view, it skirted the edge of the forest of birch, and pine, and maple for thirty miles. It was a joy to be abroad on this fair June day. The leafy arches of the great trees, the breeze from the water, tempered the heat of the sun ; the woods were fragrant with the breath of wild-flowers, and the way was bordered with a tangle of vines. The baby, from his point of vantage in the basket, cooed in friendly fashion at the nodding foliage, and, now and again, cried out with delight at a bird as it sang liltingly from a twig, or a squirrel that crossed their path. But the motl cr would only rest during the time of the mid-day v oal. Accordingly, it still lacked two hours of twilight when the party entered the lovely valley of the River Raisin, in the hea! t of which lay the hospitable Navarre homestead. Vvith the visit of Madam Brush, agreeable as it was, this narrative has nothing to do, nor yet with the details of the journey homeward on the following day. There was again the ride over the Indian trail. 10 LOVE THRIVES IN WAR now varied, it is true, by a meeting with a band of red men; but they were friendly, and passed with nods of greeting. Not until the traveller reached the point on the river road opposite to the Huron Mission did she begin to experience a vague sense of some unusual happening. "Wealthy," she asked as she drew in La Folic sharply, and awaited the coming up of the old re- tainer, " is it not strange that all the houses down here at the Spring Wells are deserted?" The negro took od' his great hat and scratched his gray poll. The action seemed to stimulate his wits, for presently, putting on his headgear once more, he said with a wide grin, — " 'Spects I knows what it is, missus, — 'spects de new governor am come, sure 'nough, an' all creation am gone up to call on him. 'Spects, missus, we 's missed de grand doin's." His mistress urged h-^r horse to greater speed. Perhaps her husband, getting word of the governor's expected arrival, had returned from the northern woods. He would not be uneasy at her absence, yet she would fain be at home. Within half an hour the riders reached the point whence could be obtained the first view of the block- house above the town gate. But " Wealthy, w/tere is the blockhouse ? " cried Dame Adelaide. Cantering up, Wealthy rubbed his eyes, dumb- founded. " 'Clare to goodness, missus ! Am dis ole nigger sleepin', or am de fort clean gone?" he ex- claimed at last. THE BAKER'S PIPE ,| Of the palisade, the barracks, the storchounei, the priion, not a vcntiuc wa^ stanilinR. hut the air wai heavy with smoke and the odor of charred timber. "A woful fire it must have been." ejaculated the lady. Now La Fohe was fairly running alcnj: the cinder- buried road, and the baby be^'an to shriek. The mother bent to quiet him. and then once more looked up. " My God. my God ! " she faltered with a despair- ing sob. Almost simultaneously the voice of the slave rose in a sorrowing wail, — "In de desolation ob abomination dc Lord hab visited His people! " Before them lay indeed an awful spectacle of dev- astation. Where was now the strong little town of Detroit from which they had ridden out but yester- day morning? Its quaint dwellings, built of squared logs ; its long roofs, pierced by dormer windows and crossed with ladders for use in case of emergency; its narrow streets sixteen feet wide; its Norman and Indian relics; the old furniture, valuable only for as- sociation with the past ; decrees, deeds, letters, and documents. — all had been swept out of existence by a great conflagration. Only one blackened house re- mained. But where were the people? Had they too perished? " My child ! Laurente ! " cried Madam Brush in an agony of suspense. Beside herself with anxiety, she sprang from her horse, snatched the baby from its basket-ncst, and la I.OVK TMRIVKS IN WAR hastened on afoot. Kvcry lamlmark w»% gone, even the solitary house being changed beyond recognition. Her home had been at the eastern end of the village, on the plot next to the " chcmin dc rondc." Hul what i^ this approaching through the smoke, a spectre risen from the cemetery to stalk among the ruins of the church where prayer will never more be said for the repose of the faithful departed? The terror of Madam Brush was augmented by no such dread. She knew the tall sepulchral figure to be Lc r^rc Gabriel Richard, the priest of Stc. Anne's, " Monsieur Richard," she called, pressing forward and almost sinking at his feet. He stretched forth a hand to save her from falling, and peered into her face, for his eyes were so in- flamed by smoke that he could scarce sec. •• Monsieur Richard, —what of my boy ? " " Ah, It is Dame Adelaide. Take courage, daughter, no lives are lost, thank God. Your child is safe and unharmed." " Where is he? " she strove to frame the question, but the words refused to come. Father Gabriel understood, however. " A few of the townspeople have gathered on the Kmg's Domain, and arc already building rude cabins there," he said. •• Vou will find the boy among them, together with Ursulc and the little Macintosh girl. The greater number of the inhabitants sought refuge cither with their friends on the cAtc du nord-cst or across the river." Dame Adelaide did not wait to hear more, but I. . i. T <" W I ^ ^,.„_fci' ISi.iH iT "■' A'" 'TT' THE BAKKRS PIPK •3 ipcil on, while Wealthy came after, IratJiriK the honc^. For he had aUo iliHmountciI. *inrc it became not a slave Xa ride when hin mistress walked. Arrived at the common, which had been jii«t out- *i«lc of the eastern palisa«lc, a curious scene met the eyes of thr returned traveller. Men who had owned the belt residences in the t.)wn were busicti in erect- ing arbor-like lodges, usin^ the boughs of forest trees, after the manner of their Indian nci^'hbors of the wilds. Women, never seen abroad save in well- ordered attire, ran hither and thither, dishevelled of appearance, cndeavorinK to cook a meal for their families amid the ashes of their homes, or strivinjj to