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Les diagrammes suivants iilustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 B A R B A R I T I E S OP THS ,;'5is;. % ^m E NE MY, EXPOSED IN A REPORT ^f the CommiUe« of the House of Re^resentativies of the Ucited StatS. appointed to enquire into the spirit and manAer in which the Ifar has been waged by the eamji AN0 THE DOCUMENTS, **ii ACCOMPANTlNa SAID REFOBf; . ' _ TROY, PRINTED BT FRANCIS ADANC01TRT> CONOrlRESS STREET, DIRECTLY NORTH OP T|lf P4JIK:. •«••••«•••••• 1813. :# 'W *^, ' <. f-- W 7> i''*' •I.''-' •N.S- *^:'. !•» .ik i'^. •"-■.«,• ^di ,^^s 1 "-■•> '■A*S>^) i-#;-r?'^v ■%r ^;,' >' ' *-^..- V^IT'* "tri-*'' ;^- f.--_, ;■>«/>:> ri- )^ .(• Si .V 'i '-, ^-' v4;' / ;v. .i. v- il^ ^^li.J'^. ■r 'M- ^1 izv ,^.-4'.:':,-%., f>- ■■^-' ^^:- ■'t Kl-"-' .'» ■U--4i-'!«,c- f^'^;:-' m ?■«!.. ,^ :-''.l;: :'l •4V:- ■ ■!,■ r*. ■> '■(■■ Barbarities of the Enemy! } ; A cdmmlttee having beea raised on tliis BubjecC in the vA* House of Representatives of the United States early ii» >^<.; the session of May, 1813, Mr. Macon, the chairman, at ' ' the close of the session made tlie following Report : ^ The comniittee, to whom was referred that pari , ^ the PresidenVs Message " which relates to the spirit and manner in which the war has been washed by the enemy,** ^ ^ REPORT : ■ . ...■ -r-v,, ,:,A:^.-.v-' - ■ :'-''^- ■: >^^ Thut they have cottected and arranged all * J the testimony on this subject* which could at ^ this time be procured. This testimony is •^/^; submitted to the consideration of the House, -^'^ arrano^d under th^fbllowing heads : £ ^ First. Bad treatment of American pri»- r- ,,^ oners : ■ ■ ;;•?*=;;; Second. Detention of American prison- " ers as British subjects, on the plea of nativity! ,^' in the dominions of Britain, or of naturaliz-^ * taion : ; 5 f Third. Detention of mariners as prison-, .■ ers of war, who were in jEngland when the ! war was declared : Fourth. Compulsory service of impressed American seamen on board British ships of ■< war : 'i-'"^;^-^^^ v-^- :■'■•. ■ Fifth. Violation of flags of truce : ^^ Sixth. Ransom of American prisoners from Indians iu tlie British service : v f * ^V ■'■f. REPORT. Seventh^ Pillage and destruction of pri-^ vate property on the Chesapeake bay, and in the neighboring country : y j /? ^f* Eighth. Massacre and burning of Ameri- can prisoners surrendered to officers of Great Britain, by Indians in the British service. Abandonment of the remains of Americans killed in battle or murdered after the surren- der to the British. The pillage and shooting of American citizens, and the burning of theii* houses after surrender to the British undqr the guarantee of protection : i-? Punth. Outrages at Hampton, in Vii> ginia. 'i'^^'t:^- :.:^,:^A, The evidence under the first bead demoiv strates that the Briti ih government hasadoptr cd a rigor of reguls^tion unfriendly to tne comfort and apparently unnecessary to th^ safe-keeping of American*prisoners gencS-al^ ly. It shews also instances of a departui^ from the customary rules of war by the s©^ lection and confinement in close prisons of particular persons, and the transportation of them for undefined causes from the port« of the British colonies to the island of Great Britain. The evidence under the second head estab- lishes the fact, that however the practice of detaining American citizein^ as British sub- jects may be regarded as to the principle it involves, that such detentions continue to oo- «ur, through the agency of the naval and ©ther commanders of that government. It proves, too, tiiat however unwilling to allow ^'J REPORT. 5 f prin , and meri- Great rvice. •icans irren- ngof tneii' undqr emoiv adoptr to the to th^ arture he s^ ions of ion of iTi& of Great :.;« other nations to naturalize her subjects, Great Britain is disposed to enforce the obligation entered into by their citizens when naturaliz- ed under her own laws. This practice, even supposing the release of every person thus detained, obviously subjects our captured citizens, upon mere suspicion, ta hardships and perils from which they ought to be ex- empt according to the established rules in relation to prisoners of war. The evidence under the third head shews, that while all other American citizens were permitted to depart within a reasonable time after the declaration of war, all mariners who were in the dominions of Great Britain, whether they resorted to her ports in time of peace for lawful purposes^ or were forced in- to them under pretence of illegal coriimerce, are considered prisoners of war. The injus- tice of this exception is not more apparent than the jealousy it discloses towards that useful class of our fellow citizens. But the committee cannot but remark, that if the practice of hiring American seamen to navir gate Britisli vessels is generally adopted and authorised, and that it is suffered appears from the advertisement of George Maude, the British agent at Port Royal, which is to be found with the testimony collected under the first head, tliat the naval strength of that em- pire will be increased in proportion to the number of our seamen in bondage. The present war having changed the relation of the two countries, the pretended right of impress- '?£-■.»« a REPORT. ment can no longer be exercia^, but the same end may be accoinplished by the substitution of this mode. Every seaman thus em- ployed (the terms of whose engagement havQ not been ascertained) increases the navat atrenffth of the enemv, not only by depriving the Urated States of his active services, but by enabling Great firitaia to carry on and even extend her commerce without diminish- ing the number of sailors employed in her ressek of war. The testimony collected under the fourth head proves, that it is the ordinary practice of the oincers of British armed vessels to force impressed Americans to serve against their country by threats, by corporal punishment, and'^even by tl^ ftar of inmiediaie execution r^^n instructing comnlentary upon the pro- hfemjo^ of the government, of its readinessi to release impressed American seamen found on board siiips of war. On the evidence collected under tne fifth liead, ills only necessary to observe, that in l^ne ease, the case of Br. M'Keehan, the en- ormity is inoneased by the circumstance of the flag being^^ivested of every tiling of a hostile c^iarafSjer, having solely for its object the relief of the wounoed and suffering pris- oners who were taken at the River Raisin on the 22d of January, 1813. The treatoient of Jh, M'Keehan, i^ot by the allks of Brit- ain, but by the officers of her army, can only be rationally accounted for by the supposir t^n, thai it wtts considered good poltby to REPORT. 1 deter American surgeons from going to tbe relief of their countrymen, as the Indian suf geons had a more ^edy and effectual mode of relieving their suffeiings. The evidence respecting the ransom of A- merican prisoners from Indians, collected un- der the sixth head deserves attention, {»incip«l- ly fi om the policy it indicates, and it is con- nected with Indian cruelties. Considering the savages as an auxiliary military force in the pay of Great Britain, the amount of ransom may be regarded as part of their st^idated compensation for military services ; and as ransoms would be increased and their value enhanced by the terror inspired l^ the most shocking barbarities, it may be safely con* eluded, whatever may be the intention of the British gorernment, that the practice of redeeming captives by pecuniary means will be occasionally quickened by the butchery of our fellow citizens, and by indignities offer- ed to their remains ; as long as the Indiana are employed b^ tlie enemy. The justice of this conclusion is confirmed by the testiniony c^ those witnjesses who were retained after^ ransoming prisonens of war. i> The testimony coHected under ^4iie seventh head shews, that the property crif iinaruied citizens has been pillaged by ibe officers^Bgd crews of the British vessels of war on air coast, theh: houses burnt, and {ibices of pub- lic worship mutilated and defiled. It appears that officers, animated by the presence of ad- nodral Cockburii/ particularly distinguished 9 REPORT. themselved in these explQits. Tliis evidence proYes, that they were governed by tlie com- bined motives of avarice and revenge ; not satisfied with bearing off, for their own con«^ Tenience,tbe valuable articles found, tlie oth-« ers which furnished no allurements to thekr cupidity, were wantonly defaced and destroy- ed. It has been ailedged, in palliation of these acts of wanton cruelty, that a flag Bent on shore by the admiral was fired upon by the American militia,-:-The eTidence proves this not to have been the fact, — ^This pretence has been resorted to only to excuse conduct which no circumstance can justify. The committee forbear to make any ob- servations upon the testimony collected under the eighth head from a perfect convic-* tion that no person of this or any other nation can read the simple narrative of the different witnesiiies of the grossest violation of honor, justice and iiumanity> without the strongest emotions of indignation and horror. That^ these outrides were perpetrated by Indians, is neither psdfiiation nor excuse. Every civiliz- ed nation is answerable for the conduct of tlie allies under their command, and whDe they partake of the advantages of their success, thev are equaUv partakers oi the odium of then: criitles. — ^The British forces concerned in the affair of the 22dr at the River Raisin, are more deeply implicated in th^ infamy of these transactions than by this mode of i^a* soiling, iowever correct. The massacre ©f the 23d January, after the capitulation, wm ^ REPORT. 9 peqpetmted without any exertton on their part to preiFent it ; indeed, it is apparent, froni all the curcttmstances, that if uie Brit- ish ofBcers did not connire at their destruc* tion, they were criminally iild^erent about the fate of tlte wounded prisonerB. But what marks niore stron^y tlie degradation of the British soldiers, is the refusal of ibe last ofli« ces of humanity to the bodies of the dead. The {)odie8 of our countrymen ware exposed to every indignity and became food Ibr orutet in the sitfht of men who afiect a sacred re'*- gard to uie dictates of honor and religion^ Low indeed is tiie chariMJler of thi^ aonj which is reduced to the oonfessioii, that theur savage aux^ries will not pemut them to perform the rites c^ sepulture to ^e dain« llie coimmttee have not been able to discor*^ er eyen the expressiou of thai detestation which such conduct must inspire from the military or civil authority on the Caaadiai^ frontier, unl^s such detestation is to be pre* eumed from the choice of an fndiaii trophy as an ornanient for the I^egislative Hau of Upper Canada. The committee have considered it their duty to submit the evidence collected under the ninth head of the attrociiies committed at Hampton, although these enoimities hare been committed since their appointment. These barbarities may be rationally consid- ered as the consequence of the example set by the officers of the naval force (m our t^o^st, Human turpitude is always progress ^,*v 10 REPORT. sive, and soldiers ai'e prepared for the per- petration of the most dreadful crimes by the commission of minor offences with impunity^ That troops who had been instigated by the^ example of their officers, to plunder the property and bum the house of unarmed citizens, should proceed to rape and murder, need not excite surprize, however it may in- spire horror. For every detestable violation of humanity an excuse is fabricated or found. The wounded prisoners on the northern fron- tier were massacreed by the Indians ; the sick murdered and the women violated at Hampton by foreign troops in the pay of Great Britain. These pretexts, admitting them to be true, are as disgraceful as the conduct which made a resort to them neces^ sary. Honor and magnanimity not only ibr- Iwd the soldier to perpeti-ate crimes, but re- quire exertion on his part to prevent them. If, in defiance of discipline, acts of violence are committed upon ony individual entitled to protection, the exemplary punii^hment of the offender can alone vindicate the reputa-r tion of the nation by whom he is employed. Whether such exertions were ma such cases, threw his guns overboard to ease his vessel, in hopes by that means to facilitate his escape from the enemy : but this not availip», he was, as above stated, taken and carried into Plymouth, in England, where, on his arrival, he was immediately, with his first iieutetian1«. Mr. Wayne, put into Mill prison and refused his parole on the plea that he had not on board, when captured, fourteen mounted carriage guns above the calibre of four pounders. After having been thus closely confined for three or four months in a filthy jail, they were in the month of March taken out and sent on, board the prison 4Niip at Chatham, where, when I left England in April last, they still were, in a worte situation, if possible^ than in Mill prison. The allowance, sir, to American prison* ers in England, you are acquainted with ; it is, therefore, not necessary for me to mention it here. It is but jus- tice to state, that the captain of the Phcebe petitioned the transport board and ueed every exertion in his power td obtain the paroles of captain Upton and Mr. Wayne, biit all would not do; they were deaf to his petition, lost as they are to every sentiment of honor, and every principle of humanity. * B ; H m m i r'. -4 Sr .Z' 14 BARBARITIES OF Except captain Upton an.l his first lieutenwt, all the rest of his oiticers and crew were sent on board the pri- son ship on their first arrival at Flynimi(h ; amongst thetn ■was the doctor of the Hunter, Mr. Carter^ who came home in the cartel RoUdsoii Potter. What I have stated respecting the treatment of captain Upton and Mr. Wayne, I know to be facts, as I had the honor of spend- ing 24 hours in Mill prison with them, and heard those facts related by themselves. Very respectfully, »fec. ALEXANDER CO FFIN, JudFc J. Mason, Esq. Commissary General of Prisoners. Navy Yard, Charlestonm^ ^ June 3(1, 1813. SIR, I have the honor to enclose you a -deposition res- pecting inhuman treatment, Avhich Mr. Nichol?, late com- mander of the private armed ship Decatur, belonging to JS"e\vburyport, has received from Ihe British government at Barbadoes. I have been credibly informed that capt. jVichols is a veiy rerpectable and corxect man, therefore a f'lir presumption, that he has not committed himself in «uch a manner as ought to deprive him of the established rights of a prisoner of war. Any measure which the governmcut of our country may see proper to adopt in consequence of this communication, I shall readily attend to. I have the honor to be, &:c. "> Wm. BAmSRIDGEi Hon. Wm. Jones, Secretary of the * JNavy, City of Washington. ■ ''ii I, James Foot, of Newburyport, in the county of Essex* , and commonwcalih of Mai-sac husetts, mariner, testify and depose, that I was a prize-master on board the private armed brigantine Decatur, of Ne<»vburyport, in her last cruite, William Nichols commander: That on the 18th day of January, new last past, the said brigantine was captured, by his Britannic Majesty's frigate Surprise, com- manded by captain Cochran, and carried iulo Bar- THE "NEMY. 15 biidoes. Aftet our arrival at Baibadoes, captain Nichols, -with the other officers of the Decatur, were paroled. About two months aftev our arrival, his Britau- uic Majesty's frigate Vesta arrived in Barbadoes, and through the influence of the comtnaDdcj: of the Vesta, capt. Nichols, without any known or pretended cause, was arrested and held in close confinement, without liberty to speak to any of his officers or any other American. The place where captain Nichols was confined was about four feet in width and about seven feet in length, on board a prison ship, where he remained for thirty-four days, as nearly as I can recollect, and was then taken on board his Majesty's ship Tribune and carried to England. — — What the cause of the unwarrantable and unjustifiable conduct of the enemy towards capt. Nichols was^ I am unable to state : there were several reports in circulation ; on? was that he- was to be carried to England, and held a prisoner until the release of certain men in France, from whom capt Nichols recaptured his vessel, whitli had beeu taken by the Biitish before the commencement of the pre- sent war between the two countries : another report was, that he was to be held until the close of ^le war on ac- count of his having been active against the enemy since the commencement- of hostilities, and having been fortu- nate in a former cruize'. JAMES FOOT. Commonmealth (^ MassachuactiSt -> ': Essex, ss. On this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord 1813, personally appeared James Foot, the sub- scriber to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same is true. Before me JACOB GERRISH, Justice of the Peace, Extract of a letter from the Commissary General of pri- sonerSi to Alexander Stewart, Esq. United Slates* agent for prisonerx^ at Jatnaica, dated. May Ist, 1813. " I enclose you a copy of an advertisement, said to have been taken from a Jamaica newspaper, apparently put forth by the Britirh agent for prisoners, proposing to hire out American prisoners : you will enquire into this roat<^' ;. :1 'i Bl.-'C ."■i ■■ "*:'.' ■ i Xfl BARBARITIES OP ■ ■'^:,i.- i. ■ >i '! ter, and if it be, as has been staged, you will remonstraOg stropgly against such a practice and iaibrni me of the pra€^ lice aud tlie result." [Referred to in the preceding extract.] Port Royal, 2Sth November, 1813. Masters of veesfls about to proceed to England witlt convoy, are informed that they may be supplied with ft limited number of American seamen (prisoners of war) t^ assist in navigating their veas^U) on the usual terms, by applying to GEORGE MAUDE, flg-orf. Bxtreyd from a memorial addressed to the Secretary of State by James Orm, Joseph B* Cooky Thomas liufn- phries and others, masters of American vessels, who were prisoners of war in England, and returned to the United States in the cartel skip Robinson-Potter. ♦' We shall now proceed to give as correct a statement as we can of the treatment of our countrymen (prisoners of war) by the British in England. On the arrival at Plymouth of the masters, first mates, supercargoes und passengers, they are sent to Mill prison for one day and night ; they have an iron bedstead to sleep on, with a small matrass which might easily be put into a country- man's wallet»^nd a small coarse blanket. The allowance for twenty-four hours is three small salt herrings or about the same weight of salted cod fish, or half a pound of beef, one and a half pounds of black bread, a little salt, &c. The second day tiiey are parolled and sent to Ash- burton, twenty-four miles from rlj month ; they must pay their own expenses to get liiere. While they are there* (hey are allowed Is 3(1. per diem, or Qs Od. sterling per week, Beef is lOi per pound, bread in proportion, and every other necessary equally dear. 7 he mates, who have nothing but their pay to live upon, join together 8 or 1 in a mess, hire, a room and do their own cooking, washing, &c. and in this way make out to keep from starving. Masters, supercargoes and passengers general- ly have other resources, through their correspondents io England, and make out to live, by great economy, at froin 30 to 35*. sterling per week ; the second mates' 9nd oth* '■J.. '^J: m r'fs ^ THE ENEMY* 17 er officers are sent on board the diflfereat piison ships. — On boar'' some of tliem they are treated by the command- ing oflicer a£ well as the nature of the situation >vill ad- roit; oil board of some others they are very badly treat- ed. This, it will naturajly occur to you, sir, is owing to the dilTercnt commanders. Their allowance is 10 l-2lb. brown bread, 2 l-2lb. beef, 2lb. bad fish, 21b. potatoes, and 10 ounces barley per week for each man, and five ounces of salt per week for ten men. The prison ghips are kept very filthy, and the prisoners are confined bilow at four P. M. and are kept in that situation until 7 or 8 A. M. At Portsmouth particularly, they are very sickly, and we are informed die very fast, some days from 8 to 1 ; in fact, ihey are very sickly on board all of them ; several of this description came home with us in the Robirj'son-Potter cartel, and b^d, when they came on board, the appearance of having made their escape from h churchyard. It is not, perhaps, amiss that we should state what we firmly believe; that is, it is the policy of the British government to select the sickly to be first sent in cartels, and keep the hale and hardy seamen until they become sickly, thus rendering the whole of tliose gallant sous of JNTeptune who escape death, when they return to their homes, at least for some time, perfectly useless to themselves and quite so to their country, from, their debili- tated state } and, in fact, the probability is,*hat many of thf m will carry to their graves the indelible stamp upon their constitutions of the treatment which they received on board Britit^h prison ships ; for that nation seems to have lost its boasted humanity, ami if we did not find the word in their vocabulary we should suppose jj^ had never (oimA a place there. Many of the seamen, prisoners on bo Hj\l those prison-ships, are impressed Americans who have given tliemselves up, refusing to fight against their country. Four hundred on board the fleet in the Medit- erranean, a short tiine before we left England, surrender- ed themselves and were sent to Gibraltar & England ; — several of them were most severely flogged for refiising to do their duty, were put in ivons, and most of them to their immortal credit, submitted to the severest punishment in pr.efereoce to assist the enemies of ^leir country. Some m n-. ■li. ''. . . ■ r : ■ ' ■ *' V, '. M ■.'1..1 b2 ^^^: '^'::C: 4' m •:;■*■ ■ ^■stf >:^ 18 BARBxVRITIES OF 5 > «f US, whose signatures are annexed, were witoesses fbthe cruel fact. A tablet of gold is not rich enough to inscribe the names of such men upon, and when a country can boast of such seamen, she has nothing to fear from the enemy ou the ocean on an equal footing. Captain Judathan Upton, late master of the private armed brig Hunter, of Salem of 1 4 guns, because he thi ' them overboard in chase, was not allowed his parole, tut kept in close confinement for along time in Mill prii^oD, and lately has been sent on board a prison-ship at Chatham. We mention these facts in hopes that government will retaliate exactly in the same way. Capt, Samuel Turner, late master of the Purse schooner, of New- York, was taken on his passage to- France in October, 1811, prior to the war, and in re-tak- ing his vessel, the prize master, a British Midshipman, was killed ; he arrived safely in France, and on his return to America was again taken, in June, 1812, and sent to Eng-^ land, when being recognized, he was immediately arrest- ed and sent on board the Sr. Salvador, admiral Calder's flag shiii, at Plymouth, where he remained a close pri' soney until about January or February last, when he was sent on board the prison-ship at Chatham, where we fear he will remain until death relieves him : he has been veiy ill treated, niueli abused, put in irons, and afterwards threatened to^be hanged. These fa«ts, some of us who sign this, were witness to. We pray, in the name of jus- tice, tliai government will take without delay, the case of captain Turner into their serious consideration f it is a ea&e which we think demands it, and the only way to pre- vent that nation from committing further outrages so de- grading to human nature. We find in Roman histdry, that an injury or an insult oflfered to a Roman citizen by a foreign power was considered as an insult offered to the whole Komaji nation, and hope this will also be the Amer- ican creed, because we believe it will be the surest way of putting a stop to those indignities which Americans^ have so often been obliijed to suffer.. W^e are, however, no advocates for cruelty, but on the contrary, for lenity;: -yet we will still believe, that in certain cases retaliation, is not only necessary but becomes a duty (o prevent fjn:-*- ther cruelties on the part of an enemy." .",'jV(/r::i'p\:^;.,***.' 'v'ii-'-':'^.:: r, ed deponent, is a gentleman to me well known, having known him for many years ; he is the son of captain Samuel Chew, late ot the city of New-Haven, deceased, and who fell by a cannon ball on board an American vessel, during the revolutiona- ry war : that the said deponent is a man of strict integrity, and attached to the constitution and goremment of the Unit- ed States, and the most perfect confKJence is due to \n%. 6aid representations so as aforesaid sworn to. PIERPONT EDWARDS, District judge of Connecticut districtt .".^ ■».;. MILLVILLE PRISON, " . August, 30, 1812. 4::l- Sir — We, the subscribers, for ourselves and our coun-f trymen now confined as prisoners of war in Millville pris- on, Halifax, Nova-Scotia, beg leave to represent to tha American government — That most of us have for years past, made commerce our sole employment and hope, in which, for seven years or more, we have often been wantonly robbed by the English of what we had ac- quired by industry and danger, and while they stripl us of our property, they often treated us with the greatest in- dignity and even barbarity. ^ We have seen and known that they have often violated tiie sacred privilege of individual liberty aod the law of ,^ ■<'r THE EJ^EMY. td uattons ; Wc arc ron^cioua of the long forbearance of our govcrnmrnt, ami their repented culls upon tlie honor antl jiiHtice of (lie Biithh iiRtion, which, insU ad of rc- drcFs, added other injuries ; and when the hope of am- icable remuneration had failed, and for retaliation our government was forced to the last resort, an appeal to arms, we felt tlie justness of our cause and iioped for llie blessings of heaven for success. To serve our country and malce up the losses which we had sustained, we, iiii« der commifgiona from the president of the United States, . entered on board of private armed vessels, and have un* fortunately been captured by the Blntifch. We Avould state, that in many instances after we had struck our coU ours, we were fired upon by cannon and muskets, board- sides and volleys, and some of our men killed, and after our captors had come on board some of us have been struck and severely wounded with cutlasses, without the least provocation for such inhumanity. Our American protections have been forced from us and destroyed, and some native American citizens have been taken out of our privateers and put on board British ships, and there oblig- v(\ to serve. Most of us have been robbed of every thing, even of necessary clothing. When we M'ere going from the ships to prison the officers would not permit us to lake our clothing and baggage with us, but pledged them- selves that they should be sent- to prison ; but disregard- ing their honor, we have lost all. Soiye of us have been inarched thirty, and some sixty, and some one hundred and sixty miles over a miserable country, forced along be- > yond our strength, half starved and some in irons. Our allowance, each man per day, one and a half pounds of bread, half pound poor beef, well proportioned with bone, one gill of peas, one third oz. of salt. We are without wearing apparel and without money, or any means of procuring them. A cold winter in this wretched country fast approaches, and in our destitute situation we must en- dure every thing, and many of us must perish. There are now of us in prison upwards of twelve hundred. Eve- ry art has been practised by the English officers to excite disalFection in our men to the American government, and t6 iaduce them to eater iuto the English eeryiice* JS^eces- M :i1'. ■'-/ '^1 H. ii*...5- -•;■:>■ 24 BARBARI TIES Ql^ fiity may oblige some to desert us and enter into British servitude but we trust that tpeedy relief from our gov- ernment will save tiiem from that wretched alternative of perishing with want or joining our enemies. For our- selves and the rest of the prisoners, we must say, we have no fortune to devote to the service of our country, but we have hearts which yet feel warmly the general impulse, and which we pledge, if opportunity ever again presents, to devote in the ir*ercst and service of our country, We are now suflferers, but will cheerfully suffer every hard- ship of war rather than sue for dishonorable peace. We respectfully, request an exchange or some provisi- on for relief. We feel the fullest confidence in our gov- ernment, and that we need only to apprize them of our situation to infure their assistance and protection. 7 • ,..., Yours, A:c. Joseph Starr, Boston, Frederick Johnson, New-York, ?/ ' .] Robert M*Kearney, New-York^ ' r -^ , Uichard Rhea, New-Jersey, George Batterman, Boston, , ^ :. .Tohn HazeUon, Boston, William Dyer, Boston, Solomon Norton, Boston, James Ti ask, Boston, Alexander B. Latham, N. London^ Darius Denison, New- York, ' Easi wick Pray, Portsmouth, - William Temold, Portsmouth, ' „ Fobes Dala Portland, Charles Thompson, jun. N. York* lion. James Monroe, Secretary of State. AS No. II. • ■ ■•^--- DETENTION OF AMERICAN PRISONERS BRITISH SUBJECTS. Office if Commissarif General of Prisoncfs^ Washington^ June \Qy \^\2. Sir — I have th6 honor to transmit the copy of a letter T-**" ■■ THE ENEIV^. i ,, frow captain Stewart, commauding the United States na- val forces at Norfolk, dated the 20tli of May, to admiral Warren, and that of a letter from rear admiral Cockburn, ' dated 2l8t of May, in reply, relative t(y a most unjustifia- ble act dT commodore Berresford, as to part of the offi- ■ cers anocrew of the late United States brig Vixen at ihe mouth of the Delaware. Leaving the general questioo ' of the interference of commodore Beresford with tliese -prisoners of war returning on parole, and the ejtaction made by him in consequence of the irregular power thiiB. asnimed, on the ground on which captain Stewr«rt has very properly placed it, I will remark, that captain Stew art was certainly misapprehended by admiral Cockburn- in attributing to him the intention of conveying a threat, as to the finsd detention of two of the American prisoners, on the contrary, the expression used by captain Stewar; communicates in very plain terms the decision of thit government then already made ; that four of his Britaos Lie majesty's subjects should be immediately selected ancV held in durance, subject to the same treatment in all re- spects, &c/^^:;>v^^;;.^^--^;--,>T V-r •, .^^'••,Mi>' ^.v, ;. •■ And I hate now to inform yoU, sir, that in virtue of this decision, and by an order from this office, the marshal of T Massachusetts has designated and placed in close confine- ment William Kitto, carpenter, and Thomas Bcddingfielc', boatswain, of the late British packet Swallow ; and John Squirrell and Jas. Ilussell, seamen of the Dragon, 74, ' subjects of his Bnttaniiic majesty, to be held responsi- ble for the safety of J ohn Stevens, carpenter, and Thom- as King, seaman, part of the crew of the United States brig Vixen. * • I flatter myself, sir, that this subject will command your early attention, jmd that you will cause the officers and feamen cf the Vii:en to be immediately released and veturned to this country, according to their destination when t»ken from the cartel. Very respectfully, &c. " - (Signed) J.MASON. Coi. Thomas Barclay, &c. &c; . - m ■ I' . I Hi! ' I *>x>.^^^ ■ -, ■ . '' ■ N';*- *e!. > , ■■>'\ ■ ■;■ . r<.„ ,)-. ;^;».j';' .Ir y •>- ■ - H. M. S, Porctiers, May^ ^, UlSI* Sir — I fllm sony I am under the neceBsity of detainiD^ J. Stevens and T. King, late of the Vixen, in conse^ ^uence of iheir being British subjects. I atn, sir, &Ci. J. P. BERESFORD...^ f To Lieiit< Draytou^ The original is in the possession of the commissar;^ general of prisoners. ^ W. JOKES. :% Navy Department, May 17, 1813. Sir— You are hereby authorised tnd instructed to ad- dress a letter to admiral sir JohnBorlase Warren, represent* iug the following facts and determination, vi:^.— -That a part of the officers and crew of the late tJj States brig Vixen "urere returning from Jamaica on parole^ as prisoners of war, and entering the Delaware, when commodore Beres- ford caused them ii be brought on board the Poictier.s and detained until a part of the crfew of that ship, whoiri f]e demahdee in exchange, were sent down jrom Phila- delphia ; that ultimately, he detained John Stephens, car- penter, and Thomas King,seatnan,two of the aforesaid crew of the Vixen, on the plea of their being British subjects, as appears by a letter from coir.Tnodore Beresford to lieut. Drayton, late Ist of the bi g Vixen \ and that yoa are commanded explicitly to declare, that in retaliation for the violent and unji^st detention of the said John Stephens and Thomas King, the goveriment of the United States will ilnmediately cause four British subjects to be select- ed and held in duress, subject to the same treatment in all respects that the said John Stevens and Thoma3 Kingmal" receive during their detention. On the receipt of the admiral's answer, you will com- municate the same to me without dfelay. ■^^ - H am, respectfully, &C. , . .^ .,....; -v^':-""^' w. JONES. Charles Stcwarty Esq. Commanding naval cfficer, Norfolky (Va,) ■ : ; * United States^ frigate Constellation, Of Norfolk, May 20, 1 8 1 3. Sm-*ihaVe the hotjor lo represent to yolir excelleacy ..t ■■^-' * .■,. - V THE ENEMY. 27 tijiat a part of the officers and crew of the late IJnited States' prig Vb^en, returoiDg from Jamaica on parole as prisoners of war, were, on entering the Delaware, taken out of the flag of truce by commodore Beresford, com- mandii^ on that station, and detained until a part of the crew of the Poictiers, then prisoners '^.t Philadelphia, were demanded by him and sent down in exchange ; that ultif matelj he detained on board the Poictiers, John Stephens, carpenter, and Thomas King, ^araan, late of the United States' brig Vixen, on plea of their being subjects of his Britannic Majesty. This violation of the rights of prisoners on parole, is so contrary to the- usage of all civilized nations, that I trust jour excellency wUl give such instructions upon that head as will prevent a similar violation in future. I have it in command from my government to state to your excellency, that in retaliation for so violent and un- just a procedure on the part of commodore Berresford in detaining the above Mr. John Stephens and Thomas King, that four subjects of his Britannic majesty will be imme- diately. selected and held in durance, subject to the same treatment in all respects, which may be shown towards the aforesaid two persons during their detention. I liopo your exceH'ency will give this subject your earliest atten- tion and direct the release of Mr. Stephens and Thomas |Cing/ who have been so improperly detained on board the Poictiers. I have the honor to be, &c. - ' (Signed) CHARLES STEWART, Commanding officer of the United States^ naval forces at Norfolk. f;.4 ' */■ :" f To his excellency the right honorable sir John B. War-- -^ ren, admiral of the blue, and commander in chief of his Britannic majesty's naval forces on the American ■' station. His Britannic majesty's ship Marlboroughf In Lynhaven Bay, 2\st May, 1813. Sir — In the absence of Sir John B, Warren, I have t*je honor to acknowledge tUe receipt of your letter under fiate qf the 20th current, complaining of the conduct of .' n m .'1 i i ' vi .«.. ' r.*j>k4t'.¥. .1*^.,. .lf....^,* iVw.r-M»Mr.v^^'«.Kj.n3il^^ M.*>-;«tA*^I^% A^ ■• ■■ • ■ 28 '.\ 'j ■.',.' .(■■ • m,. :. Y'' '''^\: '' ■■,'■■■■ ' ' . .'