1813.

1. Give an

the battle of Frenchtown.

4. 'Here, early on the morning of the 22d, the Americans were attacked by General Proctor, who account of had marched suddenly from Malden with a combined force of fifteen hundred British and Indians. The Americans made a brave defence against this superior force, and after a severe loss on both sides, the attack on the main body was for a time suspended; when General Proctor, learning that General Winchester had fallen into the hands of the Indians, induced him, by a pledge of protection to the prisoners, to surrender the troops under his command.

a. Jan. 22. 2. How were

prisoners

5. The pledge was basely violated. General Procthe wounded tor marched back to Malden, leaving the wounded treated by without a guard, and in the power of the savages, who the Indians? wantonly put to death those who were unable to travel, b. Jan. 23. -carried some, to Detroit for ransom at exorbitant prices, and reserved others for torture. If the British officers did not connive at the destruction of the wound ed prisoners, they at least showed a criminal indiffer ence about their fate.

3. What were the move

ments of son at this

Gen. Harri

time?

c. Jan. 23. d. Feb. 1.

6. General Harrison, who had already arrived at the rapids of the Maumee, on hearing of the fate of General Winchester, at first fell back, expecting an attack from Proctor, but soon advanced again with about 1200 men, and began a fortified camp; which, in honor of the governor of Ohio, he named Fort Meigs. On the first of May the fort was besieged by 4. Of Gen. General Proctor, at the head of more than 2000 British and Indians.

May 1.

Proctor?

May 5.

5. What is

related Gen. Clay?

*

7. 5Five days afterwards, General Clay, advancing to the relief of the fort, at the head of 1200 Kentuckians, attacked and dispersed the besiegers; but a large body of his troops, while engaged in the pursuit, were themselves surrounded and captured. On the eighth of May, most of the Indians, notwithstanding the enment of the treaties of their chief, Tecumseh, deserted their allies; and on the following day, General Proctor abar doned the siege, and again retired to Malden.

May 8

6. Of the

abandon

siege? May 9.

7. What was done by the

8. In the latter part of July, about 4000 British and

* Fort Meigs was erected at the rapids of the Maumee, on the S. side of the river, nearly opposite the former British post of Maumee, and ◄ short distance S.W. from the present village of Perrysburg.

British and

July?

a. July 21.

1. What is

summons to

Indians, the former under General Froctor, and the 1813. latter under Tecumseh, again appeared before Fort Meigs, then commanded by General Clay. Finding Indians in the garrison prepared for a brave resistance, General Proctor, after a few days' siege, withdrew his forces, b. July 28. and with 500 regulars and 800 Indians, proceeded against the fort at Lower Sandusky,* then garrisoned by only 150 men under Major Croghan, a youth of twenty-one. A summons demanding a surrender, nd accompanied with the usual threats of indiscrimi- said of the atc slaughter in case of refusal, was answered by the surrender? young and gallant Croghan, with the assurance that he should defend the place to the last extremity. 9. 2A cannonade from several six-pounders and a howitzer was opened upon the fort, and continued until a breach had been effected, when about 500 of the enemy attempted to carry the place by assault. They advanced towards the breach under a destructive fire of musketry, and threw themselves into the ditch, when the only cannon in the fort, loaded with grape shot, and placed so as to rake the ditch, was opened upon them with terrible effect. The whole British force, panic struck, soon fled in confusion, and hastily abandoned the place, followed by their Indian allies. The loss of the enemy was about 150 in killed and wounded, while that of the Americans was only one killed and seven wounded.

2. of the atSandusky,

tack on Fort

and of its defence?

c. Aug. 2.

made for the

mastery of

Lake Erie.

10. In the mean time, each of the hostile parties 3. What ef was striving to secure the mastery of Lake Erie. By for re the exertions of Commodore Perry, an American squadron, consisting of nine vessels carrying fifty-four guns, had been prepared for service; while a British squadron of six vessels, carrying sixty-three guns, had been built and equipped under the superintendence of Commodore Barclay.

11. On the tenth of September the two squadrons met near the western extremity of Lake Erie. In the beginning of the action the fire of the enemy was directed principally against the Lawrence, the flag-ship of Commodore Perry, which in a short time became

Sept. 10. 4. Give an the battle

account of

on Erie.

* Lower Sandusky is situated on the W, bank of Sandusky River, about fifteen miles 8 from Lake Efte

1813. an unmanageable wreck, having all her crew, except four or five, either killed or wounded. Commodore Perry, in an open boat, then left her, and transferred his flag on board the Niagara; which, passing through the enemy's line, poured successive broadsides into five of their vessels, at half pistol shot distance. The wind favoring, the remainder of the squadron now came up, and at four o'clock every vessel of the enemy had surrendered.

1. What

vents fol

action?

12. 'Intelligence of this victory was conveyed to Dved that Harrison in the following laconic epistle: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours. The way to Malden being now opened, the troops of Harrison were Sept. 27. embarked, and transported across the lake; but General Proctor had already retired with all his forces. He was pursued, and on the 5th of October was overtaken on the river Thames,* about eighty miles from Detroit.

a.

Oct. 5.

2. Give an ** account of

13. His forces were found advantageously drawn the battle of up across a narrow strip of woodland, having the river the Thames. on the left, and on the right a swamp-occupied by a large body of Indians under Tecumseh. On the first charge, the main body of the enemy in front was broken; but on the left the contest with the Indians raged for some time with great fury. Animated by the voice and conduct of their leader, the Indians fought with determined courage, until Tecumseh himself was slain. The victory was complete; nearly the whole force of Procter being killed or taken. By a rapid flight Proctor saved himself, with a small portion of his cavalry.

