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Show Tl AVELS TIIROUGII UPP ·R CANADA: 010fl were taken prifoners. All th cannon, ~unmuniti~n, baggag .' anJ hor(es of St. Cbir's army fell into the hands of the Indtans on tlHS oc-cafion. A o-r at many youno- Canadians, and in patlicu]ar many that were born ~f Indian women,b fought on the fide of the Indiaus in this aCtion, 11 ircumfbnce which onfirmcc.l the people of the "Lttes in the op·lnion they had J revioufly fo rmed, that the Indi.1ns were ncoun g~d and abetted in their attacks upon them by the riti!h. I can f. fdy atltnn, however, from having converfed with many of thefc young men who fought againfl: St. Clair, that it was with the utmofi iccr cy they left their homes to join the Indians, fearful ]dl: the government !houlJ cenCurc their condu{ l:; and that in cfponfino- the quarrel of the Indians, they were actuat d by a ddire to aDift a 1 eoplc whom they conceived to be injured, , 10re th. 1 b/ an un xtin~ui(hed fpir it of rdcntmcnt againfi men, whom they had formetly viewed in th<.; Ji >ht of rebels. As the rc\'engc of t: c Indi:tns \ vas c· mplc.:tcly glutterl by this viCtory over St. Uair, it is not improbable, L 1t tb,tt if pai ns harl been tal·en immediately to ncgociatc a peace with them, it might have been obt;tined on eafy terms; and had the bounda ry line th n d tcrminatcly agreed upon been hit hfully obfcrvcd afterwards by the people of the States, there is great rcafon to imagine that the p~:ace would have b en a p:..rmancnt une. As this, however, was a quefiionablc mcafure, and the rrcnl.!r:.tl opin ion was, that a peace could be made on better terms if prcc ded by a victory on the part of the State , it was determined to raifc anoth r army. Liberal fupplics for that pu rpo((; were grantcJ by conrrrcf~~ and three thou1and men were foon collectcd together. Cn.:at pains were taken to cnliO. for this new army men from KcntlKky, and other parts of tl frontiers, who had been accuflomcd to the Indian mode of fighting; and ~ fufJi cient number f rifle-men from the frontier were collcch.d, to form a very large rcgitnent. The command f the new army was given to the late Gen ral Wayne. Upon bcing appointed to it, his firfl: care was to introduce O:riCt difi·ipline nmongl1: his troops; he afterwards kept the army in motion on the frontier, but he did not attempt to penetrate far into the Indian country, n~r to M E R I C A N A N D 1 N J) I A N W A R. Gs to take any ofren livc mea Cures againfl: the enct.1y for .{; me time. This deby_the ge nera] conceived would be attended with two grca.t adv:.: ntages; firl1, tt wou ld fcrve to b:mifh from the minds of his men all recollection of the Jefcat of the bte army; and feconclly, it woulcl afford him an O~)portunity of training p rfcClly to the Indian mod~ of fighting fu ch of h1s men as were ·gnorant of it; for h faw no hopes of fucccis but in !]ghti11g the I11clians in their o n wav. J When the men were funi ciently trained he advanced, but it was with the utmofl: caution. Ile fcldom proceeded farth r than twelve mil s in one day; the march was always. ended by noon, and the afternoon was regularly employed in throwing up firong intrenchments round the camp, in order to fecnre the army from any fudden attack; and the fpot that had been thus fortified on one clay was never totally a andoned until a new encampment had been made on the enfuing one. Moreover, ilrong pails were efl:abli01ed at the difb.ncc of forty miles, or ther about , fi·om each other, in which guards were left, in orclcr to enfurc a [de retreat to the army in cafe it 010uld not be fucccisful. As he advance , Genera'! Wayne fent detachments of his army to deflroy all the Indian villages that were ncar him, and on thcCc occafions the dcepeO: llratagcms were made ufc of. In fome infiances his men th rew off their dothes, and by painting th eir bodie. , difg uifed tb mfclves iJ a. to refembk Indians in every rcfpec1:, then approaching as friends, they committed dreadfu l havoc. Skirm i01cs alfo fi-equcntly tool p1.tc", on the m:.trch, with the Indians \ ho hovered round the armv, . Thdc t~.:nni-nated with various Cucce(~, but mofily in fn·our of tl 1c Americtns; a · in rheir conduct, the knowledge :1nd difciplinc of r gular troop were combined with all the cunning and firata gem of thc·r ant.J(toniil:s. All this time the Indians kept retreating, as they had done fi rmcrly before St. Clair; and without being able to bring on a dccifivc engagem nt, General Wayne pro eeded cveu to the Miami ofth~ Lal cs, {o called in contradifi:intl.ion to another River Miami, which empties it fd f into the Ohio. Here it was that th at curious correfpond nee in reJj)CCL to l· ort Miami took pbce, the fubflance of which was rel ated in mofi of the E1)glilh and American prints, and by which General Wayne expofcd himfclf |