■-. ■ i. ' . BARBARITIES OF commodore Beresford, towards some AmericaD prisooer^ of war returuing to Philadelphia on parole, and of hig having detained on boaxd the Poictiers Mr. John Stephens and Thomas King. Ko report of these circumstances have yet reached sir John Warren or myself from commodore Beresford, bujt I have no hesitation in assuring you, sir, tiiat every en- quiry would have been made into them, and every satis- faetion and explanation tliereon, which the case might have required, would have been offered to your government and yourself with the least possible delay, had it not been for the threat with which your representation on this sub- ject is accompanied, the tenor of which being likely to produce an entire change in the aspect of our communi- cations, and particularly in what relates to the individual^ which the fate of war has placed within the power of our respective nations; it totally precludes the possibility of my now entering further into the subject than to assure you, your letter shall be transmitted to the right honora- ble the commander in chief by the earliest opportunity, and whenever his answer arrives it shall be forwarded tQ you without delay, T : I have the honor to be, Sir, with high consideration, " #??^^i > „ . , Your most obedi«*nt humble servant, ^v '^ G. COCKBURN, Rear Adnarat Captain Stewart^ comtnanding the naval forces V of the 17. JtateSf at Norfolk. '■■- f i*.<:#is V.I . - Sharki Port Royal, (Jamaica) March 29, 1813. Smi — Captain Moubray, of his majesty's sloop Moselle^ has just sent to me the copy of a letter from you to him, and another to Mr. Cook, of his majesty's late sloop Riiodian, dated the 25th ult. respecting six men,'^ men- tioned in the margin, who were sent here from the Ba'i''- :«as, as having been taken in the American privateer Sa- rah Ann, and supposed to be subjects of his majesty ; but * Edward Dick, Thomas Rogers, Adam Taylor ^ John Gaul, Mike Pluck, Gorge G. Roberts, •■^r< f . )■/;.. - . h'-l* THE ENEMY. 29 as no proof to vhat country the}/ belong has been adVluc-' c(1, it has never been my intention to bring them to trial, and they are at present on board of the prison ships wait-* ing an exchange of prisoners. I am, sir, your most obedient bumble servant, (Signed) CHARLES STIRLING, Vice Admiral. Charles R. Simpson, Esq. ^^ vv ..^ •s-,«-r' '\^'a,'t'Wt!>>4 'jKl- } .y. Harlem, June 1, 1813. Sir -I beg leave to refer you to a commuoicatiofi which took place some time in the autdmn or winter pre- ceding, between Mr. Baker, his majesty's late agent for prisoners of war, and Mr. Monroe, secretary of state^ res< pectiog six of the crew of the late American privateer Sarah Ann, Richard Moor, master, captured by his ma- jesty's sloop Rhodian, John Geo. Ross, Esq. commander,^ whose names^ are inserted in the margin, and who it ap- > pears were sent to Jamaica,to which station the Rhodian be- tongedf on suspicion of their being subjects of his majes- ty : And I further request your attention to a letter from maj. gen. Pinckney to the secretary at war« dated head quarters, Charleston, 4th of November, 1812, from which it appears that twelve of his majesty's subjects, then pris- oners of war at Charleston, were held in prison to an- swer in their persons for the fate of the six men, of the Sa- rah Ann privateer, sent to Jamaica. I have the honor to enclose you the copy of a let- ter from vice admiral Stirling, commanding his majesty's ships of war on the Jamaica station, to Mr. Simpson, late sub-agent for prisoners of war at Charleston,: from which you will perceive, that the six men of the Sarah Ann are considered by the admiral as American prisoners gener- ally, and are now on board a prisonship, in common with other American prisoners. Having given ydu this information with respect to the six men of the Sarah Ann privateer I have to request you will take the necessary measures to have the contingent responsibility which it was thought propeAo attach to the * Edrvard Dicky Thomas Rogers, Adam Taylor . John Qaulf Mike Phick, George G. Roberts:, v . ,.,*. v c3 ■fi '%\ i w 'S J ' ;| .V ■. '^r~^'- -f^' •-^' ^.^iifr .;- (^fUe »f commissary gemrai of prisoners,- Washington, June 9, Jfil3. ' Sir?— I learn with pleasure by the letter you did me the honor to address me on the Ist inst. and the letter from admiral Stirling you have enclosed, that the six men be- longing to the American privateer Sarah Ann, detained in October last and sent to Jamaica to be tried as Britisb subjects, have been restored to the ordinary state of pris- oners of war to wait ai» exchange ^ and that there is now fio intention to bring them to trial. I very cheerfully comply with your request, sir, andi liave this day directed the marshal of South Carolina to I'estore in tike manner to the ordinary state of prisoners of war, the 12 British seamen confined under the orders of this government by him, and to inform them, that the responsibiHty attached to their persons for the safety jdC (he mfn of the Sarah Ann Jias' been taken oft, ■ '^-^ •''^'■:?^s:^ Very respectfully, &ci£^*^'c*^''-^*^'*: ^'^^ • "/ (Signed) oL Thorn ;*A,*K CoL Thomas Barclay, J. MASON, ^- 4 T V. BARBARITIES OF am personally known, and who has likewise a pretty cor« vedL knowledge of the character of doctor Scott. 4:s'^ '^JfT ^ I have the honor to be, &c. > E. BRUSH. -The Hon, James Monroe^ Esq, . si Extract of a letter from John Mitchell^ Esq. agent for «^ American prisoners of mar at Halifax^ to the Secretanf of State, dated «* May 28th, 1813. " ,.; « I ijaye j^gt been informed by the agent for prisoners, that Mr. John Light, of the Julian Smith, a privateer commanded by captain Henry Cooper, will be defined here in consequence of his having, previous to the war, taken the oath of allegiance in this province, (Nova Sco- tijpi) and commanded a vessel out of this place (Halifax) Mr. Light was lieutenant of the privateer when captured by the Nymph, the l?th May, 1813." •A .' .•'/ ' 'Aif Col. W, Sci^t to the Secretary of War, ^^ ;i^,%*vi»£ Washington, January 30, 1813w > ** SIR— I think it my duty to lay before the Depart- ment, that on the arrival at Quebec of the American pri- soners of war surrendered at Q,ueenstown, they were mus« tered and examined by British ofilcers appointed to that duty, and every native born of the> united kingdom of Oreat Britain iind Ireland, sequestered and sent on board a ship of war then in that harbor. The vessel in a few days thereafter sailed for England with those persons on board. -/Between li'teenand twenty persons were thus taken from us, principally natives of Ireland, several of whom were known by their platoon officers to be naturalized cit< izens of the United States, and others to have been . long resident within the same. One in particular^ whose name has escaped me, besides having complied witli all the con- ditions of our naturalization laws, was represented by his ofB^rs to have left a wife and five children, all of them were born within the state of New- York. «? I distinctly understood, as well from the officers who xame on board the prison ship for the above ^uf^oses m '^* THE ENEMY. aio ■■>f fVom others, T^ifh whom I remonstrated on this subject, that it was the determination of the British government, as expressed through sir OeorgQ Prevost, to punish eveiy man whom it might subject to its power, found in arms a- galnst the British king, contrary to his native allegiance., I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) W. SCOTT, Lieut, col. U. S. 2d artiUeij, , ^ Mr. BeasUy to ih^ S£cretary of State. London, March 1, 1813. Sir— ^Annexed you have a copy of a letter from Hen- ry Kelly, in behalf of himself and twenty-two persons. He states, that they are all citizens of the United States, and have wives and families there ; that they were taken last October in Upper Canada, and that they were sent to this country because they were bora within the British dominions. ^ I am, respectfully, &;c. ^ * ^: (Signed) R. O. BEASLEY. 5 uy^. ^ft--p .^:, On board H. M. skip Namur, lying at .,.-^1; the Norct February 6, 18^3. -' Sir — This is to inform you of the undernamed 23 A- merican sddiers, belonging to the 13 th, 6th and 1st regi- ments of the United States armies. We were taken on the 13th of October in Upper Canada. The reason of their sending us 23 here is, we were born in the British dominions, though^we are all citizens of the United States* and have our wives and children there. We are in a very miserable situation for clothing, having dr;uvn no winter clothes before we were taken. We thereftire hope you, will seud us some relief to shelter us froitttlie inclemency of the weather. . Sir, I remain your obedient servant, (Signed) , ,^ HENRY KELLY. ■* '?••. Sir, these are the names of my fellow FufTerers! ¥ Matthew Mooney-jf; | Patrick Karns ' t Henry Blaney George M'Cammon H'iJ Jol\pI)oltoa John Fitzgerald 'i '.'..•( m \. if }■• m \ .j'j.i i... w X , 1,. ! 4 ■^ 84 BARBARITIES OF " .^< ....".• '■ , John Wiley John Donnely ;^ John Curry Nathan Shaley £<1ward M'Oariga^ John Oinnue John Willianw George Johnson Michael Condin ^ohn Clark Peter Burr Andrew Doyl^ John M'Oowao James Qill John Fuisum Patrick M'Braharty Mr, R, Q. Becisleyt Extract of a Utter from 4dmral sir John Borlase Wavr ren to me secretary of states dated \ l^RMCDA, March 8, 1813. " I must refer you to my letter of the 30th of Septem« ber, 1812, in which I state^d tlie circumstance ' f twelve men belonging to the Guerrier«, taken out of a cartel by commodore Rodgers, and illegally detained, upon the •pretext of six others, who were supposed (q be British subjects, having been sent to the united kingdom for ex- amination; since that event, five of these people, named in the enclosed list, have been received at Halifax with orders for their discharge. I therefore request you will communfcate these particiUars to the President, in order that further directions may be given respecting the Ouer> riete^s tnen, so long confined at Boston, and to obviate the other inconveniencies which must inevitably arise froni such practices^" T%e Secretary of State to Admiral Warren, 4 , , Extract, dated, April 16, 1813. >■ " " It appears by your letter (of the 8th of March, fron^ Bermuda) thalifive only of the seamen that were taken on board the N^i^lus and sent to England, in confioementt have been returned. No account is given of the sixth. Orders have been issued for the release of ten of the twelve men, who, on a principle of retaliation, were confined by comodore Rodgers at Boston. Tou will be sensible that it will be impossible, on that principle, to discharge thi^ other two men until the sixth American seaman is return" ,ed, or such an explanation given of the cause of hisdeteo- j' lion^ as, accorc^iig to the circun^stanc^softhccase^regar^-- ■• * f ' '1 tTHE EKEMt. 'ing the conduct of the British goTernment towards Amer- ican seamen under similar circumstances, ought to be sat. iafactory." Extract of n letter from lieut. Pi H. Babbit to master commandant fVm, M. Crane of ike United States navy (late cf the Ui S. brig Nautilus,) daUd Boston, Mass. 13th Sept. 1812. Enclosed I send 70U a description of the proportion of our little crew, who have been so debased and traitorous as to enter the serVice of otir enemy. Also, a list^ of ihose gallant fellows, whose glorj it would have been to have lost their lives in the service of their cotintry, and whose misfortune it has been tp cross the Atlantic on sus- picion of tlieir being British subjects^four of them native born Americans, and two naturalized citizens^ On their parting with me, and removal from the Africa of 64 guns to the Thetis frigate (the latter with a conVby from Eng- land, then in 43, 30, 17. and 46, 30, W.) their last request and desire was, that I would particularly acquaint you Witli their situation, with their determination never to prove traitors to that country whose flag .they were proud to serve under, and whose welfare and prosperity they equal- ly hoped and anticipatied to realise. (Signed) t'.H. BABBIT. A list (f m£n said to have entered on board his B. M. frig- ate Sliahnon^ com. Broke. Their description as Jar a$ knorvn. JfeSBE Bates, seaman, about 5 feet inches high, dark hair and complexion, dark snapping eyes, has an im- pediment in his speech, and at times aifects lunacy ; has a Wife and family in Boston, Mass. , SamxjeI' La kg, marine, born in Kentucky, 5 feet 8 inches high, or thiereaboiits, and is supposed to be with . captain Hall of C* S; marines, New- York. John Toung, marine, 5 feet 5 inches high, large mouth, enlisted with taptain Hall, navy-yard. New- York ; whea addressed, or iis addressing an ofiicer, casts down his eyeft. rt ^ This list not reG«ived. if , I'll] M ■'!,"', il ^ :. ? -: "^ 1 ~ lE ' ^1 ;» BARBARITIES OF For his particular description, as well as that of John Roto^ murine, about 5 feet 8 Inches high, brown hair, fiill face, tiiick Bet,and a scowl in his countenance, refer to captain John Hall. John O'Neal, seaman, about 25 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches high,, dark hair, sharp face, dark tyes, thick se^ and was shipped a^ Norfolk, /Y a. previous to jour taking command of the Nautilus. William JovrB8,ord. seaman, about 5 feet 8 inches high, light hair, 24 years of age, full face, thick set, down cast look, and is a veiy alert man j entered at New- York April last. (Signed) , ^< F. H.B. Sir John BorUtse Warren to Mr. Mmroe. Malifax, 30th Sept. 1812. Sir— 'Having received information that a most unau- thorized act has been committed by commodore Rogers, in , forcibly seizing twelve British seamen, prisoners oi war, late belonging to the Guerriere, and taking them out of the English cartel brig Endeavor, on her passage down the harbor cf B(»too, after they had been regularly eml;>af ked on board of her for an exchange agreetible to the arrange- ments settled between the two coutitries, and that the said British seamen, so seized, are now detained on board the United States* frigate President, as hostages { I feel my- self called upon to request, sir, your most serious attention to a measure so fraught with mischief and inconvenience, destructive of the go6d faith of a Ong of truce and the sac- red protection of a cartel. I Biiouid be extremely sorry that the imprudent act of an ofiic er should involve codse- quences so particularly severe as the pnsent instance must naturally produce if repeated : and although it is very much my wish, during the. continuance of the differences existing between the two countries, to adopt every meas- ure that might render the effect of war legs rigorous, yet, in another point of v^ew, the conviction of the duty I owe my country would, in the event of such grievances as I have already stated, b^ing continued, not admit of any hesitation in retaliatory decisions ; bift as I am strongly persuaded of the high liberality of your sentiments, and i 4^ ^ THE ENEMY. 37 Ihiit the act complained of has originated entirely with the oflicer who commitled it, and tliat it will be as censnrablc in your consideration as it deserves, I rely upon yoiir tuk- ino" such steps as will prevent a recurrance of conduct so extremely reprehensible in eveiy shape. t have the- honor to be, &c. ^ (Signed) JOHN BDllLASE WAEREN, Admiral of the blue^ and lommandir in ckitj\ k'V. His excellency Janies Monroe, esq. Secretary of State. ,i 'i -'!.» Mr. Monroe to Sir John Borlase Warren. . . Department of Stale^ October 28, 1 81 2, Sir — I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 30th September, complaining that commodore Rodgers, commanding a squadron of the United States navy at the port of Boston, had taken twelve British seamen, lately belonging to his Britannic Majesty's ship the Guerriere, from a cartel in the harbor of Boston, and that he detain- ed them on board the President, a frigate of the United States, ap hostages. .. v , W^ ;•', I am instructed to inform you th|t enquiry shall be made into the circumstances attending and the causes which pro- duced the acts)f which you complain, and t'la' such meas- ures will be taken on a knowledge of them, as may com- port with the rights of both nations, and may be proper in the case to which they relate^ I beg you, sir, to be assured that it is the sincere desire of the President tb see (and to promote, so far as depends on the United States) that the Avar which exists between our countries be conducted with the utmost regard to hu- manity. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) ';; . JAMES MONROE. , Sir John Borlase Warren, admiral of the bluCy .J. ; commander in chief &Cy ^ . ,^j^ -t, «'' ! .^*^ - Washington, Decembev' 17, 1812. ^ Sir- — I have the honor to annex a list of twelve of the ctew of the late United States' sloop of vmr Wasp, detain- ^'^\'^^ ♦ ] 1 ;i >' t. m M m !■ f;I si&: M :i-i ^ '1 ,;I:,t1| 1' '!> ^ BARBARITIES OF ed by captain John Beresford, of the British ship Pole- tiers, under the pretence of their being British subjects. I have the honor to be, &:c. GEORGE S. WISE, pitrser. The hon. Paul Hamilton^ secretary ff the navy. List referred to in the preceding note. John M' Cloud, boatswain, has been in the service since 1 804. Married in Norfolk in 1 804 or 5, and has a wife and 4 children there. '.'s'^' - »^^- John Stephens, boatsw\in*8 mate, has been in t!ie service 6 or 6 years. George M. D. Read, quarter master haf5 a protection, and i.as sailed ou. of New- York and Philadelphia for sev- , eral years. '■■"'■, » " \' Z'*"" ' (William Mitchell, scahian, James Gothright, do. John Wright, do. Thomas Phillips, do. Peter Barron, do* John Connor ord.seaman, John Rose,do. George Brooks, do. Dennis Lougherty, marine, the greater number, if not all, had protections at tlie time of entering and being taken. Tavo others Mere detained— John Wade and Thongs Hutching J but were given up, the former on capt. Jone.«' assuring capt. Beresford he knew him to be a native citizen : tHe latter on a like assurance from D. Rogers. WilUam Mitchell was in the service during 1805 and 6, in the Mediterranean, GEORGE S. WISE, purser. IVasiungton City, Dec. 17, 1812. tlxtract of a letter from Major General Pinckney to the Secretary at War, dated Headquarters, • ■ Charleston, November 4, 1812. *[ Information having hp«-n given upon oath to lieutenant Oraiidison, who at present commands in the naval df part- tHent here, that six American seamen, who had been tak- oi prisoners on board our privateers, liad beeu I'cnt to Ja- flaicd to be tried as Britith subjects for treason, he called sjpon the marshal to i-etaia double that number of British Bpsmen as hostages. The L.^rJial in consequence of in- stfWiCtioos fioni the department of state, asked my advice > ( THE EKEMT. aQ on the subject, and I have given my opinion that they ought to be detained until tlie pleasure of the president shall be known. The testimony of captiain Moon is here- with.. I hope, sir, you m ill have the goodness to have this business put in the proper triiin to have the president's pleasure on this subject communicated to the marshal.'* Copy of a Idtcrfrom captain Moon, of the privateer S'a- rah Ann. . Nassau, Ncw-Prcvidcmx Octolir 14, 1812. Six of my crew, claimed as Biilisii subjets, were this day taken out of jail and put ou board his majesty's bri^ the Sappho, and sailed for Jamaica, where 'tis said they are to be tried for their lives ; consequently I quest* cned each respectively as to the place of their nativity, and ti- tle to protection by tha American government, when they stated as follows, to wit : • David Dick, seaman, that he was born in the north of Ireland, but has resided in the United States ever since the year 1793; has served ten years in the United States' navy, viz. on board the frigates Chesapeake, PregidenL Constitution, John Adams, and schooner Enterprize, ana gun boat No. 2. David Dick, shoemL er, in Alexandria, is his unclv Dick is about five foet sbc and a half incites 'ligh, dark liair, has a scar on his left elbow, and one on each wrist; he entered on board the Sarah Ann in Balti- more. John Gaul, seaman, says he war born in Marblchead, state of Massachusetts, wherohis parents, brothers and sis- ters now reside ; is married in J>few-York, and his wife (Mary Gaul) Hves m Roosevelt street, No. 37 has a regular discliarge from the navy of the United States by capt. Hugh G. Campbell, dated at St Mary's, Georgia, 14th August, 1812; says he has served on board the United States' brig Yixeg, g' , boats No. 10 and 15u, from the laol of which he was discharged. Gaul is 27 years of age, about five feet seven inches high, brown hair, ^ light complexion ; he eutenid on board the Sarah Ann in Baltimore. Michael Pluck, ordinary seaman, says he was born in JSaltimore ; iiis parents aie dead, but he is known by 1..' i! 1^ 40 BARBARITIES OF William Doulan, Thomas Tamer and M'Donald, of Bal- timore ; has a sister in some part of Pennsylvania, whose name is Ann Welsh, was never at sea before ; never had a protection, Pluck is twenty-six years ol^, five feet six and a half inches high, and has a scar on his left cheek bone ; entered on board the Sarah \.nn at Baltimore. Thomas Rogers, seaman, »ays he was boro in Waterford, Ireland, but has i^esided many years in tlie United States, and has been duly naturalized, a copy of which natu- ralizatiau is filed in the custom-house at Baltimore ;. jis known by Joseph Carey and Tom Rogers, cork cirtter, both of Baltimore; has a wife and three children in BaJii- more ; has lost his protection, but requests Joseph Carey to do all he can to effect his discharge from the Brit^sji. Rogers entered on board the Sarah Ann in Baltimore. George Roberts, a colored man and seaman. This man I had not an opportunity of questioning ; but J know him to be a native bom citizen of the United States, of which feet he had every sufficient document, together with free papers. Roberts entered on board the Sarah Ann in Bal- timore, where he is married. Sonty Taylor, boy, says he was born in Hackensack; New-Jersey, but has neither friends, relations, nor ac- quaintance tJiere ; says Jane Snowden of Savannah, Geor- gia, is his mother ; never had a protection. Taylor is fif^ teen years old, has brown hair and light complexion ; he eatered on board the Sarah Ann in Savannah. ■^ ^^ RICHARD MOON. ,;. ;. Late commander of the privateer Sarah AnUy Copy of a letter from Admiral Warren to Mr. Mitch el, ' a^cnt for the exchange of American priso7irrs of ivar, dated, «-• v Halifax, 21st October, 1812. Sir — I had the honor to receive your letter and its en- closures relating to Thomas Dunn,* and beg leave to in- form you, that it appears the said man is married in Eng- land, has been eight years in his majesty's service, and received a pension from government : under these cir-- • Note. The applicaiion was made at the requeft of his fathcv John I)acn, of Boston vho tranemiUttl a drpositioo of his birtb. 1 *,» THE ENEMY. AT ciimstancefe', and the man never having made any appli- cation for his discharge from prison, he continues on board the Statira. ,^ . ., I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) JOHN BORLi^E WARREN. -*.S<''> J^??#(^ \:'^im.i Extract of a letter ft cm William H. Saveige, late agent for American seamen and commerce at Jamaica, ta the Secretary cf StcUe, dated ■■':■•-■ -r^t!) Washington, December 1, 1812. " I take the liberty to enclose you copies of a corres- pondence which took place between vice admiral Sterling (commanding on the Jamaica station) and myself since the declaration of war. I should hi ve furnished it you at an earlier period, but an accident prevented, which I Avas not aware of, until my arrival at this city." y^-.ii^^':''^' Copy of my letter to vice Admiral Stirling, ccmmanding on (lie Jamaica station on the subject of American sea- men after the didaratic. .f war. iuVM.;^^^'^,; ^^t-y Kingston, Jamaica, 6th August, 1812. Sir — Enclosed is a copy of a letter received by me yesterday from on board his majestyV ship Sappho, pur- . porting to have been written by four American seamen on board ihni ship, with a view to solicit my aid towards ef- fecting their discharge, in consequence of the declaration of war by th.e government of the United States against Gre.nBriUiu. In making this application I am fully aware th?it my I'viii'-s ceased as agent for the commerce and seamen of I'lp J ared States, on the laiowledge of such declaration b ■;'. r ade known here : but, sir, I am led to beljeve that at il'v p.rioiUt will not be deemed inadmissible on jTur part to leceive, nor improper on mine to make the requect, that you will be pleased to grant ,an ordir for the c ia- charge of these seamen, feeling conscious (should they even not be protected with the usual documents afforded to cit- izens of the United States) that an Englibh seaman w^ould not declare himself otherwise than such under exifctin^cir*- cwmstances. ^ic -^i^' y'..*."*^^,.?- v-;. ..^.a^-;"^.- /^:.'/>. i 'I !if vf ' .,. ,^' '\, ,^ ^. y, 42 BARBARITIES OF I seize the present opportunity also to forward to you twenty-one (lo^cumeuts, as proof of the citizenship of that number of seamen, said to have been impressed by ship& of war on this station ; the greatest number of which have been heretofore unsuccessfully claimed by me, on behalf of the United States, and which may still comprise at this time some part of the crews of his majesty*s ships on thia station. . I beg farther to state to you, that I have received nu- merous applications from ou board various of his majesty '^ ships OB this station, for the relief of seamen, who I doubt not are entitled to the protection of the American govern- ment, many of them having with them the proofs of their citizenship, as 1 yn Wl to believe from the assertions con- tained in their k.'. ■ '^ications. Applications have also been made for the i\ J of many without success : the latter amount in number to foTty-six, as per list of names enclosed, several of whom I understand have been shifted {since their impressment) on board of other vessels than those they were at first taken on board of. All of which I beg to'oiTer for your consideration, feeling as I do anxi- ous to extend my last efforts in behalf of those seamen who are entitled to them, and at the same time being im- pressed with the idea that it would be foreign to you, sir, to retain any Americans in the service of the n»vy of G. Britain contrary to their disposition during the present conflict. I theref55>re tnke the liberty of adding to my for- mer request, that you will be pleased to grant orders that such seamen may be discharged from duty on board hi» majesty's ships on this station. > , . « With sentiments of the highest respect, &c. / (Signed) WM.H. SAVAGE. •p. vv.. THE ENEMY. 33 who can prove themselves to be American born subjects, should be sent to the prison ship until an exchange of pris- oners is established between the two countries, in conse- quence of the late declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain. I return herewith the papers which accompanied tout letter, And am' sir, &c.-k -?"■", ^ ■■:■li>^^^M^^Jm^ Vi") r ^ CHARLES STIRLmO, JuNR. i ,;.v.' s-'-.^ivf,!.-. ■'-:'^::'^''.- ,^_ .-^, Secretary, '' ■:.:'-'% ■*' -_»„ ■ ■^•■"' Extract of a letter frt, m Wm. H. Savage, Esq^ late agent for American seamen and commerce at Jamaica, ta Charles Stirling^ JunnEsq. dated Kingston, Sept. \%, \%^2. " In answer to my letter of the 6th ult. you were pleas- ed to inform me that directions had been given by the vice admiral, some days prior to the date of my letter, for the removal of all native Americans (who could prove themselves 8uch)from on board his majesty's shiph to that of the prison ship ; but as some time has now elapsed since you were pleased to give me this information, and learning that some instances of detention at present exist on board his majesty's schooner Decouverte, I am led to embrace the subject again, as in one instance I shall hope to satisfy vice admiral Stirling of the roan's being entitled to his re- moval from duty on board his majesty's schooner of war. The person alluded to is Elijah Stirling, an American sea« man, who was impressed from on board the ^British mer- chant ship Brilliant, at the bay of Honduras, in the early part of the year 1810, by his majesty's schooner Flordel Mar, and has since been detained on board of various of his majesty's ships on this station, although provided with a regular protection, which instrument this man got con- veyed to me about the 20th of Sept. following, and which was by me forwarded to admiral Rowley, accompanied (as usual in like cases) with a request that the man might be discharged. On the receipt of my letter, the admiral answered through his secretary, that the nature of Stir- ling's impressment was such that he could not comply wiUi my request ; but which answer was unaccompanied »»<'. . il iill "Pi -to: ■'I ' n A' I. ■ z:h \ r H m .Ku.j^..-a*.V,^,i —r- '**': ai*..*uii '«•. BARBARITIES OF ,^k^. in return with the protection in question, and what has be* come of it I am unable to say. • ■ .^.ii 2' " About this period I was led to understand frofn ad miral Rowley, that all American seamen who should be impressed from on board any Britieh merchant vessel, would be retained in the service of his majesty, but that all American seamen who should be impressed from on board of American vesssels, would on application, accom- panied by proofs, be discharged. As this iufoimation was. received about the period of my application for the dis- charge of Stirling, I was led to conclude it stampt the na- ture of his impressment, and wl.at confirmed it in my mind was that I received similar assurances to various applica- tions made for American seamen who had under various circumstances, shipped on board of British ships, and were from thence impressed, on board of his majesty's ships of war, all of which I hope the admiral will be pleased to take into consideratioiy; for to insist on the service of this man, 1 think will-be a dereliction to the marked manner of bis amiable endeavors to distinguish and relieve Ameri- can sea^nen from duty on board the squadron under his command. I beg to enclose a note from Mr. Meek (the late secretary^ relative to my application for this man's discharge, ana to observe, that if it is possible the protec- tion may yet be found among the papers of the late secre- tary, as it has not been usual to reiurn me the protections of those men whose applications for discharge were not complied with. ** I beg furthermore to observe that there appears also to be on board his majesty's schooner Decouverte, two other American seamen, viz : John Euglefitld and Rich- ard Lauderkin ; the former of whom asserts, that he serv- ed his apprenticeship to the irade of a cooper at Boston, but Itas lost his protection ; the latter declares himself to be a native of Rhode Islam!, and that his protection hias been destroyed by Mr. Oliver, commander of Jiis majes- ty's schooner Decouverte. I shall not now animadvert on the impropriety of such a circumstance; but request, should the instance here cited be found correct, that they may meet the attefltion of the vice admiral.'* rs^-'^m- * t m' '>'. v.-i ^ *.- 0~.Jt^.m,~^ ^""^ ..flf *^ , itll '%^^ i-fl H- ,%.,■• '/» THE ENEMY. 45 MxlrAct of a letter ftom vice admiral Stirling's sccrdan^, to W. H. Savage Esq. in answer to his of the lOth Spt,Ul2. ., _, ii/ V - V , AdmiraVs Pcnn, Wth Sept. 1812i " I have just received your letter of the 16th inst. Avhich I have laW before vice admiral Stirling, and I am directed to acquaint j-ou, that Elijah Stirling and other persons on board of his majesty's schooner Decouverte, said to be American seamen, have not, when called upon, produced proof of being subjects of the United States. — They do not fall under the description of persons which I informed you in my letter of the 7th ult. were intended to be discharged from the king's service, and to be de- . tained on board the prison ship until an exchange of pris- ^ oners takes place with America. " The note from Mr. Meek, dated the 21st Sept. 1810, is returned herewith, and as it pppears thereby that ad- miral Rowley thought that the circumstances under which Elijah Stirling was impressed, did not permit him to be i. discharged, vice admiral Stirling does not feel himself jus- , tided in attending to the man's wishes on a bare assertion. The protection you allude to is not to be found artiong ad« miral Rowley's papers left at this office." ^^ ^ . ,^ v^/i^? No. III. '^ JPETENTION OF MARINERS AS PRISONERS WERE IN ENGLAND AT THE TIME THE GLARED, .- ■^--i-iiv:'-i»' fad-'- ^ ^ W ;^^i- OF WAR, WHO WAR WAS DE'' ■J. W. Crokcrto Mr. Beaslcy. --'^"^ ' f^|^^ '^W? Admiralty Office, 5th Avgust. 1812.* Sir — Having communicated to my lords commissioners of the admiralty your letter of the 31st ultimo, transmitt- ing a list of men, said to be Americans, who have been impressed and detained on board his majesty's ships, and requesting their discharge, I have their lordships, com- mands to acquaint you, that under present circuuctanceSj they will defer the consideration of tliis request. I am, &c. '^■' * ' (Signed) J. W. CROKEJl.. ■ /?. G. Bcasky, Esq. ' ^" • • » ' i^ ill 43 JBARBARITIES OF ,* ' Extract of a letter from Mr. Beasley to the Secretary of StatCy dated. ^ •' London, October 23, 1812. . >' I have informed you that I had addressed lord Cas- 4lereagh on the subject of our citiz'-os who have been im- pressed, and are now held in the British naval service, I demanded their release, and complained of the treatment which some had received on offering to give themselves lip as prisoners, or refusing to serve when they heard of tlie war. In reply, I have received a short note fron\ Mr. Cooke, one of the under secretaries, stating, that he was instructed to require of me the names of the men who had received the treatment complained of, and the vessels in which they were, which I immediately furnished, and urged a reply to the other part of my letter. In an in Cooke to R. O. Beasl^» '-" •" , ^ " Foreign Office, }Qth^Octobery ISU. "" In consequence of your letter to lord Castlereagb of the 12thtb inst. I am directed by his lordship to d<;8ire you will furnish me with the names of the American sail* ors who have b^o so punished, aod of the ^p they are onboard." , V :..* -.r .tr. | 7 , .; ■ , - Mr. Bcasley to E. Cooke* Whnpole Street, 2\si October, 1812. Sirt — Agreeably to the request contained in your letter of the 19th inst. I now transmit to you a list of improised American seamen on board British ships of war, who, having heard of the war, offered to give themselves up as prisoners, and for so doing or for refusing to do service, have been punished. I beg you to remind lord Castlereagh that the other part of my letter of the 12th instant, requesting the release of the American seamen detained in the British service is still unanswered. ,.' ■^- i am, sir, &c.. ^ --. "-v ': '^^^'■- 1^^^'"^. :" (Signed) -, K. G. BEASLEY: The list referred to in the preceding letter, states the cases of the following persons, John Ballard, on hoard the Zenobia, ofTered himself a prisoner, refused, and was put in irons for one night. "^ John Davis, on board the Thistle, gave himself up as a prisoner and refused further servic'e, for which he was flogged. Ephraim Covell, on board La Hogue, gave himself up as a prisoner and refused further service,- in consequence of which be was kept seven days io irons. •- John Hosman, on beard La Hogue, gave himself up as 3 prisoner and refused fuftfaer service.; was put in irons, still kept therein, and waa ^ireatesed b|r the commander with further puaishmeat. '^ '^ ^: : ^ ; ^ t } t f . -i 11 m .-:/■■.: .•'S-:<-r,ik-i- i;.