Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-01-13

Caroline continued her course down the
Niagara river unmolested, and landed
outside Of certain scows or boats attach
ed to Navy Island, where number of
passengers disembarked, and as This de-
ponent supposcs, certain articles Of
freight were landed. That from this
point the said Caroline ran to Schlosser,
arriving there about 3 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. That between this time and
dark the said boat made two trips to Ma
Wy island, landing as before. That at
about the hour of six in the afternoon,
this deponent caused the said boat 10 be
landed at Schlosser, and made fast with
chains to the dock at tha: place. That
the crew and officers of the Caroline
numbered ten, and that in the course Of
the evening. 90 individuals, all of whom
where citizens Of the U. States, came on
board and requested this deponent and
other officers of the boat to permit them
to remain on board during the night, as
they were unable to get lodgings u; the
Tavern near by. These requests were
acceded to, and the persons thus coming
on board retired to rest, as did also the
crew and officers of the Caroline, except
such as were stationed to watch during
the night. That about midnight this de-
ponent was informed by one of the
watch, that several boats filled with men
were making towards the Caroline from
tho river, and this deponent Immediately
gave the alarm, and before he was able
to reach the deck, the Caroline was boar
ded by some seventy or eighty men, all
of whom were armed. That they COM
menced a warfare with muskets, swords
and cutlasses, upon the delenceless crew
and passengers Of the Caroline, under a
fierce cry OF GoD DAMN THEM, GIVE NO
ouARTERs-KILL EVERY MAN-FIRE !!
FIRE N. J....
That the Caroline was abandoned
without resistance, and the only effort
made by either the crew or passengers
seemed to be to escape slaughter; that
this deponent narrowly escaped, having
received several wounds, none Of which
however, are OF a serious characters -
that Immediately after the Caroline fell
into the hands of the armed force who
boarded her, she was set on fire, cut loose
from the dock, was towed into the cur
rent ofthe river, and then abandoned. and
soon after descended the NiagaraFalls.
That this deponent has made vigilanl
search for the individuals, 33 in number,
who are known to be on the Caroirc at
the time she was boarded, and 81 arc on
Iy TO be founl.one Of whom TO wit: Amos
Durfce of Buffalo, was found dead upon
the dock, having received shot from a
musket, the ball Of which penetrated the
back part of the head and came out at
the forehead. J. II. King and Capt.
c. Harding were seriously though not
mortally wounded: several others recci-
we'd slight wounds. The twelve indivi-
duals who IRE missing this deponent has
no doubt were either murdered upon The
boat or found a watery grave in the ca.
taract of the Falls; and this deponent
further says that imediately after the
Caroline was got into the current Of the
stream and abandoned as before stated,
beacon lights were discovered upon the
Canada shore near Chippewa, and after
sufficient time had elapsed to enable the
boats to reach that shore, this deponent
distinctly heard loud and vocilerous Chez
ringat that point. Tha: this deponent
has no doubt that the individuals who
boarded the Caroline were part of the
British forces now stationed at Chippe-
wa. GILMAN APPLEBY.
Subscribed and sworn, Dec. 3Oth
1887, before me. aa
S. B. PIPER, Commissioner Of
Deeds.
MORE LAND---The United States