288 DEATH OF TECUMSEH. P'T. IV. thither. On the 23d of September, he landed his P'D. II. troops near Fort Malden, but Proctor, despite the CH. IV. spirited remonstrance of Tecumseh, an abler man than 1813. himself, and now a general in the British army, had evacuated Malden, burnt the fort and store-houses, and retreated before his enemy. The Americans, on the 29th, went in pursuit, entered, and repossessed Detroit. Battle 9. Proctor had retired to the Moravian village on Oct. 5. the Thames, about eighty miles from that place. His of the army of 2,000, was more than half Indians. Harrison Thames. overtook him on the 5th of October. The British British pris. 600. army, although inferior in numbers, had the advantage Indians of choosing their ground. Gen. Harrison gained much Am. loss, reputation for his arrangements, especially as he 50. changed them with judgment, as circumstances changed k. 120. on the field of battle. Col. Johnson, with his mounted Kentuckians, was opposed to Tecumseh and his InDeath of dians. In the heat of the battle the chief fell, bravely Tecum fighting. His warriors fled. Proctor, dismayed, meanly seh. deserted his army, and fled with two hundred dragoons. Havre de Dis 10. The Indian confederacy, in which were still 3,000 warriors, had lost with Tecumseh their bond of union; and the Ottawas, Chippewas, Miamis, and Pottawattamies, now sent deputies to Gen. Harrison, and made treaties of alliance. 11. In the early part of this year, the bays of Chesapeake and Delaware were declared by the British government to be in a state of blockade. To enforce Grace, this edict, fleets were sent over under Admirals War&c. ren, Cockburn, and Beresford.. Admiral Cockburn graceful made his name odious by his disgraceful behaviour in the Chesapeake. He took possession of several small marines. islands in the bay, and from these made descents upon the neighboring shores. Frenchtown, Havre de Grace, Fredericktown, Hampton and Georgetown, were successively the scenes of a warfare, of which savages conduct of British 8. What movement was made by Proctor? By the Americans?- -9. What account can you give of the battle of the Thames? - 10. Did the death of Tecumseh produce consequences of importance? - 11. What happened in the vicinity of the Chesapeake. INEFFICIENCY. would have been ashamed; and which did much to hurt the cause of the British, by incensing the Americans, more and more, against them. 289 P'T. IV. P'D. II. CH. V. a CHAPTER V. Northern army.-Loss of the Chesapeake.-Creek War. Oct. 5. Br. Fleet commanded 1. ON Lake Ontario, Com. Chauncey, encountered 1813fleet of seven sail, bound for Kingston, with troops and provisions. Five of the vessels he captured.... The general plan of the American government was still to take Montreal. An army was at Sackett's Harbor, partly composed of the troops from Fort George, of which Gen. Wilkinson took the command. This army was embarked to proceed down the St. Lawrence; and was to be joined by the army from Plattsburg, commanded by Gen. Wade Hampton. 2. A detachment of this army landed under Gen. Boyd, and engaged a party of the British at Williamsburg, and was defeated. Gen. Wilkinson here was informed, that Gen. Hampton would not join him; and he went into winter-quarters at French Mills.... Gen. Hampton, in attempting to move towards Montreal, had found some opposition from the British troops; and he returned to Plattsburg for the winter. He was soon succeeded in command, by Gen. Izard. by Sir Jas. Yeo. Wil liams burg. Am. loss, 339. Br. 189. and 3. Sir George Prevost, no longer fearing an attack on Montreal, sent Generals St. Vincent and Drum- Newark, mond to recover the forts on the Niagara. Gen. Buffalo, M'Clure, the American commander at Fort George, Black having too small a force to maintain his post, with- Rock drew his troops, but burnt as he retreated, the British CHAPTER V.-1. What was done by Com. Chauncey? What was still the plan of the Americans? What movements were made, and by whom?-2. What happened at Williamsburg? What was the loss? What further account can you give of Gen. Wilkinson? What of Gen. Hampton?-3. What was now done on the Niagara frontier? burned. 290 "DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP.' PT. IV. village of Newark. The American government disowned the act; but the British retaliated, by burning CH. V. the villages of Buffalo and Black Rock. P'D. II. 1813. and peake. Am. loss, 63. June 1. 4. NAVAL AFFAIRS.—Another naval victory, the sixth in succession, now did honour to the sea-service. Br. loss Capt. Lawrence, in the Hornet, defeated on the 23d 40, Am 5. of Feb., the British sloop of war Peacock, after an action of only fifteen minutes. . . . . Lawrence was Shannon promoted to the command of the frigate Chesapeake. Chesa- She was lying in the harbor of Boston, ill-fitted for sea. Her crew were in a state of dissatisfaction from k. 70, w. not having had their pay. The British, mortified at Br. half their naval defeats, had prepared the frigate Shannon, the num- with a picked crew of officers and seamen. Capt. ber. Broke, the commander, sent a challenge to Lawrence, which he injudiciously accepted. The frigates met. In a few minutes every officer, and about half the men of the Chesapeake, were killed or bleeding and disabled. Lawrence mortally wounded, and delirious, continually raved, "Don't give up the ship." The British boarded her, and they, not the Americans, lowered her colours. 