-./ ",;-, -■^-l f BARBARITIES OF Rusgel Brainard, on board La Hogue, gave himself up as a prisoner, was put in irons and stili kept therein. Thomas W. Marshal, Peter Lazettee, Edward Whittle Banks and Levi Younger, on board the Royal William, gave themselves up as prisoners^ and were in consequence tliereof put into close confinement for eight days. ^ :& ■* October, 12, 1812. Mr. Beasley requests lord Castlereagh to cause the ne- cessar) passports to be furnished for the American ship William and Eliza, Captain Rowland, to proceed to the United States with American citizens. vt October 21, 1812. Mr. Cooke afcqUaitits Mr. Beasley that there will be no obiection to granting a licence to a cartel for carrying to the United States such American citizens, non combatants, as msy with to return to their country. He requests Mr. Bensky to infcM-in him of the situation of the American 'ship W'^ilUam and Eliza. '-yfiM,.n'^^r-,'*^iV/^'*^ >vr ')ij' ^:> ^-; .' iU> Mr. Beasley to E. Cooke. M^« WimpoU Street, October 23, 1812. Sir-*— T have now thr honor to repeat to you what 1 stated in convers-atioi! this morning, that the persons for whose return to the Unitf d States I requested the neces- sary pasFporls. are for the most part American masters ami nJAriners; that some of them in coiisequence of the loss of Iheir vessels abroad, have come here on their way to America; that others of them having been emyloyed in British ships, are noAv desirous of returning home ; that others, through the detention or condemnation of their ves- sels under Biitish orders in council, and others, through all the CftsuaUies to which this class of men is always ex- posed, are left without the means of conveyance. None of these persons have tjeen in any way engaged in hostili- ties against Great Britain. They are almost' wholly des- titute and for some time, have been chiefly supported at the expense of the United States. There are albo I be- lieve, some AmericaD merchants and supercai^oeg who aic| \wt lull ^im| (['.HI the] ...x^.. ^ipr^o *x- tllE ENEMr, •<0 ■it 40 ^• are anxious of fiTaili»g tliemselves of the same opporhioi- iy of returnin;; to llicir countr)'. You arc, I ()ic3iimc, aware that t]»e American govern- ment hiB nlTorded every facility to the departure of those IJritush subjects in the United States, mJio were undei* similar circuipfitances with the pergons incmded in my re- (|ue8t. With regard to tlic ship William and Eliza, in which these persons are to embark, 1 beg to observe, that I am well assured by those who hf»Te eliarge of her, that there is ijo impediment to her departure. I am, &c. R. G. BEASLEY. ;i (Signed) •'-».'(i~tla:*^^V; .'*• rf^'M ,^'>t JE, Gockc to li. G. Bcasilcy. - ' . • -tfii ^{-^J. p^.. Foreign Office, October 28, 1812. S'liz — Having laid before lord Castlercagh your IcKer rcqucsfing that ymi may be allowed to send a cartel to America, with citizens of the United Stales wlto v.ish to return to their country, I am directed by his lordship lb cxprfiss his consent to this proposition, and am to deeiRe you will confer with the commissioners for prisoners of war, with regard to tlie account you are to give for such parts of the crew as shall appear to be combatants, and on 4hat principle must be ex«liangod. , v' (Signed) y^;*iijjj\,._^^^ E. COOKE.^ ■>* V... -■., ,,;,;, . r";,4>^ ;i{ » "< i Wili; :t:^K.^^ .4^ ' < ' " ' ■* Oclober 29, 1812;- ' Mr. Beaf:l«»y states to 3. W. Croker of the admiralty Office, that lord Castlereagh had referred him to llre^, commissioners for prisoners of war ; that he iiad accord-* ingly applied to them and learnt that the, iustructious which that board had received from tiie lords of the admiraltyf;- were not sufficiently explicit to enable them to proceed in the matter. Mr. Beaeley reauests that their lojftl&hipg would be pleased to give such further directions to tile fransport board as might be found necessary^ ./ ^ , V-' _^ • : October 30, 1812v John Barrow, of the admiralty office, informs RTrt •\ ,:...^/' £., ''tit. i t I V m . n 1; /,' 1 X ^ # m BARBARITIES 01- IJeHslcy, tltat his ItUter of the 2fllh Octoho- had bccolRiil beloie the lords coinmirsioDers of the achiinaUy, and that t)ic bitsincss Imd beeo referred to the transport board. October 2Q, 1812. ]VIu. Beasley hifotrriB Akxander M'Leay of the trans- pert office, that he had re(iue9ted the lords of the admi- raUy would be pleased to give the further instructions necessary, aiKi presuming tliat tiiese instructioDs would be immediately ji;iven, requests Mr. M'L y to inform liiai at uiiat finie it will be convenient for the commission- ers that he should confer with them on the subject. . "^.•»" October 30, 1812. Alexander M'Leay informs Mr. Beasley that he is dfi- vet'ted lO dt&jre that Mr. B. would transmit to tlie traiis- pcrt ofike a list of all the i>erfons wlicm Mr. Beasley pro- poted to send to America, stating their several qualities, and when and how they respectively came into Great Britain. 1^ November 2, 1812. '^'•'Mr. Beasley transmits to Alexander M'Leay, of tl.e transport eiffice, a list of American citizens whem itisprc- poted to send to the United States in the Eirip "Williara :;j(l Eliza, stating their several qualities, and when and liow they respectively came into Ci'eat Biitain. This list contains one hundred and ten names. To these •are added a list of six perrons, being other paftenjiers in the same vesiel. Mr. Beasley remarks to Mr. M'-Leay, *^I am well informed that many persons of the doscinp- f m and under the ciicnmstances of those mentioned in iht first -of Uiese lints (being seamen) who were awaiting the r^ttU of my late application to lord Castlereagh for « cartel for their corveyance to Anr.enca, hSTe within a fr.'w dsys past been f-eized by the in)preFs offieei-s and tak- «£ on hoard the tender ci the tower ; and 1 beg to know whai are tl»e -intentions of the Biitish fiovciLmcnt respectr ins; them?" .. ...^.;- ^ . :''34*N^lV*: -' ' r-'i^wv, . ^^-"'"^y- pjKiS^- ^,««S.i' iJS,.«fc_ ■"*•.>• •■■■ >>■ , vJ* _C ■ ^."^fv- .'Sli; >.* ^ 5) "ik ■^ THE ENEMY. ^ '■% November 0, 1812. ' Alexander M'Leay informs Mr. Beafilty that he had receive and laid before the commiseionei'g for the trans- port service the list of personu proposed to he i int to llic United States in the William aud Eliza cartel, ai-.d adib» '' In return I am directed to re(|iie5t that you will iuform tlie board whether you will enji;age that the above men- tioned persons on their arrival in ihe United States elnd I l«e exchanged for an equivalent number of Briiic^h sui>' jects, who may have fallen into the bauds of tha Ameii- eans. I am at the same time to acquaint you, that th v> ^ I have to inform the board tlwt I am w .dug to en* gage that the American citizens whom I propose to send to the United States on board the William and Eliza car- tel, shall, on their arrivnl there, be exclianfjed for an equivalent juumber of Briti^li subjects of the same dtttiapn*? 4ion, who may have fallen into the hands of the United States under fimilar circumstances; and that the men themselves shall ^i;;n engagements for the pcfrformance of any conditions eimilar to those which may have been cx- jiciedofsuch liicUsIji subjects in the Uidted States; itbe**^ ing unders ood, that if it be found that British subjects, under any such circumstances, have been suflTcred frtely to depart from the United Staler, then ihetie engagements, so far as re- gards the corresponding class of American citizens, shall he void. If, liowever, it be more satisfactory to the boord, that the return or exchange of these men should be regulated by : the principles recognized by the two governments in the cartel, which I am informed, has been lately concluded at Washington, I am ready to enter into an engagement to that effect."' '^^^^nr" 1H'-<>:: t:im*-^'i^i:i:}'i-':?'-hf^'i^ . ,-T^^^^ . .V Novemher 13^1^1% -<■ <■:' Alcxamler M'^Leatf rvi^iics to Mr. Beaslev. ** I am dhecled to acquaint yott that tlie prisoners ni€n- »»i ,fi» I*'"'' 'J ^ BARBAKITIES OF tiooed in the list transmilttd by jou will be released, up. oa your entering iulo an wncondilional engagement tlial they shall be exchanged for British priscBeis now in Amci^ ica or who may be hereafter taken." xv ; • ; ^.^^vL:^ ...... Novcnef^r 1Q, nU'. ,^ n-M ]Ur. Beasky writes U Alexander M'Leai/. ** For those American citizens who ccmpoeed ihecrelvs «f ships taken m war, 1 am at all times ready to enter in- to any engagement which the law and usage of nations re- quire. But from those whom ycur laws have iuvi(i;«1, or whom misfortune has thrown into your country ; whora ^1^ ' accident, and not the fortune of war, has placed within your power, I must still urge my reqneet, tkat they be zY- lowed to depart the kingdom oj the condi'ions propcred in my letter of the 7th inst." But " if the board will cu- ter into an unconditional engaoement, ihat all British &ub- jectG who have been permitted to kavs ifie United States since the declaration of w?./, or w ho may be pernlit^ed {o ; depart therefrom, shall be exiiianged for Ani< rican prii,'- oners of war, I will in like maimer engage for thosfe Amrr- ican citizens agreeably to your letter." Mr. Beasley adds — " This arrangement, however, I would make wjh* great reluctance; becaupe it would oot be in unison wi'lx that spirit of liberal w arlare entritairif.d by the govf i r- Dient of the United Stales, and became it would biing within the influence of the war those who might, witiuj;! detriment to either paity, be exempt Ircm its Opr. ratios'.' Novctnher 23, i812. Beaslcy writes to Mr. HanAUojf, of the Foreign Office. " I must beg leave to state, that tiiat part of my note of the 12th tiltimo, addressed to lord Ca&tlereajih, relative to American 'jitizens who have been impressed and arc now held in hir* majesty's naval service, remains unanswered. To the reasons already urged for the discharge of those men, may be added that of compelling them to fight against their co^iutry ; snd I need scarcply add, ihat as tlxy were for- cibly detained before the con mcncfmeiit cf hcstilitics it wouid be very unjust to discharge them merely to n.ake tiiem prisoners. Of the minber of these unfoi tuLate f r r w ■ .'■.''"i: V ■ THE EITESrr. '■si ' > :l a sons, rii:iQ7 mast be in veEsels on foreign statimis at great distance. It is a subject of much public interest in the United States, and one which involves the domestic comlort and liappiue&s 6i many familiei .'* Nmmher 24,1812. Alexander M*Leay writes to Mr, Beasley^ and after stnntp^ preliminary reasonings says ; r.;, v^c " The commissioners (of the transport office) are in^t structed (by the lords commissioners of the ridroiralty) to^^ continue to require from you an unconditional receipt, as prisoners of war, for all persons of this description, previ*v»r ous to their being permitted to retui>o to America." *^ December 22, \^\2, ^ Alexander M^Leay writes to Mr. Beasley, **I have received and laid before the commissioners for the transport service, &c. your let^u- of the 1 5th inst. and in return am directed to acquaiiU you, that at present tb'jy are only autbotized to deMver up to you the Americans mentioned io the list transmitted by you on the 3d of November." > •fi Decw*«-24, 1812. vV •^' Mr. BeasUy writes i^ Alexander M^Jjeay. -^ *< After 80 long a time spent in diboi^sing the principles and conditions «/ an exchange of prisonem between the United States and ti. Britain, I perceive with some sur* prise, by your letter of yesterday, that the only persons whom tl e board are authorized to delrver up to me, are those mentioned in the list transmitted to you on the 3d November, who, though so long known to th^. board as being at lai^ in this t\tj, have never beei> detained as piisoners ; and '^ho have, ever since their arrival, been maintained at the <:harge of the Unitied States. During this interval, those persons have been partially dispersed $•: some have been taken up as prisoners ; some have been impressed ; and ^ ome have othexwise disappeared. Others, horweVer, under similar circumstances, have tince been adilcd ; and there cow remain about otte hundred persons* Of tiiese mou, as I understand the tenor of cur correg- 'f •■ f4 it ' fvjf-. u BARBARITIES OF '•V5^' l^ :^f!. poDdence, those who belonged to vessels detained or tak- en in var, are to be suikred to proceed to the U. States, on 017 enteribg into the engagement nvhlch accompanied your letter of the 1 4th inst. but that for the others no en- gagement is required. In order to avoid any further mis- understanding, I beg to know whether this recapitulatioQ is correct.'* _ Alexander H/tLeay to R. Q. BeaeUy. Transport Office, 2Qth Dec, 1812. Sib — I have received and laid before the commission- ers for the transport service^ &c. your letter of the 24th inst. and in return, I am directed to acquaint you that it is the intention of his majesty's government that such of the Americans, named in the list which accompanied your letter of the 3d of last month, as belonged to vessels detained or taken, and as are consequently prison- ers of war, shall be suffered, to proceed to the United States upon your entering into the engagement which ac- companied my letter of the 14th inst. but that for Ameri- cans who were resident or travelling in this cctuntry, or resorting hither for commercial purposes, not ati mariners, no such engagement will be required. * =.* I am, &c. (Signed) ALEX. M'LEAY. December 28, 1812, Mr, Beaaleif writes to Alexander M'-Leay, " Cn referring to that iist (which accompanied my letter ef the 3d ult.) you will perceive another class of persons, Bamely, mariners who did not belong to vessels detained or taken ; and as your omitting to notice the ie men in your letter might leave room for some doubt respecting them, I lose no time in requesting to be ihforroed on what terms the be understand that they are to be suffered to i%* turn to tl:.^ U. States." - Deotmber 29, 1812. Alexander M*L^^ mites to Mr. BeaaUy : *• By a reference to nrty letter of the 26th' instant, you •will observe that mariners are expressly excepted frcm tli€ oof of their being Americans. You wiU further inlbrm Mr. Beasley, that all the cases stated by him have received or are under accurate exam- ination, and that. Mch persons who may appear to be Americans wiU be immeiiiatdy sent to prison, as many iave bees already. I am, &c. (Si^EKd) Jt)HN BARROW, v Jlexamkr M^Lee^ to Mr. Beasley, Transport OJice, %tk March, 1813. SiR-^I ttm directed by the commhisioners for the trans- •port service, &g. to infcHrro you, that upon the re<%ipt of the printed letters which were transmittf d by you to this oliice.; for the purpose of Ir-^vg forwarded to certain eea- meo - '■A\ THE ENEMY. 5-7 t ^ct ; ami the bor.r \ Admiralty Office, 5lh March, 1^12. ''] Gentlemen--In reply to your letter of the 16th of last montli enclosing a letter addressed by Mr. Beasley t« a seaman on board his nnnjf sJy's ship Porcupine, and rei» questing to be informed if letters of a similar description should be forwarded to Ihe persons to whom they are ad- diessed, I am commanded by my lords ccmniiEsicners of the admiralty, to signify their direcicn to you net to foR- ward iany such letters, and to acquaint Mr. Beasley that he cannot be permitted to maintain any correspondence with the seamen ta board \\h majcsiy's fiect ; observing to him, at the same time, that \he printed letter in questictt contains a statement unfounded in fact, for thst neither since the war, with Amerki?, nor before, have their lord- ships declined to release American seamen, admitted Or proved to be sucfc, thoi!»l> tljey have and still do refuse to release persons aftuniirg, without any proof or document, that character. . ■'■;•-;•>?•■, 5-v:,v., ^ ' -r :'*'-■ I am, (fee. ^^^^'^-^^ ■ (Signed) ; *y-^ f- ^v ...^ JNO. BARROW. ; Copy of the printrd circular Utter addressed to American seamen in British i.hips of war. #%h*t,*a;t '■- '•'■■^ If' .;^ :r^n:n^.r'^'*"f^'^^'^ London, ^^'-*'^-.'>" 1813. ' 'y In answer io your letter of the I have to inform you, that the lord* ccirmusionersof the admiralty havii;g-, inconsequence of the Avar between tie United Stales and Great Britain, declined to release thcFe American citizens who have been impressed and are held in the British ser- vice, there appears to be no o'l;rr crurse fcr yru to prx- li'ii m ih ) )„ I \ .*■- 0: , BARBAIIITIE€' or eue than to give youi'feelf up as a prisocer of ivar lo iht commander of the &hip in which you are detained. J Agent of the United States for prLscncrs fni# >• :di"'"^ of war in Great nriiain. Extracts of a letter frcm Mr. Bcasley to Jlcxandi^r M'l^eM^i tlated 13th March, 1B}3. Af'. " lu the letter of their lojrdships' eecretary of the 5th. instant, the board are directed to obfe«'vc tq ipe, that the printed letter which I addressed to certain American E£a- iiien detained in the British navy, " contains a statement unfovnded in fact : for that neither since the -war with^ America, nor before, have their lordships dec^ned to rc- kase American seamen admitted or pr«vcd to be such/' It is not neccssaiy to my present purpcte to enter upon Bu examination of their lorJEhips' ctmiuct en. tljSs matt^' before the war ; although my own official observ ation, in Bumerous cases, when I held the office of consul, would authorize mc to dispute even that part of their secretary's assertion. But with refTerencc to their lordships' conduct since the war, I beg to remind them of their tetter of the .' 5tli August, soon after the commencement of the war, in answer to a request made on the 31st July for the release of certain impressed American seamen, in which their lorcl- slnps, going beyond the mere declining to release the nier»» stated, '* that under the present circumstances, they wiU "defer the consideration of the request for their release ;'* or, in other words, that they will not at present, w ar be- ins: commenced, even think on the subject of their release. If further proof be necessary of their lordships' having, a-s I stated in my printed letter, declined the release of such seamen in consequence of the w ar, I will call to their re- collection a letter written by their secretary, on the 25th " August, in answer to an application for the release of Willl- "^ 'am Wilson, an impressed American detained on board the "' Cordelia, in which they state that this man being an ali- '" en enemy must continue to serve or go to prison. Should other corroboration be wanted, it may be found in the long ■■ and marked silence of the Britsh government to my nu- merous applications, pgain and again repeated, for the re- ts fk. ■» THE ENEMY. 59 hasu oi' these tnea; seeing that it was not until the 25th of Febniaiy, nearly seven months after their lordships had informed me of their having deferred the consideration of the subject, and nearly five months after my formal de- mand made to lord Castlereagh, that they directed the board to inform me of their intention to treat them as pris« oiicrs of war — and even this was not done until eight days after my printed letter in question appears to have been on their table. Surely it was in utter forgetfulness of all t)iiose circumstances that their lordships declared my state- !neut unfounded in fact ; for it appears inpossiUe that they oaif, in the mind of any person, bear a different interpret tnilcn from that which I have given them. But Iiow do these facts bear on their lordshi}}8' statement ? How, I ask, docs tlicir determination, that Wilson, /^ot^ef/an<■ V - ,•- :i.' .i BARBARITIES OF mariner states, order him to be paid of and dibcliatgedk Permit me to assure you, &c. (Signed) ROBT. MONTGOMERY* Benjamin Hallowell, esq. Admiral, royal navy of Great Britain^ Admiral Hallowell, to Mr. Montgomery, His majisty^s ship Malta in Alicant Bay^ 2Qtk October, 1812. Sir — I' find upon enquiry that there is on board the In- ; defatigable transport the man mentioned in your letter ot : the 23d. As there is no objection to a foreigner going in .* the station of mariner on board a vessel of that descriptioni and as he has signed articles of agreement to serve oq . board the Indefatigable, I shaH not molest him while he ,' continues in her $ but the moment he gets his i^ischarge I shall deem it my duty to take hold of him, and put him ia , wnfinement as a prisoner of war. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) Bn. HALLOWELL. '<« No. IV. ;.f,« COMPULSORY SERVICE OF IMPRESSED AMERICANS 9V BOARD BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR. ;. J :> I, Beekman V'er Plank Hoflfman, of the town of Pougli- keepsie, do certify, that I am a lieutenant in the United States* navy ; that I was a lieutenant on board of the Con- stitution frigate in the action and capture of the Guerri* ere ; that after her surrender I was sent on board, and af- ter taking out the crew fired and blew up the ship ; that eight impressed American seamen were among the crew of the Guerriere who were liberated at Boston. I was also on board the Constitution in the action and caphire of the Java, and was sent on board that vessel, and after the crew were removed, set her on fire and blew her up. Amongst the crew of the Java thirteen impressed Ameri- ciJki seamen were found, three of whom had entered the ■;,'•■;".' .■ -'f^.'^] 'V / ■ . <". • ■< ... I > •f^'.- /' (. THE ENEMY. British service aod were left, ttie other ten were Uberatr ed a8 Americaos, B. V. HOFFMAN* . Dated Poughkeepsie, April 16, 1813. DUTCHESS COUNTY, S8. Richard Thompson, being sworn, saith that he is a na- tive of New Palta;, opposite Poughkeepsie, that he sailed from WiimingtoQ about the 281h of April, 1810, on board brig Warren, William Killy japtain, for Cork. On the homeward passage in Sept^jiiber following, he was impress- ed and taken on board th'»v- -' ■■■-•"'. ■^i^■^^■^ *ri-; / . • ■ >. -^ . ■<. VC" i /hl!JJ-. t''^i^^^!'*'Aifrii't'^'^Mt*>'^ \ir^**t {i^u 'fi^*f>ii-^ii*i^>J^'fi\\^»x*U'*s*n-^M\*th:f'^~nh-i''-.^ ■ " 94 BARBABITlfiS OF compelled to fij;ht till the Peacock strnck ; and we iceiKj liberated after aa kuprewmant of about two yeara and eieht mooths. his ' BICHARD X THOMPSON, mark PoughkeepBie, April 17, 1818. Bead over aad sieoed iu presence of JOSEPH HABRl^ JOHNS. FREAA. ^' B17TCHI8 0OI71ITT, 18. James Tompkioe, bdng aworn, saith, that h« is a ii9> tire of Ulster county, opposite Pouglikeepsie f that he sail^ ed out of New-Tork in the m^onth of April,! 8 1 2,in theshlyi Minenra, bound to Ireland ; that on her homeward bound passage, in Juty nfter, this deponent, with three other American seamen, Samuel Da^, Wm. Toung, and John Brown, were impressed and taken on board of tlie British ship Acteon, David Smith, captain. We were taken onr Saturday evening; on Monday morning we were brought to the gai^way,and informed we must enter on board the ship and live as other seamen, or we should live on oatmeal and water and receive five dozen lashes. This deponent aays, himself and ik^ other three impressed with him, did recuse to enter, and each of them were then whipped five dozen lashes. On Wednesday following, we were again all brought up and had the same offer made to us to enter which we refused, and we were again whipped four dozr en lashes each> Oo Saturday after, the like offer Ws^ made to us, and on our refusal we were again whipped three dozen lashes eaci^. On Monday followiog, still re«< fueiiig to enter, we were again whipped two dos^n each»y On Wedce&day following we were again whipped one doz- en each, and ordered to be taken below and put in irons till we did enter; and the captain said he would punish iiie damned Yankee rascals till they did enter. We were then put in irons ; and laid in irons three months. Dur<«» ing the time of our impressment the ship had an action and captured a French ship. Before this action we were taken out of irons and asked to fight, but we refused ; and after the action we were a^ain )r(Hied, where we re^ '■-if-.: "(■■t •' •^;.iMmw'«ci««-M[- Mt- •^♦-*-^*-ni V : ■'^.■■"^'':*.\' ..-,,■■ 1 ' -y ::vi;:- -S^;.':,--;;^;-.. 1 prtffa kw^S.<^%A-^»t..l>.^i m*, ^ (..♦•v fct*.fuJK'>V*^!'^ ■-'' w. TllE ENEMY. 65 mained till the ship arrived at London. After arriving there we lirBt heard of the war with America, and thht the Guerriere was taken. Tiiis deponent took Ids shirt, Sam- uel Davis and William Youog took their handkerchiefs, made stripes and stars for the American colors, and hung it over a gun, and gave three cheers for the victory. The next morning at o'clock we were brought up and whipped two dozen lashes each for huzzaing for the Yan- kee flag. Shortly after this we were all released by the assistance of the American consul apd captain Hall, who knevr us. . This deponent further 8ath,that all had protections^ and showed them, and claimed to be Americans at the time they were impressed. .,. JAMES TOMPKINS. Sworn before me this 17lh day of April, ] 813, at which time the said James Tompkins showed me his wrists -which at his request I examined, and there appeared to be marks on both of them, occasioned, ^s I suppose, fronj his having been in iron^. WM. W. BOGARDUS, ** **r Justice of the Peace,, >i No. y. 'W'*' -yf^ ,I-I^t4':?i»i i^*i./ ■ ■■«?' t4s!ii'f^*r!tl(j;iif*-.' i^iti^-^^-'jy^' ^'%|^ «^^> VIOLATION OP FLAGS OE TBI7CE. » Montreal Prison, Qth May J 1^13, Sir — I am an unfortunate American who was taken by' the Indians on my way to Maiden, with a flag of truce from gen. Harrison, on the night of the 31st January and . after a variety of indignities, too tedious to mention, I watt brought her€ and put into the dungeon for 33 days, and have been up on the centre floor a week. I wish to see you, if possible, and have your advice, &c. Ac*" ' ■ '■'yi^i^'-.. In haste, your\ &c. ^ m SAMUEL M'KEEHAN, SttrgeorCs mate 2dregt, 2d brig, Ohio Militic^ Weutenant Dudley. 'k' ' s 4. • •i, • , i .-I A *'. '■■■ Xi'. n,\. BARBARITIES OF ■-;T, .# Montreal Prison, OfR May, 1813, 'Sir — Yest'^rday sir George'ii aitl came and informed me ihat the nature of my confme-inent had been cootrary to his orders, and Colonel Lethbridge va» required to restore nie ray liberty. I was also inforrci^ that you and my self would probably in a 'ew days be sent to the U. States, Col. Lethbridge icKI me he troidd send ior rae at 3 o'clock, and take my parole. In less than one War, major Shackleton called and said, the goTcrnor, after ma- ture consideration, had concluded he could not let ifiC have ray liberty until he would hear from gen. Proctor. Two or three days after my imprisonment, major Shack- Ictoa told me that gen. Proctor had promised, with the next despatches, to send on all the papers relating to my i;ase, and that then I svould have a hearing. So you may see r^nishment by torture is not yet abol- ished. If they had drove a dajrger through my heart my punishment would have been much less and their compas- sion much greater. ■ '■■■i>?.^.^f'^^:']if^-Si-X:^:^'M^'^\;-.-' - Tour's, &c. ^^ , SAMUEL M'KEEHAN. * "MajorShacklflon alsjtoldme that colonel Baynes^as unauthcrized to tell (oe what he did. ^- :. ■^^;;- ■ r>:' ;^; . .•:.;• -^--^ ^^^y^-j^. g. M'KEEHAN. Itileiiti^ni^nt I)Hdley.'''i'^',''^'''';*'"'''^'^'->^ . «'y;i ^S.-"^'' Montreal Qaoly May 1 2, ) e 15. 9!H— -If am requested by Dr. M'Keehan to inform yon pf his present unpleasant situation. He is at this time 90 moweU as to be confined to his bed, and has no chance of getting any thing to make him comfortable. JSo person attends here to examine our situation, neither have we a chaucc to send out after any necessaries that we want. I am coDjfident the Doctor's case requires some very i^peedy aid, particularly as it respects his confined situa- tion, lodji^ing, «fec. Tour's, respectftilly, ^"^ ^' cv ;• ^jk" J'. - ^ ^ :. r-^ rr> ^-y GEORGE H. RODGERS, ' -' :■ .- ¥>';;: f. States Armm liauucpant Dudley. • ' - ^ ' , V^ H *'.• . ':T'' ■ \./-. ■'. :.'■ •.4fr :j<^^\V. THE ENEMY, ''^.■■^'ei ■;■;•. .,»»**'' 07 Dr. M^Keehan^B iSfarralive, On the 31st of January last, I was ordered by general Harrisoo to proceed to the river Raisin, Tvith a flag of trace, and from thence te Maiden, ifnot stepped by the In- dians. We arrived -at th« foot of the Rapidi of the Mi- ami at darli, and not finding a company of rangers as ex- pected, we encamped in a cave, tl^e horse and cariole be- fore the door, and the flag standing by them. Abotit mid- night Uie Indians fired in upon us, killed Mr. Lamont, ^rounded myself in tlie foot, and madt us prisoners. Af> icr dispatching Mr. Lamont with the tomakawk, scalping and stripping him, they seized my horse, harness, great- coat, blankets and other clothing, and one hundred dollars in gold, which the general had sent to procure necessaries for the wounded c^ general Winchester's army. Tliat night I was made to walk more than 20 miles, to where capt. Elliot was stationed with a party of Indians. The captain treated me politely, and sent me to colonel Proctor. I was scarcely seated before the cokmel began to exclaim against gen. Harrison, said he had been used to fight Indians and not British ; found fault with my in- Htructions, and said the flag was only, a pretext to cover a bad design. I rebutted his insinuations with indignation, which I believe has been the cause of all my troubles since. I was not recognized in my official character un- til the 5th February, when I was informed by Proctor's aid, that I should attend on the wounded with Dr. Bower, and that I would be sent to the U. States, but by a diflTer- ent route from that which I came. Dr. Bower io a few days was sent home and I detained. On the 2d of March I was arrested by order of colonel Proctor, and accused of carrying on a private correspon- dence. On the 81h, without having any trial, ordered te Montreal, and hurried on from Fort George, night and day, although thinly clothed, and the weather very cold, from Kingston to Prescott, I was made to eat with the of- ficers* servants. This course of torture being finished on the 28th, when I arrived at Montreal, and without being asked an> questions or suiTered to ask any myself, I was put into the dungeon, eight or ten feet below the surface of the grouod, vhere I had neither bed nor bedding, chair. ii: M ^Y ,■■«■•(- 6^ BARBARITIES OF f: ,r 'T J. '. I^*_ bedch or stool ; denied pen, ink or paper, or even tlie usa of a booJr. for two weeks. The only current of air that pass- ed throLv^h my apartment, came through the bowels of the privy t Her® I was kept 33 days, when I was to my great joy put up with the Aoiericao prisoners, and with them permitted to remain till last Monday, when I was liberat- ed by the inter^essiou of lieutenant Dudley, of the navy. Col. Baynes, aid to the governor, told me the outrage which had been committed on ray person was contrai^ lo his orders. I left fourteen American prisoners in jail, viz. George H, Rodgers, United States' army; Wm. HoUenbeck, Onis Hooker, Philaster Jones, Harry a ones, Lewis Mi- nor, 2iebina Conkey, Phiney Conkey, Canton; Seth Barnes, Camden; Jared Witherit, John Campbell, Schoharie ; major Watson, Ogdensburg ; Alexander M'Gregor, Bals- ton; who were kept in close confinement, notwithstand- ing col. Lethbridge and major Shackleton had pledged their words to captain Conkey before he left Montreal for Quebec, that they should have the liberty of the toM n during the day. But the captain was scarcely g'^ne, when the pledge was either forgotten or disregarded. The pris- oners now are not permitted to procure such things as their small stock of money would provide. Sometimes they ,are half a day without water, and two or three days mih- out wood ; and if they complain they are cursed and : bus- ed by the jailor, and told they are only allowed a quart of water in the day. I am requested to represent their situ- ation to gen. Dearl^orn, which I intend to do as soon as I arrive at Sacket'6 Harbor. This is a sketch of the indignities I have had to put up ^ith since the Iftst of January. I^am yours, <&:c, . :.T, ...jv, ,..^.,. I SAMUEL M'KEEHAW, SurgeorCs mate 2dregbnent Ohio militia* Albany, May 24tb, 1813. To his Excellency Major-Gcmral Dearborn. /;« Sir — Without introduction er apology, I beg leave to state to your excellency, that on the 31st of January last I was ordered by general Harrison to proceed to the rivr kv Rj^isin with ^ flag of truce. I was required id my ia* '■'.,.>'. ■:^ ir.-~. . ■ ''V*' ' * ■ THE EFEMY. ■ «9 stmctioM, if I met no Rritish officer at that place, to proceed to Maiden (if too great dauger did not appear from the savages.) The same evening, thirty three miles from the river Raisia, the Indians fired upon us antfl ■■■ •Jl^::?tW': ;*.,,, m BARBARITIES OF { 4 that be was ordered to take me into custody and secure my papers: Trbich was accordingly doue in the most un- ciTil manner. On the 8th of March I was taken by a guard to fort George, without trial or hearing, although I had written to general Proctor repeatedly requesting an investigation, to which I received no answer of any kind. From fort George I was sent to Montreal and hur- ried on night and day, although thinly clothed (having been robbed apd stripped by the Indians) and the weath- er very cold. On my arrival at Montreal, I was, with- out being asked any questions or permitted to ask any myself, put into a dungeon eight or ten feet below the surface of the ground, in dark and solitary confinement^ sod there kept thirty three days, after which time I was put up with the American prisoners. A few days after my elevation, lieutenant Dudly became acquainted with my situation, and made such representations to governor Frevost as induced his excellency to send his aid, col. Bayoes, who said he was directed by the governor to inform me that the outrage which had been commiltied on my person "was contrary to bis orders, and told colonel Lethbridge to take my parole and liberate me immediately. The colo- nel not having materials for writing at hand, said he would send for me at three o'clock. In Jess than one hour, the town-major came and informed me, that the governor, on more mature consideration, thought he could not liberate me until he got dispatches from general Proctor. On " the 1 7th of May, eight or ten days after, I was taken from prison, and, in company with lieutenant Dudley, se'nt to the United States. I ma/ here observe, that the apartment in whidh I was confined did not coutainr'eithef chair, bench or stool, or bedding whatever, for the space of two weeks. Fresh beef was furnished, but no salt. — I was denied pen, ink and paper, and treated uniformly with the utmost contempt by the sei^eant, whom I had the honor of seeing every day for a f«w minutes. By the request of fourteen Americ&n prisoners, now in Mont- real jail, .rbose names are hereunto annexed, I beg leave to state to your excellency, that they arc kept in close confinement, sometimes half a day without water, and ij^Queatly two or thyee <^ays without wood to cook witln ^< •.iJh-LfA. X- *t\.U''*^-^'' *I..U^it«*sUK».w 'i'^t*-iiV-4-i.L'*il:ft'>. .y»«tl'<,«i)»l»J\iiJtfj- Ab.?\>*A ,K M > . |1 V? U'i''^^ ■^»-f"pr ! 1, >■ •- ' ' :..;--;^;-..; Tim enemy. ^'""' }:, v '../v t^A when they complained the jailor^s etirses were fteely lavished upon them. They have not the privilege of pro- curing some little R€cc5«aries, which the benevolence of some humane persons enabled them to do by giving them a little moneys Sir George Prevost has told them that their confinement is owing to the bad faith of their own government, &€* i'^);^%. 1 would have stated to your excellency the knowledge I had, through the report of others, of the outrages and cruelties exercised on the American prisoners taken at general Winchester's defeat, but must refer your excel- lency to Mr. Ruland, who had a command in the Michi- gan militia last summer, and who wag, after having been dispossessed <^ all his property, sent to Fort George with me, who no doubt had many opportunities of hearing such things triumphantly spoken of among British ofil'- cers and subjects. I have ttie honor to be, &c. ^ ^g. .,u (Signed) SAMUiSL JrKEEHAN. - Surgeon's mate 3d regt. O. M. Niagara Coffee House, June 4, IdlSw^^-^^.^-.^:^^^ ^^i^^-ij^ 'i% List ^persons left in Montreal jail Geo. H. iiogers Major Watson •fi U. S. army, . Alexr. M'Gregor Wm. HoUenback i?i/-^M*^vt Lewis Mioor ..,vr^l*s-. Seth Baras ^., Gains Hooker & Phiiaster Jones >;; Danny Jones Jared WitheralK-T Htki^ ■'i^r^'x'' J , John Campbell ^ , Zebina Conkey ,- ;. Pliny Conkey . David Johnston >v i'^% ':^i - r,i«>3^-^-tt:V^':iv,^.