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OF THE NORTH-WESTERN ARMY, ^o, ^ COMPRISING, ik«che.oriheCimp.igwof GeDeral.H«Min.J ' rmoa-A mi. iwtc afld iDterwting account of the Naval Conflic: on Lake Ifie^MiHtary anecdotei-Abote. io the army .-Plan •f » Military Settlc««t— View ^f the Lake Coaat from Sandailiy to Detroit^ hit SAMUEL RiBROWlir, " ^OTlllN* UtttKeATt, »ot iat polTN 4v«HT IN itAiieiV» ^. Bt;RlllJG1t)!?,VT. 8lf SAMUEL MILLS, isi4 JfW^-^^^fT-/ .. ^ it ( I, i •, i ■< »kO^ mv tfv ^_„.,„ or THE feet, ihi^h r ^'**^: ' ~*^ ^'fcctiy to iftv oft. ^^^^^^S^ «-*e^«>Hh western less condK of iL f *'"'"^'" ' *< defence- rendered this ittea« .1 • j?5 »«» England, [upon immediately ic:u"H„<' ° *''^- I - - = «i 5„iii ^^^ ^^^.^ each; te- ll ;i)- About 40Q of the 4th regiment, the gallant roos of Tippecanoe, under CoL MiileFt, were at the same time ordered to descend the Ohio, from Pittsburgh^ and j^in the detach* ment at the general rendezvous* Govi^rnttlent ought 2X the same thtie to have Gommenced the Gilding of two twenty gun i;>rigs at ^ie — the command of the kke^being^ all important to the succes of land operati^is* Suppose general Hull had taken Maidens hovy was hfi to receive supplies, while tlie> Br itis]> contrpukd the navigation of Lake Erie, and white the savages commanded the forests and^ could ambush the convojtes of provisions, at every half mile, for a distance of 200 miles ? . . ■ . \.,, ■ ■ ■ ■ . ; The task of c^ganizring the Ohio tr-oops de^ volved on Governor Mi:igs« They were comi. posed entirely of voluntecES. The men, with I the exception of the senior officers, were in the very priarte of life, and animated wilh a nobk ardor in their countVv's ciaise. The rdiiksl were filled with unconinion expediiion, andl pattly by citiavris of die (ii'iit dibtiuction. The exertions of tlie governor on this oc- easioh, ought never to be foitgotton. Wkh al celerity ntvcr before eqilalltd in a new coun- try, he coUected,"from every part of the state, a corps of 1500 men and oi^aniaied theih intoj three i?egiment5,jhe command of wluchi ibe ^■f; ' ! ? :v* ^00|>^ camp e^ipf^s:'"*;, ^s. ''^7i«:?,'^»{:i prorided. The , public araenil^I m i ^ ,^ supplied •« de&iS^hH ri.^*'*'f*''«S iilg, ' P»«*o «> a ooDditwa for airoli* * ■ ■ ■ ■ . Meigs suwenderLl »^.^ '^ '^'*^' B^'^W the e^p^Sr£^^"tf .^'=**^«'» government is i^^J!f? f «wat«taw tekM»Ji littk bclom fo^ r eamp Nfcigvoa tiie ^vest^rn banfcof the rwf^ and on the same day the U^utecl SMt^s' fiira WIS hoisted. At the raiding of the fl W, the trooM lorfi^d a hollovf si|uare arowid the standard expressive ot their dctcrmiiwitioiii, not to surrender it but with their live* Oh tWs occasion CoL Cass said • J' The standard of your country fsdigpie^, ed. Yoii have ralliedrounJit to defend Sc rights and avenge her injuries. May itwave protectioh to our friends and defilancc to jpuf^ ^eniics.^ an4 sho^W it ever ineiet in tH^ Ibos*: L^^f^Hk -^°"^^ "°^ that the eagle pi HbertY^ urhich It tears mil be Ibund more tfian a nUtctt «>r the hon of England.** . TheJburth. reginnent haviiig joined genei^ tAulVthe army, removed from Oaytoo on |hf. H?fvl«^t and commenced ij^nttrchior bd., ir^ ■ . , ^ ^ • .' , ...?■..•■ ,C c: Yr-i. • . Gov. Meig* iGCompank^ the army^ to t^^^^^ lianna, for the mi|i09e of holding a couhqiIj with la I^«aii |:hi€fe of the lak^ tribes, ft^; was a^ifreed to i^^new^ dip treaty of. Gr^vijl^ j^ , «"«!; 8ff»^«g the calMmetrof p«ice, bc^lh I^*«?^d cm the %ctf r 4>tnt to witmaM^^ the sini^i^ of their p»rofe^ THJ^ dians appeared unustM% friendly, gire pcjr* I mission to gen. fluli to marcK through, tbek^ .1 1* ;;^ -%., ^^mt^fmtmm \l\ U ^Hilltrf «!ld 16 ertct block litrtwc* tv^tf Hjf^ ••ales which he did. w From l&rbai8fi#^ «ife ^Irtpfdi^^^ ^Miatiii is liO mite. Thcf rotite of the army was thrc^ a thick and aIi|i€Wt traekles» forest. M tSere {wfere a great number of baggag;e' waggons at- tached to the maf; H became ntcmm txk' open a new road the wliole diatencc. The iiMottbfi labd Was itidi^t, be% in matif pla. ces a peHeci swamp. The Wtather was rainy iifd man and horse h]»l to trai^t mid leg deep kimud. Kequently the van had to halt .^^ the itar^ which was as often detained in iia ii»rch in readying wiiggoHts im^ hdriea from^ mt mirt.. ■ » ' ■>■«■■:.?'■; . ,. ■ .Almost every officer and soldier of gen^nd^^ Mir^ SfUqp, wUh if^m I conversed on the iMIect, Odnetitred In ateting thatidie imift*^ fii^iarn^Wfmr mifim to #etn»ewas«^ fHpid as was pi*acticable» cbnsideriog the nat^ iwal obstacles to be overcom^^ Mbst of thwu^ i^ i^ade Iti psffiiitig sm4^m^^ Hitt^ «eneaiipttietrt| «t tiight, im i hoMiw m^, df Wfcd i^ei^ yhemkv itmm^ im. m^tmi Mm 0i ^^tttfi mtui^ tmm » Wi» ihi3« Miriltigli ijo^ tMg^ ^^pba the trofops anived «t the Rapids j# Itores of the ar^y w,th 30 men and wvwJX Bern wives, With difwctiowi to sail ^0 D«|iioit Th^ ara« a fatal e*ror ; for the British IwTiflg beciv apprwe4,of the «Jf ckr#io,i of wwj caS turedthe ressel at Maldin. Thus ihe anny Uistained a serious and irrt- parabfe fosa ; it i» even said that the generar* imnfc ccMainiMr tas instriicttons and a copjr of the deohraii<^ of war, was taken in the vesstl. He Rod bee** |re»UMidy noti6c4i(^the existence of war wUb Cit you/ If the barbarous and str^ge foVity 6f & Brttam be pursued^ and the savages ate fet loo^e to murder our citizens a^ miteher even women and childretiy this W^a WILL llX A WAR OF ^XTERMINATtON. The fil*st stroke of the tomahawk— the first at. lenipt with the scalping knife, will be the sig- nal of an indiscriminate scen'e of desolation. No white man found fighting by the side of an Indian will be taken prisoner-* instant death win be his lotr If the dictates of reasons duty) justice and humanity cannot prevent the em- ployment of a force which respects no rights/ and knows no wrong, it will be prevented by a severe and relentless system cJf retaliation. I doubt not your eour a gean^ firmness— 1 will j not doubt your attachment io liberty. If you i tender your services voluntarily, they Will be i accepted readily.: The United States oft:r you peace, liberty and security, Youi* choice lies" between these and war, slavei*y and des- truction. Choose then, but choose wisely ;| and may he who knows the justice of our causci a»)d who holds in his hand the fate of nations, guide you to a result the most compatible with your rights and interestSi your peace and] happiness," « This pmdamation was well catcutaled td of the Canadians, such indeed was it$1nOuencet{ Ih^ the greater part of the militia m the sep 13 ther retired to their homes or joined the A- meriean armyi »» «< However, when our army 6rst made its an and foiests, from an enemy whom thev we«. 2s'than'^'"'^ r? ""^ crudandM;"^,^ cious than savage^ but when they perceivS^''^-- the troop, were not disposed to injure thrirj^'^,^ persons or property, they returned to S ^'^^ homes in full confidence of protection. ^*^ ch2l JT*-""! IPP'ared to hesitate in the choKe of friends, b^id^^ awed into Zo/l!f A^ '° '"•^'^™'^"^ unexpected a dis! denlatfhni ^ •"!: T> * P°" "' ^°« M»l. rto^d tl ■ - •"*l^f'-'"«bfc »nd feebly gar. f X . • "" "*"'"*'"* ^^^"''d ftvoumble to strike an important, perhaps a decisive blow wsiting wnh torturing impaiicnee for the !r,r!":.. ^ 'r''»t » ""«1 disappointment . - . --- «i^j uuuuiGu tu experience ! iMjf^. Col. M*Afthur was detached with aboiit B ISO .i.4 I m^n to the >iiver Thames, where he ca|)lured a considerable quantity of provisions^ bkiiketSi arms and amfnunition* Another party was sent to Belle Donne, for the purpose of .secu« ring several hundred merino sheep, the prop- erty of the £arl of Stlkirk. Thesa parties met with no opposition &nd were received ia a friendly manner by the inhabitants* On the ) 5th €ol. Cass was detached, with 2£0 men to reconnoitre the enemy's advanced postsi They were found m possession of the bridj^e over Aux Cannards river, 5 miles from Maiden. After makmg a suitable reconnoi. sance of their position, that excellent officer ascended the liver about 5 miles to a ford, Sc thetKedown on the south side, to the enemy whom he i^tacked and drove from their posi- tion. This was the first time since the reird- tion, tliat American miiitia had come in con- tract with British regulars. Our men moved I the attack- with great spirit. Three timei the enemy formed, and as often retreated.— Night compelled our troops to reljnquii^ the pursuit. Col. Cass encamped on the scene of action during the night, and on the jl 3th re- turned to camp, without further molestation. If the enemy had been thenux force., would they not have made him pay dear for his te- merity, for thus having dared to sleep with a snittti dctdchuicirt, witrMii icsa inaii 5 from their main depot of men and stores 1 iiiiico I IS Oaief smaH^detachmenJS were occawoDally sent down to the river Anx Cmmtda, to dil cover the force and poaition of the cnenw • Ae result was fr.qnent skirmishing without material toft to either side. In one of those «ncontres however, ihe Americans lost seven Mled and ten wounded. The howe of Col. M Arthur was shot under him. The Queen eharlotte, whicn wiwat anchor off the mouth of the AuxCannatds, saluted our men iviih PuZr r'^"'"''" ^"^^ M'ArthurandcIJt mhofii; being on a reconnoitering excursion of d^. iT"'^ "c'Pl*' '""'"6 into an ambush ot the Indiana Such was the naiure of the JurLfn^"' ™''"***"''^ in Canada while h,H ^ P?Tf •* f*. P"'*^^'"" °^ Ssndwich, it Km;.*^'" "'""■■ ^'^^P' and entourage sur^enSLnt'".!!"'"" '^'«=hilimackinac had surrendered to the enemy without resistance a reinforcement of 4OO regulars under the L-' defatigablc Brock, had arrived at Maiden Vnd «nme,^ous Indian chiefs, began to 2e"'the"r deSchilf '"ll^f August Major Van Horn was detached with 200 men, principally nfleoien to proceed to the river E ;>, r,\- „{'""""'="» of »rnr»:»„ . , " ' '"'^ the purpose w escortinj a convoy of provisions to the .-- ii'iid fo™eT'*"''*?*" *>'6e body, of Indian, lad formed an ambuscade, and oui- troops re. It Im H oeived a galling fire at the ^stanee e^^j of S^ yards from the enemy. The whole detach- ment retreated in disorder. Major Van Horn made eveiy exertion to ^Uy them but in yain^ our loss was seventeen killed — seven of whom were officers, 4 Captains and S Lieutenants, The names of the brave captains^ who felt and whose bodier were shockingly mangled by the Indians, were Gilchrist, Ullery, IVl'Cul- lach and Bocrstler. ** Alai I nor wtfr, nor ehildrca more (htll they behold, aor Xtien^ nor Tacrcd home.** This gallant attempt having proved unsuc. ceasful, Col. Miller was detached on the 8(h with COO men, (0 open the communication, and protect the provisions which were under the escort of Capt. Brush* The detachment con^ sisted of regulars and Ohio and Michigan voL-i untcers. On the 9th about 4 o'clock P. NL the vanguard. Commanded by capt. SnrH'ingJ was fired upon by an extensive line of Britis!i| troops and Itidians at tlw; lower end of the viK lage of Maguago, 14 imilcs from Detroit. Atl this time the main body were marching in two] aolumns at the distance of half a mile. Capt,| Snelling maintained his position in a most gal- lant manner, under a very heavy fire, untill the line was formed and advanced to his reJ lief, when the whole, excepting the rear guard J was brought into action. The enemy were] forn>ed behind a breast work of feUed trecQ)| ': hold, aor frieodk' 17 which they had been several a,,« Preparing The moment Col. Millep had broug'ht up h& »w,psml,m^, tHe enemy sprang from the* hrfmg places «jd formed'^lnk rf battle. A S;!r™ti!i r?5"IP" "^ toutest heart nbw £^S wbK "7"^ ^'" Americanrhad to con- twd wiA a fore* one third greater than thelf own.^ Fire hundred indkns aJmrat entirely iMked, were fighting on almoat every hide, led on and encouniged by British officer ,ndUv! «ge chiefc Bur American valor rose sZ. nor to c«ry thmg; Our troops charred and wl age of Brownstown, where the British t«Jc to ^«r boatsand the Indians to the wooaT fci^^ ^y "^ *" *■"" ™«*' Col. Mil. lntth^m^'*;;^Pu*^ *^'"''y t« charge and «ut them up-but they could not be made to .dvance, a though cpt. Snelling ofle^d to head them m person. This cowardice of .he ^n,?^ 'r "• u*'^^*' ** "^""y from twal dt"! S '/"k*** ^"'•^'' were in complete dis. order and their guna unloaded. -f^'V^"'" JMving thu» opened the way, was determined to push on to the River Rai- H?.lUo ^^"'*?.",r'*™P*°'7 order from Gen. ?«f ft T'l^ P^'^'''*' '^Wch he obeyed the day after the battle. On their return tiward* Betrwt, our troops were frcfquentiv fired un. ^.. .iom liic irrg Hunter, which look several Posmons for that purpose ; eyen tlie wounded »2 I I I 18 Who were conveyed in waggons, were inhii- manly fired upon. f^ t;^f The a//i« lost in the battle of JSiaguagoj about one hundred killed and twice that num- bcr wounded. They were commanded by major Muir of the British regulars, who was wounded Tecumseh, Marpot and Walk4n* the- water, directed the Indians. The Americans had 1 8 killed and 58 wooiidf- ed : thus wai much blood spilt without achfev- mg the object of the detachment. Too mutjh praise cannot be bestowed on the officers and men generally, engaged in that conHict. Coh Miller provtd himself by his courage and m. dicious arrangements, equal to a more respon- sible command. Capt. Baker was wounded in tht le^ Lieutenant Larabee lost an arn>. Itiese oftcers distinguished themselves.-. Capts. Delandrc and Brevoort, of the Michi- gan volunteers conducted in a brave and sof. slcr.likc manner. At lenght after a lafise o/almoitfourweeksy^ .k I if ^^^'i""* ^V '""••O'ng ^'•ow ^he nth of July till m Cana«J«. was the (onj^ru^Ion 0/ gu^ carriMga. Th« Geo. fayi in hia official difpatch to ihe fecrci«?y of war, «irr J-^'* 'i' '^''' ***''." '^^ S"^^** •''doftrr waf exerted 10 making preparations [to attack Maiden! and tthree howitzer* were prepared." Here then fhe wK«i. ariBf , except thole on df lachmenti, tod all the carpen- V ,19 V3t r-tion ma^e for an immediate iovestm. ut S oojtet of the expedition, tt, by w-aifine ^ hSaVy artaiery, it ^as agreecj to wail, ff n^lt cLl. •'♦ ""i? ^' ^''y '^a* appoM^ cominencir^ their march. Gen. Hull deckr ed to th^ officers that he, ' con4S"SS pledged to te^dtfie ariny to Jlat?^^^ ammunition wi^ placed i/the y^^-f^ Pt not the «*/lfr eoBlifbeeoodua^rftn Iff fl?5„-rU°**^ « J'ri sen**-* bad been itfooftiS^'^f T^YlSS •od were at all tlrnu fpuiot S, th. pofeSoo of the bf tofmj. ia«le to retreat to thefort^andthe 24poi '^ ^ i.oxto fire upon the enemy !• One universal burst of indignation was apparent upon the receipt of this order* The folly and impropriety of CFOi*€in|r IIGG n»en into a little work, which ^(hi cJd fully man, and into which the shot aiad shcll&otUhc enemy were falimg, was pal. ^_ block thtf limediately moved in it^ upon tht n the front, the Michi* t in a situa. ; enemy.— Itia were in tthe incur, nders load, an a com- the advan- r troops in iwaited the I' broke up- i:e met the ud day tor to perform >Iumn had the Ameri- V h )le to krs A or- to sal burst of receipt of opriety of ork, which ch (he shot j^y was pal. IS the waL A S Icrrir^ '"' "^"^ mitlwM. »k-. Mincer rode up to en- f 'ofc'gan Temtoiy, to the BriUsh arms J* we tort, but «j>e detachment of Cob. M'A'thu, ~T4t tt •-ij^r'^ -Pta^ B,S n^^^ ""s «n tne whole to more than 20ri considerable quantity of- mUitarv «o J! 5 provision* Th- TT '•. 1 '""""■y stores and o g""s tell iwo the hands of the enemy. ^JJ^ Amedcn an^ jyere superior to ««Mr.l Hnll .od Col Crf. Th ': r '"*"»' '•"'•">' »hHfollrc,rrobora..rfT.i^ «*"• "»"• WWF, b« it! PanicBl", Th,,!. • *^'""' «•' C"*- C»fi in M - 5..-. hXr^ 'il;:XK^.';rv:';;;*;'n!^«^^^^^^ i»r»»ihatih«^.,r;A-^ "5 "_-* '-^''^J' tvery one »« event came l-wT^I 1%*'^"'^ *'"' **« *orrend«^. t4 the enemy in point of numbers, is proved by the statements of col. Cass, and capt. Dobbin, M9 well as the official account of gen. Brock. > ' ■ • " _.. The indignant aspect of our troops, after the surrender, alarmed the British commawJer ' so much, that he evinced the utmost solicitude to get rid of them, by sending them off imme- diately in different directions, dismissing ma- ny without even asking their parole. The C5hio volunteers were landed at Cleveland. The remnant of the brave 4th regiment were sent to Quebec, and experienced the most bru- tal treiatmcnt. The consequences^ of the surrender of gen. Hull's army are not to be all described within the limits of this work., The wide scene of flight and misery, of blood and desolation, which followed this disastrous event, is at once beyond the descriptive powers of the writer and the conception of the reader. The whole north \yestern frontier of Ohio was laid •pen to savage incursion. The chagrin of disappointment, added t© the serious loss of a fiae army, cast a tempo- rary gloom over the whole union, but this sen- timent soon subsided, arid all felt the necessity I of immediate action. Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia, Kentucky and Ohio, all M\ eager t« wipe avvay ine deep staiu ou our natioriui CiU»f- acter. Volunteers cvtry where presented us therascjyw, and but a short period ^lapted be- tricve the fortun,.. of arms. A Iwdcr ml wan„nffi.a|l eyes looked, wi.ha common 7m. tea voice of the people of ihe west called on aH^gmwhties, and general frdam HenZ ffarmon, was brevetted a major generalfw^^ J-JI^J^ to Uke .«,^m,pd oi tl^ norS^ fortunately at the very instant of general Iwere on fh ?""'