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roaring of the cannon in front, and observing considerable confusion on the peninsula, supposing the battle to be nearly won, crossed over and set fire to the village, and attacked the Creeks in the rear. ment, General Jackson ordered an assault upon the works in front. The regular troops, led by Colonel Williams, accompanied by a part of the militia of General Dougherty's brigade, led on by Colonel Russell, presently got possession of a part of the works amid a tremendous fire from behind them. The advance guard was led by Colonel Sisler, and the left extremity of the line by Captain Gordon, of the spies, and Captain M'Marry, of General Johnson's brigade of West Tennessee militia. The battle, for a short time, was obstinate, and fought musket to musket through the port-holes; when the assailants succeeded in getting possession of the opposite side of the works, and the contest ended. The Creeks were entirely routed, and the whole margin of the river strewed with the slain. The troops under General Jackson, and General Coffee's Indians, continued the work of destruction as long as there was a Creek to be found. General Coffee, on seeing his Indians crossing over, had ordered their places to be supplied on the bank by his riflemen; and every Indian that attempted to escape by swimming the river, or crossing the Little Island below, was met and slain by General Coffee's troops. The battle, as long as any appearance of resistance remained, lasted five hours; the slaughter continued until dark, and was renewed the next morning, when

sixteen more of the unfortunate savages were hunted out of their hidingplaces and slain. Five hundred and fifty-seven warriors were found dead on the peninsula; among whom was their famous prophet Manahell, and two others, the principal instigators of the war; 250 more were estimated to have been killed in crossing the river, and at other places, which were not found. General Jackson's loss was 26 white men, and 23 Indians, killed; and 107 white men, and 47 Indians wounded.

This was a decisive stroke. The power of the Creeks was crushed forever, and the miserable remnant of the hostile party, under their bold, eloquent, and indomitable chief, Weatherford, wandered about the country, hunted like wild beasts. Soon after the victory, General Jackson retired to the Hickory Ground, at which place terms of peace were settled, Weatherford, by his dignified conduct, securing an unexpected degree of favor for his people.

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having gained possession of Fort Niagara, and being in great force on the opposite shore, the government determined to remove the seat of war to that frontier. General Brown, an officer of known enterprise, courage and military skill, was appointed to the chief command, and Scott, Gaines, Miller, and other officers of tried worth, were given subordinate. commands. General Brown and his officers were fully sensible of the burden which was imposed upon, and of what was expected from them; and it is understood that they resolved to win a glorious fame, or a glorious grave. The first success achieved by General Brown, was the reduction of Fort Erie, the garrison of which surrendered, after a short resistance. On entering Upper Canada, Brown issued a proclamation, remarkable for the contrast it presented to those of the former commanders. He substituted

the sentiments and principles of an upright and determined man for those empty threats and boastings which had excited the ridicule of the enemy.

General Brown, receiving information that the enemy were preparing an expedition against Oswego, where an immense quantity of military stores was deposited, detached Colonel Mitchell, with his battalion of artillery, armed with muskets, to the defence of that place. The Colonel marched 150 miles in four and a half days, reached Oswego and found the fort unoccupied and much dilapidated. By great exertions, the guns were re-proved, and the batteries got ready for action.

Sir James Yeo and Lieutenant-General Drummond resolved to sail with the whole fleet, and a competent number of troops to land and storm the fort, and capture the valuable booty. Accordingly, on the 5th of May, Sir James appeared before the fort, with four large ships, three brigs, and a number of gun-boats, barges, and transports. The transports principally contained the troops of Lieutenant-General Drummond. The successful issue of this expedition would have given to the British forces, for a time at least, a decided superiority on the lake, and without knowing that the stores had been previously removed from Oswego, they commenced an attack, which was kept up for nearly two days, the brilliant and unusual resistance to which did not, however, avail the American garrison. The fort mounted but five old guns, three of which were almost useless, and had a shore battery of five more of smaller weight. The schooner Growler, having on board Captain Woolsey and Lieutenant Pearce of the navy, was at that time in Oswego creek, receiving the cannon which had not yet been removed. The enemy were no sooner discovered than the Growler was sunk to prevent the capture of the