-^4'.v^^.'^i,. 0',:^... TIANSOM Off AMERICAN PRISONERS FROM INDIANS IN % THE BRITISH SERVICB. "J;'V«-Sf'.<^*-:#«' '-■t :!,;-;^';:"":;,wW n ExtraaafalHter/rom Mr. Woodward to the Secretary of " otatet .1 u • Slit-*.- W,- f , ■j'V'"''->:r.' •'■I. ,^f ji&V^ i 'i'i- '■ ■ -S'lf? '' V i:^> Albany, March 22, nu ** A few dayrpretiou* to the tturty-fintof January* [» t i 1 I! .'■ n BARBARITIES 01? 1813, 1 transmitted some letters addressed to the friends and families of a few of the prisoners whom we had been ri>le to ransom out of the hands of the savages. ; •♦ On the thiHy^first of January I addressed yon a let- ter coferiog sin^lar infbrAatiOn for twelve other fami- Itesw* ifo. VII. .- ■' it' I \ 1 ? { - ii H- riL&AGS ANi) BESTSVCTTON OF PRIVATC fROPERTT ON ■■-f.-' TH£ CHESAPSAXE BAT, AND IN THE NEIOHBORINa « COrKVRY. William SearB, of T9%ot county, in Maryland, states, that about the day of April last, whilst the British squadron, commanded, as he understood, by Admiral Warren^ lay about Sharp's Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, he being on the island, called Poplar Island, his {^ceof residence, Observed some tenders & barges coming off from the squadron in a direction towards the said isl- and. The relator was then in the act of removing his furniture and other property from the island, and hasten- ed therein from seeing the apparent approach of the ene- my ; but the said tenders and barges whilst this relator was crossing to the main with his scows and batteaux la- den with his property, and in tow of his two schooners, appeared suddenly to put back to their ships. The rela- tor afterwards, in the afternoon and evening of the same day made two other trips to the island and succeeded in getting off all his bacon. On the succeeding day, as this re- lator thinks it was, he again went on the i^and and got off forty or fifty barrels or his com and some other articles, without any interruption from the enemy. The relator ^having, In his first trip, got off his family and slaves, he now watched the movements of the enemy frqpi his farm on the main. On Sunday morning the he saw two tenders come to at Poplar Ilsand and go ashore in barges, and after some length of time he saw them depart from the island. The relator in the afternoon of t^e hut mentioned day, in cowpaoir with sereral <^ his THE ENftMY. 73 iieighbois, went to see what the enemy had done on the island, and found that tliey had injiiied nothing, nor tak- rn any thing away except some cydev from the cellar. — Tire relator then, took off with him as many of his hogs and other articles as he could, and was hurried off hy see- ing the enemy put off from the squadron with several bar- ji^es in tow of their tenders. The enemy, on that evening, took posscBsion of the island, and remained that night and a part of the next day, as well as this relator recol- lects ; and, on the last mentioned day, left the inland and followed the squadron, which in the mean time had mov- ed up the bay. The relator seeing this, on the next or the second day after, again went on the island, and there found that the enemy had taken and killed about thirty head of black cattle, eighty-six head of old sheep and be tween twenty and thirty lambs, that they had killed three* hundred breeding sows in their beds, whose pigs were found dead ; and that they had taken off almost all his poultry, all he supposed they could catch. From his house (where he had left some of his worst furniture) tliey took off an old looking gla»s worth about four dollars, and some newspapers in a file. They broke several locks and one door, and threw many things about the house.— In a liouee pn the island which had been occupied by James Sears, they broke his desk to pieces and threw a- bout his furniture artd otlier thJngs ; bui the relator does not now recollect that any thing was taken away. In testimony whereof, the said William Sears has here- unto set his hand tliis 22d day of June, 1813. WILLIAM SEARS. MariflmuU ^ ^ ' *^"''- '■ " '*'"" '■:: :'-T- "■'"'. ■^'.["Jy' " '■'-. _ Talbot county^ 5 Beit remembered, ttiat on tliis 22d day of June, 1813, William Sears, Esq. of Talbot county, pmonally ap- pears before me, the subscriber, one of the justices of x\\l^ peace of the state of Maryland, in and for Talbot county, duly commissioned and qualified, and made oath on the holy evangelxBtS) that the statement of facts henin con- G .(^r. : -■^,v:r^.1V..v<_3, ,..->:.., ^ 1 '\ ; H w '/4 J5ARBARITIES OF H h( u 1 taiiied is substautially true, to the best of his knowiedj^, recollection and belief. Sworo before me, ■■m mi^i^if^ -.'. *■•- PETER DEJ^NY.; State of Maryland^ > .^ -. . *j<;^ Talbot County, ^to rvit . I hereby certify, that Peter Denny, Esq. before ^vhom the above aAidavit jippeai-s to have been made, and who has thereto subscribed his name was at the tinje of taking and signing the same, and />till is, one of the state of Ma- ryland's justices of the peace, in and for the county afore- said, duly commissioned and qualified. In testimony Avhertof, I have thereto set my hand and aflixed the seal of nvy office, this t\7enty-fourth dayof June, Ano Domini, 1813. , (l. s.) . ., -JACOB LOOCKEEMAI^, ,. "' Clerk of Talbot county court, Corcil county^ state ofMaryland, ; I*. "V .■,..,:.'.'.. Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of» t'?ie juFiices of tl»e peace for the couuty and state aforesaid, Fri&by Henderson, and made oath on the Holy Evangel- ists of Almighty God, that on the 29th day of April, 181 3^ about seven o'clock a. m. a considerable British force, distributed into thirteen barges eomm^nced a hostile at- tack on a landing called Frenchtown, the property of this, deponent, in the county aforesaid ; that some days previ- ous thereto, a battery for five guns had been commenced on the wharf, but was in an unfinished state ; that on the approach of the B^-itibh force eight or ten men collected and commenced firing from the batteiy, and stopped tlie advance of the barges for son»e time. The ammunition being expended, the barges then came on and a firing fiiom them commenced ^f cannon shot at the battery and aift) at the dwelling houses in Froiiqhtown. The British ■tTicn landed on the M'harf and immediately set fire to a new store house on the wharf, which at that time contain- ed nothing but a large quantity of oats, the property of thii^ deponent, and also a fisheiy adjoining the wharf was sot on fire at Uie same time ; after burning the said store- liiOii3Q aud fishery, a force of about two hundred a*id fifty '. / • -. 1 THE ENEMY. ' / marines was marche*! from the wharf iLrough Frenchtown aod up the river shore to the cl\rciUng house of this (lepo- nent, aod demanded the way to tlie town of Elkton ; that finding the river must be crossed on thtit direction to get to Blkton, (he whole force returned to Frenchtown, brok<^ open tlie upper store house, which was at that time full of goods, part of which was the property of the United States, and (he remainder for different merchanis of Bal- timore, to the amtunt, probahly, of fifty or siity thousand doU ■• ! i .'M %^u AJ^EXR. KIJ^KEAD. • 1 7^ \ •> ♦ Hr :l'i?>'| ■f*"* .>'H 'id t I. ' > 74 BVftBARrTIES OF H \ (u Ccecil County ^ state of Maryland. P-^rsonally appeared befor« me, the subscriber, one ol the justices of the peace for the county aforesaid, Delia PcQJngton, and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Al- mighty God, that she saw the Britisli, on (lie 29th of Apnl, 1813, land on the M'harf at freuchtown and immr- diately set fire toaqdburn down the store house and Ash ery, that after the store liouse was on fire the marines were marched up from the wharf, and at the lime of ptun- dering and hurniog the upper store house the marines were formed in the road opposite her mother's .house : the olficers commanding the marines, who informed this depo^ uent lus name was Wyboiirne, said their orders were to burn the s^age stable a(id destroy the stage coaches ; that on this deponent's soliciting of him not to burn the sta- bles and stages, the officer replied, the question they geiv erally asked when they went tr y place was, how they voted at the electSour, and enqui i of this deponeM if her uncle meaning Mr. Henderson voted for the war. Sworn before mo, the subscriber, this 12thday of Juji£» 1813. ..: ^ .. •;''.i<*^. i'v^i^' ALEXR. KIIfKEAD. (■'""■' I do hereby cerl'V, that on the moriiing of the 6th of May last, I was impressed at my bouse at Turner's creek, by the British forces as they passed up the river Sassa- fras to Frederick and George towns, and was forced' to Accompany them to the above places. Op our way up we were met by two malatto men in a batteau. Capt. ByiDg (tlie name, I believe of the officer) in whose boat I was, took a white hankerchief, fastened it on his espon* toon, and was abont to enter the batteau with tlie negroes, in order to proceed up the river to infonn the officer commanding there, that if be %Fould not fire upon their barges they would not destroy tlie town, when he was or- dered by the admiral not to do so, who observed, '< that he would only 'send the negroes with the message, that as they were known to the people in the fort above he ex- pected that tliey would believe what tliey told them." — We were then opposite to Mr. Wicke's farm, which I think must be about a mile below the fort, The batteau i -H '£ /THE ENEMTX if With the negroes went tq i\w fort as directed and the Brit- ish forces soon after followed. I was in the foremost boat and continued in said boat until their return down the liver after burning the towns, when I was landed on Mr. Withered's shore and most positively declare that there was no white flag ever hoisted in her or any of the other boats to my knowledge, nor did I ever hear any of the British officers or privates say they had ever hoisted a flag, or that one ever had been fired on. The Captain, on his return down the river* declared, that-** if iie could catch Col. Yeazey, who commanded at the fort above, he Would quarter him and give me part of his quarter for steaks, for that the fire h*" had received was one of Washington's rounds.** I canH say positively what number of men they lost, as they would only acknowledge five wounded, but think they have sustained greater injury. Given under my hand this Otb day of June, 1813. ^k JOHN STAVELY. Subscribed and sworn to before, SAMUEL BOTER.. I certify, that I waa at the battery on Penrce's Point on the 6th of May, when a squadron of British barges vi- sited Georgetown ; that I had a full view of all the bar-^ g^s until they got possession of the battery on the Coecil Kiiore, and that I s&w no ^liite flag displayed iripm. eit|^r of the barges. -i^-^^Wi -^t^- ..>.;.. .*^;. W. SPENCER. JuncQlhy 1813. !■•>. ■#.,- We, the undersigned, certify, that on the Otb of May iabt, at the time Admiral Cockburn with i considerable armed force attacked and destroyed Frederick and George towns, on Sassafras river, in the state of Mary- land, were in or near the breast work below Fredericki town, under the command of Col. Thomas W. Veazey. From our position, we had a full and perfect view of[ the enemy's hostile armament, and saw nothing with it, oc preceded or followed it, that indicated or had tJbe ftp* J V r 7^ BAli&ARlTI£S OF pearance «f ^fiag eftnice, secording to tlie established' U0B(!;e of civilised nations. We understand a (Vag of truce to be amisaienfor « paci- fic purpose, accompBi^ed by men without arma, and nn- protected by a naval or military force. The bar^s mored ap .the river in cloae and compact order ; the leading boat, a few yards atiead of the rest, said to be adtnfral Coclcbucn^, earrtad a edouftd flag, and was escorted by not kss tfiao fifteen armed baigev and fuH of armed men immediately ill Its rear, and evi- dently kpiM'oaching in a menaehagp manner and wkh bos* .C- ! fi.> V Joseph Davis ' J William Rofeerts, Nicholas H T. Fnmife * I)9nner Orks t ^efihuk X Keudiick ..^ marK <■»•.?' • - r ws John >*i Goniy ^^v":':'^-i-:^ •':««? . mark State of Maryland, Ccecil County, On the loth day of June, Ano Domini 1813, persmi^ ally appeared each and every person whose osmes ar^ subscribed to th» foregoing certificate, befofe tlie «ubserl- ber, a justice of the p«ace for the aounty ani state afore« ;»aid, and made oath m the Holy Evangelists of AlsifglR \ his Nicholas HT. mark Joshua- HolTnigtotft his fi Kathan X Fariowv .. mark '*-', > • 'A ■■-• V- ■■^f'-. ss. f \i . I THE ENEMY. 70 ty God, that the facts detailed in tlie fortgoin^ certlft€at« are thie, to tlit? bcHt of their knowledge and belief. . Sworn before H. B. ^ENINGTOK. ;A ^^ I do hereby certify, that I was at the breast-werk nen Fredericktown on the 0th ultimo, when the British came lip the river kt theik* bari^rs, and iksA I did not see a flag of tnice, OOP d» I believe titat (he commaiuiiiig oflicer at the brcaat-werk knew or Eupposed there wae any atich thing in or amoi^ the barges. As M^tRoe^ B>y hand this hvelftbday of June, 1813. JAMES SCANLAN. Sworn to before the subBcribcr, a justice of the pence forCoecil county, and atate of Mai^landi, liie day and year above mentioDed. i^' H. B. PENINGTON. The depo^tion of Bichard Barnaby, of Frederick- town, in CcDcil county, Maryland, aged about forty-eight years, being duly sweqm^ depoeeth ami saitl^, that on the inoming of the 6tb of May, after th« eogageracot took piace at the fori below thiif town, that lie went a short (liBtance out c^ town to sfe seme females to a place of safety, and oji IrU return he met about twen^ of the Brit- ish troops armed, commoBdied by an officer who observed on meeting of htm, here is one of the damned rascals from the fort, and then encjuired where the damned rascals which were at the fort had run to, and ordered him to go Mith him and shew tUtm to him ; the deponent olMervioiG; he did not know where they were, thcx officer swore h« was a liar, and drew his sword and ttu'eatene^ to kill liim, one of the men presented a hfiyonot and another drew a dii-k and swore if lie cfid not go lie would run if through him ; he afterwards went with them ae far aa captain Francis B. Chandler^s house, at which time Fran- cis B. Chandler was going towards hia house, and on their hearing some person call him captaibi» the oiffieer ordered his men to take him ; the admiral coming np at the tinier enqinred the reason (hat the he«se was not or fire. At- * terwards this deponent returned to his owb house wi^ the itdQiiral and requested of him not to have it set oq fire f .■f' % 80 BARBARITIES OF the admiral promised it should not be burnt if he would furmsh him wit'i thirty fowls, which he promised he, irould do; he furnished them with about thirteen fowls ; they then took away and destroyed nearly Cie whole of his furniture which was in the house, and his provisions, and left him. Given under my hand this 12th June, 1813. ^ RICHARD B ARNABY. I Sworn to aiid subscribed before me, a justice of the peace for Coecil county, the day and year above written, H. B. PEJ>fINGTOJNr. '>.-«-.^ ■ U' The deposition of Francis B. Chandlear, of Freder- ricktown, Coecil county, Maryland, aged about thirty- ^Au€ years, being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that on the mornin^g of the 6th of ]\Iay last, just as he had re- turned from the fort, he was standing near his house and. saw a British party consisting of about ilfty person^, armed and headed by an oiiicer, said to be a post-captain, running up to bis house ; that he, this deponent, stepped upon the steps of the house and requested the officer not to enter ; that he caught him by the breast and called tiim a dam- ned rascal and pulled him fiom oflf the steps, and ihca en- tered the house with the whole of the party and gave Ijiree cheers, and ordered the men to go to work and cal- led for fire ; that they immediately commenced cutting; the stair-case, window^ash and breaking the glass, and set the house on fire in three places ; that at this time ad- miral Cockburn arrived, and he, this deponent, begged him to have the fire put out, until he would reason the case with him, and the adanral asked him v.iiat he could do ; if he could furnish thirty bullocks in half an hour ; that if he could not the house shorJId be burnt, and ask- ed him if he would try to get them — and upon this depon- ent replying in the affirmative, ordered Ihe fire to be put out for the pieseoi ; that he, this deponent, got upon hiu horse and rode about half a mile, wh^n he fell in with colonel Veazey and informed him what he was after, and that the colonel told him to go back and iuforui the ad- miral that he should not have them ; that he returned 9Qd informed the admiral of it, who then agreed liim what THE E^^EiViy. Bl £.Mi I H !>,. 84 BARBARITIES OF fired at one of my sons not twelve years of age, as he was driving off a flock of sheep. JOSHUA WARD. 4^ Sworn to and subscribed before me, a justice of the peace for Coecil ijountyv Maryland, this 14th JtiDC, 1813. H. B. PENINGTON. The deposition of Toilus Robetson, aged about thirty har years, who did live Avithin about one mile from Fredericktown in Coecil county, Maryland : This depo- nent states that on the morniog of the 6th of May, he was at the breastwork near Fredericktown, at the time the British armament came up the Sassafras^ river ; that he saw no flag of tnice; f^ at after the militia were obliged to retreat he returned home, and in a very short time saw a party of the British coming towards his house, and he and his family left their house, except two black women and a black man, who state that the British took the de- ponent's household furniture, and piled it up in the yard before the house door, and set them on fire, which com- municated to the house and consumed it also ; the barn which stood about one hundred yards from the house was set on five and consumed. TWs deponent lost all his household goods and provisions. He saw Fredericktown in flames prrvious to his leaving his house, which alarmed himself and family to that degree (hat he abandoned his house for their safety. ■ i . ; •' .:•) • Witness my hand. TOILUS ROBETSOJV. SMorn and subscribed to befoie the subj^criber, a jus iUe of the peace for Coecil county, Marylariindow glass, sa^h, doors^ and did coasid(u«W ; ea ■^ -I ■' (1 ^»^n BARBARITIES OF IP .< (.'licktowD was on fire about tlie time the fiist pdrty -of the British came to the deponeot's house. 'f^: Witness my hand, .^: ^ MOSES N. CANNON. Sworn to an d subsciibed before me, a justice of the peace for Ccecil count/, Maryland, this fourteenth day of .June, 1813. ■>^u-v^.^iS- j?s\ -^^ . ■ , ., " ^igM' H, B. PENNINGTON. ., I do hereby certify, that being in the fort at Fredrkk- town Oil Sassafras river, on tlie morning of the sixth of May last, when a battle took place with the British and the militia under the command of colonel Thoniae W. Veazy, I distinctly saw the enemy from Wv. time they first came in view, and discerned no (lag of truce or any thing resembling one. The enenay after some, resistance landed, burned Frederick and GeorgctoAyns, and destroy- ed a great deal of other private property. My house about eight miles on the river from the fort, was plunder- ed by tlitm on their way dowd the river. JNO. T. VEAZY. Sassafras neck, Ciiecil cmmty, June 28ecics, quantity and valuation of pro- perty, burnt or otherwise destroyed or taken away, by ilieeiRiny at Fredtricktowu and Georgetown, the amount of ^vlilch is — At Fiedericktown Do/i. 15,871 07 AtCw^ttpwa 19,755 81 Total burnt and destroyed or taken off 35,626 88 [This- statenjent is signed nud authenticated by Messrs. ^fohn J. Cox, John Maxuill and James Black is»ton.] Easttrnshore, Maryland. SIR — Multiplied rngnjfc mints and forgetfulr.ets euc- ctedir.g each other, Imve prevented my forwai;fling to you tliis Etalenif nt of the depredations committed on my propf riy at bhaip's Island, by thi; enemy while in the Cijfi-.njKHke. On the 12th of April, while I Aras in the visi of rfsiiining \wy stock, &;c. they lauded upwalds of au '^■tfc^tJf" THE EJNTEMY. &; Iiuudrctl men and preventied my removing nny thm«r. They detained me on tiie island until tlie 17tb, in vliicli time they were principally engaged in getting water. Dech- ratioDB were made by admiral Warren and the other offi- cers, (hat every thing of the stock or grain kind, taken, away should be paid for, at a fair price. Adnsiral Cock^ burn was, I was informed, at this time sent up the bay with the advance detachriient of the fleet. Admiral War- ren's ship and a few tenders only remained, about the isl- and. At that time they took twenty-eight hogs, four sheep, twelve cattle, thirteen bushels of Indian corn, and info.ini- cd me that they should allow the folio wing prices fcr tiieni : hogs, two dolars and fifty cents ; theep, two dollars and fifty cents; cattle, thirteen dollars a piece ; corn, one dol- lar per bushel. On my return to the island sense weeks afterwards, the accounts were made out, to the amount of two hundred and forty-seven dollars, bills on their go- vernment taken for the anaount, except about lift} -four dol- lars in specie. Before I returned to tlie island, the flcrt had all gone down the bay. I understood fr«m the inhabi- tantSj living in sight of the island, that the enemy had paid the island another visit and had made a general sweep of the stock. On my arrival at the island 1 fcund it too trur . They had taken all my sheep, in number cinety-one; six- ty-live of Avhich were one-half and three-fourtl»6 blood me- rinos, and one full blood ram, which cost me niiicty-five dollars, eighteen head of cattle and about twenty feogfc'. They left a bill on llieir p;ovcrnment for cnc hundred and thirty-three «!oliars and caih to the cmcimt of forty. TL( y took all the poultry, shot in a wanton manner one of the finest boars which this countrr could produce, and which was much admired by admiral Wairen fdr his unccmmoTn beauty Pjid breed, and who forbid, as a favour to jne, that he should be disturbed. They bayoneted others', which they left wounded, and which wouhl have been k:t, had np' overseer not saved a part by killing them. They left nothing for the sheep only a promfee of two dc^llars per head. I have estimated my loss, arising pruicipall) from this last visit, at twelve hundred and three doUarSj as will appear by -the following statement : i 8a BARBARITIES OF [Here follows a, detailed statement of the value of ttic irticles taken.] I will give ttiose prices to any person who will reinstall the same number of stock and Icioe, at the close of the ■war, or deliver them at any of my farms, the ram exceptp ed, as I have raised ©thers of the same kind. The injury done me by breaking up the flock of shetp is far beyond Uie piices stated, as they cannot be reinstated for several years. The destruction of the ram was a wanton outrage, as he was not fit to be eaten. He was bayoneted, and I believe left on the islaad. This I prcstime was aimed at our manuiactures. There will be a loss of at least 20 per cent, upon the bills if sold here, an«l probably a total loss if I wait for the British government to pay them. Add this to the a- inoUQt above given, makes the total loss 1,203 dollars.—- Vour friend and servant, , ^ ^ - ^ ^; V JACOB GIBSON. ; MarengOf Idth Juli/i 1312^ . James Nabbt esq, near Easton. Talbot county, set On the 20th July, 1813, came Jacob Gibson, esq. before me, one of the justices of the peace for the state of Mary- laod, and for Talbot county aforesaid and made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that what is contained in tlie within instrument of writing, is just and trite, as stated, as near as he can ascertain. •"•^■'"/:.-? ■>^.^:-^.l>>.L:V-^^i^^^'; Wm. HARRISON. (Cepy.) U. States^ frigate Adams, July 24, 1813. Sir — 'I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter from lieutenant Read, giving the particulars of the loss cf the schooner Asp, and the inhuman conduct of thp enemy to her commander, Mr. Segourney. Another letter from lieutenant Read of the same date, mentions that no part of tlie enemy's force were then above Blackstone's isLinf). He farther states, that in their attempts to land on the Virginia shore, they have been invariably repulsed. Very respectfully, &c. C. MORRIS. Hon. Wm. J ones ^ secretary of the navy^ Washington* (Copy.) " ' THE ENEMY. 20- / ^i ^, • .1:^ .United Stale's cutler Scorpion. ;^ 1.1 : 5 r-. X, Potomac^ July 23(1, 'iBl3, ^ Sir — it is with much pain I have to inform you of the death of poor Segourney, who was killed a few days ago (I cannot say when) gallantly defending his vessel. He was attacked whilst lying in Kinsale creek, by three launches, and after a sharp contest beat them off. They liowevert on gaining the mouth of the creek were reinforc- ed by two uiore, and again renewed the conflict. About this time Mr. Segoumey got wounded through the body. The crew on seeing him fall, having no officer capable of leading them, jumped overboard and gained the shore ; when the enemy, who by this time succeeded in getting on board finding the colors still flying and Segourney sit- ting up, barbarously knocked his brains put with the but end of a musket. At the commencement of the action, Mr, Segourney thinking them too strong for him, had ran the schooner on shore, in which situation the enemy found her, and not be- ing able to get her off, set her on fire. The militia, how- ever, (who must have been slow in collecting) by this time got down and beat them off, retook the schoener and ex- tinguished the flames. They have since buried Mr, Segouraey with the hon- ors of war. I have not heard any thing of the crew. I am, sir, very respectfully, GEORGE C. READ. Captain Charles Morris, U, States^ frigate Adams. . P. S. All this I have from authority which cannot be doubted. .■ > . r f M Extract of a letter from midshipman II. M. M'-ClhUock, dated Kinsale, July 1 9(/(y 1 8 1 3, to the secretary of the navy department. We were attacked by five boats ; we continued do- ing the same as before, but having so few men we were unable to repel the enemy ; when they boarded us they refused giving any quarters ; there were upwards of fifty men on our decks, which compelled us to leave u2 90 BARBARITIES OF u the vessel, as the enemy had poesession p they put her en fire and retreated." Extract vf a lettit frcm John Tubtrvillf, majer of the 2d brisra(i\ ^^\^h regiment of the Virginia milHia, dated Kinsa^e, July 20th, 1813. " I arrived myself at the place of capture before the colors were lowered, and am confident that, even at that time, their numbers amounting to between sixty and sev- enty, might have been reduced one half, before they could make their escape, could I have commanded twenty dec termined men. The gallant commandant fell before the enemy boarded him, by a bnll which parsed through his body, but continued to fight till the last ey.treroity. "When there were forty or fifty of the enemy on deck, one of the schooner's crew a&ked for quarters, nhich was denied hiff). At this instant, the few men remaining made their escape by swimming to the eliore, and Mr. Sc^ourhey was instantly shot through the head. The vessel yas shortly set on fire and the barges rowed off. Jhe offi- cers fonght bravely, and Mr. M'Clintock defended the vessel with much credit to himself, afler the command- ing officer was wounded." Hoti. JVm. Jqucs, secretary of the nai'j/, Washington. '(Copy) • ■ ''' ' ■ Ntnhern, July 19, 1813. Sir — On Sunday night tTie llih instant, an Euglibh fleet consisting of one seventy-four, three frigatrs, one Brig and three schooners, anchdred about one rfiilte fiom Ocracoke bar ; about day-break we were informed of it on Portsmouth, by persons froni Ocracoke. I imme- diately got up. and ordered the cutter to get und^B way, and run up to Newbern aod give the alarm, which she did, but made a very narrow escape from the barges, as fche was obliged to beat over the swash against wind and tide, while they could ro*w a straight course. 1 believe admiral Cockburn intended to have visited Newbern for the pni'pose of robbing the bankis, but was prevented by the cutter making her escape to give the alarm : indeed he said such was his iutentiou, and was much exasperat- etl because the barges did not take h.er. I believe there THE ENEMY. was as mnny as twenty-five bai^^ee that crossed the bar, and I think there ctmld not have been less than three thousand rejE^ulars, marines and sailors, in thrm : they captured the privateer brig Anaconda, of New- York, and the letter of marque schooner Athens, of rhiladelphi?, both fast sailing vessels; ihey then landed on Portsmouth and Ocracoke, and such a cmel, wanton destruction of properly was scarcely ever witnessed ; they broke in pie- ces almost evey species of furniture, cut open beds, and scattered the feathers, and even cait-ied their villainy to such a length as to rob many women of their children's clothes without leaving them a second suit to their back?. The officers pretended there should be no depredations committed, and when complaints were made to them they would say, '* point out the fellow and he shall be correct- ed,'* well knowing it was impossible to identify any one of them, among such a number of strangers. They took off the two places two hundred cattle, four hundred sheep, aud sixteen hun i kept me until they were ready to start, they turnrij <\ie adrift in the oc^an inr a smalt boat with four Spai • .^3, not one of whom waH-acqnainted with the bar more than myself, in consequence of which we got in- to the breakers and very narrowly eiscapcd being lost ; all these things were transacted under the direction of the humaoe admiral Cockbura. I believe, firom the touytti- IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 Ifiai I.I 2.5 ■^ 1^ 1 2.2 :^ 1^ IIIIIM 1.8 IL25 IIIIII.4 III 1.6

oe of M'lich threw a ball ok the roof and knocked oil some shingles ; the firing then ceased, when two other gen- tlemen \>Ah nijself advanced on the whatf ami asked fol| the commander of that division of boats. Aperson whom. I supposed to be a midshipman from his appearance, an** swcred " captdn Lawrence will be here directly ;'* he then asked a number of questions, such as, have you any news-papers, how many militia have you and where are they stationed, where is your.post-ofEce, &c. &c, to all of which we carefully avoided giving any direct anwer. Some of the barges tiicn warped up along side of the wharf, when i thought it most prudent to leave them, being fearful that I should be made a prisoner. I then walk- ed up towards the ferry-house, followed by ihe two gen-* tlemen who went with me on the wharf ; we were met by an officer who imediately ordered us back. After reacht ing the lower end uf the w^iarf the midsipmau before meo- tioced said — sir, this is captain Lawrence, pointing to the officer. Lawrence then addressed us in words to this a- roount, " what have you got to say for yourselves ; where IS your mayor or chief magistrate ?" He was told we had no mayor, and there was no magistrate in the place. He then asked, " are you prepared to ransom the town ?" I asked him what sum he demanded; he said about 20,000 dollars. We told him no such sum could be raised. " Why then," he replied, *' did you fire on us ? had you not done that, and hung out a flag we would have treated you bet- ter." I then asked him what was their intention in comp ing, and in what manner they would have acted had a flag been hung out on their approach. To the first question he ga^ve no answer but after a short pause observed, '^about cne half the sum now demanded would have been taken." He was then told, small as that might appear to him U could not have been raised. Then, says he turning hast- ily round, " in three quarters of an hcur y cur town shall be in flames; you shall now feel the effects of war." The said captain Lawrence then went into the tavern of Mrs. Sears and with two or three men brought out a bale or box of goods (which was said to have boen lodged there the night before, belonging to a lady in Georgetown) and placed it A few paces in frcut of the houee ; another oiEcer !*';. 'I .1 -r f 7 1 r "M -t »> : §4 ■;»■:. . BAEBARITIES OF t out (name unlctiowo) entered aftenraivis and' brought out 8 second box, and placed it near the ilr^t. Captain Law- rence then turned to him and said, " sir, I have placed a guard here, we must now attend to other business ; we will see to this,*^ pointing to the goods, '^ to-night." The erder to fire the houses was then given, and captun Law- rence walked down street and entered the store of S. Hogg and Co. the door of which had been previously broken open, and a few men were in the act of taking off wear- ing apparel, &c. others had got to the countlug-room desk in search of money, scattering the papers, &e. en the fijcer. The shameful act of pilfering the goods was however re- served for the redoubtable captain La^vreoce; he it was who first began the shameful scene, so disgraceful to an officer, by taking down knives, forks, &c. saying, " ha ! Hie very things we want," and turning rcuud called in a l^sfa set of plunderers and said, " boys, here, is fine plun- der :" the men did not wait a second irivitation ; tut set in with their worthy leader, and in a Ebort time emptied the store, excepting some articles which were of little value. Wra. T. KILLPATRICK. ; , P. S. When I found that capiain Lawrence ordered his m^n in the store and gave the order of plunder, I re- monstrated with him on tne impropriety of such proceed- in/^, and observed that with civilized nations at war priv- ate property had always been respected. He replied in a hasty manner, *' you ought to be more particular in your choice of representatives ; you wanted war and you shall now feel the eflTects." W. T.*K. Sworn to, this twenty-fifth day of June, 1813, before""* ELI.TAH DAVIS. Personally came James Wood of Ha vre-de- Grace, be- fore me the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace for Harford county, and made oath accorduig to law ; tha on Monday morning the 3d of May, 1813, between day- light and sunrise, as he was riding in the town of Havre- de-(jrace he discovered some men in the act of hauling up the shore a piece of artillery that had been mounted on the battery, and from their dress and the dullness of 4 ^ ' ; •■'■ ' •J X, ■':•♦■'*■'', >-;^^.r , :;■■ • .i^5,>?^;'-. , THE ENEMY, J9$ ;tv: the morning he took them to be Amencans, nor did h& dis- cover his mistake until he was made prisoner and compell- ed to dismount ; upon which the officer commanding the l^ritish immediately mounted his horse. A short period after, he was ordered on board of a barge in company with some other prisoners, which barge was moved up to Mrs. Sear-8 wharf in company with other baizes. Some short time after lie discovered a house at some distance from the water to be on fire, which excited some surprise (the house belonged t# Mr. John Tucker) he observed to the cock- swain of the boat, there was a house on fire, asked if he did not suppose it to be set on fire by a rocket ; he replied, " perhaps it might ;" directly after, I saw the Britbh kindling a fire in the yard of Mrs. Sears, and asked them for what that was intended ; the cockswain answered to set that house on fire ; I then asked them, why you are not going to burn tlie building ! The repJy from an offi- cer on board the same barge (and who I believe had Qgt been on shore) was " yen, sir, we shall lay your town in ashes :" and in a few minutes I saw a general conflagra- tion of the greater part of the best buildings, during Uie time I remained on board, which was until a very short time before they left the place. I «aw the officers as well as the men in small squads bringing on board^the barges as they lay at the yshBiI pbtmkred property of almost every description, and jiepositing it ; during the time an officer ^ brought on board a large trunk or box, and calling to on^ of the men said" I will give you two dollars to take tare of this for me ; this is my own plunder ; this was a stage passenger's property, and therefore i» mine.