^^lS"'^'-«. ""t and finally beat them off. The sibci \v^s enough 10 try the soul of a ftero. ^hird were but 18 cffectivemen in tTiefori^ and twd of them, in a moment of despair, leapt thJ pi itkets to escape. Tht iilght was dark, fl^ raging of the fire, the yelling of several Mf dred savages, and the cries of the womei were sufficieiU to excite terror in the stotitea heart. For this heroic defence, capt. T^yM was shortly afterwards promoted to a major bj the iPresident, f , ; Early Iri^^lptembe^ Vttf 1^^^ i dian force left Mald^h t^ lii^ ^a^f ^ ^^ tiers of Ohio. Fort Wayne was xht Icadifl T\r\\t\t Qt attack- On the 4;th of Septcirtbci*, general Harrist tfnv^^at l/rbaiina and assumed the com. S'"^ ?L?iSi"°'"^ ^^''^" «™y- The rap. ids of Ihe \f.atra ot thp I,akes, were fixed ■ip. en as the point of concentration, the several eorps of which were to inovc in the following directions ;-20GO., Fennsjjvania volunteers^ Dnder brigadier gei»eral Crooks, were to move from Pittsburgh atong the shore* of lake Erie • general Toppers brigade of Ohio volunteers were to take HuW, route from Urbanna to he rapids ; 150& Virginians, under brig. «n. Leftwich, were to take the same route, when- T*" *5y ^'""'W ""ve. General Payne's brig- ?f*-. °/^^5°™«*y**9lttnteers, with the 17ih advance to fort Wayne and descend the Mi- •able houses, A brother of gov. Meio-s Z [two soldiers •wer.kiUed near the ibrt. ^ ' ""' ,„?^p""""*°?'?""='^«*"'«h the brigade of fe^n. Payne and the regulars to relieve fort [Wayne, the enemy fled at his approach. >a&h??T%'^''°""'''«= '"^"'fnt for iaKinj;; tile inciians^ fi^^'i *»»- ^xr^i-^ „, . • -. . " ' "''"-' -=-" vuvuis m iiiff war. ,i«B.™r "•^"^ "■ .«-i«;6irpzri n against several towni^ within two dayf march of that place. The whole lorce was divitfcil' and placed under the command of jjcneral Payne and CoL Wells. The former was di. recttd lo destroy the Miami towns at the forks of the Wabash ; and the latter to go against the Potawatamic villages at Elk Hart. ' The commander in chief accompanied getil Payne on the expedition : four of the Miami villages were burnt, tliree of which were re- markably flourishing. All the corn wjTs cutj and up piled, in order tliat it might rot l^forej the enemy could return to {)rt van t' it. ColJ Welfs was rqually successfuij he destroyed several villages and returned to camp withoui] loss. . ' -^^ ,::^j ^:;'' :* >>•■■ At this time general Winchester arrived at] fort Wayne hhcI general Harrison rcsigited t command of the detachment under gen. Payne and col. Wells, to him, in obedience to the '^t r-^ogements of the vvar department. CoiVside rabic discontent and murmering was observa^ ble amoHg the troops when they were inform^ «d of the change ; but on being addressed bylgg^^ gen. Harrison, they appeared better satisfi dBL^j^ He assured them th^t ii'any thing could softeftlg^j* the regret which he felt at pMing with mew ^-qj,^! who had so entirely won his confide^ »ce ^r affection, it was the circumstance of his coin^ lYiiftintir t-K^m fr» the c^»a»'D'© fifoneof the hgrocM nrK. of the revolution^ a m^n di^tingjiished a$. weiilie^afe' 6»j9 march yas cliyi(le«[' of 'Ijenerar ner was di- I at the forks go a [art. ;ain8t ipaniedgeii! the Miami :h Were re lorn Wifs cut It rot before int'it..'' Col. e' ttestroycd amp without day., while m acci^e and .evere "^.y ''.,:" h,d .carcely a sufficiency of food to sustS S:"a,fo"i-a"'il "'*^"' -mc^lrtic" Tf been expected fton»Teter«n trooL But s^ch wa. their personal «ttachmer»t to gen Harr? «>n, that th.y woul^ have sufifcredSo" anv An or$;r of the secretary of wnr ;n^;.i» j pneral Harrison with the co^LS o "Iffi icnerak fv!f r ?; '" ""= ^""^""'^ °f '!«= two .„ .Kh,J 'J^f^'e to much collision and u . GonsTdel ^e^Jf *^ F°^\ 1'^*^^ J^*?pri»cicf It3 dptytQ the fuU extent of I 92 / T arrived at resigned thid rgeiu Payne ice to the a^ f«rs I ir £i 1 Si •3 •. its ability j every thing requisite for tfie sup*- ply of ibc army was forwarded with^ aU prAci- cable expedition. '' - . ■ One circumstance» abchre all^ must not be orerlookcd. The greater part of the volunteer* now concentrating under gien. ttarriaoni con. sisted of men whose families and property were not exposed to danger, and who conse- quently, were infiuenced by the most disinter- tsted patriotism. Col. R. M. Johnson, a inern* ber of congress, from Keatu^cky, who has since so nobly distingubhed himself, was among! the foremost.— Gen. Harrison fixed his head- quarters at St. Maiys ; gen. Winchester ad^ vanced to fort Defiance. He found the ene- my in possession of the ground and too strong] for his force ; he dispatched an express to gen.| Harrison, who immediately marched to his as. sistanee with 2000 mounted riflemen «nd mus« keteers all furnished with three days provis- ions. In the mean time, however, the enemy] had suddenly decamped and desceruled tha Miami, .Our troops went in pursuit but could I not overtake them. This was the expeditio]! from Maiden ; they had several field pieces* [ Tecumseh commanded the Indians. The attention of the commanding general i was now for some time confined to arranging in opening rotds, building boats and erecting block housesi preparatory to the march of the 91 WMf to tilt oSject of the cwnpaimi. Hi. .- emoM were indefatigable. ^ «•»•«' On the 4th of OctoBerbriMdrer «.n t* per received order, to proS t £"* ^?f with the whole of the .SountS fScetn c?nS tion for service • fcinr fn ««« '^^^^i m conch* an expoMrton o, the causes whJk'^^^i'"'"*l thefaHufeoftfieeiDedi^^f ^u- P™«'"«««» -y clearly pt^ffi^h ^SSSS Tapper w.re incapable of conm^^^f * OntJieWth ofKovembcr the «.i»k . •* part-zaachief, Lo^..^ dic^'oJ'histSj* * ;■-'■.. ,-■'-- - ' - r^^h...,ro.u,„ ..„.„*.„„„. ..a. ^„, ^^ .^ «.««lh,„„,«,i„,to»i.„«r.d.*„d wB.n. f.i.,W.^p.„„i,, w lI ; » ':""'"■* '""• """ "''°" '^°'"" -"» "■• «•"' [-«og^.f»..d «... wUh «. ««,..v^»,„, i^i.k.^i* * J«t..y to eo«r A,. r«i*«,,rtidi ke ijd i. a «!»« »... . f This Ibss was regretted by the whole army. He wfisa brstve and enterprising warrior, sin*, merely attached to the Americans, and posses- a powerful influence over the ^dians* Oil the 8th of November a detachment of 600 tnen^ commanded by coL Campbell, left Franklinion on an expedition against the Mi, ami Indians, living on the head Waters of the Wabashi Gh the 17th of Dec. they aitived at one of the Missassinway villages, surprized,, killed ^warriors and took 37 prisoners. They burnft three other villages 3 miles further down^ the rivei*, and then returned to the first town^l destroyed, and encamped. About an houjr be. fore the dawn of day, they were attacked in the can^p; ^ The fire commenced on the right line, commanded by major Ball, who sustain-^j ed and returned il till day light, when the In-| (Clians Wer'^ charged and dispersed with the loss of 30 killed. Our loss was 8 killed ^nd 25*i wounded— several mortally. A^great number { of horses were killed, several officers were iH^unded ; lieutenant Walt* of the PennsyL vaiiia troop was shot through the arm, but not] satisfied, he again attempted to mpunt hi?) ]K>rse, and in making the efiort, was shot thro*^ Ae head. The prisoners were treated with humanity, even the warriors who cea^ to! jpesist, were spared, whichis notthe^uaual cus. •I fiippccaooe* Young Elliot wamnong. the ftiin — hiil^y w ai afil M torn i[»*x^dfcon8 agaiiisi the mUM- The suffe^ihgsof the «e«ffrt,m coMr hunger «! fatigue, on their mYt»t from Missi^. JJJ - .? ^^''"f """"«• They were in ffi cum^h i '"*»««=°«>''t^r. Theterrible te! marcft. I he sick and wounded were to be ous and circumspect. At njght only half of tarT" Thf '^S-'" f "^ »h%«.her'^were oi guard. They suffered greatly from the ia. clemency 01 the weather 5 numbers were fr^JK r^T^U '^'rr'y'^d bad colds afflicted^ S ?h/^°'' '^'P'- ^''y^** Indian, ,uf- ftred ihetn to escape total destruction is un ^:;^:^/-!;«i» the death SSX kiS 5,f ^f ff -^° " '"PP"^'' t° have been Wled 1 1 this affair, Iras the cause of their not harrassing our nien in their retreat # The officers of maj,r Bali's squadrotj fthr? sustained the brunt oftbe action and who\Se complimented by general Harrison, Tn a ee. SetSr Ru"'" r?"'-^"^ Rood'condl," "vkml nf P ^■' ?P'''"' ''^'*^"« »««» M'. v-.y,idiKi, Of Pencsyivanid; ' a. the I4rh of December the 'fcft wini? of the army m vid from fnrf wr, k " * R Di'K *, ,r • V . ' wiiicbestei' to the .. ^ /tl}^'? t™*= the Ohio troons w'r. "^"' '^^ *« Virgnuan* at Delaware..- Gefieral Harrison i|if:ed< his head quarters ad Vppcr Sandusky. The provisions and mitita. rjT storeSi and the trains of artillery haviing leached the difl^rent depots, the hopes of the nation that victory would soon c»own the ef- forts of the north western army, were chcri^b. •d in confideneer On the 14th of January y col. Lewis advatr- €cd towards tl^e river Raisin. On the 18th he found the enemy in force, and disposed to dis- pute the possession of the place. He attack. cd them m the town ; on the first onset the savages raised their accustomed yell. Buttlie noise was drowned in the returning shouts of the assailants. They^ advanced boldly tp the charge and drove them in all directions^ Oi> ^e first fire sixteen of the Indians fell, about 40 were killed. Col Lewis' party lost 12 iilled and 52 wounded. On the 18th gen. Winchester foHowed with a reinforceniefit, and concentrated his troops, amounting to 800 men, at the village of French^ town ^ 600 ol which were posted behind a ^cket fen^ie— 200 which composed the right wing were encamped in an op«jn field entirely] uncovertd.^ On the 2^ they were attacked by a com. bined British force under Tecumseh andi troctor. The attack commenced on the riKhtl iflBg; at beating, gf re vili«. Our troops were j it Immedi'alejly rej.ay' for the reception of^dit. number., theTrSt^^^verThn:"' "^J been^tat Jed infhdrt,?' SS^fi!;? .ng their retreat cut off. resolved to W thet lives as dear as possible, and fon^ht V rttely-few of these escawd Thf r P*" with; Spartan valor. «dSd le r 'S Within the r nicket*? Th« - . ground njade U,ree dfte^haTJl '„^7;4 -fi^« advanced in platoons to char«? \^ •^'"^ keeping up a brisk fir.- n ^ ^^ P'ekets, picL^ w^th tSL^mS d«eS7?'" *^- and presence of mind rese^.^i^i!-*' bravery They Aen ope.ed a cross /re upon "heS their pieces were leveled-and in tWc !2 Gen, Winchester and Col. I f.u,.v k j 1 taken prisoners in an early prt^Tth^h^f" " "hem pris„„„f o"»S. °,j i''' """-d"- '^1 .■•ll 36 t)ie officeK9» cqL Alfon and cumins Hickmart, Simpson, ^a member of congress) Meadf Edi. iprds, Pnw aiid M'Cracken. ' ■ > ' . • ■ > >\ Dutingthe vt/tiole of the action a heavy can- nonade was kept up by six pieces of artillery. The courage of men was never more severely tested. The party that retreated at the com- mencement of the battle, were pursnedi sur- rounded and litterally cut to pieces. Some succeeded in getting three miles from the scene of action, but were overtaken and mas- sacrecd. The snow was crimsoned the whole distance with the blood of the fugatives. After the capitulation^ the American conrii^ manding officer remonstrated with General Proctor, on the necessity of protecting the wounded prisoners from the fury of the sava- ges :*that officer pledged himself to attend to it, hut he forgot to keep his word ; they jwcre left without the pomised protection, and on ihcj morning <^ the 23d, horrible to relate, thc| a/iies of a •: h r i s t i a n king , stripped, scalp* i ed, tomahawked and burnt all of them who] were unable to walk.* •the Tite of Captaia Hart was peculiarly diftreffing.- He had recek »«d a flcft woujad aod particularly diftbguifccrf hianfeirby hiscndauaJ AU^. ckfa mste with hifi at Pruccctown eolkgCi waited w Captaia Hart m C»ptaia Hart'K^ S9 The dead were deni^rl fi.^ •. lit fliouldremiin until H,, MOV.,, _B„. pn- . ' """'•°- '«'« wa, fixed, he ciefed ta, eye, ...d received the ftv.eM t'« terminated hire. ift-„,. u •• " '"^^ ««vage bJo^r l»S .h. .0.0. off hi. ^.ck. Kor f„ K ' *• "' "" '"''"" ""'■• • *''""»»". ind co«.iai„, th. „ai.,,, J . " ">' „i.,n . actaiii of there oulrasei ?lon,.a,oreandh™inity. * •=r,nf u,c '.rntMr,a,n and .hatirwaT uT '""^ '"'^' a^vourtn^, th« D lun) and the swords of the officers given to the sav- ages. Men whose education, talents and char- acter ought to have entitled thtra to refipec ,| bud ihcir feelings grossly outraged. The advance of .general Winchester to tlicj river Raisin, was not authorised by the orders of general Harrison ; the i»otives of the gcnc.j ral were no doubt good, but to his imprydencel IS attributed the failure of the campaign. IJel was inducted to make the movement in com quence of the earnest solicitude of the inhab itants of that pi ice, who were threatened w.itti| a general massacre by th.e Indians.. As soo^n as general Harrison learnt the «xj posed' situation of gen. Winchester's corps he ordered a detachment Irom gen. Pc rkin'j brigade under col. Cofgreaves, to march witf all possible expedition to his relief— out si much titxje was lost in prepctration^ that it onlJ arrived in hearing dist«.nce at the commenci ment of the battle, and then sudd.eply rct?-ace its streps. Why a commanding officer, situated as g< Winchester Was. within a few hours march Mdden, and. liable every moment to be si prized, should suffer his men to be encamps in detached and exposed situations, in til mahnet ihey were, is a question not yet e plained. The night br fore the batiie a Frencj man atrivetl from Maiden, and informed tl 3^ ■en to the sav- ents and char, ra to rcepec , die ehemy had commenced their march Tl,i. ^.formation, which was made known to Ven Winchester, was disregarded Hi, «?. ^ were 3 or 400 yards J,^ c.l. HeTd „'ot -arrive at the scene of action tili ,K» . /"" ."°* hester to thelj^d begun to give way '^''' *'"& by the orders! •* "^''^• 5 of the geneJ 1 cannot forbear tbnotice in tins r^Urr^ . s imprMdencelfircumsiance that rtfl,...f. >i,« P **^^ " mpargn. wJoB the military clS; ;{ thf k"^'' iV««^^ nent in consJOn their march from forf n b ^ ^^■"^U'^kians. of the inhatlds. the horses were wor,^;,?'"!? '° "l^ ^ap. reatened w,if shed for want orfo^; rkf^X^' an,. idyes, were destitute of many artides o 7" ■rst nccessiir V>.^ th "•'^ «irucjes ot the learnt the e«f ot in the lea;t dam , fhf ^ Circumstances did ESttr's corpliorses were no lon^'^ k,' ^'"''°'- ^^^'^ tl'«-' to march wifleds, audinthL' ' 'emsdves toThe relicf-Dut l„d ;racri t" ^n^':^ ?^"^ cheeriulncss ^ifc: an iiifrf^ni'rKt.r r \ "^' maniftst- i 't of Gr. ece o; Rbme. • ^ '^^^ ?n, that ii onlj ic commenc Atply rct^ac ituated as g ours march lent to be s ,;-t Li'r r^-ntXcrf „:^:r .: T'r'"^ ~~ - -Jdvirsity. NomkhKtnLr u ^* '"■"•"-" ''J' be cncampIeJIed to trav „ r '" '5 '^^ ''"''-' '^•^"^■ Uions, in liovcring for their hnrt '^ ."'"'' '*'^«'"'=^'ly « n not jet efr.^fro « uJ^Zotl!!! '^'^^^'^ '^'^^^- aUieatrencSj^entucky a disunce'-'^ informed ummurmer thncc ^(a/jed their lijjs i j \m: 'iieir honest I hearts aprunp forward' with the chi&tic hop^j^ that their wrongs would be avenged and the day of rttiribution arrive* After the defeat of gen. Winchester, gen. Harrison retreated from the Rapids IS miles, and look a position at Portage river. It being found impracticable to remove all the provis. ions, a donsiderable quantity was destroyed, On the 30th gen. Harrison dispatched capt. i-amon, Doct. M'Kcehan and a rfeuchmaj with a flag of truce lo M*alden. They encamp] cd the first night nfar the Rapids, and hoigtt{ the white flag ; but thi^ was nci respected- the Indians fired upon them while asleep, kil.| led Lamon, wounded Dr. M'Kcehan and tooi the Doctor and the Frenchman prisoners. Governor Meigs having promptly ordtre out two regiments d!" Ohio militia, to reinforcj gen. Harrison ; the army again advanced the Rapids and commenced building fofl Mei^s. gen. Crook's brigade in the mean tinij were busily employed in fortify ing at Uppe Sandusky. General Harrison having learnt that a bodj of Indians were collected at Pre:que Isle, nca the mouth ot the Miamii marched from hi camp at the Rapids, on the 9th of Fcbruarj at the head o^ i detachment of his army, to ta^k thit,ni^ The enemy fled— our troopjs pi 41 ekstic hnpe> iged and thQ ihester, gen. ds lj8 miles,! er. It beinj II the pro vis. I destroyed! patched capd French maw ^hey encamp.] s, and hoistt( respected- e asleep, ki}.| han and looi risoners, iptiy ordfre I, to reinforcij advanced building foil lie mean tinij ing at Uppe t that a bodj que Isle, nca ed from hJ of Fcbruari s army, to .ir troopjs pi ned to cam. Ch ^V,tT^^'-J-^^ r^L. Such was their desir*. t„ „ "" '''^•Kue. «hat they mailed 60 la "^ "P '^''-^ "''^f-c t »«= S*en t^o far decayed to Z^mJ^L \ "^"^ '"""^ the expedition. '*'''*'"»'«'> the object of On the ISch b/ AnrH « j took pkce on the M^lf ^T""''* '*^"«»'«'-« fort Meigs, between en F * \"' •""" ''^'«"' rrver Raisin, and = bo u ""'l'"'^"' '""» '^e dians. both'S:^^' t".^^""' "'"nber of In: maintained the figh, un fu ?h'*"°"' ^"^ '^^>' both side, were tiS^erk^ greater part oit " ti^er killed or woundedv The army Wire now einra»./i • fearrison left^th^^army for ?ht'"'""- ^^""^' suiting with Rov Meia^ the purpose of con. the «.frch-of rhl-rS^'^^t r T'"''"* J^mom^to.u„edduri„g"r;em^-^^^ E«^K^:r!^'l^f^-«<^c.t timber a. r"**"- *'« uuii DM2 amg two 20 gun 4fi brigs— thie requisite number of ship csKpcntt^s^ arriYed at that place. The term of service of the greater part of the miliua composing the north wesiero ^rioyi having expired, new levies, from Ohio and Kentucky, were ordered on to supply ijleir ptaces. But thes« not arriving in season, the Pennsylvania brigade generously volunteered ^J^^ir services for another month, to defend fort Mcigs, which was menaced with an attack. This conduct was the mc/e honorable, at this corps had undergone incredible hardships dii- xmg the winter, in dragging the artiilery and stores from Sandusky /to the Rapids.