Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters

k on the evening of the next day, the captai

d Grace; "for we shall have a

stop there, sir

we will pass slowly and quite near, so that we may all have a good view o

n will, as Gracie says, give us a l

h will help us to a more vivid conception of how things looked to Da

"I want to be able to imagine ju

to know that no war is going on now, and we are

father. "Peace is a great bles

e island bears, is it no

ing to its shape. Notice that as we approach, an

he Indian tribes does the na

Algon

onsidered a fine

0 miles long and 4 miles wide; the island 7 miles in c

so white, papa?" q

down near the water and the fort on higher ground-the white cliffs ha

took in that war yo

were not by when I pointed it out to the

eddie and I were as

h, my dear," to her husband, "what a lo

natural bridge almost as picturesque as the famous one in Virginia, the Rabbit's Peak, Giant's Causeway, and the Lover's Leap. We are passing that last now; and I

sland; then, as it faded from sight, the speed of the vessel was incre

most of them spent the greater par

evening, I suppose, Brother Levis?

asant-toned reply. "And now I wonder if my pupi

uppose, as we have already gone over

u a few facts concerning its se

the French in 1670, as an outpost for the prosecution of the fur-trade; and as late as 1840 it still had less than 10,000 inhabitants. It is on the w

taught me that," re

The strait or river connecting Lakes St.

ent. It was a very small place considering its age, for it was a trading-post as early as 1620, and established as a settlement as early as 1701, when a Jesuit missi

rt, was there not,

r conquest of Canada more than 100 years ago. It covered about 2 acres of ground, was quadrangular in shape, with bastio

t through. Those pickets had been erected as defences against the Indians, and were

et in to harm the folks, cou

gun to build on the opposite side of the river," replied the captain; "so Gen

efore the others could cross to take part in the fight. So Hull resorted to strategy. Toward the evening of the 11th all the boats were sent down the river in full view of the British, while at the same time Colonel M'Arthur with his regiment marched away in the s

t dreadful name-Bloody Br

and killed so many-fifty-nine-of the English the

nt to Mackinaw before!" e

rs crossed over to the Canadian side, and there h

nged his orders and restrained his brave, patriotic officers and men from attacks upon the enemy whi

and mistakes of the foe; though he might have done much better but for the remissness of the Secretary of War and General Dearborn. His mistakes and dilatoriness bore very hard upon the brave fellows under him, who were burning with patriotic zeal for the dis

eparations and received with universal joy by the

ng Canada and its people to the vengeance of the British; leaving unprotected its inhabitants, who, trusting Hull's promised protection, had refused to take up arms for defence against the

back without fighting the Bri

though sullenly, feeling themselves humiliated by being compelled to act like cowards. During that night an

were left behind in a strong house that had been stockaded and called Fort Gowris. Denny was ordered to defend the post to t

detained there by the knowledge that a party of Indians under Tecumseh, with perhaps some British regulars, had crossed the Detroit from Malden and were lying nea

n with a detachment of two hundred men to join Brush and help convoy the cattle, provisions, and mail. The major obeyed promptly, but was not successful; b

icers urged him to send a larger force to the aid of Brush-as many as

nt and alarmed for the safety of Brush and the needed stores he was

he supplies under Brush and ordered Colonel Miller to take six hundred men, go to that officer's assistance, and escort him to Detroit. Before starting upon their perilous expedition the troops paraded on the north side of Jefferson Avenue, and there Colonel Miller addressed them as they stood in marching order. 'Soldiers,' he said, 'we are going to meet

her victory to that of Tippecanoe-another laurel to that gained upon the Wabash last fall. If there is n

rom the entire corps, and 'I'll not st

y; next a vanguard of forty men under Captain Snelling of the Fourth Regulars, while the infantry marched in two columns, about two hundred yards apart, the cavalry keeping the road in the centre in double file. The artillery follow

ce occurred until some time in the afternoon, when they were nearing the Indian village of Maguaga, fourteen miles below Detroit. But there a man named White, who had joined them as a new recruit, hurryin

nd who were the scouts of Major Muir, the commander of the Forty-first British regiment, had carried to him, in his camp at Brownstown, the news that the Americans, strong in numbers, were advancing upon th

ngs of the 5th-when Van Horn was defeated-cut off communication between Detroit

a, and formed an ambush in the Oak Woods, where the trees and bushes were thick enough to conceal them. There th

came first a single shot, then the terrific yells of the scores of

rs turn round and run back to

ouble quick, came up, and formed in battle order, and as they did so he waved his sword high over his head, crying in his clear, loud voice, 'Charge, boys! charge!' His or

whites in the ranks of the enemy, mistaking them for helpers of the Americans, fired upon them also, and the Indians returned it. So that our foes were helping us by fighting

woods on their left alarmed them again, so that they ran away, got in thei

sprang into the saddle himself, and dashed away at the head of his troops, his red hair streaming in the wind, for he had lost his hat in the course of the fight. He pursued the flying foe fo

"one that ought to have encouraged Hull to

lled in that battle

t, lost 24 of their regulars, only 1 of whom was killed. They failed to mention how many of the militia and In

ain Brush and the getting of his stores to Detroit; so sent a messenger to Hull to ca

Miller and his men. M'Arthur, who seems to have been always ready and prompt, set out a little past two in the morning, in nine

ass the British vessels. Fortunately M'Arthur had foreseen that difficulty, and ordered wagons sent down, and now leaving the boats h

o with the boats,

Colonel Cass had gone down and tried to secure

ould be likely to send a larger force to prevent our men from reaching Brush, and attack him himself. Therefore Cass wanted to take Miller's place and hurry on with the detachment to Brush's assistance, so he sent a laconic despatc

e sorely disappointed by this order, but obeyed it, leaving their camp

xclaimed Lucilla. "I don't think I c

ience to Captain Raymond has sometimes proved, eh?

rnestly. "Haven't you found out that for years it has

t all doubtful of that, daughte