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Show TRAVELS THROUGH UPPER CANADA: Detroit i. ~t prefent the head-quarters of the wcfl:ern army of th States; the garrifon conii!l:s of three hundred men, who arc quartered in barracl· . V ry little attention is paid by the oHiccrs to tbe mir utii of ifci~1line, fo that however well the men may have acquitted themfelvcs j 11 th field, they mak but a poor appc.:arJncc on parade. The belles of the town arc quite au ddcfpoir at the late depart ure of the Dritifh troops, thoun h lll'~ American oi1icers tell them they have no 1 ~afan to be fo, as they will find them much more fcnfiblc agree:~! e men than the U1 itifh officers when they know them, a fiyle of convcrfation, which, (han:;c as it may appear to us, i yet not all uncommon a o 1gfl: them. 'I'hrcc months, howcv r, have not a1tcreLl th~..: firfl o i11ion of the ladies. I em not bl'ltLr give you an idea of tbc unpoli(Lcd, coarl<, lif:. cordant mann rs of the generality of the of1i crs of the wdlcrn army of the States, than by telling you, that they cannot a3rce futllciently amon.)l: · tbcm!Clv s to form a r ·gimcn tal mcfs; repeated , ttcmpts have been made ftncc their arrival at Dctr<.:it to eilablilh n , but their frequent <}U,>nel vcuU never fi1ft~r it to remain per n ttlcnt. A dudltfl: and an of1~c r f the wdl rn a1m y vwre nearly fynonimon. terms, at one peri·xl, in the llnitcd Statu;, owing to the very vrc.:at number of duels that took pbce among them when c:111tonc 1 at Grenville. About two t 1irds of the illhabitants of Detroit arc of French c trac. tion, anl tbc greater part of the inhabitants of the fi.:ttlcments on the river, both :~bove and bdow the t wn, arc of the fame cf ription. The former arc moflly Lngaged in trade, anrl tLcy nll appear to be much on an cqu:~lity. Detr it is a pLce of very coniidcrable trade; there arc no Lfs tbm tw lvc tradinz v~.tTds bclo1 f~;ng to it, ·brigs, floop ~ , and fchooncrs, of fru 1 fifty to one hundred t<>J1S burth n c~ch. The in and navi'!ation in this q11ntcr i ind~.cd very cxtcnllv , Lake Eric, thrc hundred miles in kngth, b ·ing open to veOcls belonging to the port, on the one f1de; and bkcs Michigan and IIuron, tll firll: upward of two hundred miles in length, and ilxty in brc, dth, and the {( cond, no l<.:fs than or.c thoufo1nd miks in ci1cumfercncc, on the opj'ofit..: fide; not to fpcak of Lake St. Clair and Detroit River, hich conneCt th fe for mer lakes together, or of the many large rivers which fall into them. The D F T '0 I T. 353 The Clores and f11ot•s in th to \'11 n.r-! well fun i!L.x1, ancl } ou 1 1~y huy fine cloth, linen, &c. and e ·ccy articL vi" \>~.' e nin1r .1 jHr 1 "S 1 1 · · ' ~ ' t ' ,, ~; Ol II J thur l...uld, : nd n ear ~y o·, a .. r ; C..m,tblc terms, a', you c 11 11u1· h,t ~ them ~t Jew York or .11h l lphi.L The inl.1ab't.1nt~ :tr well fuppli d wi~h ptovi!ior:s of every dcfcripti 1 ; th~.- ftth In partJcular, caught in the rivu· ancl ncighbonring lake:, arl! of a very fu )Criur qnality'. The ilfh held in n oil cll"1111 a .1· 011 1·.,) a {io 1. , of large trout, all·d the I\lichillim, kin,lc.: white filh, fru 111 it bcin ·• cauoht mofl:ly in th -! flrait of that name. The inhabit; nts of Detroi~ and the neighhourin.; couqtry, however, tLottt,h t 1wy h ... vc proviiion in plenty, are frct1ucntly much di11rcHcd for one very ncccfiary conc omitant, nan1ely, falt. Until wi hin a fl1ort time 1n11 th y had no fait but what was brought from Europe ; but falt fprings have been difcovcred in various parts of the country, from wh ich they arc now beginning to manufaCture that article for themfclves. The befl: and mo11 profitahle of the fprings arc retained in the hands of govern ment, and the profits arifing :fi·ot th f.dc of the L1 lt arc to be paid into the trcafur_ of the province. Throughout the we11ern country th ey procure the ir fait from fprings, f me of whi h throw up fuB1cient water to yield fevcra l h undred bufl1els in the cou rfe of one week. There is a large Roman catholic chnrch in the town of Detroit, and another on the oppofi te fi de, call ed the Huron church, fl.-om its l1aving b en devoted to the ufe of the Huron Indians. The ftreets of Detroit arc. get er:-d,y crowded with Indians of one tribe or other, and amongfi th ... m you fee numbcrlcfs old fquaws leading about their augh cr , ever ready to difpo fe of them, pro tempore, to the higl cfl: bidder. At night all the Indians, except fnch as rret admittance into pri vat hou (i.:s, and remain there quietly, arc tur JLJ out of the town, :tnd the gat· s Olllt upon th m. T he American oOiccrs her have em wonrcd to th eir utmofl: to imprefs upon the minds of the Indians an idc;l of their own fupcriority over the Dritifb ; but as they arc very tardy in giving thcfc pcopL any pre · fcn ts, they do not pay much attention to their worJ . General \V;l) nc_, fi·om continually promifing them pr li'nts, but at the Cune tirnc alw·1ys Z z po11poning- |