*^ ♦ A private in thoPerteifturgh y»rmit«en, draws thtffoUowJu^p^, ■re of a foldieri life j It deferibri the march of bii company at the time •f Wiiichetter»a defeat,— " On thelegpnd day of out martk a wuiic* arrived from General Harrifoo, orderiog the artillery to advance with «ll poflible fpeed ; thit virai rendered totally impoflible by the foow which took place, it beiiiga tomplete fwai»p neatly all the way. Ota the evening of the fame day rtew& arrived that general Harrifon had fetreatcd to Poriige river, eighteen milca in the rear of the encamp. went at the Rapida. Ai many men as could be fpared determined to proceed immediateFy to reinforce him. ft is unneceflary to Aate that we were m»4ng the firft who wiOted to advance. At • o'clock the «e« morning, our tents were (truck, and in half an boor we wcw oih »he road I wHl candidly confefi, that on that day 1 ragrctled being ■ fold^er. On that day we marched thift/milea, unf»ul ■'££ u;'>i -J ^'' ^- • ... Wroachk^ ^^^ "'17 *? P^TW^e for «fce frequently sent out 'to dfee^^lJ^"^'' «*"« af the enemy, wiio had ^^^ ** "^wmente. "»rgin of tte iaice. " discovered onWjfe i« appear»*oe on the ^os2 ^f'W'ny made .he 27th thefreied b^'J"'**^- ^^ to retire by the I.Uk V«, u '"^ ^^''^n made »nce the C^e^, '£ J^^™ f . fort. {Ircr ''«ch other To kJ"'^'?^ '« fl*cpTi"wno^:r'','^*l^''«^*^:P«i ,^ BiljKak 4t* *scriptr6hs were carried on with unparaHel. kd exertions. Every moment of the general was occujpied in directing the works. He ad. dressed the men in a most mastt^rly and elo- %uent manner, on the situation in which the fortune of war had placed them, and of the importance of every man's being vigilant and industrious at his post. This address conver- ted every man into a L ii inspired^ them with a zeal, courage: ano ^^^triotism never sur- passed^ On the 28th the enemy commenced a veru bHsk fire of small arms —in the evening the Indians were conveyed over the river in boats and surround'^i the garrison in every direc- tion. Several of col. Bali's dragoons volun. tcered to reconnoitre the enemy's camp, buti before they had got far from the fort they were fifed on by the Indians and compelled to re- turn, > On the 2^th the seigc began in earnest, afj communication with the other posts was cut offi The firing was kept up the whole day. The enemy had progressed so far in the construe lion of their batteries - during the nighty that Ihey afforded them suftcient protection to work by daylight. A man was this day mor- tally wounded as he was standmg near did general. April JdiiMithe ht*teor^f^ ir^fMi- *ij^ fiS «YwmL iijri h ' wnparaflel; f the general rks. Head- rly and elo- in which the rand of tht vigilant and iress convier- spirecT them m never sur* meed a verj^ evening the iver in boats every direc ^ons volun- camp, but I )rt they wer^ piled to re. earnest, airl } was cut oSf J day. The le construc-l nighty thatl 'otection tol is day mor« g near thel iff »ect^ fire agfiinst the enemy's batteries .„^ considerably imneded ih-^.V Jl ''^^eries and filled with LnTtre seen 'r^''^- u ^'''"» Mdgs side of Jr vef .^'fe ^T '" i^*' ^°'^ fe btliev*" fh.tTi, . . '^'■"^** induced the g«i. and storm the ca^^pttbe ^a' OMfP'"^* third«5tnljJl ^- ^^ . *^^ renaainiiiff two tbe inSantte tSenem^°'?r''*'^"''»^ oblieed to B-o ,^ i • "'^' '^^ ""^" were Bigbt--t4 well ?„f*l •"'"!; 'P' ^'"^^ ^''"V «f the men we e ^. ■ ^'"^ ^"**'^*^''- S*'^"^! narrow escane^ n. • -"^ exposed, hod several my tow^ nn?„. "*?"'^ ^^^ "»**'" the ei,e- without^efte;:.:'' they ^itj^f T' '"' tion as soon as it vvas ^whf ''^'"^H* P°s«- gunners to see i ''^^' *»«%'h for our ^ ^he grand traverse was nnnr n»».^i . i wcI as several c,« ,n • completed, as tions. tS frni r^ '". ''""°»« '>i'-««- with effect n ^ '^^ S««-rison was begun ries. Th-i, oA-™" . "* ">e»rgun batte- gunners silenced one of their pieces tever^F times. Thty did not fire so rapidly as the ene. my, but with a better aim, 8 of the Americans were wounded this day, a bullet struck the seat on which the general was sitting, and a vol: untcer was at the same time wounded as he stood directly opposite to him. On the 2d of May both parties commenced' ttring very early with bombs and balls, and continued it very briskly all day; Our troops had 1 killed and 10 wounded; besides several others slightly touched with Indian bullpts. The enemy this day firied 457 cannon shot. The next day commenced with a very brisk and fierce firing of bombs and cannon balls, and continued at intervals^ all day. They opened t«'o botteries upon the fort, which they had established on tt^ii, side of the river, witli in 250yards of the rear right angle of the camp, one of which was a bomb bettcry. An Ii>! dian who had ascended- a tree, shot one of our men through ihe h^ad, and six wtre kiK led by the enemy's bombs. They fired 516^ times during^ihc day, and 47 times during the night. ^ It rained very hiard on the 4th which r&. tarded the fire of the beseigcrs.. A new bat- tery was discovered erecting on this side of the river, in the. «:*m« fWt-^^t'.r^ manf l'« •Tiij and. traYer«es were commenced to^ guar^^ m ag^in^t them. Several were killed andmodB. ded. heut. Gw-ynn. killed a British offic^To^ |>»s.de.he^„ver..ith.rifl. ^..^^^^ General Clay was now at fort Winchester wuh 1200 men, on his way to r.^.::TC^ ire, but they killed three men with bombs An officer arrived with a detachment of S, Clay s men, with the welcome news that^hc general was but a few miles up the river de sending .„ toats. An officer was sent to htSi wuh du-ectious for him to land one half of h* ^rce on the apposite side of the riv< r. for the spikmg th«,r cannon. Col. Dudley, who was tr&T^ the executt<,u of this movement ^hhZ " " ^"' "y^"' ^' h'^ n>e" "Elated with their success, continued to pursue the retreating enemy till they were finS drawn into an ambush and overwhelmed by superfo? were killed w taken prisoners. Some fc w ef 40 of these" T'P^*'' *^" ^'"^^''- Abot 40 of these unfortu-iate men were tomahawked rtnder. The killed on the field ol battle wtrehorrii ly mutilated. Colom-I D..»ii». ."- among the killed. He d.splaj-ed in'hb Fast moments the most heroic fiUess, and actt ^1 ■^^t 4» : ? 1! * hi \\ I liyjicilfed One Indian ikHer he wat tnortalfy w The other moity of general C1dy*s foro^, if not less prudent, were more fortunate ; When the3r landed a little above the fort, they could easily have made the fort without loss, but instead of doing this or securing theif sick and baggage, they marched directly into the woods in pur^suit of a few Indians that were purposely Icfiding them to their destruction. Gen. Harrison perceiving their folly, caused col. Ball to sally out with the cav Iry and pio- tect their retreat to the fort. He succeeded in briB.E^^ing them into the fort; but in the the mean while a pnrty of Indians had towa- hawktd their s.ick, left in the boats, and plij^i- dered their baggag^^ While Col Dudley's party was engaged * with the enf my on thu left bank of the river,! several brilliant and successful chargi^s were mMdc on the right. In these charges, colonel. Miller, maj Alexander, capt Croghan, Long. hom, B -ndibrd and Nevting, were conhpicu- ous. Oar troops conduc-tcd wi'h the mojti dttermined bravery; all th^jr batteries oil I this side were carried, and many piiijuers ta- ken. From the 6th to the 9th there was fio firing. I the two arniies. Aa exchange ui prisuntii 4§ before the pJace 13 \\Jv. a • ''^*''"e been he had fired at he Horr* lZ\ t^\ ''■"" non balls, besides L/^ ' ^^^"''e"* and can- c n loss cluri,j ,he seTLe iH'-r ^'^^ ^'»^"- riiffere nt sorties on th?,^!" "^ '^'■* "''*' "' '•><= 196 wounded. Thl L? f ''? I^ '''»*='' ""^ That of the ene™7w:r bSJ^^,:,t '"•''''"^• jhad contrived" kinrf r k ' '^'''"'^'^ *•** »»«=" M a'ong he ditch imL ;•""'. P'"'"'^ «'r«' pickets. l"e, wo,,l/i^ l!"'!'^ ''^'''"'^ the and knew « hen to n, f" "l^ ^"^""y'* A^* CCS rJ .V **!'"" '"to the r hidine nhi. Pd. ^ .h,s mean, many valuable liv^^vf^; h^1«::^^^^;^ringtheseige constant treading of fi.^ * '^ ^^'''y^ ^"' pargcd upon them anH Ai . '*'' instantly Siding plaice. The Iti^^ "''"'/™"» '•'"r To-- cavalry, and ,;• CI n/''*«'"-»ble pfrey nor the ijbssibilitv r "*'"'« """»" ««y„,ere cut toSe^l '^ |'U the whole »ne time dismounted !, ^'' """ was at hs a desperate and douffi «"»"«-{( U at stake, both exemd In .*"""««'*^' J**^ per rode up ariS.li?.*i"' ""»««-an Voting the Indkn thrr/h ,i\ '^"i^"^' by » twible example „ot!n •^^•''•'"^ Aft,?r } cros^the SanZkl !^ '"•''^" **""u«d food. "'^"'•l"«t of plunder and « foops consistedTof ion";^^"''"^^^' ^"' 70aKdi,.,s of , he mi 7^"'^ ""^^ «" '^'e were b« 133 ftcUve i""°^'°"? t'nd. ^" and .he vvorl^, "Jmed'" '" '^^ S^'" P'^ce. The i^^k^f^ f'^S'^an commanded .--• '•■' ■'■¥ auilcfj with ' ^on leach angle of tli^ f^^t b'ock hou «da sixpoundJ/.tbrrs'thc''''''^'' *=""• I ""^ ^'^^w exact State a ^'li of the post, at the time the cincmj appearedJ Biy*s Thd first movemfiit made by the enemjr, wa$l ii^ste fo make such a disposition of his forces, as tol miikif ^revem the escape of the garrison, if thcJof the ^houE'be disposed to attempt it. He theiil»t'eDg sem boh Ellioc with a ffag, to demand the suil*nd oi render of the fort. He w^ met by ensi^the pii Shipp. Tlie British ofScer observed, that gei«^ it Proctor had a number of cannon, a large bodlsuffi^ic of reguhr^roops and so many Indians, .vho«tothci it wasitiipossible to controulj and if the fo was taken, as it must bet the whole of the ga tison would be massacred. Sh^p anSWcrei thai^^t v;as the determination of itt>»]br Grog han,hii officers and men, to defend the gai risori or be bariecl in it, and that they migJ do their best. Colonel Elliot addressed m Shipp again— •• You are ik fine young mal 1 pity your situation ; for God *s sake surrJ der, and prevent the dreadful slaughter whi must follow resistance." Shipp turned fri him wiih incUgnation, and was immediati tiiken hold of by an Ihdtan, who attemptedl wrest his sword from him-. Major Grogl observing what p-issed, called to Shipp to col into the fort,, which was iustantly obeyed ■ the inigcdy comaienced. The firing befl from the gun boats in the rear, and wns kl up during the night. At an early huurB next mornini^, three sicceSi which had bfl phmted during the night within 250 yardsB the pickets, beg m to play upon the fort, With.little effect. About 4, P. M. all the the sail points, the nor [envelop til ir ftheli osts, a ea?y ai tnu int leut. CO laimed, ive the imtij •yhi^tr My Mi rdered 1 sked i ad been bajis ' ked the e IcveJIc «o ihird < «^pt dc I , -sar . - >y appeared! ■*y'^«r""» w*re concentiaf^j - enemy, wa J western angle ol the fo^ r ff""' *« "o"^ f6rces, as tol making a breach. Tk „' '** '™= pmpose of farces, as t son, if the; ^ He thei and the sur- t by ensi 3, that a large ^'^^&rc^Mtc^^:>^^r..t thj effect strengthened by mean '^f*^"' P«int to be X oy ensiMAe picketing suMained l!«J! " «a"ner that <=<>. ^^^g J»^ *• r-^y »"pSng tharth":? •^^'•^■* a large bodlwfficicntly. shattered th? „• I ''^"' «^c, had lians, who Jto the number of jtoo VT ?"=««=«*. adjrancecf, d if the fojthe sam<- time maW 1*T'" "* P""**. a e of the glpoints. The- columKkb »r '^ ''**^'*'« p anstvtref «he north western anai;. ^'""*^*'' «»?«"« n ijbr eroJeiiveloped in snroakjas n^f" ?" completely f *- Sfc '{.had app. J^^^r;°j;«> ^•^"^verea they migfof the lioes,but the nttnK*''.'"^^ paces dressed #»««s. and ready to rS,^/"^""' "^ '^"^ ^eary and gallant a fi^ is t„ '.k""""'^?"'* «« »m... nto confusion. buf^L'"^. *^*^ ^°'- «ut.col/Short; th^leSerS''^'^ '^"'''' tbimed, «. come on mv bW^nf "^^*"" ^*- f've the dam'd yank^^rlr. '^^'^''*> ^'^^ ««' y hi* troops :l!lf' '"*" ''>e«'ctf follow^ "ed the 'six pX dey '» ?t'\ ^''K''«n , «Min the biff W ?''^^ 'l''*-b^n k'dbepnltjaded^^thadrhi ^^ '^'^*'- I« ■^ talis and sld^r^ ThU *''"*'■«' "'«>"«■ 'ked the dirch Ironf A^ .P'""'f compktelr *! 'fveilcd tb. oS^t ^I^IL": The firg 1 "tvcn, who were covered oung mai salce 3L . ghter whi turned fri immediati attemp V}r GrogI hipp to c obei-ed iri ng b id Wiis ly hour 'h hadt ;50 yards he fort, I. all the £2 *>/ the dead bodice AVtIfe same time^; the Gie of ' t!^ small arms was «o incessant and destructive, that it^^fas in viiin the British 'offis^rs exertedf themselves to lead on the balaiice of the coK Uran ;;it retired indisorder under a shovverofl *hot| and sought safety^ in an adjoining wdod.f The loss of the enemy in kiUed was about 150, bs^si^s a considerable number of theirl o//i>jf were killiedi THie Americans had butj one killed ^nd seven slightly wounded. EarlyJ in the morning ot the 3d, the enemy retreated/ down the river^ after having abandoned con? siderable baggage. The garrison was composed of regulars- all JTentuckianSi Si fintr company of ni^ not to be found in the United Slates, perhaj not in the world. They are as humane i courageous. This is proved by their unceas ing attention to the wounded enemy after thc^ discomfiture ; during, the nighty they kind^ received into the fort, through this fatal ppij hole of the block house, all 4hose who ' wee able to crall to it : to those unable to mo?(i thejr threw canteens filled with water. The even parted* with their clothes to alleyiajte sufferings oi the woufifded. Gen. Harrison had ordered major GrogL to destroy the stores and abandon the fort, case the enemy made his appearance, h diiredto disobey the ordei^. and has ihereli rramortaUaea M^jj^ , ttrl^^f'**'/'^^' '''^: Pi»05 were inwrln'-f the place for several da J%?i?r"^.,'"'''''*' w^ho^t^d«iI» anv «»,;^- , • . ""■" withdrew,, mi its efr<^ct\hat Sh-"™ - 9h' ««<='» ly their services4w ^I'l^^V ^W^^^^ ^y captured the 2 JlrC^r^'-' ''.^•. Per- EWe/ This vfctofv rfm"'*'!,f°l?* °« ^"^^ covery of Detrbit; ' ^ -™ «nd ti»e r«, cenirate his forces^S " -^ M^"i? ^«H>- camp; iap"S?K^"/ "'" Ywbf|K «.perfhlous b.g^a^ sSre •« cnagc to. guard )he,horsc«,«5ai^ storta. - day, on the £T t?'"T"""^ "^''''^ '»''«"& number of boa ' „o '';;,^ T'"^'' ^"*'^«»* "le army could embark at once. ^ Ae^lafln'rw "??^.'>'' inlands extending from • '^i ta^"ii« «T '!'''r?^'^^^' "'»«* from m passage across the lifeT Th - u^^*"" '''* rorablp a-! ',. "''* weather was fa- reached »hf • f "." "* "^" first divison of bbo.». r "4 the em f S.""^-'*^ "^ the met. ,o acccle- rae^theeml..rk;,tianofthe whole army that «i>^Mn most cases, atu.cifiated this r^^la^*. 4 :s:. ■>.'», ii, -I Vj, f i 'ir- %ToKintt««,g their »r,rk« «> return wit* fe»t|. Every one courted fatigue. -.SL^*/*"""?"'^*"* *^«"y» w«s busily »ri..J^ ^ f u"*. ''^** 22d the whole m «y had gamed the i5bnd. and cmcamped on eenwe of the bay* and' in futf view. With' ^« ineffable delight did we irontemplale^Ss Mrteresting spectacle f The curio»i^ of the g«-mrtied to^ OH boani the prizes to viewr Ae eftcts of the battle. The men were wX vi^WrTn "'"••""I'tary ardor, which wd& visible in eve^ countenance. r .The army was detained at Put in bar du^ shht L H * ' ?'»'''«•• 2^ «he regular forces was- timL h.^T*'°""- "* h»d deserted three times-, had been twice before condemned to Site wS "to- V"!^^ P«'-^°"^'' ^^ ms fate with stoical indifference, but it made .very sensible impression on k troo,?s 1 **'o platoons fired on him, at the di-ui.. ^: Ave ■'-♦ »"■■ tj)e{j sicvt*. Ffnor^ted h^ body .^m ^ke « nearer poshion^t" th^T'' "l^ "^^f »» The flotiiJa arrived a ttk £"'''"" »'""^ asmay Island called L ^L .'^'^if *'*»»««i »t ^een mihs from mZ'^a'Z ^''f' "gh- coast. This Ish,„d £s L ^':°'» tJ* *»" «'>'^e .crw. and i±l\^°* ?'"»«•'» "ore ^m to sit dawn. "** ^en M scarcely ^n the 26th t h^ «»;.. j ut * ' >^ «ecess..y to S^L^ ^,^ J^^^^^^^ ft l^c^ne staying. The gcneVal h„T^ *' *° P''*'^*'"* «heir , Ariel, made a Siie^^rf '^'''' *« ' IJfbwc^r the wind Subsided- at tV^ve itidHUeyed wr apprehensjipTis,' On the 27th at nirw in the morning the ar. ifty made its final embarliation. The dajr ivas ^ne, and a propitious breeze made our pafi^sager 4 most pleasing pastime. It was a sublime and delightful spectacle to behold 16 ships 0f ri!. -_ almo8if?i,ist8ntly inTinTah/i^ . ^"''P' '^"« ced their inarob«.«A/ '"'*"''' commen. Every man knew his rilace -an^Hc .?*"'*• boat, debark andff on?iJ tY^h^ -T * ney were S W S„".rt/r''"'=^*'''- »oon quieted their fSral^^l^^i^^g;^ ^ho we came not to mdlce W ^^ * ^ ^^"* ™^ «o the thand^ror- r^ili^^^.f? *''*=*-« . thertiins oTAefortaiid the n-vrf »^ -.^ »ngs were stiH smtAW AH fh "i !. . ''V''''- itants followed the ftr!^ k ' • *'^*' »"'>ab. ;|-BriU^goVernme«Ttasti'^^^^ ' r ^- ■ ^ j» si^rrounckd by a deep ditqh and two ro\ fPf heavy pic^A^s i itlie \ir|ills are high and t\ adjacent cpuntry as kyel a^ a Jake. 5Vha cannon and small arms they were unahilc carry away were p^unk ;n tl^e riyer. ■ o :. ■■■■■■-. ^ < iThe town imay contain 150 houses, most, . framed— a part are consructed of hewn logs its appcararice i$ worthy of its character— k dark and as gloomy as Erubus. Xl^e inhal| tants are composed of renegadoes, Scotcl Irish ajKl Canadian iFrench. Very few me , were to ^?e found, and those invariably Frencl| i Ferhapp it w«vild be unjust to \aitem,pt tl portrait of the .cjiaractp;- of the inhabitant where 5Q few remained at home. J will oqly mention one f a^ t. i\ welj known .^ rid trafic^ has so completely bljunted the feel jngs of humanity, that jhe exhibi;ion oUca\ in the streets, in the jmost terrific forms, the Indians, produce* no emojtion of ho(. even in the female bosom \ The spectac has become so familiar to the eye, that it t lost the interest of curiosity— and is bthe with as much indifference as ^e view the ry of a furman. Opposite the place lies the Island of _ Blanc, on the lower end of which was a heaj battery which defended the entrance to t harbor. The enemv in. their haste ha— Isf* 18 pounder in this battery. -^^ two ro\ h and t\ ?. 5Vha lUiabile ©8 \ l#6«rs5r,ott,^ '"^'^''' "^ ^'»'"5ca that Es Maiden Th?H""'""* ^«"- ^Wp btildi' mg, as jwaiaen. The descent of ihe share im water is deep and the timber can be floated I J names, on the St. Cfair river and on the shorp« kihe lakes. They hud collected , consider K f ^f »r of .imber, which SVarmpted [to burn,, but Without success. """^'^pwa The country i, settled to the distanri. «r Kenty miles below Maiden. Col Ellfott'5 housestandiron to binfiol the river Lj. *.le below the village-He has an SteS Orchard and a park, his hoiise Ts deser^^" jJfei use, wiihcut enquiring the price. Three miles abore the fort isan Indian HI %c wh.ch we found deserted, and so suddc i hnhat n>any esseniid articles of Indian fur UlU \ "'^ P''"'="'"«' " P'^"li'"i supply ir i'^i^ eyenJng affcc our arrival at Maldtn Gol. Bali dispatched an officer and t^al^ m.