** He further declares that he has no knowledge of any flag of truce be- ing held out by the British, nor does he believe there was any. I JAMES WOOD. Sworn to, this twenty-fifth day of June, 1813, before* "l^,: ELISHADAVIS. -U- ti M' i '! :Y Personally came Koxana Moore, before me the subscri- '■ ; ber, one of the justices of Harford county, of Maryland, and made oath according to Jaw ; thait on Monday morn- - [^ Ing the 3d of May, in consequence of firing of the Bptipb ' ti ■.■.•).5.::'.'t! ,.\ ■\:: J)/,': i ■-v-.7"'» • Vi Iv s ■■'-,•- ■ BARBARITIES OF -r:ti^:- l-.» into the town of Havre-de-Grace I fled for safety (my Imsbind being from home) -into the cellar of the house in which I lived ; that upon the ftring having stopt, I came tip, and meeting an officer on horseback, and who was wounded in the hand, I applied to him for protection, fear- ing injury from some of the men. He replied, " I will not -hurt you nor shall my men, butl will burn your house." ; I answered hira I could n;>t get out of it with my little 4?hildren. He replied " tji^u I will burnyou|' house Avith , you and your children in it.'* They procHded a little further, and after having set fire to my neighbor Richard Mansfield's tavern house, a number of them returned and ^feegan to pillage and plunder. They took the whole ■of my bed clothes, ray own clothes, and all ray children's, even tt. my youngest child's, a baby not two V Months old, together with my cradle fumiture. Upon ; my soliciting tlrera to spare me some few things, one re- 'i>lied^ I will take every thing I can, its what we came i'lbr," and immediately seized a shawl from around my ,' neck, and which was at that time nearly all the covering 'my little baby, whom I held in ray arms had, and carried it away ; they more than once put fire to the house, but 'from the exertions of some of my neighbovs it was as often yut out. She further declares that she never saw any flag of truce held out by the British, rior docs she believe there was ' any. ROXANA MOORE. Swornio this twenty-fifth day of June, 1613, before * ELIJAH DAVIS. Personally came Rfchard Mansfield, a citizen of Ilav* ' te-de-Orace, before the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace for Harford county, Maryland, and made ORth -according to law ; that on Monday morning, the third of May, ldl3, being in his own house about sunrise and viewing the British barges as they came up the river, 'they keeping up a continual firing into the town until * they reached Mrs. Sears' wharf, bein» about two hundred ^* yards below this deponent's, #hcn the firing ceased ; they ' IheDlafided^-aad as well a^ he could discover) at the dis^ ,■(■ / THE ENEMY. i)7 tftnce from i\hich he stoofl, iTamecUateljr launched a twen- ty-four pounder on board a ferry boat, which bilged her, as she began to 8ett4e in the water as soon as they moved her out, and in a few minutes went dcwn ; during this time, two of the barges kept moring slowly up towards this deponent's, and as soon as (hey iiad landed, a petty ©ITicer ran to this deponent's ferry boat end called out--^ " there is nothing in her ;" " cast lier off," was the reply, ^hich was instantly done. This deponent and his son being at this time on the wharf, discovered a British offi- cer on horseback with several men at his heels, making to his house," upon which he returned and met them a few yards in front of his house. This ofTroer whose name this !f- a" M mi i.K . : 14 ^ S^ 1 ,*- '■■ ' \ \ . -V .:. . <■■■•%■ \ * \ ./■ % Y - \ : .- ' '■■ i ' . - ■ / ^ 'A- ', - ■ *■ ' -li .,■' . If'- .:^ .J -'-'^v V "h ^ BAIIBAIIITIES OF turbed." Exertions vrere then mad6 by Ihis depone ut, his son, and Mr. King, to save from the devouring flames ivhich proved successful for a short time ; but a few min- utes convinced us-what liltle dependence was to be placed on the word of a British officer, as the men, aided by offi- cers, carried off what iiad been by great exertions and considerable risk saved from the flames. The enemy had been busily employed breaking, def troy inp, and car- rying away, until the flames got to such a height as to reader it unsafe to go witiiin the walls. They tnen com- menced upon such property as this deponent had saved, carrying oft' every portable article, until their barges were stowed ; ripping up beds, throwing t!ie feathers to the air, cutting up chairs, breaking opien desks, ■, No. VIII. « J ■ Si I ■ ■i.f; » ^n OUTRAGES AT UAIVirTON. Sxtractefa leUcr from General Taylor to Admiral Warren, dated Head Quarters, Norfolk, 2Qth June, 1813. " I have heard with grief and astonishment of the ex- cesses, both to property and persons, committed by the land troops, who took possession of Hampton. — The res- pect I entertain for your personal character leads me to make known these excesses. It would not become me t« ■\: ... (I ii 1 ■,: ^'»^%ft\' I 1 ,, » ••■ .1. ■'! 'O, \f iOO JBAHBARITIMS OF suggest what course of enquiry and puciisljmcnt is due to Ihe honor of your arms, — But the world will suppoiie those acts to have been approved, if not excited, Avhich are pass- ed, over with impunity. I do not however deprecate ii:\\y measurts which you may think necessary or proper ~rbut am prepared for any species of warfare, whii:h you may be displayed to prosecute. It is for the sake of hu- manity I enter this protest. " We are in this part of the conutry merely in the no- viciate cf our Avarfure. The chaructor it wilt hereafter assume, whether of mildness or ferocity, will materiall): depend on Ibc first operations of ovtx arms and on the perw sonal character and dispositions of the respective com- manders. For myself, I assure you most solemnly, tiiat I neitltc^ have aitthorized, nor will sanction any outrage on humaoity cr the laws of civilized warfare. On the contrary, I thibk it due no less to my personal honorvthac to that of my country, to repress and punish every cxcees, I hope that these sentiments will be reciprocated. It will depend on you wh^ether the evils insicparable from a state of war, shall in our operations, be tempered by the mild- ness of civilized life, or under your authofity be agf;ra<- vatedby all the fiendlike passions which can be infilled into them.'* ;;; :r. : ■<-.. ■ .v'-' <• ^ , Admiral Warren to General Taylor. Uis Britannic Majesty's ship San Dotningo^ Hampton Roadsy Chesapeake Bay^ June 29, 1813. Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day, stathig that you had communicated U^ your government the proposal of an exchange of prisoners, and also that some excesses had been committed by the troops ijp the late alFair at Hampton. I have commuicated to my friend, sir Sidney Beckwith, the commander of his majesty's forces on shore, this part of your letter, and he will^have the honor of writing to you upon the points to which it alludcB. ' I. beg leave to assure you that it is my wish to allevi- ate the misfortunes of the war commenced against my country, by every means in my power ^ at the same lime ■ ;, ;J rr 'I '. '■ . ^ t >.■- (-'■ '•i:<-; '•^' d ^ \ THE ENEMY. 101 I ftm prepared to meet any result that may ensue between the two oatioDS. I have the lienor to be, &c. (Signed) JOHN B. WARREN, Admiral of the blue, and commander in chief. ' Brigadier Oenernl Taylor, commanding the United States forces at Hampton. A true co^.— JAMES MAUR;ICE, Major, acting v) assistant Adjutant General. . s Sir Sidney Becktvith to General Taylor, ■■ His Majesty's ship San Domingo. June 29, 1813 Sir — Admiral sir John Warren having communicated to me the contents of your letter, I lose uo time in assur- ing you, that your wish cannot exceed mine to carry on war with every attention to the unfortuntae Jodividuals, in whose immediate vicinity military operations may take place. In this spirit I shall vie with you to the utmost. At the same time I ought to state to you, that the excesses of which you complain at Hampton were occasioned by a proceeding of so extraordinar;' a nature, that if I had not been an eye witness, I could not have credited '♦ At the recent attempt on Craney Island, the troops in a jargc sunk by the (ire of your guns clung to the.wreck of the boat. Several Americans, I assure yon most solemnly, winded off from the island, and in presence of all, engaged, iired upon, and sliot these poor fellows. With a feeling natural to such a proceeding the men of that corps landed at Hampton. - That occurrences of that kind may never occur again , and that the troops of each nation may be guided by sentiments of honor and humanity- is the earnest wish of yours, &c. ^ (Signed) . SIDNEY BECKWITH, \ Quarter Master General. Brigadier General Taylor, commanding the United States, troops at Norfolk. , A true cojjy.— JAMES MAURICE Major, acting assistant Adjutaoit Geoeral. /> .1 ; — ' v»^ ,v ^-t: 1'^ fi, •1 i;' '♦ ^h il }■ m 1^ ; Hi ill ; , . 1 ' ( h 1*'^ > 102 ^ • > ;f BARBARITIES OF ^:; ffcflrf Qwarffr*, 2V(W/o/Ar, J«(j/ 1, 1813. Sir — It afTorda me llie highest satisfaction to receive your assurance that you wish " to carry on war with ev- ery attention to the unfortunate individuals in whose im- mediate vicinity military operations may take place." — Such sentiments can alone gi%'e splendor to courage and confer honor on military skill. Worthless is the laurel steeped iq feniuile tears, and joyless the conquest which have iaiflicte4 (icedlcss woe on the peaceful and unresist- ing. The franki^ess with which you admit the excesses at Hamptoii is a guarantee against the repetition. ^ I canoot doubt, sir, your conviction that the scene des- ■ cribed by you at Craucyjsland was really acted. But by the very reason it appeared to you incredible and in- ' human, it should have been unauthorised. Your own preceptioEi of propriety shall decide, if facts should not haveJbeeu ascertained and redress demanded, before retat- iatioQ w«s resorted to, a retaliation too extravagant in its measure, applying not to the perpetrators of the alleged olTcnce on their comrades, but to the innocent and help- less. I have reason to think that you are mistaken in your impressions of the conduct of our troops at Craney Island — that they waded into the water, on the sinking of your boat, is true — but I learn that it was for fhe purpose of securing their conquest and assisting the peiishiug — one person, perhaps more, was shot, but it was only for a .continual eAbrt to escape, after repeated ofers of safety on surrender— ^ch at least is the representation made to me. If however your yielding troops have bee« butch- ered, it is due to the honor of our arms to disclaim and punish the enormity. The fame of my country shall nev- ^ er be tarnished by such conduct in the troops under my eommaad. I have to-day ordered an enquiry into the facts, by a board of field officers — proper measures shall be taken to punisl^ whatsoever of impropriety may have ., been committed. I flatter miself you irill perceive in these measures a dispositioB to afford no cause of re- proach in any future conflict* When w^e meet, let us conx- i; bat as soldiers, jealovs of the honor of our respective '^, couniri«s» ankious to surpass each other as well iu ma^r . ' lianin^ty as incouragev - . ; - : - v ' ■n •t'V. S.^y.-:^:. ■ 'I ♦.ri ' •> -v: 'I «: ^ THE EJVEMY. •A- lOlT high consideratioB : Accept, »ir, the assurance of my and respect, (Signed) ROBERT B. TAYLOR. . Brig. Gen. comroauding. To Sir Sydney Bcckwith^ Q. M. General commanding the land forces of H. B. M. Hampton Roads. - js- ' ^' A COPY, aV^-. % JOHN MYRES, Aid-deCamp. Extract of a letter from Br^. General Taylor to the Se- ' . '*' j cretary of Wart dated, N&rfolk,idJuly,l9\3, I CDcloscd, as was promised yesterday, copies of the letters written to Admiral Warren and Gen. Beckwith. My aid who carried them duwn yesterday, brought back a letter from Admiral Warren, of which a copy is enclos- ed, and has made a statement of what occurred in hi^ conference with the General. The letter of (he Admiral, though polite, is certainly not ro^nsive to any thing which lias occurred ; and the conversation with the General, though equally civil, is obviously designed to prevent any further discussion of the subject. From the report of prisoners and deserters, ihere is too much reason to believe, that before the attack on Crancy Island, the cupidity of the troops had been ex- cited by a promise of the pillage of Norfolk ; to inflame their resentments after their failure, and to keep alive the hope of plunder at Norfolk, there is much reason to fear that our troops have unmeritcdl|^ been charged with mis- conduct at Craney Island, and that made a pretext fcr their excesses and their conduct at Hampton. I entertain no doubt of the justification of the honor and magnanimi- ty of our men, by the report of the board of officers.-^— - I do dot mean that the subject shall drop, but when I c(Mnmunieate the report, I shall leave the British Com- mander the alternative, either of adopting similar meas- ures in his own army or remaining under the imputation of having excited their troops to commit these excesses. Our tjroops are highljr inflamed. ^•^:/ ,-^ IJ •i^i %i r ^T' ^^ t,i*t- :Vr-/i-. 104 -^ p^ BARBARITIES OF V-.- t'A '■'" > .■'. Notes for captain Mitres in his interview with Admiral Warren. A defenceles& and unresisting toiirn has been given up to indiscriminate pillage — though civilised war tolerates this only as to fortified places carried by assault, and af- ter summons. Individuals have been stripped naked — a &ick man stabbed twice in the hospital-a sick man shot at Pembroke in his bed, and in the arms of his wife, long after the de- feat of the troops — his wife also shot at and woimded, a Mr. and Mrs. Kirby. Females have been not only assaulted and personally abused and struck— but even violtted. If occasion offers, notice may be incidentally made of the information given by prisoners and deserters of the promise to plunder at J^orfolk. As to the imputation on our troops at Crany Island, if admiral Warren should mention it, deny the fact and state the actual conduct of our troops, in going into the water to assbt their men, and then giving them refreshments as soon as they entered the fort. Refer to the conduct of nil our prisoners, particularly those taken from the boalt of the Victorious. JKO. MYRES, Cap. and Aid-de-camp. ■ \t' (COPY.^ Head Quarters, Norfolk, July 2d, 1813. Sir— -In Obedience to your orders, I proceeded yes- terday with a flag of truce to admiral Warren in Hamp- ton Roads, to whom I handed both the dispatch for hiro- aelf and that for sir Sydney Beckwith. The admiral re- ceived me with civility, and with many acknowledgments for the terms of your letter. Sir Sidney was on shore at Old Point Comfort. Feeling some diinculty about the propriety of delaying on board for his arrival, I was sbout to depaat, but adroh'al Warren expressed a wish that I would remain, saying that he would desire, no doubt, to give a reply. Sir Sydney did not arrive 'till 8 o'clock. He express- ed great respect for the motives that had actuated you, sir, in the lit ^sures which you were pursuing — they were the .lit-sures which ■ . .^ - ■:\. •1, •^■ . r ^?V'-,. 4j :y^^ 71 HE ENEMY. 'i' 105 tnore thaiilie desiffed— -k ivas suf&cieht, lie said, if your; own nilud was satisfied. He expressed regret at the' trouble you had takea^ and much deference for your char- Hcter— with a resolution to yie with you iaeiSortstocon'^ line future operations within the bounds of humaoity anid the usages of war. He said, in allusion to the pretended conduct of our men at Craney Island, that it proceeded no doubt from a few of the more disorderly. I denied the charge altogether, as I haddoaeinmy previous interview, ^vliea it was made the justification of their outrages at Hampton, on the ground of retaliation. I found that it was not his intention to give to your de- .spatch a written reply. By the light manner in which be glanced at the subject of your investigation, I could per- ceive that it was pressed farther than was desirable to kirn. It was my wish howev^ to be able to report to you the probability of a like coui^e of enquiry on hia part, and I enumerated the catalogue of abuses and violence at Mampton. I meotioiied the pillage of the town, and the wanton destruction of medicine. That individuals had keen stripped naked. A sick man stabbed twice who was in the hospital. A sick man shot in his bed at Pembroke and in the arms of his wife, who was also shot at and wound- ed, long after the defeat of the troops, a Mr. an^ Mrs. Kirby — and finally the assault on females, their being struck and personally abused and even violated. At the mention of the murder of Kirby and the wound given to his wife, sir Sidney distinctly admitted it. The others he appeared not to be acquainted with the partic* ulars of, and expressed some concern at it. He said, that he had, however, on coming to a knowledge of their conduct immediately ordered the embarkation of the {j'oops that were concerned, widi a determination that they should not again Ian ' and that while he was unable to control a past event, the responsibility of a recurrence should rest on himself. That the troops under his com- , mand were strangers to him on lus arrival liere, and ap- pealing to my knowledge of the nalure of the war in Spain, in which these men (meaning the French corps) he said had been trained. Thus far be thought he could not give a «ore convinc- 1-:' ^ 1 '» .' ,r -f... .^ I ^I^M 1 t ■ ■» :/' % 10© V^ BARBABITIES OF i V ing proof of the sincerity of his professions tliau in the urithdrawal of these troops, and that he had moreover juat been employed in finding a new watering place on Back river in order to remove from Hanipton and to quiet the minds of the inhabitants. He assured me that in making such a pledge, as he was doing, it should not be lightly regarded — that he wonld either send away these troops, or wait the arrivel of others tor new operations. He concluded by expressing a hope that you, sir, would in future use no reserve in communi- cating any subject of impropriety, and on his part that he should certainly do so, with a due regard to the liberality of your conduct. l{e hoped the subject was at rest. I tf)ok my leave. I have the honor to be, &c. JOHN MYRES, Captain and aid-de-camp Brig. gen. Robett B, TayUn Norfolk. t Extracts of a letter from gen. Tat/lor to sir Sydney Beck- withj quarter-master-generalt commanding the iand force of H. B. M. at Hampton Roads, dated head quarters, July, 5th, 1813. " I have now the honor to transmit to you the pro- ceedings of the board of officers convened to enquire into the transactions at Crany Island. They doubtless will convince you that in that aflair, the Ameiican troops merited no censure ; tlmt their conduct was distinguish- ed by humanity and magnanimity ; and that the distance to which you were removed from the scene, by render- ing it impossible that you could be iraformed of the mo- tives of their conduct, unhappily led you to draw, conclu- sions, equally mistaken and unmerited. You have done me the justice to declare, that the meaoures pursued by me, evince a disposition to permit in my troops no abuses on humanity or the laws of civil- ized warr As I cannot doubt the existence of similav sentiments with you, I have a right to expect on your part measures equally decisive and unambiguous. If I had deemed it needful to forbid openly to my whole ar- ray all acts of impropriety ; and to direct a public inves- tigation of charges believed to be unmerited, hut having lb ■', '.i"?' •; , ■f* ^^-. ■.4- '>.'■ THE ENEMT. 167 (lie sanction of yoar imputation, I put to your candor to ceterniine, if cxeesses in your troops, admitted by your-- self, and someof tliem of the most atrocious character, should pass unnoticed. My conduct and your declara- libns give me a claim to ask that these excesses be pur*' ished. Your army will then learn the abhorrence ycu feel for such acts, and be restrained by the fear <^ your indignation from similar outrages. But if these admitted excesses are passed by, the impunity of t\ie past will be construed by your troops into an encouragement of future outrages, and your own humane intentions be completely defeated ■; neither can you be unmindful of the propriety of taking from my army the pretexts for impropriety by a knowledge of eflfectaal restraints on youra. "1 am fully impressed with the liberality of your con- iluct in promising to remove the treops who committed the outrages at Hampton from the opportunity of repeat- ing these enormities. But, besides that my confidence ill the gallantry of the American troops forbids me to de- sire any diminution of your force, such a measure being liable to niisconception by our own troops, niigtit not at- tain your object. The rank and file of an army seldom reason very profoundly, and, however erroneously, might ascribe their wUhdl-awal to the desertions which have on every opportunity taken place in that corps, and in their unwillingness, if any should have been displayed, to fire on the American troops. If this should unfortunately be the case, your force will be diminished, witliout securing the great ends of discipline aud humanity for which ycu had with so much liberality made the sacrifice. I am the more pressing on this subject, because I have reason to believe, that, even since your assurance, though unques- tionably against your good wishes, very improper acts have been committed by the troops on James* river. The domestic property of peaceable private ctiizens, respected by all civilived nations, has been pillaged and what furnish- ed no allurement to cupidity, hai been wantonly defaced and destroyed. \\ ** If such acts are either directed or sanctioned, it is important to us and to the world to know, what species of warlare the arms of Great BritaiQ mean to wage. If ■s^-. .' \ ^ It: ■ - yt r- ■^ m :a - •.^^. ; 1 .• V..'' yv' 1«3 BARBARITIES OF ;.: J authorized it Mrfll be of little ptacticitl avail to know t^iat the director of teese arms entertains the most liberal per- sonal dispositions while these dispositions remain dormant and inop^ative. ; ' > " If I am troublesome on this subject, charge it to my anxious desire that nothing may occur to embitter our feelings and tho&e of our respective nations. In the pro- gress of the war charges of inhumanity have Unhappily i)een frequent and reciprocal. I am not indiffevent to the infamy, which such a charge €lxes on ihe officer who ci- ther encourages or peilnits it. I derive the highest sat- i>>faction from the assurances you have given of similar sentiments. We have, sir, become enctoies by the sac- red obligations we owe our respective 'countries. But on the great and expanded subject of human happiness, .we should be friends by the sympathy of our feelings. — Let us then cordially unite, and exercising effectually the powers with which our govemmeuts have invested us, give to our warfare a character of magnanimity, con- lerriog equal honor on ourselves and on our country. Extractfrom general orders. Ast. aifjt.gcn.^s fffLceyN(irfvlk,Juiy 1,\%\2. ^ V The general commanding, has deemed it proper to re- monstrate against tlie excesses committed by the BritiEli troops, M ho took possession of Hampton. It kas been attempted to justify or palliate these excesses, on the ground of inhumanity in some of the troops at Craney Island, who are charged wit^ having waded into the riv- er and shot^lat the unresisting and yielding foe, who clung to the wreck of a boat, which had been sunk by the fire of our guns. Humanity and mercy are iopt ^ ara- ble from true courage, and the general knows too well the character of the troops under his command, to doubt their magnanimity towards an um'esHsting foe. It is equally due to the honor of the troops engaged, and to the hitherto unquestioned fame of the American arms, for honor and clemency, that the imputation should be in- vestigated. " . If the charge be well founded, the army must be puri- fied by punishment for this abomination. If, as the com^ l..y .: -.r <:;:'.='.. . . ' --1= %f THE ENJ^MT. ^*r-; 100 wander Jjopcs and belieyes, the conduct of our troow has been tniscpiistrue^, tlie T^orld should have an atttbcntic record to jroiel the imputation. 4 !He 'therefore dt reels that a boaril of ofRceiv^ to conoiat of col. Freeman, {tresidentjUeiit. cpls. Boykin, Maeon and Read, do convene, the day after to-morrow, flit a place to be appointed by tlie prf^gident, for the purpose of ioveati- gating these diarges aud report accordingly. ^ JAMES MAURICE, majOTy Acting (issislant atfjutant general. tm .-df :k 'M if**. # R]ErORT OF THE ftO^RD. The evidence havinjft been gone through, the board, afler deliberate and mature, cqusideration, do pronounce th^ followlog opinibti : That it a|[)ipears from the testimony adduced, that on the 22d of last ipoath, in the actional Craney Island, two qff the enemy's b<>ftt8 in front of their line were ^unk, by the fire of pur batteries; the soldiers and sfiiltii^ who were in those |j|P>iit8 Irerc consequently afloat and in danger of di-pmiing, and being in front of the boats which were unih- jlir^d ; t^ disable these qurgiins were necessarily fired ina direction of the i^en in the water, but with no intention whatever to ^ them farther harm ; bat oh tlie cont^.ry» orders were given to prevent this by ceasing \o fire grope, and, only to fire rpund shot v it also is substantiated that one of the eneiny who had apparently surrendered, ad- vanced towards the shore, abo!>t one hundred ysrds, when he suddenly turned to his right, and endeavorrd tp make his escape to a body. of the enemy who had landed above Uie I-sland and who were then in view; then and net till tiien was he fired upon to bring him back, which had the desired effect, and he was taken unliurt to theiflan*!*^; It farther appeara Ihnt the troops oh the Iflaiid ex^rt- fed themselv(;s, in acts of hospiiaUty and kindness to tlie. unresisting and yielding foe, - ,^^ Therefore Uie board do, with great satisfaction, deela||!r> | as their unbiassed opinion, th^l the charge alledged a^* gdiinst the trpops is uni|JUpported ; and tli^' thocharae* ^^i|pei:l^ eddicj-j- for humanity and maguani^ ^■^: 1 fl : ;ivi9h thattiiifftafy cpeiatiplQ^ should ti dltn^d onlr^'all ttie liberality and huniairfty which be^fiiieii th4 rewwct jvc haUotis. Jipy inhiti^meDt i>f the estabfj^jbte^ ^ttges of war wiU IsstaBttyWiiO^ed U pun»^r ' ■ Mxtract f/ a letjterfrom brigelii^er general Taylor , W ihic ^'^semta^l j^wd/i^ d(aett:Mirfi0,^ltkJ^ly^ lais. ^^ the bi>ardiif otficebiSki^£^^4^ examine jthe^ lir^^t against (M^rtfo^^^^^ kfl% at Cr^iiy I|^* aii4 h^v6 my^li^ a repoif flsjinvAnieinic«m^;i^ sire,' I £Qcl09<^^aE copy yeateTday to the Jbil!^ - cogj- inahder, with a letter or which acopy is 'enclosed, Xhe bearer of my dispatch was met by a 4«^i the qfece? of which i*<5€fycd th3 dispatch, and a few Jtowrftja^r ;;re- tutned with an answer, o^'M'hich a f <|^y al# ^ en^ifi^. 1 fear^ from thf gieo^t^atity of its ter^j that little lH§rii9* iatioli of the syst^Tin Jfiithfirto pr&cti^^d ja to be e;|pf^d J biit somfetliing is gfti^ed by plMn^ the e.nemy sapdded- ly in the wrohg, that lEe world i^onot doi^ l)^ whom is to be ascribed SHiy €afce8Be$ wliSch here«^er Way if commilted oa either aide" V 1 THEENEJfT. ill Jt^ 9044^13. bQr^bod^ #<>«^|bVt 1 TBiB «U^pt. AHhojnaBiier^(^^ ooly bjr tlw venal §ttiiigt foe, Ibiit^: the iuufortitnaiie And inlktuatejii \Aa^^%m efici»iuri|ed% thesa Ki their exc^ssea.^ ^^^^tif^lpMlhiiik % thej»»^ ioflLi^^^tl^^ lllid 1i:'--' ■■ -" ■ - • mi^ma, i ■■,...,.:■ , . -^ f^ I f*« jrastetdiw til Hamptoo 1^^1197 tiroes, lh»t pUce haVing been evacuated in the lu^^i^ ^y tn^ lili— %^ Ms bt4iodiv$$ tMtd 1^^ heaniidr^} I'h'fi^ f«f dlnressef it^jlb^ls ruitnVti«; up in evci^ dU recioo iO'COngratuh»ite'^\iiS V teitrs ireri sheddk^tn every torn^ft^the 4o%moui jeW9<^K mm&iersi^Hy^td eve^ t3f tl^bui the bousest and) (iTj^ pen is aknost utmiltli^ 4an %^ utfe fo yvi^^lves oiir J^tt^nptoii feisiiales seized lind trea^ ed ifith viilj^ce b;^ thoie inoostem, and n^t a s^lHar^ American arm present tb avenge Uitflr 'Kroogs ? Bat eii^ugh— I can no more of this. ri Si J il 'h 'i n I* ■T' mmmmmm W aAiRBARITlES Of* f Tbcy hay* received airehiforceiiieiit of 2000--rn all S^bo men, and Kprfollc or Riehinoiid ts their imineciiate a|m'. Protect yoursHvai from suth sceata as ice have -witnew^d. They retired io ^reat coBfudoo, teaviiijg^ be;- bl^4 3000 irt. beef^ (puBk^t?. ammtmitioa, eanteediy ^c. &t and som6 of their meti^ whom we t(|(>k. ft is^^ttp^- ed thaf they apprehended an inpimedtate attack from 0000 of oiir men w|iich caused them t6 le^at sH precipitale- ly. Myfiriiend,iest aBsuTtfdofonl^tlptgf ^aty^^ cattf- not conquer AmericaDa^— the^ caitnot stand them--^if we jbfid iSioo men; we should baVe XiUed or taken the great?* er part of them^** From tiiesdme U tittsflMe, datg^d Armsiedtts MUl,'i^'i'':-:'^ . THE ENEMY. na: tM»e, suflTered iii like manner. *Dr. CoItoiH I%rson Ha!*« 8on and Mrs. HopUos have informed tne of those pariic- ulara. Another, iu the presence of old Mr. Hope, had heii^ gown, &c. &. cut off with a Bword and violence offered in his presence j which he endeayored to prevent, but had to quit the room^eaving the unfortunate victim. in; their possession, whano doubt was abused in the same way.— t Old Mr. flopevliiltnd^lf wa^ stripped naked, pricked with }^ ba^cmetin the arm and slapt in the face > and' were I to mentioii a hundred cases In additioi: to. the. above,, I« do not know that I should exaggerate,"" \ ;' " --■;,. ■■■■ .•. II . II I I I ." ^xiractpom a rqjtort made to ma^iyr Cmtchfiehl, hy Thonth :4isQriffin andRobcrt Lively, es^rs, dated ' YoRk,4thJuIy, 1B13. >;7.f" Upon reaching HilniptQB; a scene of desolation acd. fc> tM l^estruction preseftied. it^elf--the few inHftbitants we ioRindiin! town» seemlsd not jei to. Ikisevt rncpVered from / ;4heir ajacni'^^dismaT- "and consteil^tic^ sat on every '^eounteiiaQCe — reports had resfched usof the violence and ., uncontrolled fary of the enemy^afiter they had obtained possession of the ptace- us to^ dwbt, -we ftfe^ compelled to l|elieve that iu;ts df violence have been pesp^trated, which have disgrUcect^ the age in which we live. The sex, hitherto guarded bj^ ^esoldiev^s honor, escaped not the rude assaults of supe< ^or force, nor eouTd (Bsetee disarm the foeof his ferocity. * The ferm«r of these g«it!en!«» acted as surg^om to the Ac- .tachment lately BtfttioniHl at Hampfon^ anrl is a young gentle'" maa of t^e first TeiipccttvbiUty;rHtihe 1»tter i»ptr(ei<40cnt or^^^t^^ ^• cadeiny at tbat plH^, aiid sttmcls deservedly hi^ in pnJ^lc^»(i' nalioii. Hrf. Hopkins also, i8>1a(1y of very lughiespeclabil-' ity, aodofth^iapiiaiiqiiebtionable veraeity.. y , ,< t This worthy old gentlemen is bowing beneath the pressare off age, being near tO or older ; has a numerous familyt most. i#r -^':^ them sons, pow ui the service o«Wn. country. . . ^^ ^ :;" ' ^, ", * }v »: •? J ■■I if 4 1*1 m m i ■^' '"■ * ' ■- ^ti i II. i ' ^:: ■;■ ■^.■■-' : » .mix * 1 1 \* . * I f - ■ -J ' ■ ^ » *>•■ ' ^.»sA. ■-JV %m: BARfiAltlTIES^ OF ^'■"■^• ■ is ' -'' ...-f' ' *• .1 Yhe apoloffj- that these utrocities irere committed fay the' French soldiers attached to the British forces, now in . our waters, appeared to us no justification of those who -r.f employed them^ believing, as we do, that an officer is, or ^ ' should be, ever respomibte for (he conduct of the troo{)ft ' uader his cdmniand." ^ JK^ r^'- r ■c^. To the Editor of the Sftflttteri, diR — Having just returned frotti Hampton, where i made myself acquainted with all the particulars of Brit- i ish outrage, whilst that place was in their possession, I am requested, by many persons to communicate through you, to the publiC) th^ idaforroation I have given now and adcdowtedge thBi>, ';■! am Incapable itif pub^ing a fiilseoood— «iid 1 averj that every statement liiconsistent with' tho following, ho 4natter on whose authority it fe'inadte>^is>u»true'----in'pa»wf of wfaid) I solemnly undertake b^foKtbewoiitl to- iistaEw iish every fact cootained in it, provided any gentleman will ngn, his name to a d^niaf of either of them. ,,,^ I wo«i to Hampton^ nHth a d^^imnation of emuiiriilg minutely into the truth oi iep0B, which ir ibi^d^ lor the ^Oiior ot a soldier's profiessibn and of- human hatncey tft^ hstte feimd exaggerated. In the ilivestigation^ I resolved \ tOidepend on the second-ltittid relation' of no oaej. where I. }>'^uld moHOt to the origfaaal source of o^deaeeH^uisinftt^ 'h^ ■''■r f-M V#-;'.'^>^' ■#- i: l-T "^v"^ .«'-.-.: THE ENEMY. US .*; in some cases this was inpt actieable^ I feel it % duty carefully to dutingUisb Uie one dasi from Uie other. That the town and country adjacent was given up to the indiHCfli^ioate phin^ter of a licentious soldiery, ex«epi^ perhaps the house whece (he head-quarters were fixed, is an undeniable truth. Every article of valuable property was taken from it. In many houses not even a knife* a fork or plate was \e$. Britkh Officers were seen by Dr; Colton in ihe act of pkinderini^. a Mr. Joneses store. Hift house, altluHigh hevl^aiQed in town, was rifled, and his medicine thrown into the public street just oppoKite where many officers took up their quarters, who must have been eye witnesses of the scene. The church was piUi^ed and the plate belonging; to it taken away, although inscribed with the donor^s name. The wind mills io the neighborn hood w«rr stript of their sails. The closets, private drawers and trunks of the inhabitants were broken open, and scarcely any thing seemed to be too trifling an ob- ject to excite the cu|^dity of these robbers. Severftl gentlemen informed me, that much of their pluader ww brought into the back^yard of Mrs. Westwood's house where Sis Sidney Beckwitb eoid admiral Coekburta resid- ed. But I had no opportunity of seeiog this lady, who it was said would testify to the fjaet. In shOTt, Haaippton exbibitB a dreary and desolate' appearance which no Amctioan cao it itnee^ umnoved. Br. War dl«w md Mr. John &. 3mith, of this city, visited^ it in company with mei aad> their indignation waa equal. They, and every one, who saw and heard what I have stated, iwited in ex- ecrating the Rioosters who perpelxated those enormities $ and political distiuction^if any existed, were lost Ia the noUeit. feelings of pUy for the sufferers, and- a generouf ardor to avenge ttieic wrongs. Here it may be necessavjir tonotiee a pubBcation, 1 bffve Uiis mrnneot read in the; Alescandria' Gacsette of ilie 12th,. where, among other thing0, it is said'on, the author^ ity of a " Gentlenian:whp wai^ih Hamption'the day after the evacuation by. the enemyi^r ^t it wasbeffeved theiie ** that nearly all th« plundering was comnHltftdby the ne- )|ii«9;F andthiathesav^mAngFv^'aiEtieles bnafQ^ht totbfe IS^iBtie^ea which )iad beuLroqw^d Id negro housejU**^' :.'.■ . ' ■'■'':'''V'*'.'''~y''^ ■.:... ;':. ^- ■ • . '•'' • y-."^' ' '': ■ - ■'>' !^ -■• -'i ' ■■■¥''■■■- ■ ■ ■ ' - ■ . >r-V 1 ■' 11 ■■ \ IJ •i i\ :V -/-■ i- r u •A. * ' ■ i -1 h: :-<■ X 1 '^pp^^p { *^P"irTT^«w^wii^^iii^p^^iiiPiii tid BARBAtllTlES OF % ..■.■*i»V That fome plundering may have been committed by. the negroes who (tig I was tnld) ^ere eitfbiBUied and paraded • ttirough tlie streets. Is probable enoligh-*-4iiat tlie expres* iion of such an opinion may have been beard in Hamp- ton, is nkewise probable — but I do^utterly deny, that it is believed there, by any person worthy of credit, thut ** nearly all the plundering was committed 1^ thcro.