5. Another naval disaster followed. The United States sloop of war Argus, commanded by Lieut. Allen, was captured, in St. George's channel, by the British sloop of war Pelican; Allen, mortally wounded, died in England.... The Americans were again successful in an encounter between the brig Enterprize, commanded by Lieut. Burrows, and the British brig Boxer. Aug. 14. 40, Br. 8. Sept. 4. rows was mortally wounded. Creeks 6. CREEK WAR.— stirred seh. Bur -The Creek Indians had become up by in a degree civilized by the efforts of the government, Tecum- and those of benevolent individuals. Tecumseh went among them, and by his feeling of the wrongs of his race, infused by his eloquence into their minds, he wrought them to a determination of war and vengeance. 7. Without declaring war, they committed such acts Mims.273 of violence, that the white families were put in fear, slaugh and fled to the forts for shelter. At noon day, Fort Massacre at Ft. tered. 4. Give an account of Capt. Lawrence's victory? Of his defeat and death? -5. In what other case were the Americans unsuccessful? What victory was achieved?-6. What was the state of the Creeks? How were their minds excited? JACKSON AMONG THE CREEKS. 291 Mims was suddenly surrounded by the Creek warriors. P'T. IV. They mastered the garrison, set fire to the fort, and P'D. II. butchered helpless babes and women, as well as men CH. VI. Out of three hundred persons, but seven- 1813. teen escaped to tell the tale. in arms. and 8. What, in such a case, could the American government do, but to defend its own population, by such means as alone have been found effectual, with this terrible foe? Gen. Jackson, probably the most efficient commander ever engaged in Indian warfare, Jackson went among them, at the head of 2,500 Tennesseeans. Floyd Gen. Floyd, the governor of Georgia, headed about, make 1,000 Georgia militia. They laid waste the Indian villages; they fought with them bloody battles, at Creeks. Talledega, at Autosse, and at Eccannachaca. havoc of the 9. Finally, at the bend of the Tallapoosa, was fought the last fatal field of the Creeks; in which they lost 600 of their bravest warrriors. Then, to save the re- Topokeka, the sidue of their wasted nation, they sued for peace; and last bata treaty was accordingly made with them. But while it remains with the Indian nations an allowed custom, to make war without declaring it, treaties with them, are of no permanent value. tle-field. CHAPTER VI. The Niagara Frontier.-Battles of Chippewa and Bridgewater. sioners to 1. VARIOUS proposals to treat for peace having been made since the commencement of the war, the Ameri- Commiscan government sent Messrs. Adams, Gallatin, and treat for Bayard, in the month of August, to Ghent, the place peace of meeting previously agreed on. They were there Ghent. 7. Give an account of the massacre at Fort Mims?-8. Who went against the Creeks? At what places were they defeated? 9. Where was the final battle? What then occurred? CHAPTER VI.-1. What persons were sent to treat for peace on each side? To what place? meet at 292 P'D. II. WELLINGTON'S VETERANS SENT OVER. F'T. IV. met by Lord Gambier, Henry Golbourn, and William Adams, commissioners on the part of Great Britain. CH. VI. On that of America, Henry Clay, and Jonathan Russell, were afterwards added to the delegation. May 24. A bold congress. La Colle. 2. Congress met in extra session, and with the firmness of the days of the revolution, taxed the people, regardless of the popular clamor, for the necessary expenditures of their government. They also authorized a loan. At the regular session, congress, desirous of an efficient army, gave by law, 124 dollars to each recruit. 3. CAMPAIGN OF 1814.-Gen. Wilkinson, having 1814. received orders from the secretary of war, detached Feb. 21. Gen. Brown, with 2,000 troops, to the Niagara fronAffair of tier, and then retired to Plattsburg. The British had fortified themselves at La Colle Mill, near the river Sorel. Gen. Wilkinson advanced, and made an attack. A sortie from the building ended in his repulse. The general was censured by the public; and tried by a court martial, but nominally acquitted. Holmes. Feb. 21. 4. Capt. Holmes, who was sent from Detroit, fell in Capt. unexpectedly with 300 of the enemy. With but 180 men he fought them, stood his ground, and killed 69 of their number. 14,000 of Welling veteran 5. After the fall of Napoleon, a formidable army of fourteen thousand, who had fought under the Duke ton's of Wellington, were embarked at Bordeaux for Canada; troops and, at the same time, a strong naval force, with an adequate number of troops, was directed against the maritime frontier of the United States, to maintain a strict blockade, and ravage the whole coast from Maine to Georgia. sent over. 6. In June, Gen. Brown marched his army from Gen. Sackett's Harbor to Buffalo, expecting to invade CaBrown nada. Here were added to his army, Towson's artilFt. Erie. lery, and a corps of volunteers, commanded by Gen. takes 2. What was done by congress in their extra session? In the regular session?-3. What was done by Gen. Wilkinson ? What happened at La Colle?-4. What was done by Captain Holmes?-5. What threatening measures were now taken by the British? 6. What movements were made by Gen. Brown? What addition was made to his army? |