^ Jo prevent the enemy's destroying the briXe A !pftJI«^f^SS the Aux Canards- tL L, " "^ '^^^ of i a hea e to [fcu.id on the bridge baWngju;! s« fi ly wtre re to it ; Our party Urci on them, tbcji. diipcr^#aSi the biidge was saved. / ' On the 28th wc passed the Aux Canatds^ and encamped two mjles beyond th- river, in a neat French settlement, A. small party of; British horse shewed thiemselvegat the bridgt and th^n scampered oflv The twfitt day we reached Sandwich at twerse, * ' ' \ ■ -" ■ '. - ■'■-■■ .: ,'*,■" ■■ ■*■■ V w'v' • 'h The ladinfis did not leave Detroit till the boats contaiqg the troops were b^lf wa»j across the river. J^ist before we landed oil the American side thwei public storrf. ,0^ b7^k Tut- "''•*• ^'«' whwf WW injured onlv in .i;"i"» ""' «•»« arras* '>- Fr^?^ " orctrtd to lie on their |»e«ced the'iL^gMS', '^rvrr/f '=^'"- Oen. M'AnC- lith thl masHf Th. ""T k Lake St cbir tI ^ • «"* and Huros .^e^ several pSsonI» f 7.f' ''^ '"''^"» ''"^ leinityof -D^^i! ^" '" ^ immediate vi- , On the ad of October ev*h^ ... W»s Goropleted for ™f. !**0? afMogement British-arW^l,!" JP"""«g «f»e retreating e?e^S 'F"-^' ctpSllr cli: l^om.Sandw^hto the Momvian t^ tlghtVr four m;u, ,." -.™''^">'"> ^OWns IS ■~ ' "»"mc5 ?^'"a™'he roads, for » good, r^ ctmutfjr, is periict- ■C' il * fit ^ y lercU' The advance of the troop^^'^ra^i id— so mudi so, that we reached ^hBfiri^i Rij^cum which b. about twenty B^c^ mi^^ tonnu. Sandwich in thr erening. The eMeopj i^adr neglected to destroys ^ bridge^ t^tifAi ijl the. morning of the 3d, the general proceed] ed with Johnson 's \ regimcntj , to prevent tji destructionuof the bridges over the diffem streams that fall into Liake St. Clair and tl Thanies^. These streams, are deep and tni dy aiid are unfordable. for ^ a considei;able< di^ tanoe into the countrji^ A lieutenant of dri^ oons and thirty sprivates^.. who had been sc backby general Pfoctorr^to destroy the bri< es, were made p^soners near the m«vuih:of i Thames ; from them the .. general learnt tl the enemy h^d no certain: iM<^mati6ii.of oi| advAace*.. rJ The baggilge of the army*was*brought frc Detroit in boats, protected by a part of c( l»odore Perry's §qi|,adron.. Ifitthe evening tl| armyiarrived * atv Drake'^' farm^ . ei^l from the mouth pf the Thames and enoai 1 his river is,.a fiite detpstreamv. navigable! vessels of iconsiderable. burthen, after the sag^. o£ the bar at its mouth,i pver which tf is .generallj^;) seven feet water*- .' Thegiib could^'^sceiida^ far.as B^kon'sv below ivhi| the, country \is ohei/eontinuedi^r^pie, , and '' '!%•««•. SW ^t^i^, t ll^od Wttee creek, and tli gwSrA Jpsute* nghtb file of < the cooperatiowof thei guii bolats* A HalsQM'fthe aspgctof tlw. country cang^ !0 ; 9£a brie fire fron aion, tw eflpiy set taimng i i thefli^m :.^MfV)edfc[v.. foiin4;Of ^ fid Hath *ke night ^ldj|l§r| oUief $toi imlJ if^ ^^ariouj »ev/5i,ty jard. wide. a«d £. L"1* "?^ ^^ "^O^Jfert- , j^ I^"^ '^^^•P^^- . s» i>mid»s 'h^t^^^ °».» nre ftoinr two . . »*? of our. cannon and retin^rf -' ??Ji /^" ** »-t% Sous & ^^^--^W >!-»§»•■ T6c armi vas put irt motion carljr on the mornings of the JTdi. Tlic gen. accoin|iattttd> •bL'Johnisori^Goy. Shelby foliu wed with the infantry. This ^ morning we captured t#0' ^ gun boi^t$ and several battc^aux loaded with ;. pbYisions and ammuhitidne At ' nine ytt^ had ]^' jeached Araold's niills, whbt tFfere is'a foiftU mg place, ind the onlj one Br a considerable ji£stance. Ilere the army crdis^d^ the ri^hr bank— the mountifd reginfient fordifig, andTfce^^ infjintry in the* ci^ttited bbat!^. The l»i8S^ge|. - |houj^ r^tsird^d i^r want of a jsuttcient iniim^^ ^ ber ^ bpatSf was bottfpk'ted by '^twelve. ' Eight miles above the ford, we passed the ground where the Blrltish force hard encamped Ae night before, • Thcgeneral 'directcd*^ the ^fdyance of col. Idhhsoni regiment^ tdaccelcr nte their marchy for thli purpose of kscertain- i>g;the distance of ' th* enemy; The bffider coromandihg it^ shdrdj^ aft^r» sent w^brd bacfe] Aat his progress was stoped by the enemy,. Vho were>formed kcross^ our line of tntareh. ^ '^Tffite aittty iiir^s^^ three tnites of j lli^ Moravfan towni and within one mile of the enemy. The tciaA passies through ' a beach' forestii^hout ariy^ efearingi and for the first] two miie^ near to the bank bf thir river. At] tiie distance of fifty rods'firotti the river -is a] swamp running parallel to it^ and extending] all the way to the Indian vtflage. The inter* the treea'liv iofity and'tki(^ : with very littl UEiderw horse^i sheswa Acroi force wa vent^oiM river, wa — ncdrtj the swan large Ind of the sw British tr frababfj;, ' • ' ■ ■•-& As it V inflank^it in frontw tate'in his [was as^^oi r The tro< 13000 mm lihe ground |v«ntageous About 1 >ied the nai "ver ; they iuse the ei] Fed tpsei: ««iil» party c " I' ttvie unc ir Across this narrow fltriD-of u„j .i, Si ; ^ :» force was drawn up «a^^„f „???' tJ^BUlisfe Tm,our advances fTK,fe"ff^ ''*=•«' Pm, -BCdf the centre WetetTi^if •'°' '='»'« .'arge Indian force. whQX^*-'f*'^'*^ *»y * British troops JfiS^ ^^^''^^ T^ ^«a.«oveUs:itw.':«Sfi';'''^''- ^' •he ground /ot 'the h^/^tJT?'"''' """'^ °f' f"'«' party of friendly i,:d:?„;'"^ "'^"»y. A: giment was drawn up iti close column»wit6 't(0 rifi^t ar aiewyiai^^iatinr&oiK the rm^ Wttlr oi!db»«r>toehaiffe at fiitt speed as* soon as the enemy delivered his fire* The Kenluck}r voU tinteers under major general Henoy, were for- med in the fear of the mounted* regiment; iti three lines extending fi-om^ the road to the wWeimp. Gen Desht^s* division covered die kft ctf Johnson^ rcgktientt ' j lines and formed in their- rtar; the enemy's pieces were unloaded— their- ba}onets were not Sxed-^they suKrcndcred at discretion— the whole was tlie work of ix mimite. laj breaking through their ranks our men kilkd] twelve and woundect'ST of the British regu^| lars. The shock was unexpected. Thej irampkd under the feet of our horses ;.oiheri «rerc i were si fcneral sympto Aai^e. be 41s aheej depicted «he Qfijc •claiming •that the if^g that bloody I ing was it should Jiot^the nor of S h€;cnfoyi On the ?oI. John; l^is regjn Indians h The Coloi his cotum and was ] At this po collected, cd into th Indians at 1 __ , iiUVi; ICilCh a white hoj cer of rank were shcrtby ou,^„en fof *"'i'<''''y *» Aa«€, been destroyed bwfk!- -J*'" *owW *s sheep. Ne»K5lL?5 -'^ '"' PJ^'^ive •he oncers WS* "T*"l"'** «^ Wen: Even claiming «. quarters »» ^h£^l • "^^'^s, ex- Ihat Uiey expected »n kl ' " i"° ^onbt. jng that W gi5J^^^^?^'ed. fe^^^^^ bloody scenes of RaSnH m^ fetaliate ^e jf'AouWi^Ji^^^J^J^eaUon^^ except ii-M— these neither Sieo..!-"*'*'"" «"dEl. nor of Shelb/ could C?'»"'y°f. ««'-ri<'o» «»«" foMnd in^ bS *''''* "■'hej' had /;o£o!:itcrLtdTd' •»- r-*. his reginxeni received rterrfbrfi"'''',*''"'' *^ Jndians which was icent ..if f *'"'' fr"*" *« The CoJonti most t!n I °,' f°"»*' «•"«-- his co,a„,„ iaroTheliS^of .S "^ ''-'« «f and was personally opposeH I ■^"^"'y''' <^'«' At this point a con^d m.ss ols'" "'^^'l:- collected. Ve, regardJessof !fn "''2^"''^<* ed into the midst onh^m °'^*^'»!S«. he rush- J"dia„s a. this mie'Tt^in!? t^!^-^^ -hi^nsrd re '^f ^'««rH^ -^^^ --^ran,c.ash'owT;ofrr°±i"J« ^ was cfisch lar. 'if* ;d atliim— some toojc effect--hi8 horse %as ..iot indejr fiiito^his tifothcs, * ' !iis Saddle, )m *^efson>i& pl^i-cM^With1>i|Hets. At the mo- liiih witil ah -iiyiftcd toiriahawl:, to give the faiaf sti^ofce,1)ut his prescncci of iriind did not ^ forsake him in-thi^ j^rilbus predicameijtl.-he ^ drc;W a {pistol frciftt' ^his holster and laid his daring c^poneirt desid at his feet. He was tin- able to do inore^ the loss of blood deprived j him 6t strength to ^tand. Fortun^ely, at th€| moment of Tecum^ch*s fall the ^ncmy gave way, wbibh seqiired' him from 'the reach of their tomaliaWk6'4 heVas wounded in 'fivcf places ; he received three shots in the rigte thigh and two in thelefi arm. Six Americans and twenty two Indians feH within twentf yards of the spot where Tecumseh was killedj and ihe trains -of blood almost covered thcj ground. The IndKans continued a birisk fire from i margin of the swamp and fnade some impre sion on a line of Kentucky volonteers, b gov. Shelby brought up a regiment to its su port— their fire soon became too warm f< the enemy. A part of Johnson^s men havir gained the rear of a part of the Indian lii the route became general. A 'small part t|p Indians attempted to gain the vMi ge running up ihc narrow strip of dry land ; th were soon ovtji'tukcn ana cut o;; wij. » "£ dians fought bravely And sustevi cd a sev \1ms %'1 Tecumsc The A ih'my wc Whitley^ I of 70 yea] Jtion. H« [and posst] Among jbrass field Cd by Hul] jsmg motto The day took posses found n ice- "the St )r several ( )ut bread a 5orn ; the fi »ad an cxce The toivn ?re some o Ihey are sa' ito the thai [red by the . I * I h«d thii (aa f die, hk be tno- owards ve the did Hot ii?t-.-he Slid his ^asiin- leprivedi , at the! y K^y^, !ach of in -five c rigte lerlcans twenlf s killed »'ed chel iinpres its suf irm ffl I havir ian tin part I'.ge rd ;th^ t3 W %?« i!fe<| ani „^„^^ the d„fh of 1«ua,s.h was to .hem a« ifrepaTablet^ ^' Whitley, of the KenSf J^n 'e's 7^'- [and Pos^^era^a^---- '''^-^ Among the trophies of the day were siit feS Hu/'^r'^ !:'"'' "^'^ bee„^uT:^,der! ea Dy Hull— I read on two of them this nlT/ PS? V " -^--^-^ *y i'-^^^^^^^^^^ The day aftet Ihe 'banle a iftart of the arm«r took possession of ^he M.raviUto wn, S «*fo«nd most kinds, of veg' M nce-thcse were acceptable to men who had )r sevcrai days Subsisted on fresh be J w^h. m. bread or salt. We found pi "n.y of ereen ;Orn: the fields weVe extensiv. and LrSs ad an excellent rai^. **' The to«rn Was deserted ; so fcanic strnck re some of the women in thcKhf That y are said to haVe thrown .hc.r ThHdtn , 'V^ I^^'"^^' to Pleven, their being batch TCd by die Americans !* y«:«iS oaten. 'kik Ihey • I htd thi, f.a f,6« ai, Attericn je„tle».n ,wh6 wa»|tO«fora, ^4 This village is situated on the right b^nit of the Thames, about forty miles froih its cn^ trance into Lake St. Clair. The town wa^ built by emigrants ^from Muskingum^ and contained at the time of the battle nearly 100 houses, mostly well built. The Rev. Joha Scoll, from Bethlehem, -(Penn.) was establish^ ed here as a missionary. Many of the inhabi- tants speak English — there was a school house , and a chapel. The gardens were luxui:iaj|t| and cultivated with taste.. The town was destroyed as well as the corn, fields in its vicinity, by the troops previous tol tht'ir leaving it. Amt>ng other reason? assigM ed to justify the measure^ it was alkdged th^l these Indians bad been among the toemosit id massacreing our men at the riyer Raisin, andj that the town, if it was spared, would aSord convenient shelter for the British allies durkii the winter, and from which they could easilj pass into the Michigan territory to rob aj xntirder the inhabjitant^,. I have yet to learn, chat it is either goc policy or justice, for the Araeritai^ troops, i^ every instance, to burn the Indian towns thi fdU into their power. Are the Indiana tp cecUimed by fire ? when rincirir md the indiaas paiird tjarough cnerei ptt iheH wi?; Burlingtou faeijg;hti. The Squaws were then Itmeuting the loft oi i' cbildrev. Wh] !ftarch ofBurJ t€r,is I The. the hea foad lei: and stri raiies d] London near the eastern and De ! way goc A'littlc ■ 75 (Jencral Proctor abandoned-his armv at th* him Sa P^i r"" *'"«°°"'' accompanied Bim as d guard. In twenty four hours he was Bxty five m.k*ftom the Moravian town A few of .he mounted men pursued him a;d at one time were wi.hin one hundred yards of JuT;d H-"^"' too weak to attack h?s guard.. His carriage and papers were taken! Three waggons baded with specie escaoed but might have been overtaken if nr?ni measures had been taken to pSe he'f g tiyes. A depot of 300 barrels of flour was wuhtn a days march of the Moravian town! W-hjiche army, of general Harrison did not Z ^."^''"gton heights, instead of going bv wa ter, IS best known to bifesdf. ^ ^^^ *^'*- JheaJ'n^t' i^""" •"'" Moravian town to !lie head »f lake Ontario, is 140 milp« xi roJlea.es the ThanVcs'at tjf In"a. '• tow" :ls"d^;:„;', :^ 1,to^--' 'w,enty fiv"e r ""•j'^v wiitre Jt crosses, nnsses fhr.^» near the Mohawk village, pursuing a south e stern d.rectio,^ Betwee.i Moravian town t.vS.or7''K"''"''' " ''••'''' *he restofthe ClF,°i' '" 'he township of Dele ware is h A^\':'"f "• 'pi^est oi pine, beionsinp- to th. erotvn. A'litUe belo^ this;rthe"1eff ^^ of the Thamcf, stands the Mnnsce Indian vilfii|^. The land in this part of the Upper Province is uncommonir f^^tile, and admirably calcuy lated for far ; . Oa the river there are ex* tensive bouoms— then a gentle rise of bcau^ ful timbered land, to which sugceed opening^J well calculated for wh«.at. Excepting the difference of sixty miles k, the respective distances, it would have been, as easy for the army to have advanced to Bur- lington heights as it was to return to De troit. The means of subsistence, for man aridi horscy could have been procured in abundance. The troops, elated by the viqtpry. of the 5\hA would have cheerf lly gone on any expedi»| tion, conducted by Harrison, and accompJ nicd by such men as Shelby, Cass and PcrryJ Unfortunately this measure was not embra. ctd in the plans of the campaign. How muck would have been gained— (how much misci^ to our own citizens prevented) the recent oc. currences on the Niagara frontier sufficientlj indicate. The army returned to Detroit. Capt. Ellh ot, ot the Niagara, volu leered his services to command a naval expedition against MichilK mackinac and fort St. Joseph; butth<^ weachcr proving unfavorable for a number of days thi. season became too far advanced lo risk fini^s^t iiv irt rsn l^k^^^ I-Ti«m»>^ .-III ^^^,.1.^,^ ^ile general Harrison was pursnino. P.„p •or up the Thame the OtCav a, Ch ppF;"^ Pottow-ttomies, Miamics and KikaZs nr« posed to gen. M'Arthor. a .us^ s Cof C tihtiM, and agreed to «• tate hold of thes me r^M. nrith the Aiherican, and S str^t .1 who are, or may be enemies 6f ,he U "*d States, whether BHtish or Lrdians." T. ey bought ,n theK women and children and of! fered them Hs- hostages for their good %,ti XK^T ^-^ ^'i"" "■"^^'J «• Detroit on the iSth beanng a flag, and a Jetter from penerj Koctor-to ren. H^risoiv, This letter rfmest- rtstord jOn of tertam ' propeftv and paoers la •o the general «• at Moravian towns," he saw I'T^iT-^" B'i'^n'^ourney to Detroit ^vn^rffJ"""'^ j°'" 8*=" Proctor bt 2 •*iy of BuffMo afldlort George. ' t6 5.^o?*W !!j" °^*^.*=°"*'^-^"^'=' i*-' ^'^!«f S^h^'StS nt^ef ;i '1 ^- ^" Pfcrc peace. When h. c ^U^H^m S '^S" mch, the white fl% which heTre f^; h S fedatttacted a great crowd to the vh..raU "hiof r . . "^^"^.^ "w of the distmgu shed hh«ef. I -was struck w.thadmiratio.? at ^W [« ascended the bant ,nd p.sscu ihrough c2 " > I 7a Ae ranh of the Runtucky volunteers, whom ^ had so, gallantly opposed in battle but* tew days before. I never saw more real die. my of carriage, or a more, striking firmness 0t countenance. Yet his situation w^s caku fated to depress hk spirita^nd produce hu." Jt»ility. ths town was in thq. power of the Amencans^thc British were all taken ; the. Indians had just sufiefed a wgnal defeat— al- most.all the other chiefs had submitled^-he was without the means of living or resistance : «tJll his nvianer was that of a.conqiifror. Gftv. Shfclby's ^orps and the twelve month's volunteers, were all honorably discharged. Travelling became safe, and business at De. troit began to assume its , wonted course, but the price cunrentoF the territory was exor. bitant for .every thing to eat, drink or wear^ Whisky sold at S^ a gallon-beef at 24 cents a pound -cheese 6ado.— butter 75 do— pa tt«oes «^a bushel. The army, was well sup., piled with rations, as were also about 300 of the Inhabii»inl&^f Michigan, and about 2000' Iftdiuns,.mcn, women and children, who hadii no other means of subsistancc* Adventureri] 3Qon camion with a sufficfeat .supply of drii* Ofl^ th^ 2M -of Odtobep, . genewl Harriso J WHii all his:divpo«able regular troops^ embark-. Gd on board the. fleet and ^sailed for Buffalo., I'll .oocoivuice .to. orderar from; the aeoreUugr oh war. ed gen chigan stood i kki force thousan of whor dtistriou Quarters •ohoonei I^l^s fl»oi diiringf Maiden •ondudii toecessary mth bad h^s no fivil2tS49fg ^*he mo confessed, ^ficovcp^ c c«mplish«^ ^Jp^ted. •tacles to I twisfve- wil( — i^^ lit g^ ^^m Urn \- wtr. Pi^vioiis to his deoartni^ u^ .^ ed genera. Cas* pro^iS^^^rL'TS^ chiganterrhory—tM, civil '1?°'^^™°'^ of Mi- fc force. Scr"v?a?left^,/r'^'"'^* thousand m.,, „ot n,oT2 4.J ^Jlen huM^I of whom were effective ^L ""*'*''** luarfers at the 1^.% P^P»""« ^'"ter *<*obner* w«^ enLL • f^'*"' ""*> Ohio lai^s from £^ an^tvSaS "r'l!"S ^"P* dttrmg Winter rt)^Z ^^' ^"^ ^^^ ^'^m ^ "^aW'rch^The cartpiiign do- tiecessary deZ .Vht fS""'*^"'-'*'* «* ri'h bad gener^ hij at forflj; "oVementsi*- «»cte» to bf owK^Z! ^'^**' •*'^"^' fe^ft"- ImH^ .-_s!rr""*i *'**re' tfte*e wei* n-t*ji . Me liiife d« f-«.«i-^r „.