*' Let ; the getittcman, then, who gives this account state from whom he derived his information. Let him give the tianies of the Magistrates who received the plunder thus fonml, and his owd; and let htm declare what were the main articles he saw brought in. I will not directly baz< \, ard the assertion, but I am veiy much inclined to believe hiBdering of the least conscquen'^e, V after the evae met in the proper manner by the §^1* lant officer who commands them it Norfolk*-- But the . worst is to eome. ^ I conversed with a lady, whoiBe name if Menttoned ia ^'capt. Cooper's letter j in company with parsoni^olson, 'doctor CoUon and capt; Wills.- Her story was too shodic- iog in its details to meet the labile eye. When I bad convinced her of the object I- bad ki view in visising h^ —that it was djuetated tnr no iitipertinent curiosity, but i * lesir'e to know the whole trutb^to enable me on ihe one %aad to do jiistfce even^to an enemy; or ott the other, to eleotHfy my countrymen with the recital of her auffcr* ings — she discovered every tlnng which her coovulrive ttrttggles, between ehamo and a d«Bire to expose her bru- ^rtital assaiStfnta, would permit. This woman was seized %y five or six ruffians— some of them ebressed in red, and apeakmg correetty the English language — and stripped nak^d. Her cries and her prayers were disregarded, and '^lier body became the subject of the most abomiijiable in- ii; Indecencies — She atonfe time made her escape, afid runln' ^ io a creek hard by, followed by » young daughter; whenvho '^aa dragged by th6 moiisters in human shape, to expeii^ ence nev^ and aggravated sufTerings. In this situatioli ^Ithe was kept the whole night, whilst her screams were ^t^lieard at fntervalF by some of the Americans in town, ^%bo could only clasp their bands in hopeless agony. '% I Virginians ! Americans f Friend or Eaemy of the Ad- ' /^ministration, or of the War I Go, as I have d*>ne to this ^^eman'i boose, and hear and see b€r. See too her young ^^ ..^'t:_:t/<. M ■m ; ■ :0 i. * ■ TV ■••i? n-?s ;1'^.^M ■:■ BAEBARITIES OF '■■V'U'>" ^-: ,v->«l -'' '•■^» 5^- , V J" , ■*7.('>v , r ■ ;.p-- f lit]' «■ • V ^Jaugfaieroo-tbe bed of sicknes, io consequeoceB t>f tlie^ pibuses of that Bifbtt and your hoart, if it be made of *^ penetrable stttfl^"wilt throb with indfji^nation and a tbirst i^r reyenge, and foax band ioBtinctively grasp the weapo» . IbrinfflcdngH. : A Mv9. Brigi^ related to us, that a voman who had €oineto£[ampton to visit her husband who was in the mi- V fitia, jras j^oncibiy torn from ber a&de by four soldiers dress^ 'ed ly g^eea, and with her joung child, which one of th^n puMtched lr«m her arms^ boni to the hospilal, in spite of ber screaaii. They had prcTiousIy robbed them c^ ^ir rings, ai|d attempted to tear open their bosoms. A' Mrs. Hopkins, who was not in town when I was there, obr'^^ taioed the awistance of an oft^er, rnd rescued the wo- man. |rom her ravisbers ; but not u^til one of then had jgrat|fted Ms i^mlipible d^^ ^^ -- I was. told by tie gentleman who a^c >mpaniedme,that lirs. H6|>kins confirmed this statement, and wouid swear to at least to two other cases of a similar kind, without wever giving i^ the naraes of the^ouiiig' and respeeUh iromen who sulSered. • f doctor Cokon tind captain W3Is, assisted by an ofSceis rescued another lady from the greatest of all caiamities. 4 Old Mr; Hope, aged, as he told major Crutchfield (ia my presence) Q4 or 5 years, was seized by these wretch- es and strH>ped of all his clcKthiog, ev«n of his, shoes and his shirt. A bayonet was run a Ktfie way into his arm behind, as if in cruel sport ; while several wer» lield to his breast. In this situation he was kept for a considerable time, and would probably have been apoUier victim to their rage^ if their attenticm had not been .diverted to a woman, who had sought refuge iu his iKmse. The^r fol- lowed her into tne kitchesi, whither she ran tbr safety* Mr. Hope made off amidst her agonizing screams, an4^ when he returned to his house, he was told b;|' his domes- tics that their horrid purpose was accomplished. TMs i had from him. /»;%* How far this violation extended will never be knoi^n. Women will never publish what they consider their own shame — and the men in town were carefully watched aud guarded. Sut enoughs as kiiowu to induca-the belief df ..:! -;,.«•■ 1 ..lit -J w .-,£3^ ■.>A^' '^1 ^' ■f ■ ••*^:>:i?iiffr ••ft^ii*- w. the existeoce of many other cases, and enough to fire eT'> ei7 manlj bosom witb^e irrepiessible desire of rerenge. p I am ^noi disposed to tire the public patience, or I eould tell of enormitieit little inferior to the above. But the enemy are convicted of yobbery, rape andrmmrder- and it xi uanecessary to add to Ae catalogue of their crimesi Men of Virginia ! well you permit all 4hi8 ? FaAeiv," and brothers, and husbands, will you fold ycur arms in apathy, and only curse your deepoilers ? No, you will ffy with generous ernulauon to the unfurled standard of your country f you will imitate the example of those g€nerou8 gpiritsj who are even now in crowds tendering their servi- ces to the commander in chief : who are pouring from their native mquDtaiDs ; and soliciting to be led againpt tlie enemy whereever he dares show bis face. You wftl prove yourselves worthy of the immortal honor, th^t the enemy has conferred upon you in ielecting you as the obgect of his vengeance. — You will neglect for a time all civil pursuits and devote younelves' to the. art, alcnowl^ . edge of which the enemy has made uecessaiy .— You wifl ' learn to command ; to obey / and witb " Hampton'* as your watchword— to conquer. ,-5<4; . ■yif -:V. ■*. ' Believed, upon good authoii^, tQ be colonel Riobaf^ E. Parker, of Westmorland county, Virginia. York, 4th JFvLT, 1813. ' SiR-*-Anxiou« to effect, as eariy as possiUle, the db* jecH of the flag entrusted to m by yoU on the 1st instji W6 proceeded immediately after receiving your dispatches for admiral Warren and general Taylor, to Hampton. On our arrival at the latter place, some dilfeculty arose ia procuring a vessel to coDVey us to the British fleet \ ana after some delay, we were compelled to embark in a small^ open, four-oared boat, the only one, it seemed, w|dch the fury of the eneuy had left capable of ftoatiij^.——- We proceeded to th'? fleet of the enemy wiChthfli Utmost -dispatch which *our little skiff, and the exec*' 9iv^ heftt <^f the day would, perintt ; and wheo ^^iAn$ y.4 :¥'''■ y. :h^' •i!f' ^1 tl'*- .■ess«d an unwillingaess to permit the flag to proceed.- — They were answered, that if the flag was permitted to pro- ihe supplies coi^d he procured soonev than if th^ ■.: '::rP^; '. -/'-^ '.-3/ .*^': :;••«■' ^:f' p "'h' :•>;-*(•■ -*;• rat' iSf fivit^' ' V ' i2r *■ forf ftclg was eotrnpeUed to return — certainly in the course o£^ the following day ; that if compelled to resort to Rich^' . mood, three days; probably more, would pass before the^; stores C'^iild reach Hampton ; that our wounded and sick ' were suntering for medicine and necessaries ; that all'^e . medicine, prirate as well as public property, » had been wotonly destroyed by the troops who lately cajftured Hampton* and that the supplies absolutely re(|iiired for the use of the hospital could not be procured in Hamp ton. The admiral said he had heard that the hp^pitaf had received some supplies. He was asked from wheric aijd assured it was not the case. Finding the adniiral still hesitating, maj. Griffin * that the reputed humanity of admiral Warren major Crutchfield to doubt that the application for /ne passage of a flag to Norfolk would be refused." Mer a short time, major Griffin waa informed that the /flag might proceed, upon condition of returning along side the ship, in the same vessel, with the same persons, au<( with no increase of persons. The restriction to the sane ves- sel was combatted on the grIDund that in the event ^ much ivhid, the boat was too small to navigate the Reads, and thus (he object of the flag would be defeated ; but find- ing no relaxation in the condition probable, it was deter- minea upon consuHatioii with Lieut. Lively^to proceed. Upon the subject of prisoners, admiral Warren ac*'i knowledgecl one only to be ! the fleet, takeh at Hamp- ton. He deplined all arrangements, and avoided all dis- quisition on this topic, faying l:e had opened correspon- cenee with gen. Taylor, but nothing was decidc(| i*elative to the the officers^ baggage captured in Hampton. The admiral said, that such articles as had been found had been restored, and mentioned th§ papers of capt. Prjor^ which had been placed in th^Aite of captain Myers, of Norfolk, and assured major vnfjfin that he would direct sir Sidney Beckwith to enquire farther ; and if any should be discovered, it would be made known to us on our return. We were thep informed we might proceed, which wte immediately did ;* and reached Norfork afier 3,P,.M. repaired t»gtn. Taylor's qiiRTters, who directe«l '-■\'€ W . V - "t>"'r V ^: Ml 'A- '«%■■ »¥!*•* >«iit4,' » -^ ■ 'i.- ■'.'i.. ^I^^^PBI '.i'>;-„t 122 1. W'i'- BARBARITIES OF s si the supplies written for by the surgeons. Returning on :■ the 2d; we were, i^ customary, again met by a barge of 'the enemy and desired to call on boaird the admiral's ship. We entered the ship irith the oftcer of the barge, and were received by the captain, who enquired if we ha^ dispatches for the admiral ? Being informed we were the returning flag that had proceeded to Norfolk the day before, iKe captain retired to the cabin, and short- \]y returned with information that we might proceed when we pleased. This we did, and deposited wit ; Dn Mton the medical and hospital supplies sent hoi. NoT' Upon our reaching Hampton a scene of desolation and deVmction presented itself— the few inhabitants we • foaid in town, fecmed not yet to have Recovered from thei\ alarm — dif may and consterniitioh sat on every coun- tenaiSce — reports had reached us of tlie Violence and un- contr^Ied fiiry of the enemy) after they obtained posses- aion o^ the place — their conduct in some cases bemg re- presented such as would have disgraced the days of Van- dalism. \ Our feelings were much excited, and wb deem- ed it our vluty to piirsue the enquii^y as far as practica- ble, and aie sorry to say, that from' ^ information we could procti-e from SOL *ces toQ. respectable to pennit ua to doubt, we are compelled to believe that acts of violence have been perpetrated, which have disgraced the age in which we live, The sey, hitherto gtiarded by the soldier's honor, escaped not the nide assaults of superior force, nor could disease disarm the foe of his ferocity. The apolo- gy t!iat these atrocities were comlnitted by the French soldiers attached to the British force now in our waterr^ appeared to us no justification of those who employed them, believing as we do, that an officer is or should be, ever responsible for the conduct pf tlie troops under bit command. , ,« :.^'!*^^.^:V,; . - -' We have the honor to be. Your humble servants, u . (Signed) ^ T. GRIFFIN, R. LIVELY. Hajor L. Crutchfield, coinii*an(!cr at York. ^^Mf^ ^^ ff ' ■H" it. "■ ■%,y •'im- V-V '■/. .'^^M •V'iifi'i. :-* \. ■,.■... .■iL:v^'Y^-:,./''. ^•■■'^■■- . ',ij.' .;*<^ l^\i9^i THE ENEMY. ' t^tNi. 'n'iit.i-itK I'iv."^' . . . • / ■^' Massacre and buroing of American prisoners surrendei^e to officers of Great Britain, b^ Indians in the British service. Abandonment of the remains of Americans kill- ed in battle, or murdered after the surrender to the British. The pillage aud shooting of American ciii- !V:>zens, and the burning of i m^m 122 •*••«■%* BARBARITiCS OF ^ll^rntoiy, Amencan citizens, after the capHulation hav« ; ^^^©€0 burat by the MTBges. 1i'^-[l-':':^*^\Sixth. Some of the inhabitaots, American citizens^ after the capitulation, have b^ea pillaged by the sa^Ta- : ;?.*S1^;-: • \ ■■■-::' ''^ . Sandwich, Fm,':^ 11813. , : €r Sin-^Vou will liave tKc gdodness to appoints day for ^ tile purpose of adduciog before colonel Proctoi: such ^^..npi^f as' you may have, to substantiate the assertions in ;>':r:;yoiir letter to him, relative to the slaughter of the enemy 'j5 .^ nck^aed wounded, on tlie 22d January last. Z'; M V^ I have honor to be, &c. v^1?--iP^) A. W. MliEAN, aid^e-camp.. Extract of a leiierfrom Mr, Wootlrvard to gen* Proctor,. ■''■^}Iill:^ "SAHDWiCH, FEft. 10,1813. " T had the honor to receive, on the third day jof this month, a verbal message from you commumcated tb tnib by major Mair, requesting me to procure aome evidence of the massacre of the American prisoners, on the 22d day of January last. **? " I met with only a few persons at Detroit who are iplujibitants of the river Raisin, nor was it «lti^;eUief a pleasant task to those, to relate, in these times, the scenes they have beheld. Some of them, however, appeared before a magistrate, and I send you copies of what they bave stated. It will occur to you, Sir, immediately, thaf ^ >>' ylxdX any 6f them state on the imormation of others, though not direct evidence in itself, leads to the source .where it - may be obtained. 'J ■''... X" ' ^ ^' In communicating your, message, iniy. Muir added i^ething having relation to American citizens, who might be willing to take the oath to the king. "It will be obvious to you, sir, that ki a state of open • ... and declared war, a subject or citizen of one ]^rty can- not transfer his allegiance to the other party, without in- curring the penalties of treason ; and, while nothing can excuse liis guilt, so, neither are those inqqcent who Uy temptation before thenu ^ - . ^- , , ., 4 r ** THE ENEMY. 135 *« T)^ prindples adopted by the U. States 6n the sub- ject of expatriation, are liberal, but are perfectly inappli- cable to a public ^Qemy in time of war. " Some of the French inhabitanfc of the territory of Michigan, citizens of the United States of Anterica, have been much urged on this subject, and ate apptehensive of being further troubled. *< I had the further honor of receiving, on the eighth inst. your verbal message by your aid-de-camp Mr. M* Lean, acquainting me that there was no capitulation on the 22d January, and that the prisoners surrendered at discretion. *« I, therefore, beg pardon for that mistake. ■'^ *' The principles, however, of the laws of nations, impose an obligation almost equally strong.'* r .'I I :\ r. ■?■;•■ ss. 4*' No. 25. TRANSLATION. Territmy of Michigaiti district of Detroit. ^ Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, one of; (he justices of the peace in the district of Detroit, Joseph Roberts, an inhabitant on river aux llaisins, who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, deposes and says ; that on the next day after the battle on the said river Rai- sin, a short time after sunrise, he saw the Indians kill the American prisoners, with their tomahawks, and that tliey shot seyeral, to wit, three, that the Indians set the hoi^use- ; on fire, and that in going out, the prisoners were massa-^^ ^ cred and killed as aforesaid, that is to say : three were shot, the others were killed in the houses, and , burnt with the houses. The Indians burnt first the house of Jean Baptiste Joteaume, and afterwards thatof Gabriel Godfrey, junr. The deponent has been informed that there were about forty-eight or forty-nine prisoners in the two houses. The deponent has seen dead bodies on the? high-way» which ihe hogs were tearing and eating. Mr, Brunot told the deponent that the Indians had killed those • ^.2. .r:JA: ■-:..■ .i i3 #; f': -.'■V- "^ v:^ , i«p • ■\' 126 BARBARITIES OF "V. V . : M-^r ! > U - of the prisonen irho were least woundbd, and that the others were burnt alive. ADtoine Cuiellarie and Alexis Salliot, iobabitants on the river Ecorces, told the deponent that two prisoners had been burnt in the house of Grandon, on the river aux Sables. The deponent has heard that the Indians had torn out the hearts of the prisoners, and had brought them still smoakiog into the house?, but did not recollect the names of the informants ; he believes, however, they were men worthy of credit. The deponent says farther, that after the first action on the river Raisin, the Indians fired on one named Solo, son-in-law to Stephen Labeau, an inhabitant of the river ^ux Sables, when returning from the house of Grandoo to Ihs father-io^Iaw ; on his arrival, he hallooed to his fa- iher-in-Iaw to open the door, saying that he was mortally woanded ; Stephen Labeau opened the door and told his soa-in4aw to throw himself on his bed, but that in trying to move he fell dead. An Indian knocked at the door, and Lcbeau having opened it, received a ball in his breast^ and fell dead. The son of Lebeau made his escape ; the Indians fired several shots at h|m which did not reach hiro. The deponent says farther, that Bfiptiste Couteur was killed near the hoir.se of the deponent, on' the day of the secoul battle on the river Raisin, a little after sunrise. The deponent says farther, that the Indjians have oftep threatened to butn his house and b«rei,iChedid not march with them against tlie Americans. The deponent says he is an American citizen* : The deponent says that several of his neighbors, have told him that they had received the same threat. Other settlements have been threatened with fire. The mills and houses on the river aux Reches were burnt hi the month of September last, after the ciipitulatioB of De- troit And further this deponent said not. IJOSEPH ROBERT. : Sworn and subscribed liefore me, the 4th February, 1813. PETER AUJPAII?, J. P. D. D. 1 ■ ^ r y .."* :: N '. - the %:iiTBE ENEMY. •■■;■*---,•' ."N w , V rt No. 26. ss. '^.' ■■■■i-fi Territwif of Mjichigan, > district of Detroit, \ Be it remembered^ that on this daj-, February tlie fourth, A. D. ooe thousand eight hundred and thirteen, personal- ly came before the undersigned^ a jastice of the peace for the district aforesaid, viz. John MDounell, an intiabitant of the city of Detroit, who, after bein^ duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almigh.y God, depaseth andsaitb, that a few days after thebatile of the 22d of January ia^t, (at the river Raisin) he was personally present at the house of James May, esq. when he heard the said James May ask Mr. William Jones, the acting agent for the Indian department, if there would be any impropriety in purchas- ing the prisoners from the Indians ; and that he beard the said William Jones say ' that he thought there would be no impropriety in purchasing them, but would not uiader- take to authorize any person to do so ;^ that in conse- quence of which, this deponent purchased three or four of the prisoners, amongst the number was one bythe name «f ——<- Hamilton, a private in the Kentucky volunteers, who declared^ to this deponent, that on the first or second day after the battle at the river Raisin, on the 22d Jaimary . last, as he and some of bis fellow prisoners were marching with the Indians between this place and the river Raisin, they came up to where one of the prisoners was burnt, the life just expiring, and an Indian kicking the ashes off hiii baek, iaying * damned smi of a bitch .' This deponent also further deposeth as aforesaid, that doctor Bowers, a surgeon's mate of the Kentucky volun- teers, who was purchased by him and some other gentlemen, stated to this deponent * that he was left to take care of the wounded after the battle, but felt rather timid on account of the savages, but that he received such assurances from capt. or col. Elliott, of the safety of himself as well as the remaining prisoners, he concluded to stay, as sUighs -were promised to be sent to fetch them away the next morning; that near about day-light of the morning following tlie day of tlie battle, the Indians came into 4he house where said Bowers was with the other prisoners, < and proceeded to plunder and tomahawk such as could •" tsX \ t (. ■ ! ! i 'i ■ <..' ■■■s ■i^. ■-Sifliij^-v -,' I 28 BARBARITIES OF ^ lot walk; and strippiog the 8aid]Bower8 and the wouaded ^ jrisoners of all their clothes, that whUe the said BoWers \nd two other prisoners, named Searls and Bradford, as near as this deponent can recoUect, were sitting by th&i lire in the Indiain camp', an Indian came up who appear- ed to be drunk, and calied the said Searls, as near as this deponent can recollect, a Madison or Washington, tlien s took up a tomahawk and struck the ssdd Searls on the /shoulders; that tlie said Searls caught bold of the toma^K i hawk and held it for some time ; that the said powers ad- l vised the said Searls to submit to bis fate ; with that, the Indian gave him a second blow on the head, killed^ scalfh- ed, and stiipt him ; during this time the said Bowers and Bradford were personally present, and being apprehen- sive for their own safety, that he. Bowers, ran and came up to the old chief (who sold him to his deponent and others) who took him under his protection, and; was \eij^ kind to him. Thid depon<6nt further deposeth, that he haa reason to believe th^ aforesaid Bowers and Hamilton are DOW at Sandwich, and if applied to, they could give more ample information relative to, the particulars aforesaid And further this deponent sayeth not. JOHN M'DONNELL, i Sworn and snAwcribed at my chambers' in the citjf J of Detroit, the day and ye^ before \^itten. JAMES MAY. APPURTENANCES TO No. 26. No. 1. ■M. I"-^ "Note from Mr. John McDonnell to James May^ esq^r^ ^* Detroit, Ftebruary X,nU^ DeaH Sir — I had a conversation with. Mr. Smart, about leaving your house to-day» who had a cc^iversation with Bowers and Bradford, lie observes that I have made several material errors in my affidavit before you this day. He 6ays the prisoner killed was of the name of Blythe, instead of Searls ; and mentioned , somue otb<^ errors that differ wideley from what I l\,aye sworn to, so MP: - v." - ■ "'^ :< ^%-:;,. .:.:^r. « THE ENEMY. 129 Ibat I think it is a pitty BoArers* and Bradford's affida- vits could not be had instead jof mine. Yours, ,4,- James Mat/i taq. J. M'BONNEl^L. •fS < * i iNo. 2. :•■,>• Ndlefrom Mr. McDonnell to Mr. Lyms^ his clerk. I Irish you to mentiofti to judge Woodward, that appli^ cation is made for me by a iriepd on the other Bide, to re« maini^iil the navij;ation opens. On thataccount I hope that he Trill keep back the deposition that I htve n^ade regarding the murders committed by the savages on the river Raif sin, as he has much better testimony to eubstaiitiate facta than what I have sworn to on hearsay ; and as I am sure, if the colonel was even disposed to hear my application, that affidavit will be enough to send me off, or else if I was allowed to remain, Elliott would set the Indians o« me, . ;>'5^. jV No. 27, TRAMSLATION. ■.• r(,;f-'..»/ ss. ,sfr-'* $Tvrrit€ry of Michigan^ >/ district ^ Detroit. , '% PersonaUy apppeared before me, the undersigned, one . iof the justices of the peace in the di^strict of Detroit, Ah- toioe Boulard, of the river aux Raisins, who being sworn ,on the Holy Evangelists, deposeth and says, that on the , next day after the last battle on the river aux Raisins, he i, -paw the Indians kill the secretary of the American general, ^ who was on the horse of the Indian who had taked him prisoner, with a rifle shot; that the prisoner fell on one side, and an Indian came forward with a sabre, fiuifehed him, scalped Mm, stript him, and carried away his clothes. The body remained two days on the high^wny, before the J i -J n] •S»!| m mki t^^' .■<(„ ' i ;• 'J - .'S^M ■H^ic> " «»' .' .1 ..\: 430 BARBARITIES OF door of the depooent^and was part eat up by the hogs. Af- terwards, the deponeot, together with Fraucois Lasselle, Hubert Lacroix, Chs. Cboviu, and Louis Lajoye, tooii up the corpse at dusk of the evening, and carried it into a field near thf woods, where the hogs did not go. They dared not to bury it for fear of heiog surprised by the In- dians. And further this depoueut saith not. ANTOINEXhisP< mark) DOULAND. Sworn and subscrilied in my presence, the 5th Febru- ry, 1813, PETER AUDRAIN, J. P, D. D. Wo 28. I hereby certify, that the next day after the last battle on the river aux Raisins, the secretary of the American general was taken near the door of the depoqent; was wounded and placed on a horse ; that seven or eight Id- diaas vere near the house, one of whom shotliim in the head with a rifle ; that he did not fall off his horse until another Indian, drawing his sabre, strucl^ him ou the head several times, and then he fell to the ground; was scalped, stript of his clothes, and left on the road, where he re- ly / mained one day and a half; I, the deponent, with Francois Lasselle, Hubert Lacroix, Louis Croviu, on the evening of the second day, took up the body, carried it to the skirts of the woods, and covered it with a few branches, but could aot stay to bury it, for fear of tlie Indians that were in the heighborhood ; and on the next day after the last battle I was near the house of Gabriel Godfrey, jr. and the house of Jean Baptistere Jereaum, where a great num- ber of prison^'rs were xoliected; and that I heard the. screamfng of the prisoners whom the Indians were toma< hawking; that the savages set the houses on fire and went off. his vH >c^, LOUIS X BEBNARd. mark ? dit Lajoyc. ■ }- J)(!iroit, Feb. 5, 1813. f .jjll ^.XIIE ENEMt, ^ No. 29. 131 I certify, iliat the bodies of the Americans killed at th;c battle of la Riviere aux RaidlDB, of the twenty-second of January last^ remained unburied ; and that I haye seen the hogs and dogs eating them» ■ " The hogs appeared to be rendered mad by ao profuse a diet of christiao flesh. I saw the houses of Mr. Oerome and Mr. Godfrey, on fire, and have heard that there were prisoners in them. The inhabitants did not dare to bury the dead on ac- count of the Indians^ The inhabitants have been threatened by the Indians, if they did not take up arms against the Americane. Michis^an, February Qth, 1813. (Signed) his ALEXIS X LA BADIE. ■ ^ mark This is to certify, that on or about the twenty-eighth day of January last past, an Indian woman Came to my dwelling hoiise, on the river Rouge, and ihformed me that on the morning of 'liat day an American prisoner had been killed in the Indian camp, and the reason she assign- fd itor killing him was because he had expressed an ha- tred for the Indians. ROPERT ABBOT. betroU, m Feb. ISU. '^ «^^^^ Territory of Michigan, } district of Detroit. ^ Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, Aaron ; Thomas and Agnes Thomas, his wife, who both made oath^v on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the Indians^ have taken from them, from the house of Mr. Atwater, on th^leth of August, 1812, one chintz gown, valued sevtn and a half dollars, one calico gown, vahied three dollars seventy -five cents, one calimanco petticoat valued four dollars, one pair of cotton stockings, one dollar fifty cents, one pair woolen stockings seventy-five cents, one pair of silk gloves, one dollar fifty .^<^jpJDiy|t.0Qf n^^ smiil trunk two 1' '.^' SS. '^^■!r ,:,^.-, .^i. '?W: ■ ^1 H _ 11 ^ :' : I:' c\ 1 ' I ,,, '■■■\: •. ( ■ ). a -• {■" '.Hi,'- :?^^ t V ); ■ ^. '^ ■ ^ I.- 132: > BARBARITIES OF hf: ■■ i. ; dollars, one pocket-book two dollars, thread one dollav, needles 0j cents, one shawl- one dollar, tmtl cambric haudkei-chief seveoty-ftVe cents, one cotton ditto sixty -two and one half cents, one shiii one dollar, three^fourths of a pound of pepper fifty cents, one cake of chockolate twen- ty-jliye cents, one fan liifty cents, one blanket three dollars, one cloak ten dollars, three yards of check cotton ninety- three and thiee-fourths cents, one shawl one dollar, one flannel lor^e gown llii^e dollars. On the twelfth Septem'* ber, taker on river Hpii^e, one cheenut sorrel horse fifly dollars-^saddle and bridle ten dollars. On Friday, the eleventh September, taken on river Rouge, one other sad- dle, eight dollars, one pair leather leading lines two dollars fifty cents, leading lines seventy-five cents, one axe two dollars fifty cents, chintz patches two dollars. Sworn before nie at^ my chambers, 1 7th September, 1812. (Signed) P, AUDLAIN, 3. P. p. D. ; , No. 32. ." :• Letter from ihe Indians to the inh^itants cf the river Rai- in— net dated. The Huronr and the other tribes of Indians, assembled at ' tU9 Miami Rapids, to tlte inhabitants of the river Rais- FRIENDS! LISTEN! ^' |f^u have always tola us you would give us any assistance in^Mir power. W«. therefore, as the enemy is approaching ns, with in tirenty-five miles, call upon you ^11 to rise rip and come here immediately, bringing your arffld atongwitl]| you* . Should you fail at this time, we will not consk'er you in iiiture as friends, and the consequeuces nay be very un? pleasant. " We are well convinced you have do writings forbidding youtc a&sist us. Weare yourfriendi at pvesent. * ' ROUND HEAD, "r Bv an emblem resenihlinf^ a hmse. ^ ' ^ f WALK IN THE l/» ATER. fe \ By M embkmn resembling a turtle. ^- (Signed) (Signed) .M m > X.^" •M'B^^ ^;-;r. 4i-r^-,. TITE ENEMi:^.. 138 tr te- f. :|^ -rt: No. 33— TRANSLATION. ai^:-p.*.if^ji- 1^^ of ^fc; inhabitants of, the river Raisittt dated Uiv- ierre Aux Raisins^ (lie \Mh of Nmemher^ 1812. ^0 the honorable judge Woodward, Detroit^ Riviere^ aux Raishis, the 13/A November, 1812. '. SIR,-— In the emberrassment in which we find ourselves mtpresentf on the subject of a letter addressed to colonel Navar, on the part of the Ilurons and other savage tribes, we depute him to you to represent to you the situation of the inhabitants of the river Raisin, praying you to assist, him with your advice in so delicate a matter, having at all times had ^reat confidence in your great knowledge. We have »he iionor to be, with profound respect, youl' di>edient servants. (Signed) "> * ^^ v^: -^- JAdtTES LASELL. v^ JEAN BAPTISTE OEROME. i :> JEAN BAPTISTE BE AUGRAND. FRANCOIS LASSELL, DUNCAN REID. JEAN BAPTISTE LASSELLE.*^ Extract froiH the reptmri efemign Isaac L* liaker, agent i^for the prisoner^ taken cft^r the battle of Frenchtown, Jomeart/ 22rf X8I3, t» brigadier^genereU Winchester, dakd " British Niagara, February 2»i 1 8 1 3. ♦ " FoiP the gveateat number of our unfortunate fellow-sol- diers beUig sent from Detroit, we ax« indebted to the ex< ertloHH cf our prisoner feltow-citizeos there, who with un« exampled generosity >'hen they saw their country n^en driv- en tliough the streets Vk^c sheep to ft market, lavished their wealth for their rt nsom. Nor was the procuratioa of our libcTt/ all. We Itad been almost entirely strips by th)i ladiftots. Clothes, such vm the exigency of the occa^ sioO'P«:.ittilted to be pre^red, were furnished us. "On thftke out a return of all the prisoners who were killed by tlie Indians subsequent to the battle. Agreeable to the best intimation I could collect. The enclosed return marked B, wiis produced by this order. 1 might have added the gallant captain Nathaniel Gray ; S. Hart, deputy inspect- " ^ ri .1 \u BAllBARttffeS 0^ 8^11 Levi Wells, of the 7th United States kifaatry and jl Buoiber of privates, whom I fiod by subsequent iDforma«> tioo, have been massacredk " The meraory of past services tendered me by captain Hart's family, made me particularly anxious to ascertain bis fate. I flattered myself he was alive, and every infor Diation I could get for some time flattered my hopes. But one of the last prisoners who was brought in, told me that the captain was certainly massacred. He was so badly wounded as to prevent him £rom walking. The Indians took him some distance on a hotsC) but at length took him off and tomahawked him. / y '^ ' *' About the loth instant, ait Indidn brnu^^htcaptain M*- Crackin's commission to Sandwich- ih. m was bloody* The fellow said he took the captain unbu. i, 'xii soikietime af- ter, when stripping and examining him, hetbund an Indian scalp in his bosom, which induced him to kill him. This, you cannot but be assured, is a humbug of the fellow's own making, to screen himself from the odium of barbarity.—* The captain's character, and the danger that attended his carrying such furniture in a disastrous battle, give it the Ue. • ■ V • -v;t:;;/.^..,i^^.,. " Captain Woolfolk, after having been woutided in two places, by some means had got refuge in one of i^e French houses on the Raisin. He was discovera next day and dragged from his asylum. He was taken to the hov^e ot a Mr. Lasselle, where he said he would give 100' i/l'ars to any one who would purchase hira. Mr. Lasses . ^ii it was out of his power, but he had nO doubt hib i - 1' er would do it, who lived at hand^ He directed his o\f ue^'o to the house of his brother, but, as they were on their way^ an Indian from a waste house shot him through the head. > " Ensign Wells was taken by my side unhurt. I con- sidered him as alive until my arrival at this place. Cap- tain Nags tells me he was killed by aPuttawatioiie Indian^ not long after he was taken. " Many fresh scalps have been brought in r . "e the bat- tle, and dead bodies seen through the coi*i;t' ^ , which proves that otheira have been killed whose nanica I have Dot been able to find out, independent of those reported 10 colonel Proctor r-^' ■■ U .V M" . '\ THE ENEMT. r l^ *^ This sir, is alUhe information I have been atifefo col- lect, coQceroing thobe who are massacred. The fifteen or eighteen mentioned in the remarks to the return made to colonel Froctor, whose names do not appear, were not known by those who saw them killed. " Major Gsaves of the 5th regiment of Kentucky vol- unteers, I have been abJe to get no information of i^rther 4hanthat he was brought to the river Houge, on the 2^th o? 26;h of January in a sleigh. I fear, from our having heard nothiog of him since, Uiat he is no more, and that valuable officer forever lost to his country. ** The dead of our army are still denied the riehts of fiepulture. At the time I left Sandwich, I was told the bogs were eating them. A genUeraan told me he had seen them runiking about with skuUs, ai'ms, legs and other ^ .rts of the human system in their mouths. The French people on the Baisin buried captains Hart, Woolfolk and some others, but it was more than their lives were wortb, to have been caii^ht paying this last actustomed tribute to mortality. " I have several times agitated the subject of burying the dead, when in company with the British officers, but they e^Uvays answered that the Indians would not suf* f€r it." '^y^ B kNae-*-' A feturn of the American prisomrs^ m\o mere tomahawk' ed by the Indians subaequent to the battle at Frenchtonmt January 22d, 1813. 1. Pascal Hickman, captain ; 2. James E. Blyth, pri- vate; 3. Charles Gerles, do. A» Thomas S. Crow, do. 5. Daniel Darnell, do. 6. Thoipas Ward, do. 7. William Butler, do. 8- Henry Downy, dp. 9. JohnF. Sidney, do. In addition to the above number, I saw two others torn-: ahawked at Sandy iireek myself, and find that the prison- ers now in the hospital in Sandwich saw, say fifteen or eighteen others, treated in the same manner. Two men tell me they saw one who had the appearance of having b^en burned to death/ Those men whosaw fienry Dow- 'iM' s •':';. ■.iif^r^^s.^^t.'i'"^^' ^;.Aiw-^/«' ihki,i0m^^^, '*9;A ■!l * y;'> 136 BARBARITIES OF oy and William Butler killed) tell me Uiat the IndlaD^' left tbeai without scalping. *^ fc <^^. ISA.1CL, BAKl^R, Ensign 2d United Slates* infantrt/. Colonel U. Proctor. Extract of a letter from M^or-general Harrison to ike Secretary at war, dated at the Miami Rapids^ Fehruftf* ry n, 1813. *' I hav^e the honor to enclose to you the depositioii of Medard Labadie, ^ho was at the river Raisin on the 22d ult. and remained there till the 5th instant. His ac- count of the loss of the enemy in the action, is conrroboi> ated by several otliers, nor is thei^ the loast reason t0, doubt his statement, as it regards the hoTtible fate of 'out ifouoded men. There is anotber droumstance which, plainly i^ws that the British have (no iateii^ioD to coa- 4luct the war (at least in this quarter) upon those piinci< pies which have heeu held sacred by «11 civilized natiens. On the 30tb ult. I dispatched doctor M'Keehan, a sqik ;geoD'8 mate in the militia, with a ftag, to ascertain the situatioti ofo»r wounded. He was attended by one c€ our militia-men amd a Pi-eocbman. Ob the uight alter their departure, they halted near tliis place for the puv- pose of taking a few hour% sleep, in a vacant cabin upon- the bank of the river. The cariole in which they trav» -«led was left at tha door with the flag set up iniit. Th^y were discovered by a party of Indians (accompanied, it -is said, by a British officer) and attacked in the manner described in the depoution. The militiaman was killed and scalped, the doctor and the Frenchman takear Do(!