8. What were the effects

tory?

14. This important victory effectually broke up the great Indian confederacy of which Tecumseh was the head; recovered the territory which Hull had lost; What had and terminated the war on the western frontier. 'But before this, the influence of Tecumseh had been exerted upon the southern tribes, and the Creeks had taken up the hatchet, and commenced a war of plunder and devastation.

been done

by the in

Auence of

Tecumseh?

b. Aug 30.

b

15. Late in August, a large body of Creek Indians

*The Thames, a river of Upper Canada, flows S.W., and enters the southeastern ex tremity of Lake St. Clair. The battle of the Thames was fought near a place called the Moravian village.

1813.

5. What is

said of the Fort Mims;

attack on

and what was done in consequence?

a Nov. 3.

Nov. 29: an

1.

b. Nov. 8, Jan. 22, 1814. What battles followed between the and the In

Americans

dians?

surprised Fort Mims,* and massacred nearly three hundred persons; men, women, and children. On the receipt of this intelligence, General Jackson, at the head of a body of Tennessee militia, marched into the Creek country. A detachment of nine hundred men under General Coffee surrounded a body of Indians at Tallushatchee,† east of the Coosa River, and killed about two hundred, not a single warrior escaping. 16. 'The battles of Talladega, Autossee, Emucfau, and others, soon followed; in all which the Indians were defeated, although not without considerable loss to the Americans. The Creeks made their last stand at the great bend of the Tallapoosa; called by the Indians Tohopeka, ¶ and by the whites Horse Shoe Bend. 17. Here about one thousand of their warriors, with their women and children, had assembled in a fort account of strongly fortified. To prevent escape, the bend was encircled by a strong detachment under General Cof- Shoe Bend. fee, while the main body, under General Jackson, advanced against the works in front. These were carried by assault; but the Indians, seeing no avenue of escape, and disdaining to surrender, continued to fight, with desperation, until nearly all were slain. Only two or three Indian warriors were taken prisoners. In this battle the power of the Creeks was broken, and c. March 27, their few remaining chiefs soon after sent in their subnission.

2. Give an

the battle of Tohopeka, or Horse

1814.

events do we

18. With the termination of the British and Indian 3. To what war in the West, and the Indian war in the South, the now return? latter extending into the spring of 1814, we now re

*Fort Mims, in Alabama, was on the E. side of Ala- SEAT OF THE CREEK WAR. bama River, about ten miles above its junction with the Tombigbee, and forty miles N.E. from Mobile. (See Map.)

† Tallushatchee was on the S. side of Tallushatchee Creek, near the present village of Jacksonville, in Benton County. (See Map.)

Talladega was a short distance E. from the Coosa River, in the present county ofTalladega, and nearly thirty iles south from Fort Strother at Ten Islands (Map.)

Autossee was situated on the S. bank of the Tallapoosa, wenty miles from its junction with the Coosa. (Map.)

Emucfau was on the W. bank of the Tallapoosa, at the mouth of Emucfau Creek, about thirty-five miles S.E. from Talladega. (See Map.)

Tohopeka, or Horse Shoe Bend, is about forty miles 8. E. from Talladega, near the N.E. corner of the present Tallapoosa County. (See Map.)

1813, turn to resume the narrative of events on the northern frontier.

1. What expedition

taken by Gen. Dear.

bcrn in April?

II. EVENTS IN THE NORTH.-1. On the 25th of was under- April, General Dearborn, with 1700 men, embarked at Sackett's Harbor,* on board the fleet of Commodore Chauncey, with the design of making an attack on York, the capital of Upper Canada, the great depository of British military stores, whence the western 2. What oc- posts were supplied. On the 27th the troops landed, landing? although opposed at the water's edge by a large force of British and Indians, who were soon driven back to the garrison, a mile and a half distant.

urred at the

3. Give an

account of

the events which at

tended the capture of

York.

1. Whither did the

next sail?

5. Give an

the attack

2. Led on by General Pike, the troops had already carried one battery by assault, and were advancing against the main works, when the enemy's magazine blew up, hurling immense quantities of stone and timber upon the advancing columns, and killing and wounding more than 200 men. The gallant Pike was mortally wounded, and the troops were, for a moment, thrown into confusion; but recovering from the shock, they advanced upon the town, of which they soon gained possession. General Sheaffe escaped with the principal part of the regular troops, but lost all his baggage, books, and papers, and abandoned public property to a large amount.

3. The object of the expedition having been atsquadron tained, the squadron returned to Sackett's Harbor, but soon after sailed for the Niagara frontier. "The Britaccount of ish on the opposite Canadian shore, being informed of Sackett's the departure of the fleet, seized the opportunity of making an attack on Sackett's Harbor. On the 27th of May, their squadron appeared before the town, and on the morning of the 29th, one thousand troops, commanded by Sir George Prevost, effected a landing.

Harbor.

May 29.

8. The result.

4. While the advance of the British was checked by a small body of regular troops, General Brown rallied the militia, and directed their march towards the landing; when Sir George Prevost, believing that his

*Sackett's Harbor is on the S. side of Black River Bay, at the mouth of Black River, and at the eastern extremity of Lake Ontario.

† York, which has now assumed the early Indian name of Toronto, is situated on the N.W. shore of Lake Ontario, about thirty-five miles N. from Niagara.