^^^** ''''* "n UMi. IScre was a powerful and active foe to com* }kt. The cneniy coiitrouled the navigation €>f the lake— they may be said to have comi mandcd the wMods, because it was at all times in their power to interdept and cut off sup. I^s. THere was a British regular force of at least one thousand men^ supported at att^ limes by.a respectable militia forcej rendered' %al by the conduct of Hull ; besides, the British general could command the service* of three thousand Indian warriors^ of a fero. cious and desper^tef^charaettr, Th« enemy, fheh, couldt embody at -any given point five Ihousand 'effective troops. Maiden and De- troit were strong military posts, defended by • suitable ntunber of guns. In the summer season a navaL force could co-operate witli great effect*- lli'e clisastiB'r ae the river Raisin rendered llle first campaign abortive. From the dc- feat ofWiiKiliesferj till the victory t>f Com. Krry, the enemy had at all times a numericd\ saperiority, as well as great local advantages^ Another c^isideration — the troops- composing . the north w<;stern army, were for the most^^j paift, detached or volunteer militia, whose] term of service, after the fi»-st six months,] wer!! continually expiring, and whose placet | were to be supplied by fresh drafts or volua. tecrs.^ Whenever the general saw a favorublrj niOiHcnt iCif-cou5uiuni3ti'Tg hls^ views and tlic] oitiku nations it Wiia lost i because a0 i #hen tcrgb eondii that h ^ovei I interv( fsom ] army s march horses day los this /o( Ofh opinior as he ( nature. tTHjstini haz^rdc to col.. That Whtery bear an every w The ge betrayeC safety. . of Genoi that the eaten th< visions r *pomi»t dorpir oF hii ^«|jr niigto , itmmi&nk When Afcir swvKeswefs most wwited. At proven, fctlnnfc, by the fact,- tiw but «wf daM intervened between the dfepwureol J*e enh» ftom Pat ,a.Bay, till the, ciptuw. of ProZ? hnt^. f ^'"^Ses wcrerepain:d-one thousand horses ferr,ed.ovet.the Detroit river, a«d «ie this look hkc a /«*«« 'movement ? onS!^^''''^'P. '' '''^' Meigs, diffcrmt nature oflJ^'^P^l"""* ."•^ ""g^verBabfe mure.of the Kentucky militia, he erred in h^snng to thdr execution, so' difficult a.^ ?o"a°Dud'^;r«^ ---'^^^^ That the fort was defended not only in a Sr a^n^^' ;" ,• ''^"'''"" '"^""-' th« -'or^^ ev^rvtrh'^ ^-'""Ty^ The picketing was everywhere pierced by the. enemy's shr.t The general was alwavs cxoos^H La „. beiravp/i »K„ 1 ^ .••'. vP"*™! and never safety. The detcnce was as obstinate as that tJi4t the garrison, like th^ F-.^^i. «,. ..... ._ ' eaten their horses,.had 'thc%'t«trof "tl^;" orl^ v«ans.rende«di.uch a measure neJesL^:;^ ■ m ti Respecting the charge of ttmidify at Sait. du&ky^ it may be proper to observe that gen, Harrison was piohably able to defeat, if not lo capture Proctor*! force, after it had been Weakened by its losses at fort Stephenson. Bttt there was a contingency that might jus- tify a prudent general in declining a contest. Tecum^ehj with 2000 warriort, was known to be on the alert and not far distant. In case Harrison had advanced upon Proctor and Dixon, and had given them battle, his camp, ©ontaining the sick and stores of the army, would have been liable to pillage. Tecum, seh could have easily thrown himself into Harrison's rear, or have co.operatcd with Proctor whose combined force^ would have been too strong for the Americans. The gen. eral, to be sure, might hav^ acquired glory in defeating rhe enemy, and he might have been defeated himself. Tlie nation has loudly ap. plauded Croghan for his heroic defence of| fort Stephenson. Why? Because we areas* tonished to bchold> small fort, garrisoned by ©ne hundred and thirty eijjiu men, defcndctl p.fainst two thousand. Suppose the place hd been taken, would it have excited our sur- prize ? No, we should most certainly have ctn- sured Croghan for his rashness. By delay the general wasK-ertain to attain his purpose ; licj fcnew that when Shtlby's corps and an addi. tional number of regulars should join him, hel m>ttl^ be superior to the enemy; and he woul ry. Eve tions. h x)ut hazar country, i ^o W Aeeo-operadon of commodore Jer. Zns hIL^'' fuHy justified his expe'S tions. He has aocomphshcd his purDosf wit h m :M--n. •^'(^7 tiffK'.'/ I 1 i ■ A kuBi^B i il i i ::r^ ^[ i)->iJl.;rIJ■ :^.iV. .u^cytuq-mi'hM:: 'A ^Minute and 7ntereiting Actount^ 'ik$ JNaval Conflict on LAKE ERIE. Commodore Perry arrived at Erie in June, with five small vessels from Black Rock.— The Queen Charlotte and Lidy Prevost, were crusing off Long Point to intercept him — he passed them in the night unperceived. The Lawrence and Niagara were then on the stocks — every exertion was made to expedite their building and equipment, and early in August they were ready to sail. But it was necessary to pass the bar at the entrance ofj the harbor, over which there was but six feet water, and the brigs drev; nine. The British leet appeared off the harbor, for the purpose of preventing our's from going to lakeJ^ The means employed by our cheers to take the brigs over the bar, were ingtnious and de-l serve mention. Two iarge scows iifty fee<| long, ten feet wide aird e^ght feet deep, were prepared— they were first filled witli water andj then floated along side one of the vt^'^els in « parallel direction : they were then secured byj means of lar^fe pieces of htwn timber placd athwart ship, with both ends projecting from the port holes across ihc acows ; tlie space ^m in June, Rock.— ost, were him — he A. The I on the expedite early in It it was ranee ofi t six feet e British I purpose lake J ^ \ to tf th|| enemy, opened upqn the Lawrence, which foi ten minutes was obUged to sustain a well di- rected and heavy fire from the enemy's t J?irge ships, without being able to return wuiii the Lc other ^ the wi them t o[the became sustaini within < rendere crew lei At fortj '3s ruiide pl5 very H W mod or iiieinj's 1 'S«ed ahe, lid Lady j li the Chip '^«fd side 87 'hem to come up e"^^ '°° ''Sf'' «* enable of the La^rence'^ be£ sL^'t '"^ '^°*«n* became Unmanageable? and"? "^Z- "*'^^' «''« sustained the ac.ion un»T^ ' *■"' Mtuation within canUte/SS'''^;^,^, ''^ '^'' ''°"^«. rendered useless, and bnl ' Z^'^ S»» ^as «re*r left unhurt ujon'^^r"'^" P'""' ^^''^^ ,fed S'Cra^l'Lt?. ^"-r^J and en. 'he gun boatsVok vSer"n° *= "''^ «"ion- Perry left his ship in^^hTrTfif'^^'J"- ^om. Kent on board the NWaT 1^'' ^f "^J' ""d M that vessel/ the nXtL fV ''^ '■^"'=''- fovvn ; ,he -crisis had arrTved '^''"*'" """^^ '« th,s moment anticimtrfi ^^'"- -^^^'ot »mmodore, Uy vo u Sfn. 1^"'"'"^ "^'''« '""g the schoolers into'S lotion."''''' '' h very li,tle injured and' h ' '^"S*'"« l^^' hv's 'i''e; hr"cL,iPf%''^^""8'> the »'th; cwn::::.^'!! ''v^. -"(^-rd'^ Chipp, _ om the starboard ^^y and Little Belt / "'fd side, at h.» ""^ "'=''- ''•'"n ' 3t 'wli p*.tol shot distance, _.. 1- guns, and the iar. The aa small vessels at Ai5 time having got witbiih grape and canister distance, kept up a |We)J; directed and destructive fire. The action now raged with the greatest fury— the Qaeeo Charlotte, having lost her commander and sev- eral of her principal officers, in a moment of confusion got foujof the Dotroit— in this»itu- ation the enemy in their turn had to sustain a tremenduous fice without the power of return, ingit With much eflfect ; the carnage was hor. rible—the flags of the Detroit, Queen, Char, lotle and Lady Prevost were struck in rapid succession. The brig Hunter and schooner Chippeway, were soon compelled to follow the example. The Little Belt attempted td escape to Maiden, but she was .pursped hj two of the gup boats and su<^rende.red ■ abouf three miies distant from the scene of action The writer of thi$ account, in comp^iny w i!| five others, airivtd at the head of Put-in Ba island on the evening of the yth, and had view of the action at the distance of only te miles. The spectacle was truly grand anj awful., The firing was incessant for the spa« of three hours, and continue d at short iiitej vals forty five ir»inutes 'hmger. In less tha - ore hour after tht batdt began, most oft^ vessels of both flrets were enveloped iiij cluudof smoak, wliich rendered the issue ♦K*. artif^n imc ertaiiu till the nex^ moruiii visiter whei side of the inland. The reade. Easily ji suit. T ^suspense issue of If the the intern ed our sq Iten on b< 41st regi fought bn '^ere eithc The car digious—i besides wc knd Queei pow to ster m's hand pouching til pany balls, Nged in thick to be 'Ss within j 'eresomuc >on after th The Ibss G [«ularly on I >g was struc ^^y remain] ""pleieiy ri( s of ihe easily j^dge of our solicituj, to learn A. suit. There is no sentimenf », ** *■«- .suspense, when it is "Sh T^^'IP^'"^"' "'«" •ssue of an event lilce this! ^' uncertain *e'LtSf'ate;r 1 '' '' ^- « -- ed our squadron for ..S'^ '" '^'"^ ^°'>'d. ken on board WsflZ^ k P'^'P"**^ ""^ had ta- *i« regimen? r 5? fZ '"' °'*''= '"'""""^ fought bravely, but nLw "* "''""*'* ""d digToil';2:f j;^,t' 1''^ P"-^ "'^^ P- besides H-ourfded The s nf T, '" '^"'^'^ l?"-e fire ' cnewi) Bayne [IPerr) The entjtlej tHe da rou^.w vva§.f|^ other, of the.] vipie^i for .soil 'sibleat Comm one flet citi»jenj son anc Hcroj £ QnX after h( awi>y|p y^ St went on s dthcrip. were still Th^ sur. jBcledi— e- jfal bravtl leg or ml expressed! y. Romej I of these] lUrlzc m every one the nine time th? I imme( 1 firnjnes >st of thes Gu rrie xcept till promising' kitted ' e gjiyen 01 vod in tir ^tioni, and the sterns of all the p^ zcs heat pit tc^imony of the fact. Tbcy tookr - posHiQf ; a ' galled the enemr severe! The tadv l^revos^ost twelvemen;- before t aher of the Drif ' on her. Their to /ai^ q^ick ^nd pn|5Q. ;. Ut us hear ihc enemy. The ^r^ieral order of Adjutant Gcip. Bayne^, cqd 4^in .1* following words : <* His- if erry^J numc.rQ^s-gun boats, [four] iwhich. had Jffov^,d the |fr,eatest ani^qyance durinff die- The undaunted bravery of iadmlral'BarcliW: e^t^tlefj bin) tQ . ^ belter bt^ ; to t^ ej 1q?s -jf : the day w^s J^ijperfidaed greyii^us and; 4fmme. rqu^.woimd§ ; he hftd tefore lost an ^fmi\t^ wa^, fjpwBis hard fQ«une to lose 4ie use^f this other, by a shot which carried away the blade of therighfcfihoujdiir ; ^ danfeter siiotiinade a WQ^ni c£^|3t|u&i^,inhi?Jt)i|> 5 ^tm Hsoundswete ior.soine^^ys:pf|ia tp hksitualdonv.' Whe^ Commodore Perry sailed for BBfTalo, he was mf^r fficofWfedthpt he tolk pas^a^iori bbard oprfcet. . Tife .-ft^t t©ucl|0d at feifie. The ^Jti*fi«S:«aiwtth^ ©fieottug apeotaoJe df , H^trii son and Perry -le^iag the wounded British Hero, still unable to walk without help, from . ti^lfciefliohvtojfcirlodgjogs^L. 4^1" ■ -^dillli^ .': ; arils-;; .:'... ■■ :»;■: ;: ■ -' , j 'V^^JtU'.tt yir.^0^ tWliD^jtrciit^furen^fbuc alter het surtfinder- iwe-r*^*^***^ - v^ , K^«« ^*^^J • "a*^-* »w kJtm i-t^y.m ^W JRi'^e ^i^ttmJndm GkM&^xihqitti I IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) h A A % 1.0 I.I 11.25 o us 1112.0 L8 U III 1.6 1 ■ Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 4>^ \ >4V ^x^ >^ ^^^^1 #^<^ .4^^ ^^^^ r o r- \ V. ^% % Tfw *2 .. fte courage to goon bt,ard at Maiden, for fte purpose ef^ctnjgr as sharp shooters to kill our officers. One ha^tte courage to ascend Mto the round top and dischar^his Se but the .whizzing of shoti ^pUhters, and bite of rigging soon made the place toi^ Warm fo, «f TiTi ^'"u^***?*^ **» 5^^' went up; w»nts of a seaman's head struck his comralpa fece, and corered it with blood and brains. wS^^'l*''*' ?""'«« interjection "fuoh r wjd botfc acugbt safely below. !:^.<: h-sl at Stdfr^*^"** *^^ domcstfcaied a fooT f^ ^?If \- ^'^"'J'ccoropanied his M«>.«^i» l^*^^^**' *"• '*'" '•'^'''^ "f the Dfetroif du. rtng die eisgagementj and escaped nubttrt. ^e taiedof both fleets were thrown over, hoard, a, fest as dleyfell. Several were wash. SL S^A^r ** '^''l'' and flK main during tiw gales that succeeded the action. jwni^ and lodulgpnce ; several Canadians; ^XIT r "*"""' '^« P««i«t«ed to vnit tbeir families on parole.. f! V' mmS^ of their |uns, as well asin the .Tumber of men. The Awencan fleet was manned ioA a motljr set«f beings,. Europeans. AOUt ^^t^AmOKVa iirgia tven nart of th^ Bh;^ 5%W [iKor^ lalden, for )ters tokill ' to apcend Ms 'piece, » a^d bits iJ^i^arm for went up 5 if the fr^g. 9 Giomrad^n W brains. Ki ■ >i5troitdu- uinhilit. own over, ^rc wash, un during wiUt' hu^ 'anadiim^ ;..u' ^gtA and ' iiumber maniled thelMw (S«or4 of luiglisli.. 1^ r xifete tn^iv^TySM^ whor QP«34,l?e ot^fiJtwisc, if|>de;f ikc^ '.3^^ ,^,I'. (jnies ollhe Aim:iTOin and Britip affieers in an appropriate and affecting manner. Ah opening; onHtlve ^arg^n oflthe bay was. seMf ted ^ ibrthe interment of tJwL^bodies^v The cie^. of hpih. fleets adtendcd. \T)^e^ wea^r j(v4s^ fine-T-^tfie elements^ i^em^ to p^rti^j^i^ j^^ 'the^lequriities of ihe da)^ for every brei;ie was lius&eid ^d not a wave rajQied tlie surface^ of the w^terl The pfocession of feoatft^t^er neat appearance of the officers and mm^^i music— the slow and regular motion oSf tha oars^ striking la exi^Gt tmif wkh; tl|f ^es of ^ solemn dirges— the mourn ful w^mg of ihc. iiigs- - the sou nd of the minute guns Irofti tte diftcrent ships iathe harbor--. the ii^ikf m^ solitary, aspect of the place -the stiitnc^s of nature, g^ye to the sccnie ^n air of n^kneli^^ grandciH:,^ betttir fck than described ^^alliacfc.. nowkdged its inftdencer-aU Wi^re Ji^nsil^ affected. What a contrast did it exhibit toi the terrible conft&t thci preeeding dayi Tlicfii the people o{ the two squadrons were engaged ini the deadly strife of arms. . Now they asso- ciated like brothers^ t^ pay the last sad tributien Qfct^spS^t to^thfide^A qI both nfttioiisj.^ n m 94 man Laub of the Lawrence ; capt. Finnis a^i gL ^^""/u*^ ^""" Charlotte, and lieut Garland of the Detroit. The graces are bm ^ The marges of fmrmpwrn highly com. Fhmented by the commodore, for tiir ^0^^ most of them had seen a square rigged vessel being fresh from Harrison's atmy. ^he ^^ tuckians proved, on this occason, as haf th cEitl"'" ''"'"' '^'* they ca^n fight on both Capt, Elliot certainiy deserves great praise for his bravery, it is to be regretted, however amheov^actedhi^part. ^henhewe^^ board the Scorpion to order her to take a n-^ar. er position to the enemy, he ordered c.pta in Almy below, and struck several of th« m^u in die r faces with his speaking trumpet, hy which means he gave them much pan! and i.u delible scars, without acc^elerating a moment her motion or her iir.. Such fJksorpaS A'Tl "^"^y^^^^P^^^^ hovvevcTpain, foLS l' ^k' ^^^n>i^'^ had been well *ou^hf, and neither her Captain or crew de. served the treatment thej^ received. Aikr the act] Almy tl he declji court rrn I pocencei Capt»] :5ed himj in an abi his full si He is an manner i muion r pain, n well ?vv de. Alter the action, eommodore Perry oferc J cafttam Almj. the co^lInand of Ae Lady Preyo^; ^uf. he dechned the honor, and requested that a court martiaj mijjbt decide pa fts guilt or ii^. Ipocenccj ^r Capt>»in Turner of the Calcdoni.n, signall. «ed hinisclfr-he brought his ship into action in an able manner, and contributed, no doubt, his fu.l sbure towards the success of the day. He 15 an officer of courage and skill ; but the manner m which he treats his men, detract* rou.h from his merit as a naval commander. Whi:re humanity is wanting all other virtue* .bine wnh dimiuished lustre. The men wfca fought so gloriously oh the ever memorable 10th of september.-who risked their lives and received honorable wounds- who Bene, nmsly volunteered their services, and" whote htroisro Will be celebrated through distant a- rs, ought^iiot to befogged, cruelly Bogged like dogs, for trivial, or ratherfcr nooffenlf at ?l . Men whose services vt ^ater than the national gratitude or recompense can requite! ought not to languish in sickoess-^to sink in fcth w-hhout one effort to save them-with! out the leas^ attention to alleviate their suffer. l.nhi'f i°II°"''".S pertinent motto has excited inbotoded enthusiasm : «. Free, tr-ade and ISa^kr's n^^«." Let then the •• rigkis" ofS 'i't^Bt l»e respected, as well by our own ^tl»frrig Jwf'irse than Toffy to fe* of <* iyaildrV ^Sm*' xvhffe i^r hkyal b€bc*rs a^e permitted' tor fl tgf, bt-M, and'oiHetWise iriirftitat theiir men. The officers acquire their glory, in most ca- se^i at.the ej^pense of the lives and the blood of their men. 'Kow greSt then the obligation .to treat thenri with fc indness and humanit:y ! i But it tna^ be objected that a lenient systemj of discipline will not answer for the naval str. Vice-^that we must imitate the British in se^ I Verity. Nothing is fnorcfalacious, L will on. ^y cite one case to proye my, posiuori ; thcl xrew of the Essex are as obcdfent to command as that of any ship in the navy ; yet the,, gal. ^aht ipapt. Porter, who is sis human&asiic iij 4}rave, neyer inflicts corjporal punishment. Ifj :the limits of this work permitted, I could givq jfaciSf names ^nd arcumCances that would asi ^oi&h 4he rea4<^r and excite his indignatiofl.] !t tm '«< Stat^¥nekt ofthejinfet oj the Brttiih Sque' " m ^Ship betroit ^* "^ ip gunsf an:pivot anil t; ., f. 2 hQwitxerStj . iguecn Charlotte 17 do. 1 do, Schr. Lady Pre vast 13 do. 1 do. Brig Hunter 10 do. :Sloop Little Belt ^> *} do. Cl%pew^ i do. and 2 swivels. ^3 guns. Staten Brigl 1^ C Schr. . S( Sc Sloop • Schr. t Pc List of ted S xoth ; John Br< Henry I Christian James W Joseph K John C. J J^hn Smi William Andrew I John Hofl ermitted' leif men. mtjst ca- fie blood bligation [(nanitv ! t system aval scr. h in St' will on- oh : the pitimand ^. gal as be h lent. If] u Id give ould asn ignatioaj ivot and! )witxers.| vivelft. 91 ^^-tement of the f^ce\f jke iMtei State. Squadron. Brig Lawrence 20 guni 20 do. 3 do. -*do.(i burst early in the action.) VI 2 do. and 2 swivels 1 do, - Xdo, Niagara Caledonia ochr. Ariel , Scorpion Somers Sloop Trippe Schr. Tigress Porcupine 54 guns. -0^S>0. ^"*fJ^f^''^y>oun(ied on hoard the \jn(. latAi S I ' ^"9' '" "^ ""'on of the iOtA September, 1843, vjr > :-.