^ tor M'Keehan was fiirnis^ed with a letter addressed to any Briti^ c^cer whom he might meet, Ascribed tlie ■ character in which he w«Bt, and the object for which he was sent, an open lettei* to general Wiochester, and writ> ten instructions to himself ail of wbtoh be was directed td show to the first officer he met with. He was also sup- ,plied with one hundred dollars io gold to procure neoes- mries tor the prisoners." The affidavit of Medard Labbadie, late reslident oeajc ■ ,1 ,■ m >■ ^' :■■ <■■■' ■*^'. ' '' ■" THE ENEMT. ■ ■.•*. < '■\h rt.h .;•;. ■! 137 tine nver Rattuii, in the Michigan territory. He beiof sworo, Faith, be was io his house when he heard the guns at the commencement of t!ie action at the river Baisin, on tlie 22d Jan. 1813, between the American forces uo- der gen. Wipchester, and tlie British, Canadian and In- diao fovces, said to be commanded by eel. St. George. — After some Httle time, he tieard that the Indians were kil- lii^ the inhabitants as well as the Americans, upon which he went towards the scene of action, in order to save his lamily. As he vent on, he was iTith one other inhabitant iaken prisoner fa^r two Wyandot Indians, aiid canied pris- oners to the Indiaii Hnes, f^ram which be saw great part of the action. The tiglit wing of the. Ajnerlcans had giv- en w^y before be got a sight of the action. It terminate a tkCler the sun wa* some hoiurs higfa^ not far from 1 1 o'clock A. M. by tlie surrender of the American forces tliatthen yemataed on the ground; He saw the flag hoisted by the British- sent to the Amertean forces, and saw it pass three tim«9 to tihe Americana before the surrender. He couttd not understand English, but understood that geu. Winchester was ts^en prisoner before lie got to the lines of his awn- men ; that be was compellei^ to carry the flag to hi» own forces after he was taken ; that he understood •the reason of the fla^ passing so often was thtttthe Amer- icaoa refused to 8iirpiE:ider upon any oilier terms than the weunded should be taken care of, the dead buried, and tlie inbabistauts protected iu: ttifsir property^ That the British first refused to agree to thpse terms, bnt finally did agree to Uiem; . He also understood that the loss of ^he British aad Indians in the action was about 400 killed. He aka understood that the loss of tliie Americans io the action was aboi^t 18^0 killed. Ke knows that on the day of the action all the prison- ers who were able to march were marched oflf towards Maiden, the wounded,, about 60 or 80 in number, left in two houses without any of theii" friends or a physician to take care of them, and without any British officer or men. About ten Indians remained behind upon the ground — the balance of the Indians went off with the Brit- ibh, and he was told by some of the Canadian militia that m2 ■ ■,• ■■■•rxCl. '■" . ■"■ I 'I -^ u. .■i\ j'h i ■•■|[i Vi'J r \ n 1 ;..^.*. : :; >' V • .., '»^; y- BARBARITIES OF * . t the British had promised the Indians a frolic that night at StoRy creek, about six miles from the riv^er Raisin. He was liberated after the line of march was foi'med for Maiden. The next morning he was in the houses ., where the wounded were. That morning about fifty In* dians returned ; they brought whiskey with them ; they (Irank some and- gave some to the Indians there, and be- tween 9 and 10 o'clock, A. M. commenced killing the wounded, then set fire to the bouses the wounded were in, and consumed them. He was at Ills father^s, on this side of the Detroit river, about seven days after the action, and saw across the river the prisoners marched oft* for JN^iagara from Maiden. \\ He saith that he saw taken by his house, by capt. £l^> Hot, and nine Wyandot Indians, two men that he under- stood had been sent by gen. Harrison with a flag to tlie British. One of the men (Mr. Tessier). he knew, theotli- er he did not know, but understood he was a doctor. He had not an opportunity of conversing with them, but un- derstood from an inhabitant, to whom Mr. Tessier comr municated it, that they stopped for the night and left the flag hoisted on the cariole ; that the flag was taken away unknown to them, and that the Indians fired on them ; that he, Tessiev, told them they were Frenchmen, and surrendered, upon which the Indians ceased firing, and took them. They then mentioned they were sent with a flag. The Jjidians said Uiey were liars and took them off., Mr. Tessier was set st liberty at the river Rusin, and remained two days expecting the doctor to return $ at the end. of which time Tessier was sent for by the British and taken to Maiden. He understood that the doctoif was sent off immediately to Niagara ; the doctor was wounded in the ancle. He understood the British charg- ed the doctor and Tessier with being spies. And further he saith not. ,k] (Signed) MEDABD LABBADIE. Witness^ C. Gratiot, capt of engineers asd iaterpr^; .^' ■,A .^ • •I i;---;^y:tv. !f-. ■-' ..i^-io .^" V V r^. ^' J ■■K-. :m THE ENEMY* ^ ■ii^\ ■-l^'- ■^^ '. ♦ t ^ 'Wrfc.. .^"SwoTn to before mc, this 11th day of February, 1813. Camp, foot of the Miami Rapids. ^ ^r; , (Signed) C. S. TODD, dis. judge ad. | A true copy. H. GRAHAM, aid-de-canip. NtcholasviUef Kentucky, Jl^l2Ath, 181». v; Sir — ^Tours of the 5th iost. requesting me togiveyot^ a statement respectieg the late disaster at Frenchtowii, was duly reeeived.. Rest assured^ sir, that it is with seiio sations the most unpleasant, that I undertake to recount the infamous and barbarous conduct of the British an4 Indians after the battle of the 22,d of Januaiy. Tii^ blood runs cold in my veins when I think of it. , .^, Qo the morning of the 23d, shortly after light, six or eight Indians came to uie house of Jean Baptiste Je- raume,wherel was in company with Major Graves, Captains Hart and Hickman, Doctor Todd, and fifteen or twenty private, volunteers, belonging to diifTerent corps. They did not molest any person or thing on their first approach, but kept saiiotering about until tiiere were a large nuaiber collected (say one or two hundred} at which time they commenced plundering the houses of the iqhabitants, and the massacre of the wounded prisoners. I was one amongst the first that was taken prisoner, and was taken to a horse about twenty paces, from the house after being divested of part of my clothing, and comman- ded by signs there to remain for further orders. Shortly after being there, I saw them knock down capt. Hick- roan at the door, together with several others with whom I was not acquainted. Supposing a general massacre had commenced, I made an eflfort to get to a house a- bout 100 yards distant, which contained a number of wounded, but, on my reaching the house, to my great mortification, found it surrounded by Indians, which pre- cluded the possibility of my giving notice to the unfortu- nate victims of savage barbarity. An Indian chief of the Tama tribe, by the name of McCarty gave me possession of his hone and blanket, telliog me by signs, to lead the ty.-^ /'' .-. ^^ .i rJffl •c.i4 {•'3: '.■^'•',^i■,i'4l'■i. ■t'-f 'i>- .YA- ^v 140 BARBARITIES OF i'-: 'i' 4:^ ■^■4* ■r:*;,^-^^ hone to the house which I had just before left. The Iik« dian that Hrst took me, by this time came up and mani- fested a uostile dii^HMntion towards me, b;^ raising his tomahawk as if to give me the fatal blow,, which was pre- vented by my very good friend McCarty. On my reach- ing the house which I had first started from, I saw the Indians take olf several prisotters^whofn I al'terwards saw in the road, in a most mangled condition, and entirely #triptt>f their cloching. B|r»^ Bradford, Searls, Turner, and Blythe, were eoU ieeted round a cihrriole whieh e|GM!iiained aBtieles taken ~"hy- the IncHans from the citizens. We had all been pla- ced there, by our respective captors, except Blythe, who, «ane where we were, entreathig an Indian to convey hinv to Maiden, promisii^ to give him 40 or 50 doHars, and whilst in the act of ^eacKng for merey, an Indian more •avage than the other stepped up Isehind^ tomahawked,, •tripped aqd scalped him. The next that attracted my attention, was d^ houses on iinr that contained several "^'■•rouBfiied whom I knew M-ere not^abfe to get out After Ahe houses were nearly consumed, we received marching ^orders, and after arriving at Sandycreek the Indians call- ■ed a halt, and commenced cooking; after preparing and eating a little sweetened gruel, Messrs. Bradford, Searls, 'Turner and myself received some, and were eating, whea* an Indian came up and proposed exchar^ing his mocka-. -aom for Mr. Searb* shoes, which he; readily complied^ with. Th^ then exchanged hats, aft^r which the In: dian inqtiired hew many men Hu'rison had with him, 'and at the Same time calling Searls a Washington or Mad- ison, then raised his tomahawk and struck liim nn the sbouldet , which cut into the cavity of the body. Searls then caught hold of the ,toraahaw:k and appeared toreE^st, and upon my telling him that his faj:e Vas Inevitable, he ' closed his eyesand received the sayage blew which- ler- mhiated his existence. I was near enough to Mm to re- ' ceive the brains and blood, aftei; the falm blow, on my blanket. A short time after the death of Searls, I saw •three others share the same fete. We then set- out for 'Brownstown, which place we reached about 12 or I oV olock at oight. After being exposed to several hours in? ■V M )a:i>.- .,'^i^ ,i.i- THE ENKl!»¥i:^.€ 14» <;e96aDt rain in reachiag that place we were put into the council house, the floor of which was partly covered vkh vwater ; at which place we remsiued undl next morning, when we again received marching orders for their viU lage OB the river Rouge, which place we made that day, wh«*re I was kept six days, then tftken to Detroit and sold. Tor's more detailed bceount of the proceedings, I take the liberty of referringyou to a publication which appear- e^ (^iven under my hand this 24|h day of April, 1813. ^ f JOHN l^tETCALF. ^ f Jesse Bledsoe, esq. Lexington, *, Sir — I received your letter some time since, relative ie the disastrous affair of Frenchtown of 22d and 23d January last. For the particulars of the action, and th^ terms of capitulation, I refer you to the official report of General Winchester, which is correct as far as came within my knowledge. After the capitulation I was in- troduced to col. Proctor, the commander of tiie British forces and Indians, as one of the surviving suigeons, and 1^ him was requested to attend to our wounded, who were left on the ground where the action was fought. I wil- lingly acquiesced, and Doctor Bowers my BtaHp remained with me ; at ttie same time J informed Col. Proctor of my appr^ensionsfor the-safety of the womded «ad ^q -^w ■ 'fTJ-^SV ,-. Mi ■;* }4$ BABBABITIES OF nirgeoBfi; he replied be under no apprehensfons, you wilt be perfectlr safe, I will place you under the special car« of Ine chiere until morning and very early I will send cock veyances for the wounded and yourself to Amherstburg, Shortly after, I was requested to ascertain the number and rank of tlte wounded, and in so doing was assisted by a British officer (whose name I did not know) to whom I likewise communicated my apprehensions of safety ; he manifested some irritation at my doubts of British honoi and magnanimity, and assured me protection would qe afr forded me.* While engaged in this business, one of the rooms occupied by the wounded was crowded with lo,'* dians w^were peaceable, but one of them who could speak English admonished the British officer of the pro^ priety of stationing interpreters in the houses. Upon my return from this business to the room I ' occupied, and which was set apart for the wounded officers, I met, And was made acquainted with captain Klliott, at present a, British officer, who had visited Captain Hart then wound- ed. Captain Hart was solicitous to be removed that ev- vening, and Captain Elliot replied, if it was possible (and every exertion should be made) he should, and, if it could not he effected that evening, early in the morning h? would cajl for him in his own train (sleigh) and convey hiin to his own house in Amherstburg, where he should reituiii*. until recovered, assuring him, repeatedly, no danger was to be apprehended, and if possible he would remain with- liiim that night. In the afternobn Captain Elliot and ev- ery British officer left the encampn>ent, leaving behind three interpreters. From the repeated assurances, my apprehensions were quieted ; for who could doubt ? ->^ About one hour before day light (for my duties required my attention nearly all the night) the interpreters sudden- ly disappeared. About an hour after day light, the In- dians began to collect in the town, and commenced plunr dering the houses in which the wounded were placed, and. then stripped them and myself of our clothing. At this time the room I had occupied was crowded with Indians, and Capt. Harfs wound already painful, being injured i>7 ihewj I conveyed him tQ an. adjoiavng houii^ which •^1 f HE JENEaiY.^'v^ 11^ 4iaA Wen plundered and WM enip^, irbe^e I met the Id'- dian (who on the preceding day had requested that in<' terpreters should be left) and he knew my rank. He hiqidred why the sui^ons were left, and why the wounded %ereleft? I replied it was the wish of Colonel Proctor we should remain until he could send for us ; and Capt. Hart informed hkn Capt. Elliott wa8« friend of his and was to call for him that morning. He shook his head eigniflcantly, add replied they were damned rascals, or we Would haye been taken off the preceding day. The In- dian informed me every individual would be killed, and requested me to be quiet, for the chiefis were then in coun- cil and, " may be,'* only the wounded would be killed. Captain Hart offered him one hundred dollars to take him to MaldJBnk He replied, you are too badly wound- ed. While we weVe conversing, one of the wounded wa* tomahawked at our feet. Shortly after, the Indian r^ turned and told me, I was a prisoner, and roust go. I was taken by the Indian to the house I had left, and there dis- covered that Captain Hitchman and two others had In my absence been tomahawked, scalpt, and stript. I was tied and taken by this Indian toward Maiden about four miles, when I came to the encampment of the British wounded, and met with Captain Elliott and the surgeon of the 4lBt regiment. Captain Elliott immediately recog- 'nised me, and inquired the cause of my situation. I in- formed him what had taken place, and requested him to 8 asperated, and. declared it was iaa|iosib^ "o restrain tliA savages. The cause he then assignee me was, that .^ when the Indiana diacavered their loss in killed and ||j wounded, and that of the British, they started off toward*- ' our wounded, declared they weuld have satisfaction and^ he continued, I was fearful ef the event. Durin«r the plun»^ ' der and the massacre, our wounded conducted themselve* with the utmost composure and resignation, and made no. resistivnce, wiiieb they knew would be fruitless, and dea*- truction to alt., It was asserted by Col* Proctor in a eonveraatioa.' at Amiierstburg, that the Indians had got some whiskeys in the house we were stationed, and ha^ become intoxi-' cated. That the Imiians may have had some whiskey, I^ shall not deny, but T think I can safely say, that they- did not procure it there, "and UuU was not the cause of the massacre, for on the preceeding days and subsequent, to the action of the 18Ch, I wanted aome spirits, and madO' X application to the housekeeper, who assured me there wae^. } q,one about the how«c, for it waaall consumed by the Brft^ \ ish 9lw Indians who bad quartered in the house prior to> ^ the action of the 18th.; besides the Indiana shewed no i ni fe statiour of druatonew j. U>^ deliberate pilfering. \ \ •:;^< THK FlIVEMT. 1-15 s ntid thrli- ordeily conduct throughout, vrias not euch &s would be expected from dt-nakeo Indians. Upon my arrival at Maiden I was again solicited to take charge of the wounded, the surgery was opened to me, and I had the use of the medicines and dressings ne- cessary, and they had as comfortable rooms as could be procured. During our si^y in Maiden some eight or 10 ef tiic wounded were brought in by the Indians ; several made their escape "who were doomed' to massacre, and found prdtectioo whh the inhabitants of the territory, who brought them into Maiden, and eev^eral made their escape, wandered in and dcHvered themtclves up at the fort. — — Prior to our leaving Maiden, one poor fellow was brought in scalped alive by the Indians and delivered up to the BriUsli, but before I reached him death put an end to his sufferings. I fiequpntly, and on every occasion, ur- ged the British officers lo exert thesselves and procure tlie release of the wounded from the Indians, arging the nece8i4ty of having their wounds dressed. In a conver- sation on tills subject with capt. Elliott, and while urging it, he replied, tlie Indians are excellent surgeons. The prisoners were all marched off to Sandwich after remain- ing a few days at Maiden, and I was caUed upon to.^now how many from their wounds \rere unablie to march ; who had sleighs furnished them, which was the case during the march to Fort George. Before I conclude, I must say that ttie terms of capitulation were violated in every par- ticular by the enemy. The wounded were not protect- ed ; private property was not held sacred ; and our side arms were not restored. With a few exceptions, I was treated riespectfiilly by the British officers, save the f» buse which was lavished en my government, andlAo/ was by no means sparingly bestowed. I am, respectfully, &c. O* JO^N TODD.M. D. and late sdrgeon to the 5th regt. of Kentucky Toluoteer militia. Tiu Hon* Jesse Bledsoe f i\ n i I n I.40 ■^ '.Ui- .>:• T, ".':. »•.- ' r'-i ntkr,- '■■Ms ' '''r-^ .;^^ -/■ i^feS' BlRBARITIES Of '•*■ - ■ ^•%'' SSi ^^• The'cm^imimalth of Kmtucki/, Fayette county, ^ This dfty Doctor Junis Todd came before me, John ti. Morton, a justice of the peace for feaid coUn!y, and made oath that the facts stated in the foregolBg letter are subftan- tiaUy true to the best of bis k( owledge. Given under HIV hand this 3d day of May, 1813. JOHN H. MORTON. ■'^: State of KmiuckyyFendietoH eokntyyin the town of On the 21st day of Aprilyl8i3, 1, John Dawson, an orderly seijeant in captain <01acd's comp?\ny of i^x of the British army in the hmise where I vas, to t»ke 4he number of wounded that was in ihe house, I asked what was to be done with us j he Teplii.d donH makeyouivelf uoeafijr about th^t, y^i shall be protected this night by a stronv guard which '^lall be left JKith you. But to r /sad misfortune, I found there were but three intep "eters left^aod in the night an in the ■mornings they broke open the tisors of the house :, began to tcmiabawk, scalp and plunder, then set fire to the houses wbioh contained the ^prisonerti ; Mith this I got up, put en my great coat put up my knapsack, and went piEtof doom. I had not been out more than one minute, before an Icdieu) came up to me and took the coat off my back, also duother Indian told me to put my knapsack in h's sled ; I did so. At this time major Graves and captain Hart wene out in the yard. I heard ciipt. Hart make a bargain with an In- dian to take him to Maiden, which tie Indian ngreed to do for the sum of one hundred dollars. I saw the In- dian put a pair of socks on Hart and put him on a horse ; this was the lai 1 1 saw of Hart. I then saw a man ridings ( y I I THE ENEMT. 147 f wbomJ thought was a British officer. I made to himv but found that he was an Indian, who was a|d-de-cainp to general Roundhead ; he had with him whrn I came up* twelve men, It was at the mouth of a line where I overtoolihim, where there were two Indians scalping two men; he hallooed to them t•^gi'^e way ; th^yd^ so. Af^ ter tlus, we icent on, and on Sandy creek, abput 3 miles -r from the battle ground, I saw major Graves in an Indian ^sleigh; this \a the last account of him that I could ascer- tain. We went aa thai liight to Brownstown, and in the moroisg of the 24tb, a man gave out walking, with tlie ' ^^rheunmtsc pains, who was by the name oi IVwney. The I Indians tomahawked him and theta stript him. We then ^ « marched on above Detroit on the river Boiige, I stay- ed with them several days, they then took me into Detroit ( leaving a young man jn the camp by the name of John Davenport) and sold me to ms^r, Muir, who commands fort Detroit. I then was sent over to Sandwich, there I stayed.ur/ui the Slluof Februi^ry ; they marched me to fort Qeoige, and mecu the 19th of February, - 1813. The above is> a true statement as far as I saw^ though T saw numbers massacred that I did not know. During my confinement with the Indians, whilst at their camps, they shewed more humanity than the Brit ^ ish. Given under laj hand this 21st day of April,.1813< A:r-^tm^ JOHN DAWSON,. Peitdleton counti/y s», , ' I, William Mountjoy, otie of the Commonwealth's j»!S- tices of the peaoe for the state of Kentucky, in and for sdid founty, do certify that the foregoirg cerlificpte of John J^%wson, was written, nuioiscribed and sworn to before me^ , Given under my haao this 21st day of April, 1813. > wm. mountjoy. f I 1 State of Kerattcktfj ^endkton cmtnty^ in the tonmM Vol' mouth' ** On the 21st day of April, 1813, 1, Thomas Pollard, a private of Capt. Gla\re's company, of the first Regi> ment of Kentucky volunteer militia, was in battksioHght .w/ ■ >x ■4'- .-"y-- ■•'* v ly circumstance therein stated to be truly stated within my own knowk^ge. The Indian who bargained with cslpt Hart, to take hioi to fort Maiden for one hundred dol- lars, and took chaise of him — pnt him on a horse and started on his way; spoke good enough tlie English tong^e lor us to understand the contract. THOMAS POLLARD. ^ FEKDtEltoN COVNTT S8. ■>v> K ^ I, WilUam Mountjoy, one of tl^ commonwealtirs jUOa^ ^ces of the peace Ibr the stale of Kentucky, in and for said county, do certify that the foregoing certificate of Tliomas Pollard, was subscribed and sworn to before me. fiiven under my hand this 21st April, 1813. t*K wm. mountjoy. State of Kcniucky, Pendleton County, in the tam of ' * Falmouth. ^;t; On the 21st day of April, 1313, 1, Albert Amraennait^ a private of captain Glave'ij company of the first regi- ment oi Kentucky volunteer militia, being wounded in the battle of the 18th Jannaiy last, at the river Raisin, by a ball in the flesh of the thigh ; and from the window of the house which was appropriated for an hospital, was a witn^ to the battle of the 22d of the same month ; and after me surrender, |, being but slightly wounded, pro- posed marching with the rest of the prisoners, and was prevented by the order of a British officer, who said that a guard would be left to take care of the wounded, a^ •t .. -■A ^..^]tl>f . ^•«*>^^fi.c•.■^•.^:I•:'Ai•V .' .vj.'^.l.s:.: ■1 ^ S^r -.: "^/-i",:.. ,^::v?;i j^^^fTHE ENEMY.' r*' •. /•'. ^^140 itiarrioles would be sent for them to ride ia to MaMen, ■on tbe next fnoralog. But to my astonkbnient no gunrd "^ ^as (eft «nd about sunrise on the morning (A the 23d, a / fiarty of Indiaas returned to the Heepitai, and the first ;> Indian that €flme to tbe room I was lodged in, could ^ speak the English language. He vas asked by oAe of - the wounded what was to be done with the wounded. He replied they were ail to b6 killed that could not walk^ > and shijitly aJlter a general massacre commenced. I in- stantly put on my knapsack, and went out of the house ; ;r .my knapsack was demanded l)y an Indian at the door, to I whom I gave it He coDducicd me to a log some little ^ distance from ther house, on which I sat down, where I witnessed the butchery of many of my fellow citizens' — sufferers by the tomahawk and scalping knife ; and, te fin- ^ ish the scene, set fire to the houses occupied by the wound- ed prisoners, maay of them struggliog in the arms of death, put their heads out of the windows whilst envelop- ^cd. in smoke and flames. After this bloody work was fini?iK i, I was marchad off on the direction towards Brewnstown, by ai> Indian, and when about half a mile from Frenchiowrt on our way, was overtaken by two In- dians, who had captain Hart in custody, mounted on a }iorse. As they F -oached nearly to us, I noticed they - were speaking Joun and animated as if in a quarrel, but "inot understanding their lini|nin«;iRdid notundei> ui.iwhat passed between them, but .wa knowledge, concerning the murder of our meik after the battle and surrender at Frenchtown. I was one of those who was iaken by the IncUans on the retr«e(, about one and a half miles fi^m wlieere the action first commenced. Just before we were taken, with the assistance of Lieutenant Ckinn, beiongihg to the militia^ I fonited between fifteen and twenty men, I then discovered the Indians running upon us j»n each side tnl j!b front, ahoat sixty In number, with tlieir arms at a trail. 1 discovered there m&s no chance to re^ si them. I or- , dered the men to ground their arms, wb.ch was done;; : ^V J Indians then camo up and secured tlie arms of our .^,tiien« and shot them, liichiding the Lieut, before mention- ed. I was the only one saved. I was takes and delW- tjccd Up to Col. Elliott) a BriUsh ofllicyf. *^,v4j* ^ -.••-/ > \ ,..•'»*. THE ENEMY. ni \i As to the murder of the wounded, I know notliing of my own knowledges Tour obedient servant, * A. GARRETT, Hon. Jesse Bledsoe. Fayette County, ss^ This day Lieutenant Ashton Garirelt, of the nth regi- im$ntU. S.Inf^ntrj', came'before jonc, and made oath that the foregoing statement is just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief. Given under my hand this thirteenth day of April, 1313^ J, H. MORTCN, J. P. 68. State of Kentucky fayette county. Personally a[^ared before roe^ a justice of the peace for the county a&resaid, Charles Bradford, an inhabitant of the town •! Lexington, state of Kentucky, who be- ing duly sworn on the Moly Evangelists, deposeth and saith, that he was in the actions at tlie river Raisin, on the \ 3th and 22d of January last, tliat he was wounded in the right liip and remamed at Frenchtown after the capitulatfon ; that on the 22d before tiie prisoners (who were able to walk) were marched for Maiden, he saw captain William Elliott, with whom lie had been former- ly acquainted, and of whom he enquired personally^ whai would be done with the wounded prisoners? Whether they would be taken to Maiden that evening with the other prisoners or not i^ he said th^ would not be taken to Mai- den tliat evening, but ^ strong guard would he leftto protect them against any outrage the Indians might be disposed to commit. Elliott had a similar conversation withm^j. Graves, captains Hart and Hickman, and doctors Todd 9nd Bowers, in the presence of this deponent. He, El- liott, further stated that sleighs would be sent to convey the wounded to Maiden the next morning. This depo- nent further says that the British marched away;, no guard was left to protect the wounded, and that captain Elliott, when asked the reason, observed that some inter- preters were left whose influence among the Indians was greater, and that they were better able to protect as than >' •. /■■ m BAEBAEITTES OF * 'ft guard. About two or ihre« o-clock in the moruiug oi the 23cl January, this deponent discovered that the iiv* terpreters had left the house io which he was, and he never mw diem afterwards ; that between day-light and sun-rise, on the 23di he saw a large number of Indians come to the house, they burst open the door, and in a few ; Biimites commenced plundering the prisoners, and toma- ^ hawking thoKe who were unable to walk. This deponent left the house as soon as possible and went into the yard, where a number of his fellow prisoners had assembled ; he was there claimed as a prisoner l)y nn Indian^ wh6 ^ave him some articjles to hold whilst he plundered tnor^. At this time he was standing with Doctor Bowers and James B. Blythe, when an Indian without any provcca- ; tion, tomahan^d Bly the and scalped him. Shortly, af-- ^er, they (the Indians) set fire to the houses in which'the -wounded had biften quartered, and burnt them down, with the bodies of those whom they had murclered. This de- 'ponent was then taken by the Indians, in company with Doctor Bower, Charles Searls, Julius Turner, and sev- ^'leral others to Sandy Creek} that on the wayhte^awa, ^number of the prisoners who had been tomahawked ; that ! ^■^ whilst at Sandy Creek) they murdered Charles Searl's* ^ Thomas S, Grow, and three or four others; that this • deponent was th«a packed with forty or fifty pounds -Weight and taken to the river Bouge, where the Indianfl i rhad encamped ; that whilst he was there he inquired of ''Ian Indian whether he woujd take him to Maiden, as he wished to be given to Col. Elliott. The TncHan said if fXJol. Elliott told him to do so he Wocld^ as they always '- did as he requested them. This deponent was six days ' • with the Indians before they took him to Detroit, where ^ the was purchased by Stephen Mack and Oliver W.. V Miller, for ei^ty dollars; that the British of5cer com'*^ ' mandingat Detroit (Major Muir) again claimecl him as - a British prisoner, notwithstanding his having ju8tbee(> < ransomed from their allies, by his own countrymen, and • wnt him to Sandwich, where he remained uritil the 9tli ■ or 10th February, when he was sent to Fort George» I and there parolled. This deponent states, that w'hilst a prisoner at Sandwkb, he was several iimc« treated in- T ' /I THE ENEMY 159 • '.V I - J J ■ ■• V''( ^ultingly by the British officers, and by oi^e jobjn M'Gregor; thattiie citizens geaeraily treated the pns> oner4 with kiadoess and attention, as far as was in their power^ This being the first opportunity the deponent has had, »f expressing his gratitude to the Americaa citizens who treated the prisoners with so mi;ich friendship and human* ity at Detroit, caonot refrain from so doing. And aa long as he lives, the namf!S of Melsrs. Mack, Miller, Smart, Woodward, Williams, M'Donald, Hunt, Maya &c. shall never be forgotten. CHAS. BRADFORD. - Swdm and subscribed to before me, this 29th day of April, 1813. O. KIEN, J. P. (Copy) United Stated Ship Madison, Sackett's Harhor, Atk June, ms. Sib — I have the honor to present you^ by the hands of Liutenant Du^y„ the British standard, taken Ai York; on the 27th of April last, accompanied by the mace, over which was hung a human scaip. These articles were taken from the parliameniliouse by one of my officers, and presented to me. The scalp I caused to bb presented to General Dearborn, who I believe, still has it in his possession. I also send, by the same gentleman, one of the British flags taken at Fort George oo the 27 th of May. fs^ 1 have the honor to be. Very respectfully, Sir, Your most obt. humble servt. ISAAC CHAUNCEY. Hpn. William Jones, Secretary of the Navy, Wash< iogton. A true copy from the original, filed in the Navy De- darimeat, July 22d, 1813, W. JONES, * #t ?i .' y,- ■ 1 • * > ' • I* v-^.k'.; mi l ■»■ <' ■'■ ' ■«»■■«* ' 154 } r BARBAHrriES OP J::' ADDENDA. X •»-■' *.- Washington City, July 30* ]Pfom WilUam Berry ^ midshwtnan in the frigate Chesa*^ peake. ^ piR— I confkler myself bound tp lay before you what came under ray kuowledge while on board the Chesa- peake» to well as Mi,board the Shaofion* After the eo^my l^d coin|dete possesnioD of the ship* wMAhipmeo Randolph and Flushman were ordered frocn the fore and maio'top. In coming dov n the shrouds lieut. Falkner (the British officer) said to his nien» kiU those i^kumted rea&ila. Then, ann immediately, several mua« kets were discharged at them, but without effect. My £tatioQ was in the mizen-top, where I had an opportunity of seeing their actioos. I was looking on deck when I caw one of the C^eeapeake^s men crawling along, attempt- ing to get bdow wHh one of Ms legs dff. One of the ene- tt^ stepped up to him nfith his cuSas^i and immediately jpuit on end to his existence. Lieut. S'alkncr looked up ID the mizen-top ; pointed at me, said he to his men, go up three of you and throw that damned Yankee overboard. They immediately rushed up, seiziitg n>e byihe collar, sow, said they, you damned Tattkee, you shall swim for U, attempting lo throw mie overboard; but I got witlun the rigpogy when one of them kicked roe hi the breast, which was the cause of my falling ;|being stunped by the fall, I lay some time senseless, and when I came to, I mas- cut over the head with a cutlass, which nearly terminated my existence. Eleven of our midshipmen were confined In a small place, nine feet by six, with an^ld sail to lie on, and a guard at the door, until a day or two before our ar* 'rival at HaliliBx ; and likewise eleven of us upon five ra-.; tions, and some days only one meal. Our clothes were taken on board of the Shannon ; lieut. ^Vallis, tlie com-^ manding officer on board, would not let us ts^e our clothes below with us, but pledged his word and honor as an ojBTi- Ccr, we should receive our clothes. But we discovered next morning that their midshipmen htul on our clothes and side arms. We were conversuig together respecting ow <^ m '-«,• ,^ V»i»» i<' ''**-^-^ryT'r^-».»?W M ''' 1 ' iM t~r<.ff<<»'i'5^'.i v^it'm.'^l^ilitM w •ttliE ENEMt'. ISt VcrsailoD, and made ar«p9rtto the lieuteMMit cloBnaaod- ing. ^e then sent word to m, that if we eaid any thing more about the clothes, he would put us in the foie-bokl with tlie men. We expected to receive our clothes when we arrived in port, but I assure you, sir, nothing wtiis ef^ er restored. Other mteaUy thingt cecurredy wiiich our officers will, when they return, make know to the publie» disp'oceful to a mvUiBed nation* If your request could have, beoBt made sooner, I should have I'elt gratified in jnaking a fuller stateroeot. > I have the honor to be, with 4he highest respect, ^ WIJLLIAM BERRT. IfoN. L. CondUi Washmgttiu Another circumstance took place '• \:i> i;!fi*«^,. T V Gboroetown, July 30, 1813. ; BiB~-Havio^ perused a letter of yours to Berry^ re- iquestiaff information respecting Ike treatment of the Amer* lean dicers and seamen of the late Chesttieake, I censid- uier myself bound, sir, to lay before yw vW came under my koKMvledge. My haviog been wounded and remain- ing on board the Chesapeake, mightnot give me that scope for observation which others ppssessed ; but I am sorry to say many things transpitediilisgractfnl to the character '%of a brave enemy. Whilst undressing myself in the steer- age, after the Ainericans were driven mIow or had sur* V rendered, and after reststftnce had ceased, I believe en* |j tirely, several muskets and pistols were at once pointed i^; down the hatchway, and discharged in the direction of Uie ^icookpit ; and as the eteeinge and cockpit were fin^ uwith wounded, in all probabiUity seme of them were kilhd V outright. It was midshipman Hopewell, and B9t livings ion, who was so inhuntsDlyitreated^as described in the public prints. It has been the custom in oar Qavy to take V the side arms of officers (prisoneils) but to. restore them :\ .-, He: *'VV : ' .'. \-. 150 BARBARITIES OF f: i\ i on their leaving the ship. Oun i^re taken, vorn, and never restored, together with what nautical instniments they could lay their hands on. When spoken to by the American officers on the subject, thday or two after the action I was conversing with lieut Budd and Mr. J^ichoUs, near the taffel, respectiii^ the engagement, when it waa observed some of the Shannon's men were listening to our conver|Bition. Immediately after, lieut. Falkner, the commanding officer, ordered centint^ls to be placed at the mizen mast. And, said he to theui, if you see any of the Chesapeake's officers abaft the mizen-mast, cut them down; if you see them conversing together, cut them down without hesitation. It will be remembered thie three officers who caused this order were all sevenely wounded. We received no cau- tion and overheard it by accident. So great was the race for plunder, that captain Lawrence, before his death, could not obtain a bottle of wine from his private sea stores, without a note from the doctor to the lieut. com- manding. I pass over the robbing of the midshipmen on board the Shannon, as it did not come under my immedi- ate notice. If your request could have been made earli- er, I should have felt gratified in making a fuller state- ment. Tours respectfully, ^v , Wm. a. WEAVER. lion, Lewis Condit, Washington, .■„.,.■<*' ■tii^^X^' ■■ .- Mis Majeshfs Ship San Vcmiiige, « / Chesapeake, May 10th, 1813. Sir,— I haye to acknowledge the reeeipt of your letter of the 8th instant, respecting a man named O'iN^cale, taken by the detachment from the squadron under the orders of rear Admiral Cockbum* This roan has been released upon the application ojf the inagistrates of Havre de Grace, on parole^ I 't' .f f>r THE ENEMT. ,57 he wmild certiUnly h.v* been S^^J^^"^^ I htTe the honor to pe. Sir, Your most obedient humble servanL JOHN BOttLASE WAHBEK Brig Om. MilUr, commanding the United States form *. iit'- "^«.- ■fV;. y''^:^'^' ■*;. r^ T .«v .*. .:.:■. }i--v- ■^ ^^ ■■:^^ '■ !>• *** . ^.1 i i .\;-'^:- I :'^\ii: ■tfa, I ■ i SUPPLEMENTARY. Important Documents. » The subjoined documents were found among Gen. Proctor's papers, iAken at the battle of the Thairies : We give them a place in the present volume under a conviction that every American into whosehant^^ it may fall will view it (as we do) as a record wodh preserving, and that they will be perused with no small degree of inter- est. €opi/ of a letter from Sir George Prevost to Com, Sir James Lucas Yeo, Head-€tuarter8, KingstOii, } 19th September, 1813. \ Sir, The Centre Division of the Upper Can- ada army is placed in a situation very critical, and one novel in the system of war ; that of investing a force vastly superior in numbers, within a strongly intrenched position. It was adopted and has been maintained from a con- fident expectation, that with the co-operation of the squadron under your command, a combined attack, ere this, could have effect- ed on the enemy, at Fort George, with every prospect of success. To the local disadvan- tages of the positions occupied by our ar- my, have unhappily been added disease and desertion to a degree, calling for immediate remedy. You are, therefore, required ta •»>■•,..'•■■ ■i4\. THE ENEMY. :^. ria<. 150 I>roceed with the fleet under your coiiinmnd, with the least i ossible delay, to ifhe l»ead of the lake, affordijag sufficient convoy to the small vessek containing those stores and sup- plies of which the army is in the most press- ing want. Upon your amval near the head- quartei-s of the Centre Division, you will con- sult with Maj. Gen. De Rottenburg, who will unite in his person, the civil and military command in Upper Canada, upon my with- drawing from the province, or upc>n the eligi- bility of a combined attack, for the purpose of dislodging the enemy from the position of Fort George, by a rapid forward nxovement of the army, bringing up in battery at the same time, the heavy ordnance, mortars and howitzers now embarked. This attack must be sup- ported bvthe countenance of your squadron, and tlie rre of such vessels as are anned with a description of ordnance favorable to it.-^ Should this attempt appear to you to be at- tended with too great hazaVd to the squadron, under the possible circumstance of the ene- my aj^earing on the lake, you will in that case distinctly state your sentiments to Maj. Gen. De Rottenburg, who will immediately upon ascertaining your inability to assist him, take measures for evacuating the position he now occupies. In the execution of which movement, you will give his army every sup- . port and assistance, consistent with the sme^ ty of your vessels; and having performed this service, you will pursue such measures* '..V ^.■:M 190 ^ABBARITIES 01 as sliall appear most probable speedily to^n- mre the acquisition of the naval ascendency. ^ You are already acquainted with the de- > ^ided line of condtict. which i wisli to be ob- ':: served on Lake Krie, by capt. Barclay, and you will not failio impress on^diat officer the absolute necessily cf regaining the naval su- [ perlority, iiid to preserve uninterrupted the intercourse between Amh^rsiburg and Long Pcint, in order that the supplies and stores in depot at the latter place, and at the head of the lake, may be ti-ansported in salety to the B^ht Division. /I The flotilla of transports on Lake Ontario are to be kept employed, as long as the season will admit, in the conveyance of the provisi- ons and other supplies collected at Kingston, and destined for the Right and Centre Divisir pns of the anny, and they are to receive from your force the necessary protections^ ^r I bave the honor to be, sir, 4^^^^' Your lioost 6bed't. humble serv't. :a)^ ^ , (Signed) GEORGE PRE Y0S1\ i %;,^ , .^ Commander of the &rces. ^;^ , Q6m, Sir J, L. Yeo. .«•:.»' 3 ^^\ '^.>> -fr.^, •■>'*•■,■ ■•;■''''«■;-■ • '^SPEECH OF TECUMSEH,t ?^ In the name of the Indian Chief Sy and Warriors^ T to Maj. Gen PEQCTOR, as Fepresenta- live of their Great Father the King, ->■■ U^t vi ,ti ,. .i^yi,-? ■' Ut m^Ki-^^yk / •.'*->■-' Father, Idsiisn to your Children; You see ^ v* v% --■,*-j^;'. .. '*' • \ ncy. de- ob- and the su- the -ong sm dof the •*•:.. '.v ■ ^i}W\ '^^i^'S'^fkS ■■' fr .n- -"■'.':..l 'rtLE ENEMY. v4fti them now all before you. The war before thisj our British Father gave the hatchet to hi.s red children, when our old Chiefs were alire ; they are now all dead. In that war our father was thrown on his back, by the Americans, and our father took them by the hand, without our knowledge ; and we are afraid that our father will do so again at this time. t Summer before last, when 1 came forward %ith my red brethren, and were ready to take up the hatchet in favor of our British father, we were told not to be in a hurry^ that he had not yet determined to fight the Americans* m^IAsten^ When war was declared, our fa- ther stood up, and gave us the tomahawk, and told us he wa« now ready to strike tiiQ : Americans ; that he wanted our assistance; and that he certainly would get us our lands back, which the Americans had taken from us. Listen. You told us at th«t time to bring forward our families to this place; we did so ; and you promised to take care of them, and that they should want for nothing, while the men would go and fight the enemy ; that we were not to trouble ourselves with the enemy's garrisons; that we knew nothing about them, and that our father would at- tend to that part of the business. You als^ told your red children, that you would take good care of your garrison here, which made QUI' hearts glad. 'Of .<■•'■. ' ^JW* ■■ -^y 'V -1 ' 'rw-' .'^ M: ■■'-■f:.- I;62 ;*•, '«^-^. V. M^ ■■^1 Is ii BARBARITIES OF Listen. When we last went to the Rap- ids, it is true we gave you little assistance ; it is liardto fight people who live like ground bogs. r'Mer, Usten, Ovlt fleet has gone out: ^iwe know they have fought, we heard the great guns; but know nothing of what has Kappen^l to our father with me one arm.* Our ships are gone one way, and we are ve^- ry much astonished to see our father tying up every thing and preparing to run awey the other, without letting his red children know what his intentions are. ^ ,- You always told iis to remain here ? and take care of our land&. It made our hearts glad to hear that was your wish ; our great faflier the king is the head, atid you , represent him* You always told us that you I would never draw your foot off the British ground; but now, fiither, we see you draw- ing back, and We are sorry to see our father doing so without seeing the enemy. We ' must compare our father's conduct to a fat animal, that carries its tail upon its back : r but when affrighted, it drops it between its ] legs and runs ofL ' FatheTy listen. The Americans have not yet debated us by land, neither jyre we sure- that they have done so by water : we there- fore wish to remain here, and fight our ene- Hlom. Barclay, ivho commRndecl the British fleet, lost an arm at the battle of Trafalgar. ^^.^ 7- ■•(:;■; r'! , I ''%:^^:- if*r, * I. X:. '!^';> ' ' .'" ' • y. < :^ r-:- THE ENEMY. ^■. •■V-V¥^. 163 my, should they make their appearaiStertf they defeat us, we will then retreat with our ather. At the battle of the Rapids, last war, the Americans certainly defeated us, and when we retreated to our father^s fort, at that place, the gates were shut against us. We were afraid that it would now be the ease ; but instead of that, we see our British father pre-^ paring to march out of hi& garrison. * Father. You have got the arms and am- munition which our great father sent for his red children. If you liave any idea of going aw ay, giire them to us and you may go and welcome. For us, our lives are in the hands of tl^e Great Spirit ; we are determined to defend our lands ; and if it is his will, we wish to leave our bones upon them. > Amersiburgh, Sept 1813. "%■ "J 'T> The. following interesting extract of a letter^ was written by a capt. of the I3ritish dra- goons, (addressed to his parents in England) and found among gen. rroctpr's papers — and we are assured by an officer in the ar- my, that it was found witli a broken seal ; — probably having been intiusted to a dis- tinguished officer ofthe British army, who fearing it might contain somthing eoncern- iiig his own conduct, his curiosity led him to examine its contents. i : .^'^ K r \ V- i'1; -V"'!/ ■H.-\:j' ,V%J!,.- i»i »•• I y. , **:,s.'^ 164 ■ '■ " - .■■•'■*^, . ^«l * ^ „ ■." f^ "Ml '-<''«.' 1 ■'> BARBARITIES OF ■- .v.' .' '■' ' ^,-. ■"-•.•^ Extract from a letter written at Detroit^ *i September 2Q, 1813^^"^ ** Our fleet upon the lake, sailed about 20 days ago from our port into that of the \. Americans, after a close action of three hours and a halt without one making their escape; the consequence of which is we have lost all hopes of ever j-egaining the command of the lake ; and our army, coi> sisting of about 550 regulars and 2500 wild Indians, are now upon the retreat to Thames liver, although contrary to the wishes oi the Indians ; who have declared they will not budge one inch further, and remind us of our general having promised to conquer or leave tlieir bones with them , as we are now com- pletely in the savaged power, we are oblig- ed, in a great measure, to act as they think proper. The celebrated chief Tecumseh, cUned with me last Friday, and assured me his Indians were determined to give battle the moment the Americans approach.^ Our general, should he act contrary to tlieir wish- es, may repent his rash opposition ; however prudent he may conceive a retreat at such an awful crisis. Tliese savages have no mer- cy. — The tomahawk and scalping knife de- cides immediately the wretch who falls in their hands, and many dread the war whoop may sound in our ears, if we act contrary to their ideas, which are as wild as themselves. We have spread a net which may catch us. / hate these savage harhaiians. You canuot ■>■;■*-; •'. /.\-l *r??"' ^ - THE ENEMT. {»lace confidence in them; and without a brce sufficient to ke^p them in clieck, tliey are more plague tlian profit/* ■»*^' /■ .:■«./■ >> * Although the following article has no con- nection with the documents, for the perpetua- tion of which this volume was put to press, tlie editor thinks is sufficiently mteresting to the people of the United States to give it a place here. The introductory paragraph, within brackets, is from the pen of the able and patriotic editor of the *' JaaUimore Weeh- hf Register J* i^^'^'ti British Parliament. pThe following debate is» in many respects, V highly interesting to the people of the U.,^ . 4 States. If the representationof lord Coch- , ram be true, how humble is the state of the r British sailor! — If what Mr. Croker ad- .? vances is correct, how honorable to our own tars ! — Little did Mr. C. apprehend the splendid eulogium he was passing on ^ the Afnerican seamen, in the poilrait he ^ - gave of the gallantry of those they so easily Nis* conquered J ^ JULY, 1813.*— STATE OP THE NAVY. liord Cochrane rose in pursuance of his notice, to call the attention of the house to tlie preseut state of tiie navy.— ■'^.■f J ._ C 1 i>$. ,ljl« •"■,»•• •* *-• * * t„ ^ ♦ *.v •*-<♦ -Wft^. i»* ie§ :; BABBARITIES OF ^ • ■■ lie would not long trespass on the attention of the house , In order to place before them in a clear and perspicuous >jr.: manner his sentiments upon this most important subject, > he had embodied them in a resolution, which members ; .would have an opportunity of perusing, and weighing with 4ue deliberalioa during the period of adjournment, atid the truth of which they would thus have an opportunity of ascertaining. He could only say, that to the correct- ' oesa of the facts which he should state, he could most fully pledge himself. He would then conte -^ '..mself with read- ing Ills resolution, and should reserve whatever else he - might have to oflfer to the house till he heard whether any • objection should be made-~an event which he did iv)t anticipate, as he saw not upon what ground objection coaUi rise. The noble lord then real the olio wing res- . olution. ; ** That tlie honor of his majesty^s crown, tlie glory and .. safety of the country, does in a great degree depend on the maintenance, especially in time of war, of an efficient naval establishment. - ' That during the late and present war with France, splendid victories have been gained' by his majesty's . fleets and vessels of war, over ^ vast superiority in th& number of guns and men, and in the weight of metal. That these victories, gained under such circumstan- cej, were obtained by the skill and intrepidity of the of- " ficers, and by the energy, zeal and valor of the crews. '.-^r ? That during the present war with the United States of America, his majesty's naval service has, in several in- stances, experienced defeat, in a manner, and to a degree, ainforeseen and unexpected by this house, by the admi- ralty, and by the country at large. That the cause of these lamentable defeats is not any superiority possessed by the enemy, either in skill or val- or, nor the well known difference in the weight of aiejt&I,^ ^ which heretofore has been deemed ujiimportant ; but aris^ ^ es chieflv from the decayed and heartless state of the crews of his majesty's ships of war, compared with their- former energy and izeal — and compared, on the other dai^d, with the freshness and vigor of the cr^wa of the i^y- ',i?? v^"' ' '>}':i\.is:. .! ^ ■• iW;^^'-:- A'iv!i,(A'!.'>!iV'"".'x » W.K.1'.- .V .« aj , ^tHlE ENEMt. .?# let he tN- . "that it is an indisputable fact, that long and unlimited ^ItfOnfinement to a ship, as well as to any other particular spot, and especially when accompanied with the diet ne- cessarily that of ships of war, and a deprivation of the usual. recreations of man, seldom fails to produce a rapid detiay of the physical powers~-the natural parent, in such cases, of despondency of mind. ; That the late and present war against France (includ- ing; a short inter/al of peace, in which the navy was not paid oil) have lasted upwards of twenty years, and th$kt a new naval war has recently commenced. ^v That.the duration of the term of service- in his majes- ty's navy is absolutely without any limitation : and that there is no mode provided for by law, for the fair and impartial discharging of men therefrom ; and that, accord- ing to the present practice, decay, disease, incurable wounds, or death, can alone procure the release of any seaman, of whatever age, or whatever length of service. That seamen who have become wholly unfit for active service, are, in place of being discharged and rewarded, according to their merits and their sufferings, transferred to ships on harbor duty, where they are placed under of- ficers wholly unacquainted with their character and for- mer conduct, who have no other means to estimate them, but on the scale of their remainine activity and bodily strength ; where there is no distinction made between the former petty officer and the common seaman ; between }-outh and age ; and when those worn out and wounded seamen, who have spent the best part of their lives, or have lost their health in the service of their country, have to perform a duty more laborious than that of the convict felons in the dock yards ; and with this remark- able distinction, that the labors of the latter have a known termination. -' That though the seamen, thus transferred, and thus employed, have all been invalided, they skre permitted to re-enter ships of war on actual service : and Ihat such is the nature of the harbor duty, that many, in order to es- cape from it, do so re-enter ; there being no limitation as to the number of times of their being inyftlidedy or that of their re-entering. • Jii ■i^ >.>.i : S- ■:; %'' U. <^' 16i BARBARITIES OF §1- m That to obtain a diBcharge from the navy, by piircliaae> the sum of eighty pounds sterling is required by the ad- miralty, which together with other expenees, amount to twenty times the original bounty, md is equal to ail that « seaman can save, with the most rigid economy, during the average period In which he is capable of service ; that this sum is demanded atike from men of all u^ea and of all lengths of servitude ; from those pensioned for wounds, and also from those invalided for harbor duty ; thus converting the funds of Greenwich and the reward of former senices into a means of recruiting the navy ; that such is the horror which seamen have of this useless prolongation of their captivity, that those who are able, in order to escape front it, actually return into the bands of government all those fruits of their toil which formerly they looked to as tlie means of some little comfort in their old age. :;;.i'x ■ '■ ' >rr^^i-^?r^''; That besides these capital grievances, tending to per- petuate the impress service, were are others worthy the serious attention of this house. That the petty officers and seamen on board of his majesty's ships and vessels of war, though absent or for- eign stations for many years, receive no wages until th(iir return home, and are of course deprived of the comforts which those wages, paid at short intervals, would procure them ; that this is now more severely felt, owing to the recent practice of postponing declarations of war until long after the war has been actually begun ; by which means the navy is deprived under the name of droits, of the first fruits »nd greatest proportion of the prize money to which they have heretofore been entitled ; and thus, and by the examinations of the courts of admiralty, the proportion of captures which at last devolves to the navy is much too small to produce those effects which formerly were so beneficial to the country ; that while their wages are withheld from them abroad, when paid at home^ which, to prevent desertion, usually takes place on the day before they sail out again, having no opportunity to go on shore, they are compelled to buy slops of Jews on board, or receftre Uiem from government 15 per cent tiigher than their acknowledged valuef and being paid c < ' iA •art'' ■' y^*. .•■V ,_: v.: ."i t..V^1C^c'.- >l'Al ... i- t.,TS^,.-^r: ^'^ ^ THE ENEMY. j' 109 iii.i in biirik notes, t})ey are naturally indtic« \^ f ■--( • ■>- ■^':':\-:. ' .;' '^v»;^ /* -■»*■ >.'/* ' ., . 1. i I i'i ':4 I'' ..jfc 170 BARBARITIES OF 17- ■:^ith the certainty of a Miitablfe rc> ward, not euhject to any of the effects of partiality, and that measures shonid be taken to cause the comfortable shualiooB in the ordinary of the dock yard~the places of polrters, messen^rs, &c. Sic. in and about the oHices belonging to the sea service, the under wardens of the naval forests, &c.-to be bestowed oh meritorious decayed petty officers and seamen, instead of beii^, as they oow generally are, the wages of corruption in boroUgh elec- tions. That this house, convinced that a decrease of enei^ of character cannot be compensated by an augmentation of the number of ships, guns, and men, which is, at the !^me time, a grievous pecuniary burden to the country, Anil, at an early period of next session, institute an en- Cfuiry by special r< imittee, or otherwise, into the matters above stated, and ^ ticularly with a view to dispensing suitable rewards to seamen ; that they will investigate the stat^ of the fund of Greenwich hospital, and ascertain whether it is necessary to apply the droits of the admiral- ty, and droits of the crown, as the natural first means of compensation to those who have acquired them by thdr valor th6ir privations and (heir sufferings.'* ' -Sir Francis Burdett seconded the resolution. Ms. Croker said, he should think himself wanting In duty to the house, if be did not at once assure them, that except the very opening^df tlie resolution which had just been read from the chair, there wins not one statement which was not unfounded in fact, er exagerated in the highest degree. (Heinr, hear;) — 'He had only to lameiit that the noble lord had not brought forward this subject at an earlier period of the session, so that bis statements might hftve been reifuted in a manner mere decided, al- though perhaps not 'more satisfactorily than they would be on the ptesent occasion. He wa^ aurprised th«t>^ the noble Ivrd dhonld have venturedtost^bttiitto the houses resolution bearing such evident marks bt Its own Is^ae- hood — a resolution so replete as it is 'With 'the most 'un- founded calumny, and with sti«ih distorfiwi of facts — *bo btit the noble lord would have ever dreamed 6f such an insinuation ate that the late victories grfncdby the Amer- , X " ' ■ <, Jl , THE BINEMy. I5 171 ican navy over the British flag had been atlributable, not to the inequality of force, but to the misconduct and pu- sillanimity of our sailors. (Hear, Hear.) What ! he would ask, was the crew of the Java dispirited wheu she was taken? (Hear.) When the Macedonian v*i ta- ken, washer crew sunk in apathy and broken hearted ? (Hear, hear.) So fir from this being the case, he could state from his own knowledge, that in the latter part of the actions in which these vessels were engaged, and in which they fought with so much honor to themselves, and 80 much glory to the British name, when almost allhope^ had failed, their spirit and valov still remained unsubdu- ed ; and instead, as the noble lord would have the bouse to believe, of sinking amidst the w<:ight of their misfoi-tunes, they cheered each other, with reiterated shouts of en- couragement ; and those cheers invariably commenced amongst the wounded in the cockpit ! Did this, he would demand of the noble lord, shew any thing like a crew disheartened ? Did this shew a BritisK sailor to be «ugh^ but what he had ever proved himself iSo be ? Did '.this tend to tarnish or to diminish the lustre which had ever attended the career of the British navy, (Hear, hear.) With thene facts before the house and the country, was he not authorized to call upon the noble lord to state, how he could presume to ask the house to vole for his resolu^ tion ? Another fact he could state, which he supposed the noble lord would construe into a new proof or the apa- thetical and disheartened state of our sailors. Tiiat to which he alluded, was the conduct of John Humble, the boatswain of the Java, who it would be seen on his ex- amination before a court martial, amongst other facts, stated, that having had his arm carried a^vay, be went below to the surgeon, and, having had the stump "put to rights," as he termed it, by baving the tourniquet applied to it, returned to the deck and cheered the boarders with his pipe. — (Hear, hear.) Was this a proof of any dimi» nutioR of British valor, or of a falling ofT in the character and spirit of those brave men, who, until libelled and blown upon by the noble lord, bad stood above the most distant imputation of misconduct ? In the same degree as |l)iis part of the resolution of the noble lord was incorrect. ■7 (.,"■' ' ,x-- ... J. ,.--jfr. ■■jV-'-' rFK''"'^.'- ■"' "'*■-■ w •» M" 172 BARBARITIES OF (.'..■■''''•., 1 - (■ h BO was all the rest. With rcspeet to the fact stated, of 80/. being demanded for the discharge of every seaman from the navy, nothing could be more unfounded. The truth was, that 80 pounds certainly was demanded for the ifi&charge of an able seaman ; but in proportion as the ability and usefulness of the man diminished, 80 did the sum required for his discharge. For in- Htance, an ordinary seamen pai'.- V.-i ■' i^.r. ^' .'•.^' •*.' ■i '■ ■-■:?:■■ ^ ^ , ■::■ , *■ ■■ ,.'.;/: 1^ , f ?>j>-v.r.. THE ENEMY. ira which the house had ever CDtertained towards the Brit* ishnavy. . Sir F. Burdett thought there vfM BuiTicieDt reason -t stated by the noble lord for an enquiry, and the very f doiibts which were urged by the right honorable gentle- man (Mr. Croker) proved to him most strongly theneces- i^ sky of that enquiry. Ue would a^^ree that the period of C _ the session at which the matter had been brought forward l^ was too advanced, yet if the resolution was rejected now, lie hoped the noble lord would renew the si^ect at an early part of the ensuing session. He would not, huw> ever, advise tlie noble lord to witliiiraw his resolution af- ter the manner in which it had been stigmati;^d by the .' right honorable gentleman (Mr. Croker). Mr. Rose in the fullest manner denied all that had been advanced by the noble lord, with respect either to the dif- \ ilculty of sailors receiving their pay or the piize money. . Mr. Calcrafl, in terms of great animations compliment- ed Mr. Croker ou the speech which he had made, and observed, that the resolution of the noble lord was calcu- lated to do more mischief in the British oavy, than any other plan which could be devised. The honorable gen- tleman then defended the character of the British saUors | with becoming acal and energy, and included by ex- if, pressing a liop^, 'l.hat the resolution would meet in that ^ house the fate it so eminently deserved. ' 't<^ Mr. Wrotlesley bore testimony to the facility in the ni* ^v val public oflicerfi. :^ Mr. St^^farth opposed the resolution. * f Locd Cochrane replied. He said he was not dit'pleas- ,; ed at thd wacnith with which his. proptMMltton had been r' met. It certainly wiould be iojuriourto nO one, except | to tiie fieeling of . certain members of that hoii^e. Tbe^ right lionorad^le secretary had met his statements with in- dividual inptaoces of gallantry. The existence of these he cMd not deuy ; hut he asaierted, that tfie physical pow^ |. era of our seamen were decreasing, partly from Uie sys- v tern of harbor duty esvabliehed in 1S03. H^; hadi hieard: that the system was about to he changed ; tfba he should be happy to liear from the right honorable secretary that : sudr was the fact The right honorable secretary had ■■'-n. f"*, .4, ;4-- , ■■»'"' .*■ i •ri ■■''i^f>£f, >'.i>\'.'r ji ;.-. r... A'- iU t^' I I 1 ? t : ' ;i i / .•1.1 BARBARITIES OF ■V'^'?. ' 'iVs;: **'!*ii. challeoged Ima to show an instance of an officer having purchc jed his discharge from such service. He would name a Mr. Ford, who had served with him in the Im- perieuse, who had done so ; and Nelson, his cockswain of that vessel, had been placed in harbor service, and had returned to him ; and another person of -tike name of Farley of the Leda, had three times left that degrading service, and had each time returned to lijm, and died with him, completely worn out in the ser- vice. Tliese were facts ^vliich he was prepared to prove at the bar, as he was all those which had been denied with so much warmth by the right honorable secretary. To show further that the crews of British ships of war were unequal to themselves heretofore, he would relate what was the opinion of a person not at all Hkelv to be disaffected to tne order of things— lie was then son of a bifchop ; be had taken ao American privateer, the crew of which consisted of only 130 men, and he had declared, that he would rather have them than his own crew, con- sisting of 240. If the right honorable secretary doubted fills feet, he might enquire, and he would easily verify it. The noble lord had heard that the sailors taken prison- ers by the Americans, had been found running away in the back settlements ; that forty of them had been brought back by force, and that from the manifestation of this pro- pensity, the exchange of prisoners had been broicen off. The lateness of the period at which he had brought for- ward his resolution had bec^i complained of. He did in- tend to bring in a bill to limit the term of service, but cir- cumstances had prevented him; but he would carry his intention into eflfeet in the next session. With respect to parliamentary influence, the right honorable secretary liad asked, whether he bad found H of service to himself in Ms profession ? He certainly had not, because be had never prostituted his vote for that purpose — but he had ,. no doubt others had found that influenee of great avail. / ■ When he again brought fcicward the subject, he should ove all the facts he had adduced, and he hoped so much ncrance of the subject would not then be fcund to pre- :^*^aiL Mr. Crofcer replied to the qtiestions put by lord Cocb- ■ w*. , "• ' •!,. - " ,, ^V $k.J'fi.:r..'t^'. il'^HE ENEMY. 175 laae, that the government had at all times been verjr? watchful over the harlipr duty, but that it had Dot takeii$ any new steps since the suggestions of the noble-lord. — ■: He had never heard that the sailors taken prisoners ^j the Americans, had been found running away to the back settlements ; nor of the forty men being brought Jibac'k by force. The exchange of prisoners was brokei» off, in consequence of some wrong done to the British seamen, and not in Coi-^ftquence of any fault of theirs. The resolution was Ujud negatived Tj^ithout a division \^M ^^ v^'"1s' 1^^., - * > ■'«'■ i-f CONCLUSION, f'^'i ^■'^^ , THE MICHtGANIANS. ' The following protest olthe inhabi*ints of the Michigan Territory ,,was rect ived in the National Intelligemer of the lOth of Novem- ber, 1813, at which monr^ent the editor was about closing this volume. Its connection, w^ith the foi*egoing documents, entitles it to a place in the same volume with them. The editors of the Intellbj;encer, introduce it inta their paper by the following remarks :; — *' Tlie day may not h^ve, arrived, but it must, ere long, come, when the American p,epub- lic will be under a necessity of demanding ; and, by proper perseverance, of obtaining, re- dress for every injury done to her citizens, whether in relation to their persms, or their cowMwema/ or o^Aer property; and in whatev- er quarter or region of the world committed. At the present moment the violation of the capitulation ofDetroit will claim the first at- ^A /, - . i^»>..ii..'.k ■,-,,. '^L X- ,}} 4 ! , r-^/r.:r,. \ ■ -1 V ",- * -: if ', « ;' .'-.: i.'*^, .:;:,.:. -..X, J I- I'.Lr:--, t. . ■■^. A ■'*'■/'; 17« BARBARITIES 01 / .,/ ^. tention. Ample indemnity ouglit to be ex-^ tended to the sufferers ; and if OTir nation cannot, by arms, obtain counter-indemnifica-, tion, jperhapsit ought magnanimously to sus-^ tain the loss. The fidelity of our citizens is^ not of a nature to be tampered with ; and, where they are true to us, we must be true TQ THEM. We lay this day before our rea- ders the protest of the inhabitants of the Terri- tory ofMichigan, in- relation to the violation of the /Aire? article of llie Capitulation which ignobly subjected the«i to British domina- tion." PROTEST. Whereas it has been signified to us, the undersigned citizens of tlie United States, resident at Detroit in the Territory of Michi- gan, by col. Henry Proctorj the British com- manding officer, that it is his will and pleas- ure we should depart from and leave the said territory, and he so orders, and directs it ; leaving behind at the same thne as we ns^ee)«* sarily nuist do, our deaiest relatives exposed to all the casualties and evik incidefit to a slate of war, and our property at the^ mercy of the marauding savage : -^ t Resolved therefore, that we consider the- said order of the said col. Henry Proctor, a«! a flagrant and gross violation ot the third ar- ticle of the capitulation, made and concluded at Detroit, on the sixteenth of Aiiguist last, and by reason whereof this place was surren^ delved to tlie British flag. f£f>.JUiJ;v«iSr )'(. i.-\, i.^\ ,.^./^.iK.;rf.. I ■■;. 4- li "f THE ENEMY. in ' Resolved 2fidly, That it is a duty we owe to. ourselves and to our county, to resist man^ fully and spiritedly, by all the powers of reason and argument, every unwarrantable -attempt upon our personal rights, that is not strictly compatible with the articles of capit- ulation. ■^'' And whereas we entertain a very sensible and thorough conviction that a military offi- cer, by an unjustifiable and wanton invasion of the private rights of an individual, may not only incur the displeasure of his own gov- ernment but will lay himself personally re- sponsible to the individual injured ; Resolved therefore 3dly, That for every violation of our rights and privileges, attend- ed with an injury to our person or property, we will make a solemn appeal to the dernier resort, to the umpire of the law. Resolved 4thly, That we entertain a high sense of the honor of a military parole, and the virtuous and delicate use that ought to be made of it ; as likewise of the necessity and the propriety of a strict and exemplary neutrality so long as we remain under the British flag, and are protected in our persons and property agreeably to the true spirit and letter ol the articles of the capitulation. Resolved 5thly, That if there are any amongst us whose conduct and behavior does not strictly comport with the spirit and mean- ing of the preceding resolution, they ought not to be screened from punishment, but, that it is our duty to assist in exposing them to tlie '% ' ■■H^HP^I^^I^WI^ 119 BARBARITIES QF (V '.1. r V ■t R^ i just aiiimadversion and censure of their awn improper conduct* And whereafi we entertain a high sense of the manlyj dignified^ and spirited conduct of Augustus R Woodward, esq. wliose services have heretofore been so pre-eminently useful to the inhabitants : Resolved,, therefore, 6thly, That he be pre- sented with these resolutions with a request to lay them before the said Col. Henry Procr tor, andtt>Tjse al kiwful amd hoaoi'able inti!eaT ] ty with \mm to obtain a revocation of his ' aforesaid ojh^, so diametrically opposite ta the aforesaid 3d article erf the capitulation^ ar'/id so manifestly injurious at tlii& particular,, season of the year to ojur persons a©^ propr erty.' --... 8IGNEBRY Lewis Bond, William Wilson, Arch. Lyon, Anderson Martin, }3avid Ilonderson, Joseph Spencer, David MXle^, ^ : John T^kk«, ~ Israel Taylor, *t WiU^iam W. Scotts William Russeli, Jame^ Patterson* George R. Chittenden, W. Robertson, John V\^^llier> E. Brush, Peter Desnoyeres, James Burnett, William Brown, John Consett, A. Langan, James (^iltenden. DHroit, \st Ffhnmr}fy 181.^, Comnd Leefc, Conrad Ten Eyck, Robert 8mart, Richard H, .loiws, J. M'Doniuill, Duncan Ho id, Georgt* Bafizes, ' ■'-'-v% -j^vr ■t ^-^' - "'■'. ,■ ■■*' ■:, i-:J l#f The reader's indulgence is solicited for the fern typo- graphical err or St which may be found in the preceding pa- geSy as th^ occurred in consequence of the unavoidable absence ojthe publisher during apart of the time the nxn-k mas going on, and could not be remedied after his re- tumiWithout occasioning a dela J in the publication inconi- pat^le with the public solicitude to see the book. The most material error will be found in the \QQth page, 7 th line from the top, where reaa disposed instead (f dhphyed. ■■■uM !>. I ^}v:i- ' 1 r , / • i '. J4 . " ,^^-_ ■ r . .:-:•:■• -^