-i,}^Mj" On board the LatbrentM. '^ ' i„k T. . KILLED. . John Brooks. Lieutenant Marines, P^"""!;" M/yhew, Qr. Master; James W. Allen, seamen, ' Joseph Kenedy, do. John C. Kelly, private in the •.'J?" Smith seaman, W'l'iam Cmton, o. s. tfe f'''^'"^' ''^'""an. John Hoffinan, o, seaman, ■^llegt. j-wt' „ ..ji.iiiiniiii|iiimiiini ^ Charles Pohig, seaman, N<)^n ?cters« se^fiani; lames Jones, |3p. - John Rose, ^do. James Carty, sail maker^s ,ma^f» Tliomas Butler, seaman, Wilson Maj(Sj,carpenterVfnat§, James Brown seaman, * Ethelred S3fies,Jandsman, Philip Starpiey, corpon|l nni^rioc;^ It^seHarUnd private, Abncr Williijms, do* ■ — j 22 WOUND.ED, John Ji^Yarnall, 1st lieut. slightly, Pulaney Ferrest, M 4o, ,do, Wm, N. Taylor, saijing«ma§tcr do* Samuel Hamblc^ton, purser, severely, Thomas Clpxtpu, midbhipiman, do. siiH^^d^4* Augustus Sw?^riw'out, do. dpt Jonas Stone, carpenter, slightly. / Wm. C Keen, master at arms, slighUyf Francis Mason, qr. majster, $eycrely, John Newen,qr.'master, do. Joseph Lewis, qr. master slighdyf £zekiel Fowleri do. do. do. John E. Brqwn, qr, gunner sevcrcty* Wm. Johnson, boats\|aiH*s mate, severely, James Helan ' do. slightly, George Cornell, carpenter's mate, slightly, Thomas Hammond ar^raqurcr, do. Wm. Thompson, seaman, scveirely, George Varnum,^ doi do. James Moses, ^- do. do. Wdlia Josep? Willia Xohn ( Stephe George Lannoi James John B J«hn 1 Andrew Jeremia Henry I Bbnoni, Thomas Peter K Nathan Thomas Barney *; William Westcrlj Samuel i %bert 1 jP'rancis I lliomas Charles 1 William Jesse W ^mcs Ha I James Bii Wm. Bill |Wm. BdP l^vid Ch It i ^^ ^d^4* William Roe, Joseph Denning, William Oarimr, Jt)hn Clay, ^ Stephen Fairfield, George Williarns, Lannon Ho!»e, ^^ James Waddiiigton, do* John Burdeen, do. J«hn Biirnhamj dtSl Andrew M^ttisoit, do. qo. fctS-^-°^e, o. s. do. do. do. do. do. 6(5i dp. do. d5. do. dm- dd. do. dp. do. do. Henry Sdiroeder, do. Bbnoni Price, do- Thomas Robinson, do! Feter Kinsley, ^q Nathan Chapmmi, ^ do*- Thomas B^l^ ^d- Bamdy-McClaii^, do. William Uawson, s* Westerly Johnson, o. si Samuel Spy woocV cF^ %bert Hiil, . s; Frincis Ciinimings, o. s'. i nomas R^edf ^ \&^"'^^^'' *■* wuiiam Simpson, do. Jesse Wiiliams, V do- James Haidley, ^' f^^«^W, marine * Wm. Btfrnett^. do. ■Wm. Bdecrs ^- y^yid Christie, 2o do. do. do. do. doi - do, ' dd^' do. do. do. slightly;" .severely, do. do. ck). do. slightly, severely, do. ' Clb. d<*i 100 Herny VanpoolCf da do. Thomas Triff, landsman do* dow do. do. dow severely^ slightly - Elijah Partin, 'do* John Adani^, do. Charles Harrington, do. Wm. B. Perkins, do. Nathliniel Wade, bovi Newport Hazzard do. slightly ■ 61 [On the morning of the action Ac sicklfst of tlic Lawrence, contained 31 unfit foi duty.} On board the Niagara^ n KILLED. Peter Morel, seaman, Isaac Hordy, o. s.— 2. WOUNDED. John J. Edwards, lieutenant, ^ , John C: Cummipgs, niidshipma^i Edward Martijiy seamen, Wm* Davis, o, s. Joshua Trapnil|, marine, Rofivell Hall, iu s. George Piatt, s. Elius WiUy, o. s., licnry Oavi!:iSon. a»,^ r John M. Stribuck, o. s, John Freemen, o. s. James Lansford, s. Thomas Wilson, s. Chfarles davidson, s. Daniel Btnnet, s. John filton, boatswain's matCjv Sergeant Mason> marine. since dead* ^orpon Thomai John Ri George George Samuel Jal^cs A Isaac Pe James P\ Carles X John Wh William I Rcfeert \\ I J^n Laei IslfacGrcS |Joim Nile*5 Oil' bo I wounded. IJohn Glark John Sylha TT ;:■ /: «6rporal Scott, marine, Thomas MiUcr, marine, lohn Rumas, marine, George WManomy, marine, George BcoffitKf, marine, Samuel Cochran, marine.— 25>t . V (^^bdard the Caledonia, '^' Xamcs Artu« slighth' Isaac Perkins, slightly, James Philips, slightly. Ontoard^ihe Sbheti- Carles Ortfeen, Godfrey Bownwn. - Oh board the 4tiat * KILLED. ' John White, boatswaia's mate Iwir o.- WOUNDED.' Wi^IiamSloss,t>.s.^ightJy. Robert Wilson, s. dd/ I J«in Laeas, landsrhan, do. On hoard the Tritt^ u. '... WOUNDED.^ nsfl^cGreeft^^ 26th. regt. badlcy John Nile's, soldifer 17th fegt. sligS?' \i^^^^^'^^^ or Ofi board the ScoTpian, It I. r,r , - KILLED. John Glark, midshipman, John Sylhamamer, landsman.- X 4i 102 OnbcAfdthe Tigresf^notitkiHed or woundcdl Recapitulation, (Two days previous to the action, fifty seven men unfit for service it) the small vessels.) LawrencCi- Niagarai Caledonia' Somers^ Aridy TrippCf Scoipiin^ :t Killed, JPqunded, Total, 22 2 27 .,«*.*:■■ 61 S 3 2 96 88 271 3- 1 2 ii 2.1 123> Thee sch,* wi fell at tl t^ Shaw Wellfori fatigue^ \ ^ very ( was- erec evespen( air of h arose frc not leave was nerw and sare speech, hi mirppse.* Jinown ' t< his persof] Indiap& dressed di said that £ Jhisfcowc^ HTeconcih Would not •Pwnowiced ms' )un()edt Y seven els.) Total. 88 41 .3: Military Anecdotes.- The celebrated aboriginal warrior, Tccutift- »eh.« was in the 44thy<(iwofhl«aoc whcnlT fell « the faattfe of thJ Thame^ "Se t^ ^ *e Shawwmoe fribe. five feet tea inche«^4* • v!^* ril* iL''- ^."P'"' *»f sustaining in f^owT;„ «» d««:waspiara^he was «e*e, known to hriulge in gaudV^ decbradim «■ fespersoB which k ihe J-ieral practi?^ t£ I«d«ps;^ He wow on the day dT his ^fcattT^ dcwsed^dearskin coat and pintaloons. UU «ul Aathe could md and^.eeow^Uy"^ £±!!^*.:r' 1 «»> doubtful, a. he wS th« ST^l* *"f "J' *? civili2»tion, of couraS would not be apt tt. reKd, our aits! He ml ./I J*' Ik ii] ■ w -r-vf i^ im< hijeiwy respect a i'^^itmge, the gf^atesrpefs 1^)8, since the days of Fdhtaip^ His ruling maxim m 4var, was, to take lio prisoners, and hti strictly adhered ttx the sanguinary purpo. aes of his sb«il^he nelthier gave nor accepted patters. Yci^ paradoxical as it tita>fr seeing io die prisoners mad© by the other ti^bes, hr iras attentive and faufUfOie.' Ndy, Krone in* itsnee^ he isy said tti^haire buned his tomaha^ ^ the head of a G%peway chief, whom' lie Smind actively engaged initiaisMpereing some^ 0f Dudky^^'men^ a^r they had beea made peisen^s by the BMtish imdfitdlansfr^^ It had klig bee« a ItinQirite projest of this^ aspiring 0hi wtm opposed tothe sale of the MdiaTi 2and*i «««*fn'a^a>Qneii at '¥ihcennes, in laiO^ he wai feUiid iqMsl to the insidious artit of a diplom*^] tilt* I^ one of ills spaeoheis iie^oooi^eed general H##i8on a liar. ]iB&^lias^eii Iti' atft roost every batde with the Americans from the* time of Harmers defeat to that of the •pSrmes. He %as jbMeen several times Ifftm^, cd, and always sought the hottest of tM fiie» A^.7 minutes before he received the 6tai ire of CO lall in hi leased oi fore the t %nalise< f the boJ irst setile ly aciiVei lining tl iroperty. iituck} \Ccr some [horses lad >ursuit ar Iretire to seems to 1 wealth, an sidies muj perseverec on the 5th |withv great •f Harriso [the indtrnt [Gognized i'inty of hi dous" ple^j 'pressibn, i features, ti Some of th ^v commii He was sc A hundi itesrpe#a si ruling lers, and purpo accepted |r' ieeiHi ilibes, br one h^* bom'' lie ng soin^ A made It bad airing d^mitb^ ng tbeif ler tbii I brotb. 'Msb, f ind ao« ■I kndii he wat IptORN^I oi^eed • Jniit at^ s from of the ^oiyittn I 105 I iTi ^ K°'' '^"*'"'. '»e had received a musket fall in his left arm, yet his eflForts to conquer fci °?'^ "''"'r'i?' When .youth. an i„,o Kentucky where he would invariably mur- \ur soine of the settlers and escape'with several ■horses laden w.Uiplunder. He always eluded ■pursuit and when too closely pressed would ietire to the Wabash. His ruling passion ■wealth, and although his plunderings and sub- Bsidies must have amounted to a great sum. he bersevered little for himself. Alter his f«H IM die 5th of October, his person was viewed huh great interest by the officers and soldiers p Harrison^s army. It was some time before the indentii* of his person was sufficiently re- Icogmzed to renK>ve all doubt as to the ccr- fmty of h>8 death. There was a kind of fero. cious; pleastire, »f I may b^ allowed the ex. pression, ,n contemplating the contour of his slT;,K v"" was majestic even in death.. !bome of the Kentucfeiajis disgraced themsclve, by committing indignities on his dead body. «e was scalpeU and otherwise dij:fi".>'.>'t ' A hundred instances of Che daring valor 6f J) 10&- "«. K f- >^ h « iiSk Kcfituckkins might be cited. On oti march from Maiden to Sstndmch, a volunte( in the fl^ink guard, discovered an Indian at th distance of 200 yards, in the act of levcllin? bis rifie at our men ; he instanHy left th ranks, made for the Indian and received hi fire— the Indit^n retreated, but was closeh pursued by the volunteer, who soon gained oa Iii8 foe ; he fired and brought hinvto the grounJ -^but the Indian K^d previwsli)^re Idadeidhi piece, and in his turn fired on the volunteer tirho received the content* in his leg— he m at this time halfamil^ from his cdmrades- but did not retreat till he had dispatched ti« wounded Indian and secured his scalp, whic he bore in triumph to his company. Thi danger of an ambush probably never oocurwi tohi$ mind. There were two sons of Lieut Cot Janie Johnson, in the battb of the Thames ; tl eldest but 1 a— the other ISye.ts ofage Such was the ardor of these young Spartai^ that the offiv)crs had frtrqueiiily to check ihei imp(?iuosit7. They were both mounted and often foremost in pursuit" Capt. EHison of tke mounted men, rasei. teveral rifle balls in his clothes and saddle- When we broke through tthe British ranks, ^soldier of the 41st attempted to fi« '* * ©netT-atone stroke of hn sabre, ca liaon severed hia licad and brought hie KqvJ be grwna-: a weond made a show of ksml l.India,s. i waa^ei'^ch^rryS? ^^^Tl^r ^' ^r"'^ Indian S3 te bridle cf his horse and aKrmpted a bl»» Jih h,8 tomahawk. The sabre SprevS^ «i» and thc4ndian hjst his scalp. ^^^^ Ujearsofage.in the heat of the fire fJs^ P «rm above.the picjtets, in deBaS of S om L' k'2''"^L''1' ^'^'^'^ it and tore •? t a fe?±.!"? ^ *°!f fe'»««^ »«r«Ve} " * '««' moments. , ^^ ,j,5^/ I A soldier .was at ihc same time -severtUr knded in the block house. Unable to I^? t inem^'^'"'" "«""'*« "e mighi J« ^ Th^ sick of the garrison caught she *lbe setm in Mrow. «««™uiy toce ofiL/ -rT^ "" *^ wwds, at a dig. Xw^A^tfl^*'^. *«''»«?«» dead three toya^-the ^rl was still living When oi^ |»efl^ppoa<^ the spot, she inataTtl, ^L^ and of giving her an edacatioB. /~^* i»« oecomc bim to be banquetino- at «™f.. ous entert.i„me«s, while hi mef «.»^ "* »» *e %< campajgn gt„. »arri«« wwi* lilititing^ shirt ; conversed freely with the pri* vates, and appeared entirely free frdih milr itary hauUuf, in the second he was <|uite an altered p^rsoncge^ He became mo^c - didtant and reserved he even Went so far in oiie of t^is harrangues, as to order the officers to •* ob- sei-ve a jgreater distance towards their menf «nd added that he should *«hold them respon, sifele for the Consequences." He had, ^^ how- i:ver> an ingenious sdivo at hand^ for^ in the %ame speech, he admitted that there were in %he rapjcsi men better qualified to command, thaii^their officers— "men j" said he, /* witnl ivKose conversatibn I am charmed, and for 'Whose talents and characters J h$vc tl\c highest tfcspect'*-"^. :.f :'^.^' ■.'■'• vt'^"'" «-t ^itHiA-is in the were in nhiandy ." witfi uvd f or hi^he^; ears off zr madej ice— hisi ng-Thisj s of hii| y thin^ >n. He :ch— his ire. Nc Dice f6 iiies, yk\ y ip health u^tP*^ and M'Arthur were venr pop*. «ar in the army uhey Were at oftce beloved r;thanW« I'>-««fenM'Arfhor^i,hhi, own hands hft a flour barrel from a Upeme waggon, (m order to expedite t^e T^K adrift-carry rails and polesto repair bridJes. The effect was excellent: the men. ckTcS With the sound of "com a soVs." mo»e^ to mnvl'iu '^'■*'^* \'^"" ^''" ""«' causes them to mpve like oxen, long inured to toil. .. 4 At the second seige of fori Meies, the In dians attempted to pl«y off a rus!de^lJr% fir-l^K^''"''^,"' They commenced f sham S r^J"'^"*''* fbout halfa miles fronrth^ rtZ ^ .'^"■•"'°" '''■ Lower . Sandusky. some time, with a view to induce the Ameri Sv w""''',*''"' ^/^'^fo'cemct from San men »n the garrraon were anxious to sally out to assist their supposed friends, but gen CkJ was not to be deceived by sira^agemf '^ The horrible cermonial of burnW Dri-sot,. SrTe 2"."'^'r"'^l''>' "'^ I"^ ^ aWer the attack on fort Stephenson. ;.!*?„^?" '^^ ^'^ i"d5ans joined Har- =--.., »i.,ugusi, iSis, they performed the *nce, to jhe no s:. dl diversion- of the var Jtta: armf . Avvfiftrver • describes dib CQstom vcrjrv juailys, I. will oidjr. adopt lus descriptioib *^ It k performed* «midiMi circk of the war^ riprs ; a chief generally begins it, who moves from tibe right to the leilf singing, at the saiM Ume both his own exploits^ and thosr^hts. •licesiors* When hehas cfpnduded his so* count of any memofaWe a^xpni he gives a violent blow.with his vm- club, against a post that is fixed in the grounr^ near the cenirc of the assembly, for this purpose.^ Every one dances In his turn, and recapitulates the wond. rous deeds of hi» family, till they^U at iast join L*%^e dance« . Then it becomes truly alarmbg to any stranger thathafi^p^s to be among th&m, as they throw themselves into» eveiy aorrible and terrifying posture that cm ht imaginedt rehearsing at the same time the partjMhey expect to r t against their enemies in thcfitid* During thisthey hold their shar^ kttiVcs in theit h^iuls, ,, wiih which, as thty Wliirl abouty they are ev6ry moment in daiigtf of cutting each other's throats ;. and did they, not shun the threatened mischief with incon- ceivable dexterityj it could not be avoided* By these moiions they, intend to represent the manner iti which they kill, «calp, and take thtir prisoners^ To heighten the scene, thty set up the same hideous yells, cries, and war- whelps tliey use in time of action ; so that i^ is itnpossibie to consider them in any ot' l^ht than as an assembly of demons.*! If it be States, B^i docs bne ; ridus attei beititledii I will pi northern fi Detroit, is every milii The diseai and fevers tide of the twiUbi with no oti ^n of the I last sir Volunteere< ascertain I the policf < the sicL The sci^ ;i-. ^ ^kKKf I Vciyv moves ! same ;)«€•> a post nire of y one wond- It iast to be fS inta lat caa me the nemieft r sharp- a thtj daiigtf i they. Incon- roided* trnt the [t aiid se4 rious attention of govenimeni, and bug^i^ be reiiiediedr Ir is a MjEXANCHoiiv f Adf ^ i^\i, «." I will premise in the first placei that oul northern frontier, from the French MifJ^ft^ Detroit, is, at certain points, and e^>d^Ml^% every military station, ettiem^ iiMealtJ^ The disease inciderit to the ^^<^e, iiF^%iit|. and fevers of difibrent kinda Th^i firi^sK tide of the lake is as bad Oi worse# I Will; brieff sniie what t haVe .fea/* / Tie smell of ihe.rooms wm enough to make a;W0U miui siiek-ia^ ^e ^nutes,^ It waa ai Mich as one's life waa wodbtaen^ themi yft, the fidi^^ere sent there, to iteaov^r Aiut hmdAl Poor fcUowr !: : la^aniamy^ d^a^ soon loses its terrors*— TSierlo^ff a 9o|dier excites very little inter* eat^ 7he^ ^sr^aoipavand dodan^ae not very aolicttous l^evtigice; theif professional .skills ; et«li, ifiipjl chance to pp^ Thboffi^en fared voylitUe fetter,^ Evciv^ iol. Johnson suffiMli beyond iiB6a;stis idhIec i.skili|; in his lusk}^. issli^l rs hisi Ett&tion rtagcf; k WM ■ffS..,..- w-the «fe^countiy would cure i» »h,«e davt^S.^ » owm the fresh gwtesTa^Z-* S?^* X. .•v- "t:.! wi^mmsi^ ««fa ft>r the. iwsatoL imSLS^S!. J ^" iG«#^ Htf Co^$r Pirth?tffs and Kisling*9 infanlryi tftc FiUfsliurgii voluntetrs,- Ml of Ball's legion, mnd who3e respective ijsses I had the means ^ tantctiy ascertaining, lost nearly every Ihinl man. The Petersburgh volunteers, as fcic a company as ever trod the earth— men in the prime and vigor of life, the flower of Pttershur^h, left. *">«»« ^^^ stroft|?f< At the lime tif theh" discharg^f which wa»in October, 1813, they had foal 27 of their number, 22 of wfeompeiishcd by disease ; several more re- mained seriously indisposed. 1 question whethdi^ more than 70 of these brave feUows will eve? see Petersburgh again. Such was their prtrio^ ar^or, that they left busmest ivhich Was locrative-^their homes the se4t of elegance and ease-thek friffends, parents, wives and children— marched more than one ihonsandjniles to encounter Ae inclemency ©f the seasons— th6 toils and dangers of war, ^ liorro«s of disease* io ser^e thetr country, i Whidi they most faithfully performed. 1 will Hot attempt to describe my feelings, when I Sliw such men borne by thcLf comt ades to i| fiHie «nd soMtary §raTe# ' frotli W^Sk I H^e feeari mi »cc!i, t am in-i inced to believe that the ioss by Sseasc^ sw^M tamed hv the northern armyfisinthe samel fropor^^" *. It will foHow then, as a ncccssfrj w i^aom^m^. n^. ^ that the recruiting service! iiugt he i^isklv oushed to fill the vacancies uf ife mikft ^xMfflioiiediy m3a»Mf to siiy 6-*" aiesubji in pretter^ We have ▼osl, that restir; th btterio $ he saytr^ positions pily becrt degree ca Brf tish cei and Oetol t have situations unhealthy, ists no phi perienced' the caused as-fj^if'fl* I The fati those of I lar occasi^ ny survey< of lake Ott Uke Rri rtf i»^oiJ^ igion, [neans every ;r8, as -men ^er of LI the tober, 22 of )rc re- lestion eUowa ih was iskieat se^t of arehtSf none mency r war J I 1 Willi nrhen l| s 10 il 8fn iH'i rtf) su^l ) samel ecessi*| servkel leksuj jTJlor itr aie subject. . . l ?^^ T The efi *$»# . v-" U ' > « *j"' •■»*'' t^'-f ■ i-um--. Plan It is W( went of th ral expenj been sent waters of 1 Lake Mic effect thai] burning a Russell, g sun and 01 tedious mj the purpoi success h i expense. I ready and The cat Ipeditions a having- liti 1 movemtntJ suers ; the) ure, while [together at niost^ circi surprize. Visions bee 121 Kan of a Military Settlement It is well known, that since the commence, ment of the present war with the Indians, seve- ral expensive and formidable expeditions, have been sent against those tribes living on the waters of the Wabash, Illinois, Missislippi and Lake Michi'^an, without producing any other effect than ihdr temporary dispersion, or the burning a few towns. Gens. Harrison and Russell, gov. Edwards, cols. Campbell John^ son and others, have all performed long and tedious marches into the Indian country for the purpose of harrassing the enemy : but their success has not been commensurate to ihe expense. The indians are still unsubdued and ready and able to commit fresh depredations. The causes which have rendered these ex- peditions abortive are obvious. The savac-s havnig- little omo baggage to retard their movements, cannot be overtaken by their pur suers ; they can disperse and collect at pleas, ure, while our trOops are obliged to keen together and to move slowly and with the ut most; circumspection, to avoid ambush and surpnze. It most generally happens, that be- fore ou* iroups can find an enemy, ihtir pro- visions become exhausted and. they are com- (81 ^•: k 438 m ^M pelted to return home without having accur hundred long, beginning near the mouth of the Sandusky on lake Erie apd runnir^ a litttle south of avwesterly course, till it intersects the Mississippi near the mopth of tne Missouri. Hhe bill proposes, in sub- stance, to grant this extensive tract of public land to actual settlers, in donations of .half a section (320 acres) to every individual wh6 shall reside on the same, and ^quip himseif with arms and accoutrements, ^nd hold him- self liable to perform mtli^id duty during the war. To say nothing of tlie folly of giving away nearly ,20,000,000 of acres of public lands, there are several other weighty objections to the bill: 1. Adventurers will ^flock to those land^, who will locate the best tracts, but will be found cunning enough to evade the most c«- S^Otiai proyio'i^ia Qi tiic JuiW, Dy fciigning C^* etaesot to be do 2; Th and insu tailv 3. If 1 against ti tffe same have tail( 4^ Cor any thin existing 5: A I upon,.iis ara front] 6. TIk ted. The III the greate habiting Huron, on, and ai frontier s< I Willi a MiLiT. properly iers Ufi; \ch has i Iron. Illinois a strip r»g near rie apd course, flioptli n sub. ' public ' rhalf a al wh6 himself 1 him- ing the g away iandS} ions to iand^, w'lW be ost c«- 123 cttSefidP^abicncc^whenevef there is fightint to be done. ^ ^ 2;^ The settleiil^hts will necessarily be weal and insulated 'a4>d exposed to be cut off in de- taiK 3. If the inhabitants Unite in «n expedition against the Indians, it will pfove fruitless for tl^e same reasons that those already proiected have lailedi^^ . ■ •' 4*^ Considerable time must elapse before any thing like concert aad organi:(taiion can exist in the <:olony^ ^. 1 / 5^ A militia system catinor fee depended upon,, as is proved by the events on the Niag. ara frontier; 6. Tlie line of deXence is impit)perly toca- ted. The Indians from^ whom we are to expect the greatest annoyance in future, are those in- habiting the waters of lakes Michigan and Huron. They are under the influence of Dix- on, and are capable of much mischiei to our frontier settlers. IwiU briefly give the outlines of a plan for U^ T x^iii, Tfkiixjii iiiigiii, ijf properly encouraged and supported, oppose 124 an eif^Gtual barrier to Indiai^ hostility, east of the Mississippi. The country borderiwg on the southern wa- ters of lake Michigan presents peculiar ad. vantages for a military settlement. N.iture has dispensed her bounties with a liberal hand. The climate is mikl— the soil fertile — the veg. etation uncommonly luxuriant. The forests are filled with game, the waters are covered with fowl. Perhaps there is no section of tbe U. States mwe favorable for a new settlement fven if it were to be purely agricultural.— Here, then, let congress fix on the scite for a fort, and the boundaries of a colony. The banks of the river St. Joseph are probably the most eligible. The next step will be to peo. pic it mt\ijifteen hundred brave men— 500 act as infantry and 1000 to be mounted. Give thenv tU'O or three ships of war, enough to ea and u'ear, and a commander of> establiskd reputation ; for instance, a Johnson, a Ball, or a Croghan, and we should hear no mofe Indian murders on the frontiers. Tq make it an object for men of entcrpri?: to embark in the measure, allow every j)ri rate a bounty of S 100 in cash and a half sec tion in land ; when on active duty, pay liven twelve dollars a month ; let the mounted met be furnished with horses at the public ex pense ; to mechanics give the tools of thei||re immen respective arts ; to the cultivaters of the ST)i mients o stood, t arc to b cattle cc of Fprt could be land or J be indis] ment. i three goi Lawyers er such i pfeyed 01 gan, w& ^ ges.^ But wl cm shore Tippecan cause, tht dtice the 1. Thi Indians of tod weste and overj their neigl calculated Wayne, T east of iliar ad. N.iture al hand, the veg. ' fore&is covered >n of tbe :tlement, hural.— 'ite for a y. The ably the * to peo ^500 to d. Give gh to ea tablished 125 could beeonvLA ^ ?*'''' provisions hhd or R^-ffT^ .^^ ."'^te'" ''O" Erie, Cleve- bL";„H- t"^' ^8"*' and sawmill' would K'eoo^ T*'- ■■• *" '^^ eospcl and. wo or inreegood Physicians would be necessarv « s?r r'^ ''^- banks of theSoTs 1'bI° B^". iSSe'^^^S: POW^fu'-easons to in, more o * *v«w^ hjansofvery bad faith, live on E! Sa and western t^alers of .his kfce» and to terrify ' Wayne, Tippecanoe and the lUinois, upon ntcrpriz: ery j)ri half sec ay then rated met ablic ex 126 wWch the mounted men could act to g?caf ad^ vatage and make rapid movements ; so iltat on whatever point the. enemy should menace an attack the advantages of locality would be altogether in favor of this position. 3. Forage, stores and supplies of every kind could be sent safely by water from the numerous settlements on lakes St. Clair -and Erfe. 4. The flotilla could co-operate with cf. lect,., 5. There exists strong political reasons fef preferring the southern waters of lake Michi gan to any other place. Lake Superior piM become the theatre of naval operations. The north west company will make desperate ef. fqrtsto retain the monopoly of the fur trade, 6. The Indians will not remain between two fires, or, in other words, they would not continue (in a state of hostility) on the waten of the Miami of the Lakes, Wabash and Illii nois, while expeditions from Ohio and India na, could co-operate with the troops of the military settlement. 7. Horses could not be conveniently win tered without hay, which could only be pro, cured by water from DetroiU View t The . Sand us miles ; more tl to and the isla line frc^ San^Uft The pi rettders pens, h nortec The nu priacip^ Bay, Is] and. I • Ib the I Iheltkecqii nach ver(ef BOtet^that « could not b< cnntofajMt tbefcader w 127 so tlfat menace Duld be F every om the lair and vith ct. dons fei* '. Mtchi* ior rna I. T rate ef- \r trade. t between ottld not 2 waten ihd Illi. id India* i of tb( ally win be pro, :>;* .,-« ...^ fi View of the Lake^Coaft flrom San- duflcy to Detroit*, _ The distance by land, from the motitl^of Sandusky bay to the to>vn of Detroit, is il5 miles ; in a dirict course by water, it fa not more than 74 miles* Boats frequently p^s to and froin Maiden and Detroit by w:ay of tlie islands, which extend n^rly in a direct line from the point of ^he pc^ninsula forni^d by Sandusky bay and Portage river, to Malckn. The proximity of the Islands to each other retJders the navigationf%afe ; it, sonH times If^p. pens, however, owing to the temirjly .o?,^- norance o{ the pilots, that boataj a^ lost,— The number of Islands is about twenty; ike principal of which ar« Cunningham's, Put in- Bay, Isle aux Fleurs and Poinie au Plait Isl- and. Each of these contain se^veral thousand [^* Mtea. that a particular defcnptioo of fu«h M imnteDft txte^^^^mtv eould not be <»nprize4 *ithm the narrow Umiti prcfcribed to the cwoti^a/arlto^ brief view ©fcu8t. Put-'in-B i^jr isan nbject of much interest in t ' political point of vie w^ It lien about one ^|e 90Aj^h> of ^the Isle aux Fkursv and the p i(^undary iihe bttwetn Canada and the Unitid States p4sses^ betWet^ them. It is about 12 tnik'S in circumference and v^ff *rds the bjcst SiAiis^tt t>etween Boffllo arul Maiden. Ic con- tiins several hiindi'ed acres of the finest oak dmberto beibundon the lake waters ; about *^00 «cres ^f thki invaluable fc^st hiaive been deadened by the proprietor, ft^; £d wards, who in ISl^, ietiiployad abottttbirty bands In d<^ing Tand« He built a house on the side of the bay and- procured a stock of hogs and 900 merino shc^p ^hich he wintered on ^ Mand. Hb wheat, -diriH^ndpotatoeS) garden dnd^meiidow were very fine^^-^iis first harvest ^ve' hM 12(K) bushels of wheat A few #eel^ b^ore the dedaration of war he was ec^p«:Ued, from motives of safety/ to aban- don hb estabiishment The Indiums destrc^* ed hl6 grain and burnt hb house ; the hogs were not all killed ; we saw several in the .lyipods perfectly mid and in good condition, "pen. Harrison caused a lai^ Ic^ builditig to W erected on the margin of ^ bay^ which ^ Ac^ed ias ^ public store* Thfr^ harbor is_on Ifatt north side within the strait formed by isle anaiH^ Fkurs, and is deep ^enougli^ at i^rtmn points, anchor south 1 walnut the latt and or metheg and fer or 20 1 black ] similar Nearly to whic dist'anci subterri or fiftec to creej a spacic wide ; i the ang the pon< ficultj 1 could ri the wal further ] with a f soundin cates wi appeared Indians. raising « Jcuown ? timotliy It, red rest ra Lit one nd die Jnitid ut 12 B«8T l( con- st oak about e been nrards, ndsin » side ;s and m die garden harvest V few le was abah- sstrc^. c hogs in the dition. ling to which i b_on by Isle cettiuB' 129 points, to admit vessels of 400 tons burthen to anchor within twenQr yards of the shore^ The- south half of the island is covered ivitS b|apk walnut and honey locust. From the pods pf the latter, which are about twelve inches long and one wide, is made a liquor resembling metheglin. The process is simply, bruising and fermentation ; one tree wHl often yfeld 15 or 20 bushels of pods. The soil is, a deep black mould;- resting on a bed of limestone similar to that of many parts of Kentucky. Nearly in the centre of the island is a cave in- to which several of us descended, and at the distance of 200 feet from its mouth found a subterranean pond of the purest water. Twelve or fifteen feet from its entrace, one is obliged to creep for eight or ten feet, when you enter a spacious room about 170 feet long and 4.& wide ; its left side rises like an amphidieatre ; the angle of the descent from the entrance to the pond is about i 5 degrees. It was with dif- ficult} that we could preserve our lights ; we could neither ascertain the depth or extent of the water, for it tfreclually prevented our further progress. We had furnished ourselves with a pole 25 feet long, for the purpose of sounding it. It unquestionably communL cates with the circumfluent lake. The pkce appeared to have been much frequented by Indians. Noplace is better ad^pt^d lotthe raising of shetp, as the wolves were ne^pr Known to venture over from the main, and the timotliy seed sown by Mr. JEUlward^ had pro- ISO ^de^ a irteifcW of the most luxuriant grdwCIu 'THjc pco^e employed on Mr. E*s. plantation cbjoyed good health. There is one serious 'jktil, however to counterbalance so many ad« vantages. TTiere are great numbers of rattle snakes > so pknty indeed, that they would crawl into our tents and conceal themselves uiider our baggage. Afi offiber of Shelby's corps found one under his pjlow, when he awoke in the morning. The proprietor of this island died in the autumn of 1^12. Qfiery: Are not political considerations sufficiently weighty to induce the purchase of this island by the United States ^ The contingencies of war— events, now in the womb of futurity, may render ihis island of great national im- portance. There is an excellent scite for a I navy yard, and timber in sufficient quantities •^tthin rifle shot distance firom the shore These islands in most pi^es present a beau- tiful white beach ; here and there you per. ceive rude clifts of limestone rock curiously excavated by the surf. They are not correct ly laid down in any map that I have seen, Mtlish's'map of the seat of war, the best ■ *«■>'»».' -..I ^i- The peninsiila projects ten mil^s ittto th^ lake, and is formed by Sandusky bay and For*, tage river, which at their nearest approach are iS more^han a mile and a h«lf a part. 1 he intervening land is a perfect leve^ of a rich black soil and not more than sixfeet above the surface of both waters. A canal across this neck, which would cost but a few thousand dollars, would save boats nearly thirty miles of dJing^s navigation. The head of the pen- insula prbves frequently a^difficult point to wcithe?. The west, south ,west and nortii west winds gcneraUy prevail : hence, boats often experience several days delay m thei. passage round the point. The peninsula contains about one hundred thousand acres and may at no remote period nourish a populous settlement ; the soiL is m Tst placets a^deep bl^ck mold, covered with black walnut, butternut, honey locust, bass- wood and oak ; the surface is apparen^^^^ level as the almost surrounding waters, thoug.- £re is an impreceptible acclivity from the neck to its terminating point, where the bar^ is twenty feet high. About a dozen famihe V..A .^*fLA nn its eastern margin before the waVbuTihe n^enacesof the Indians soon com- pelled them to abandon their habitations.-- ^hoae parts lying on the bay and Portage bavewrc the lake bles ofl shore m Sandu as il is ^ miles lo where it not more excellent Clouds bout the Bull's y French fi The btiv er, Cold Cold Cr< village bt farm of tl The S^ boatable i terwcave course frc northeast, ascend as from its e current th little rcsisl qucncc of banks of t toth^ I Por- ch are The ei rich ive the ss this )Usand tiles of le pen- kinl to nbrth boats n theif lundred period lil is in td with t, bass- enily as , though ona the he bank families fore the (on com* itions.— Portage in J^rj^wroved Sicily, while those washed, by the lalcc^nre favorable to health. The peb- Wes of the beach as well as the rocks of the Shore an>hmestone : the same of the islands. Sandusky bay, or rather the *« Liitle Lake,'* *s It IS termed by the inhabitants, is Iweti^e m res long and eight wide. At the narrows, where it communicates with lake Erie it is not more tlran half a mile wide. It affoids an rin'ni'" >^''^r ^"^ boats and light vessels. Gloads of ducks are at all times seen flying a- SiV*^^,^'J rfish^can be taken in abundaile. ^ull s^i&land on ivhich have resided several ^M families>> ^situated on the north sidc^ I he bfty receives the Waters of Sat.dusky riv- er, Cold and Pipe Creeks rat the mouth of .?. ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^™^^J deserted Indian village belonging to the chief Makoonse : the farm of this chief is of itself a fortune '.34-' The Sandusky is d considerable river, and beatable about seventy hiiles. Its waters in. terwcave with those of the Big Miahii. Its course from its source to the lake is nearly northeast. Vessels of fifty tdns burtheri can ascend a» far as fort Stephenson, 18 miles" irom its entrance into the little kke. The current thus far, 13 sluggish and opposes vere ^:^!^^r boats going up , ind^d, | -- ...i.i.^MvftMy acta up ihc rivcr, in conse- quence o( the rise of the lake;^henQe the banks of thia nvcfj as weU as. tjiose of Toiis m 9aiii!^ Miami, Raising &c. havcthe rcwj- blaiicebfthose.of tUe .waler streams. Tljc |aii)^ of btJth banks ot the Sandusfcy is almost every wKere rich ; the first 10 miles t)ie timber wprinQipally o^k, Willi little under- wood ; tUe i^eiy^ or bottom entends with little interrupt. tipn^f^m fort $te|^benson to Upper Sandusky, adiatunce t^f 4bity milesj apd its fertil[ity i$ Enough to astonish pe^le, who have not tray. tiled »W«stward|y beyond 4|ie (Qcnejsee. The ^jvcr abounds wiUi several kinds of valuabk J6sh.; i^ld geese and ducl^s, wticularly in i^ittg^"^ %ptumni are so thkk thi^t one need ticyer b^ at a loss .fo^ a shot at tliem Ti^ |>rarie9 arc open and cxt jxhau^t^^ STui^^o^^ hay tor all the qatUe which tbeinhaJ^nte can ifilc cir procqre, prbbal^ly.fQrJiatf a century ta C6n^ Thit earth yields wild artidho^s and wifa potatoes in prodigious qtantitiea^ a^ the malthas ney^rb^n known tQ faU, because, there are so nfi^rty kindl thiit every season is favorable to some ; there are hickory nuts, hazelnuts; che8ntns,^acoma, Itdmt seed and black walnuts. The p^aries themselyca- are covered with a redundant grovi^h of gras* which has b^en found a good substitute for easily talc timot% and other i«. seed-Utffi soil IS a »ich dry ij^cfcand^ pitodbces;^ fl^, hemp^ pbtatbes, »c. as well as t^ bort Ohio bottonjs. ITie celebrated valti of I^aptet ^as not more enchanting to the eye oftht rlv^ isiied ^beholder, *aan is the scenery oFtlfee beautiful pbins : An officer of the nortb wcfst- ern arn»y thus deseribes an extensive pi^ !• -.*« After traveling st>me sj(?ord> of. miles ffcttt Urbann:i) through a thick anti contined forest, and suddenly craiJerging itom it iptd this ex. tensive plain, the sensaUons profluecd upon l^inind are delightful beyond descriptfon. T^ travel^ is almost ready to imagine liim: self suddenly transported into the E/ysium'ot tbe anpients. i4et the reader figure to bimw self a beaMtiful plain. extendinL^ ^:anv mluo even until the distant hprison Terminates Yus view ; let this plain be covered with the ricli- fsViPerdue and the fines* tints of nature in its #' 134 greatest ei5^bcf ancc, and variegated with d\s>U «Bt clusters of trees, an4 he will have soxm f^int idea of the grounds here described. laf deed the philosophk mhiii wU! rarely enjoy a richer feast ihan nature here presents him.** A barrel of pork, beef or flour can be sent to Montreal for one dollar and seventy five cents, The land belongs to the Unite4 States, and can be had lor two dollars an acre. These peculiar adyatitages have not es«^aped the no, tice gf inany enterprising nien, who had be- gan to ,ljreak ground just as the war cdttimei^. ccd ;— thiat event K«siie6«^6arUy suspeardti the settlemetits i but they will undoubte^dly W^suincd |he ensitittf spri^^ » *!i •V J t»"; "Fort Stepfiemort il situate^ bh the West bank ofthe Sarrdusfey; at the distance ci two hundred yards ft om the tiver, where the sec- ond hanks are about fifty feet high. Seven wiles above die fort are the Seneca and btla- wafo Indian villages./ . The distance from Uvis post to f()rt Meigs is 'forty miles ; the road passes through the Black Svv^mp, which is *foUr miles wide. The country between this road and the great meadow is too flat for cul- tivation, though the soil i extremely rich. '■=^' ^oirtage river is a deep languid Strearh, fitr- • - 1 * nrt ia^g^£:f\\^*\f riAfl^«>«* ^TST f^tTinW t^VAlt Ht • «*a«#«i««a«M. ••■• '^ «•«•'«(- M*-^ akAW its moutlu It rises in the Black swamp and is not more than thirty miles long ;' uiit is oiie hlihdred the land of an In< bank, wJ this rivei ©hthe I ^e moui lijrtber^ m whiti settle af I vintages lUere wfl tfePdrts is> ger^eta] oftlKilai ciehtly d] lAdiaHi G€ h^ the h p^ri wbic |2%erivei three otlri dispatcher geh. irA seconded i hadjtfet i l^ndu^j sdon beca 9& f hundred yaijh witje six mil^s ^n ^ laSf s the land on both si^es is ri4 fhel-i^Jn^ of an Indian viUage are tpleen ;«« W'g banit, whcr? Acre is- aJip 4 ncach orcKaid ; ihis river IS a Place qfgre« rewrt for will eh the A,Y1u.5 as yet h.ad % Ha&hy^ settte artik raouje^^i Port^e, ]hq%,, t§| ,2^ i^tageaofthfe range ,^ iftpa)M«J*; S2 tll^i ^6 hun^i-^ thot^nd icrds. 16 bant' i^gen«^I}r.about eight jp^tabpye the surfei^ of the la^e. %e sdil fe in m^y batts 80^^ daiay di3^ ftj pk,ugh%^ ^j ^j^ Iftdiatt corn hlM^re^ frfeen%^^ittiet with, 1 m the best oimoitu^f for cxblorirJ that pan which Iks bctwten M^iatnrtay and HK Ijge river. Siirgeam Afer a^iam, myaelf ati^ ^ree othcrsi, of ^raclfead»s company wm dispatched Ihj^ ^ Wr fr^iA-^ geti. *rAf»hiir td ^rit JWi%; could « ©w is fi thougfii either f ingjy W througti duced t of obsc weed, M far as w grow or ^st as p^ open a | about tvi to lie sui of the r^ the Tou! wood^. b the .lake. to a groi t» ■-■•-I — J woods. i?,> ■: 139 to* in the course of a few rods we ha* dW tjirbed several rattle !,nakesT-one of ourparw l»as barefpqV: the rest in shoes, »"*''' f^l^^"^^^T^^^^P^' foHowed the beach Scesh^r'\°K'''! ^'^r^ '^-"^^ ^^^'^ »•« „r.L ° • :^^°"* twelve we found our pro- weft l«f'^*' *'^^ dcepdadc sire.m. which Jrtirtg : (mJecd one couia^not swim) and we could not. find materials fc?r a raft. The nie^ ow IS hert apparently ten miles wide. It ^s & /'i'^' 'f " gain the woods^e could either ford or raft across the river. Aildor^ mly we firmly ,.,orved to fon:c our^gS' dJZ^r '^A K"^.^'**^ woods ;;we Xc^. duced to adopt tbis^ternative in consequence of observ.ng^_the ytlldw. blbssonjs of^a tS* we?d, which lined the banks of the river^as ^as we could see them,, ay which alWays pw on the dryest partv We pushed on as fast as possible;, each one taking his tiirn'to open a passage ; iii this way m nrogress^ abcmt two mfles ami found the labor^^^S to be surmotinie^: We returned to the inoul Tous Samts) and attempted to Eain, tfo wo«dk by a^ew passage one mile furtl^r f *e .hke. We foriied the grass nearly Wmf to a grove of trees which appeared to be wiA ^- n^ ""fi<*'^'^fe frf mc to pye i^< >mS^M perfect id^ of the dHSeultics aittf'Ki Ugatyvt experienced in getting to the groYe#^ The grass was about 7 feet high and so thick tflat it would easily su«aifl ories hair-in ^mc dbces a cat could hwc walked onitisutfwJei^ ^niany places it was eficctuaU> mtUA by ^e&that required one's whole strength t^ l^akddwh. T6 break the rOad fQ«it rp^V l^as as miK^^as ^e best of uS tm^d j^rtmns^t gc one turtu We continued o^r ei^ert^on^ w^ ||rk and sueee^ded ni reaching an insulate^' ^bcce of ^ood^ half a mile wide and three |oq|^; lilt encaniped near tlte banl^s of an tmpdssi^ ^ sloilghor branch of^tlife riyer ; wet, fii|- ^ued and sugperleissV we lay down on thk ^ist grotttid and had^ut two blahket^ anionft' #e of ttis. Noi a moments sl^ep^fc*" mf ejer^ iiias night ; but neither the danger of the r^f ^-snak's^&igs ortkehorrdrs c^ the scajpltiig 4NiM^^ ^fty ifti ii icii^ widMBy comrades ; ^ i^ ^bt as aeundly as though thfeyihad beep ^d^r&e|f paternal roofs. But they haij- ^en so long^^ pieced m better fucc^ ; ||tl l0o^)?^liBk we^came 1^ ta€0||£ wash^l ^H effect I retnti? i ttidian hy frier WcLhgc drift AV^ thut coi if^e mad iu gcttii aion, th ppftlinil With thi ration t^ every te river. ' er kind: answers l|isio^ peas, be raf)ge fo TTpus Sit and |he tr()it. ' 1 it IS wor to view^ cover tit darken t Miam blc& a lal thick i by h tpr ioqg# )assft- ft thr beeii r haf ^ itha4' ?e tte »cJ .141 to ca^^c 4)ttr ii orfei,. ^ ^f ^ coun^a pCvat* was ii^ld ; the i?esuU was, eveiiy one w^l wiU ling to retutrn t9^ tli9 mouth of the river anl effect Its p^sag^ ^ evtry hazzard On o^ muro tQ the river, we found fresh hoarse and Indian tmqks, but whether they were .mad!<^ h^ friendly .or hostile Indians, we never learnt. We had the good fortune to find a pietc of dirift wood sufficiently lari^-e to^ustain the m^ that could not swim, (;ur clothes,&c. Of thjua. yt made a rude raft, with which we^ucceeded m getting c^ver. Suffice it to say, in concluf sion, that We afterwards found too many opu portunities to become thoro^^ ^cquaiiued with this jminen;^ meadow. Nfi is no cx5m| ' tatiqn ^^ ^y that we met with ratde snakes every ten rods from Tpuis Saints to 5Portagc "^t^ i*^^^^ ^^^^»s meadow is of a sol. er kind than the wild grass of the praries arid answers all the purposed of hay a^d pasture. # >s mt^tnixed.withi wild oats, \^\d ly^, wUd peas, be^, Jfec, mafcing it in shorty the tfeit jrange for eaitle or horses I evtr sawT 'Die Tous Sarnts is an unfrcquenttd soMrv rivtr, ana^he best place for iowUng this side Cei. tr(iit. To those atiacjiied to^this kind of sport, It IS worth a journey of 5ve hundred miles, to vieu^ihe feathered a^sembla^ which almost cpyxrr the surface of the river and sometimes darken the air with thtir numbers, - Miami bay, liice thi of Sandusky, resenu fi)k& a lake ; it is about fiftttn raiks long and m m fIfHW wMe i Ttssds of 70 tons burton t^ jias^ the bar at its entranee. Within the bo- ^om of of thb bat grow several thousand acres ^/oHe ojfoine, (wild oats) which constitute the principal food of the vast fliscks of ducks ^at freqgent the place. It glows in about 7 Het water ; the stalks near tibe roots are about an inch in diamater and grow to the height of l^n feet ; its leaves aNrFe the surface of ihe Vkierare like Aose of the retd cane ; in other respects it resembbs the common oat stalk isi ©very thing biH size and kernel, which is of tht nature o£ rice, and of wWeh the Frenchr {eopte make free us6 in their favorite soup* is yield is very abuAdant, btm^ half a pint, at least, from every stalk; This valuable a. quatic grain is found at the mouths of all the nvers which fait into the lakes west of 9and us* %,a8 far as the southrend of lak^ Michigan^' and is thie chief subsistence of the prodigious Bumber of water fo^H whieh are fbvnd on tfcse waters. The duck has become singu^ larly expert in plucking her food^ from t^ JiiUeatfoine ;i)eing unable to reach th^ high- est branches, slie presses her breast against the stalk and with * violent etort of her feet- causes it to yield to her strength, which it readily does by reason of its slender fibrous roots— having forced the top of the stalk into ^e water, ^e keeps^ it under heir bp^ until 1 L l|pc 11^5 i^uaiiic«| mfs* Mt^ytm «• arhei {(ahle fc .which a formed the St. J fort Wa .9 rich k fort De^ In^n ti {i^orthe^ not abru jedge, ari tverdue. if^pids, t ^cnipbsc /Ular str |)erpeiidi tversely Jhank for ;alsp con l^earance #ie chan jft>rnEier^ Foi^^ nearly rq right ^nd elevarfon Suwing r high- gainst' r ft^t' ich it brous k into r until 44t arhe Miami of the lak« is a fine rivar ntiiii^ 4|ahle for light vessels as far as the rpWa. Which are 18 miles .from its mouth. ITji formc^d by the juciion of the «t. Mary's and ^e St Joseph's, which mingle their waters at fort Wayne ; from thence it meanders throtiirh .jrich level couivti;y to fortWinchesteri /latdF ^t Deganec^ vrhcrc 4t receives the Aii\Obi«e irom the ^oiith cast^ its genera! coui^ la 4lonh cttst ; its banks are Degular-^high, but not abrupt --^loping griidually to the watet^% isdge, and covered with a be^latUul luxuriant tverdue. The channtl of The face of the tank for ten or f;welve fce^t above the water 4s lisp composed of solid rock, and from its ap- ©earancc itis-eyident that , the curitint has woru ^e channel man;r fe^t deeper than it was In _ is dtuated on ihe eastern baii nearly /opposite the Rapitkf the prospect hcri? |rf ^|i^(^n^ jys ijOQstdeJightW. I The ii(* open tottoma extelixSng ^o ttie right ^nd left as f^ as^he eye cm readh ; the devarfonof Ijhe Iwnks ; the beauaiul J^ami «^w#ng rapidly ihrc?jgh the centre of the val. jciiyitfcf of th^ suiToundiii hills here and tliere adorntd With clusters of hoiif y loci^t, plutn trees aiid hafvthorn, clad with Uie wide spreeks after Hull»s auri-endei ^tid^nothing noW' remains as a memento of ks ^Sufe^"^ ^1^ chiraiiies. The ush- ^^^K^^T"' * to buihels to the iacre- =r?I^' *^^*'*^ "'^^^^^^ on S«%n ^^r3*?^ ^***^^ ^^ same fete. JTbL ere^k flllii mt6the Mi^miatven mika below the fort, tm the Michipri aide. An entemri- «mg m^ of the name of OWensi had erec^d a mill mihti st^am j it waa burnt by ili^ In, dians,--^*^ ^ ^ ■) ic ., . . .,. .i.|, ...,/ .«., . f^;™^8f| bttween these ruins awl the -I \;, 1 d" « '^uti iv fort^i^e scvfiral bcmrttfiiV islands i ^^iW^ contains i0O^«c«8v^h9$ bcen,,f?ul^v^|?^t The distM^ byii^^ilf^ %'gV^ Aerwr Riisin mM Tuiie^, ilo^ «ides thi9 ti^; «wi6^ the) )iitje,fi!rfi, l|a?^«jW 1 W tato yke Et«i- SeYcir3l.^fe^iM^ - l '^^ ^;M erf Wetroit. Thi^! stream. ^^^^^ ^ Kood harbor far boalsu I was tpW l>y ««r^^^ %£ the iiihah^tuafe that th9J2it«)4a^v| the ^# waters itf this river is very fertile--th«t theri? ate several valuable mill seat^ near Mie^ sf>\^ L sS The lislte eoartJrojn ^ndSs^tiay to %e mouth of the Raisin, r«spipbles that part Uc- nwKSilt of the co^stjs sfVier^lfeft mgB^» ^^^ th^Sain m toxw. *ift PeCessary ijROUijd tx- tfelidVthe whole, kngth 9* '% tlierii^r .*#a:JZawi(gra|)e river) h^s ac quired great celebrity in coast quence of fe^v. ing ^efenahe i^cene of a i^ngninary conflict .Bettvfee^ the Amerifcan and British forres, "It IS smaller than the Miami and ii> banks jare ecjujlly handsottie with thase of that river • but tovira|-ds Its nfouth^ mtich lower. Its source I's near th^t of ^the M tkamie which falls faito the east side'bf like ivlichigan. Xt^ course is a fevr minuted sdu-th of east. The country at its h^ad Is represented by hunte'-e a^U ludiaiis to he c^Hghtful. Towards th- lake it mean, det^ throii;^! the meadow, and forms- a'^oJ hdi-bor for b6ats. The country is settled along both thanks for thfe space of twelve mil^^. — The' fi^r^ h JiiSes are about three miles distant front the \\^t. The plamations huve an ir- row front oo the river, but extend back a mile *nda hifif f th^ houses being all built on the if I ' -«? •■'>. .i -k!- 14» 'A-r^'tr 'f-f ■^m" bunk of Ar rivjer, gii^s^ it soBacthiii| M*- pearahce of the rtresi of a tow;*, i Tw ^t^' ta«ts rabe large quantities of wheat, an* have fine bichards from wMcb eider is made Jor ejtportation. Preyiflus to *« ^"/♦fef'^ several Brist and. saw mills aiid adis^kry^ They a«e prinoipaBy ?rc9Pi» a^J «""f?^'y l*! tached to the United States. A fi^«^^S|^ Indiaftttade b carried on with ,M»f ^WW» from the St. Joseph's and the wat«s •! **e Michigan. There are several Indian yifeges on the river abpye the settleRW^t^,,.^^ bargains can be made in purchasmg wnprovea farms ^ the inhahiteBto do ndt aj^ar iV jan- dmtand the value %a ^Hsrabtt ai I' t ^.iii 159 ^m mmiitm Why It did not pro^^ '^'' mat death 1 cannot concciyc ; ^ir j:fcilfireft looked miscrablyi ^fhis is by far tht ^orst looking stream tributary to Lake Erie. The timbe^ land hc^e^ a|^oaches,,w}thi^l ,a mile of lh<^ lake ; four miles fc<^ the Jaki?^y^x Cignes bfi^^bmk <^wmn% md mof^^- ations fevorable ta Ae^creciiion of w^^^a chinfiry. The tree* aec k)fty— 1|» b^d ^^^^ aiidai»bte^i':'^.r-^ . .;-:/../ "_,,.^.i^ T?bf the $paqe ipf two roifed; 6^twe?fi La Rocte and Aii5E Ct^3 die Ili€a*>w^jnte^ intol^d by wood! Iptnd which appipacl|^; Ip thr« beach, this situation is i^ Wgb as; J^e i^nd ^ the kte^taa^dic 8^ng^iK|^^^bei^ Six miles ft-om. Aux Cigncs^ in die ^rcctioi of B^ownstdwn, c^mes ii> die .nv^,Mfiron,^ which pursues 1 *yious com||?i^ J^ligh thj meadow and the foUc avoine pt^5,W^^^^^ ^ recmires an e^ty^ienced piM to .&id^^ irance into this^ iiv€r--k;Js^li^fiiM:,#!)^ » any Eo#ish m»p nc^ioh ]y^,t;,|i«jvWent horrible night on a po^t 6r^ ; m^^ no^nt^aild wer drenched^ to the sfcw* I berc saw m^Vf^^ m Wo 'ssat t-.t r iCr worst ;• The Ida mile 1^ '-i 'Cfil Li i^jnte^ ^J5>th« e ifjiandi Jufectio ^ thi 'fiii6ii^mt p. S Wf ail <^#^S|^^ I ^^'Jl 'di^UiM v;. flit's! 7!bin».{| "lifini & Four miles abt 152 ^.W^^Mi oeaKd to ^;^iiVe bysr ^ H^rtito. ;; fy"^ic, pgije4 St«te8 ; ftom:17^ to m4 •T die firitiah i etawejfl die ff onUer posts of Pe- 3^ '&oit,'MlmS fcc ; frbm frv4 tiTl^llf^^^ey had always kept a sift^ll garrinon with a bat- J,4»e« J^,^coK«s and Bob^^ *^!,.Jf J' „, >-,_ _.^ from lU moBtB, wbere^fi IS a Sm'lliM* J tic Uwtea, Suites Jrk A^ams. liard dty land and through several g^yfi* <« -iil St. CI ^etii which ^and ti often ;^ standi .-.is: ^- ■' r i<«ii tlmty few Kigb, and, presW*» orte of the Mil' Slatesr. anloal run pa] by croi dation BflOttt d house ] ii>gs ar eral elc fore tb( rouiide tliere v the wh fence v lisiu ^the mto- De- I bat- s lacf etthe ^nt IS Tiiainv^ red is a |B«ab-* iLina*' i iiere Of the a fuU liken St. Clafef ind eiglildi^{i-#bd¥t<&^Oi»^^ "irhe tiSw'A cbfil^ ii&dtit* tf^l»iin#ed iibosos, %f hich are Bfaibit^ hf fiid»6 tki^a om^coi- &ai)d two hundred souls ; uod^r one roof arc often dfowded seirefai fa^iRes; The ^town smnd^ cprttigopus to fjhip Vh^, onli^ ibjlof ijic ;ba«fe, Which^ ar^ liere abqut- t^cntf ftet high, there ^r^ seVe^nd Wopdlil tHiarvcs ex- ^cn6lm| Jmo itlie* ttver iif)vfei^d» of oiKf ^^ 1^ |dk-e^ feet; fdr the aceotiiigpdAtteh oF tfie i^lp. SiHig i th^ JPrgest J^aiT; bd»t bjr the 13mud «attes,^ahd' k f8tihifl*Y^rj^ cdnV^iikrtt f^^the tihloading of ^isehk i'he j^mcipal strettr run pralleJ withtht ^Iv^i^ and are iht^sected by cross streets at right artgles. They are #|de> but not bting" pared arc extremely muddy m wet Weather ;' btit lor the accfeihRw- daticn ofpasse%crS,^here are fo^t wiys m most of them formed of square logs. Every house has a garden attached to it ; the bt^ld- li>gs are mostly franicdf though there ai'e ^ev- eral elegant stone and brick buHdings. -Be- fore the great fire in 1 806^ the town was Sur- rounded by a strbnistockiide, through which Acre were foiit gates j two of them oj^eri to the wharves, the others to the land ; this de- ,^ce. was mttnd^d to r^i^^-I tl^d atstack^of |ii«. I'' •■:ff I f I ;Hip fp0 stjiijdr on a .rise of ghHin^ 4W0 hundred* yards in ine rear, of the t9wrn ;^^c fortiibaUons consist of a stockade of feeuar ipfokcti, wi^ bswrtonft of ewh i near tJiei foot f^Mhhe dittoh ift a mw of n tlie ra^mparts ; the fort gov- . itrs about an acre rand # Mlf qfjrou^ Tbd proxiqm^ ,|0f ^,pne house t^ ^l^°^^f^« from lake St. Clair to the river Rouge, gfves the street the resemblance qf the suburbs of a great town# The ferm^ J^re only twenty r^ds wide on. thje riyer^nd extend bacj^ ; one i^le aod^ quarter J the s^me : of thpse (^^e |)tth(er rinff ra f s jvell as those 0J|jfl?e Rrilish sipe. '. The country roun4 Wel^oif Js . v^y, tnfich cleared. The , inhabitants have to dr|v?r, their wood a mile and ihalfi frona the l^ited States lar>ds, in ^he rear^qf ^ the tqw". It ^ells in market for thy^e 0%rs a coird j almost every l^fin ,has>w orchard/ apples, ^ars and p^ach- cs4o we|i- several hundrecl barrels of ^cWer are ahnwany made, and sells as' higH as sij^ dpUars a barrel. The land rises gradually from the river to the distance of t!iree hun- dred yi^rds ; it then, ^ Recedes, till tlte coufitry becomes low and Jevel, and continuesi so fuuf ©r five miles, whi^n it risej^ by degrees and at this distance is represented as first rate liind ..f- There are a numfe of stores which apj)hr to have a brisk trade/and they kno\v -Jiow MS^i! ai —this Ihe eni firmj^bi feet lofi ciiemiy' repairer l^^re tti iht tow 'mdHcHi] bobeif ai away b3 putrifici river, vv the fee slaughtt lected J ges. I fanciful! slaught« Ti. !_ - 4i i^i i ceuar ant^pn tGQV- lotlxer, irbs of twenty k Otic ^h the hS&e. hi,$ch V, their leiisi in )f cider ^^^■'■'■' • ^ as si}^ adually e hun. 2.oufitry so feiuf and at te jiind. appear how t<^ WWel at the ■♦i^atier'S ei^eltiiair thepuUlic>#hta'f —this is compleU ly Riled with the spoils ^ Ihe.enemv.^aicnon the Thame«.-^andl the arm* bf thiiyafit'efrs, This bMilditiR'is' SO Jteel; lopi, 30 twdfe and tlirefe itGfies W^;' ^ eiieipyifiad partly .mir6ofed|»> bit ft.%s SbSo repaired. , ■"■■"3!' • • ■ < The strdets 6f Detroit xn^rienWf^t^mS. ed ivtth Intfrahs of varfoa? tribes^ who oC^ re tb sell-thcit' ikins; ' Ybd'wnar htar thete ,-.>- Jigm; "A^ few ^y^ aftir Prbctbr'8^^6c*feiL ^^^^ loj^ %^^^^^ mof iaWished sa^^fe^, tot bon^arfd ifia^bt^bi^ vWpltHd fet tte)#n away by thfe'sajKi^^i *^j|^ih^^^gk^ stKte^of putrification, which had been thrown into the river, was carefully picked up and devoured i the feet, heads and entrails of the cattle slaughtered by the public butchers, were qoU lected and sent off to the neighboring villa- ges. I have counted twenty horses in a drove fancifully decorated with the offals of the slaughter yard. I*. j_ 4i •:< iiu tiiMiv iiiitu all Hex f Justice to the .:;}; it ii ■I i I 41 Ik Srifhr placei ihcy condacied tetcr than cfy hfiive been expected fiom savages. m mmi km #sif #m sems tm m great quantities* Th6 ^jFP»*r tion is three fonrths of French extraction, aiid .«' ^^ i||iyj^^^#trd kmiBber- r- ■ I .■ -ft; V-- n- \i *4 mm em n,iiiid ' .if JU« i 4i i ,' ,u *-t i*