The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-07-08

and tomahawks, but were fortunately hel
at bay until British officer, hearing til
melee, came 10 his rescue with 'the guard.
At Quebec, shortly after, be found il ne
cessary to interposo in behalf Of some ma
tive lrshmen, who, being found 10 arm
against England, had been separated fror
the other prisoners and were about 10 b
taken to England 10 be tried for treason. =
His efforts were successful excepting The
cases Of twentythree, upon whom ,h
British officials had fastened. On his ar
rival in Washington he placed tbs matte
before President Madison and Congress
by whom measures of retaliation wer.
adopted, which eventuated in tho release
Of twenty -one, with when he met on thei
arrival in New York, and secured to them
by his favorable n,erposilion, their Ions
arrearsges of pay, and their patents for
and bounties, as some reward for theil
suferings during two years of imprison
ment.
/ In May, 1918. Col. Scott, joined Mai.
Gen. Dearborn, at Fort Niagara, as Adju
iant General. Here, on the 9th of Ma
occurred the attack on Fort George, in
which Scott led on one Of the six divisions
and himself first entered the Fort and tore
down the British flag, followed closely By
Col. Porter, who was much chagrined al
not being first himself. la the battle Scott
was dashed from his horse by piece Of
timber thrown up by on exploding msga-
zine.
On the 9th Of March, 1914, Col. Scott
was promoted to the rank of Brigadier
General. He passed three months OF the
winter of lSl3-l4, in drilling recruits
and militia near Buffalo for the ensuing
csmpsign.
On the 9th Of July, 1915, occurred the
battle Of Chippewa, Scott leading one Of
the divisions, and proving successful in
every attack. The British were finally
completely routed. Their loss out Of g
100 men, was 500 killed and wounded
The Americans loss out of 1000, was 327
The Battle Of Niagara, Lundy's Lane.
or Bridgewater, commenced on the 25lh
Of July, short time before sunset, and
lasted until midnight. Scott was here
calamity leading his corps. He had two
horses gallantly shot under him, was
wounded early in the action, in the side.
and about eleven o'clock he was disabled
by mHsket ball through the left shoulder
He was borne from the field where elo
rious victory had just crowned the Ameri-
can Arms. to the care of nurses and sur.
geons, and for moro than a month linger.
ed doub,fully upon the borders Of lilo and
death. As soon as sufficiently GONZALES
cent, he left the Niagara frontier, for Phil.
adelphia. In Nov. olthe same year, 1914
Congress caused a medal to be struck and
presented to Scott, then twenty eight years
Of age, and a Major General At abou,
the same time the Legislatures OF Virginia
and New York adopted resolutions in hon
or ofSco,t, and each Of them presented to
him Sword, with other distinguished tes-
limonials of their appreciation ofhis merits
Soon after the close Of the war, Gen
Scott visited Europe by order Of the Gov.
ernment, with confidential diplomatic func
,iops, with the view Of ascertaining the
temper Of certain Courts towards the
South American Provinces, and The appre
hended designs of England upon Cuba
On his return, he was assigned the com
mand of the seaboard, and his headquar-
ters wero fixed at New York, where, and
at Elizabeihtown, N. j., about Is miles
from New York, his residence has mostly
been since.
Little occurred in the life Of Gen. Scott,
beyond the ordinary routine Of his otlicia
duties, from the time Of his return from
Europe, until tho Black Hawk campaign
Of ls32. In the beginning of July, in tina,
year, he embarked, at Buffalo with a body
OF nearly one thousand troops, for Chicago,
intending to reach Illinois, as soon as poss-
ible, for the purpose Of cooperating will
Gov. Atkinson, and the Illinois mounted
militia, in the Campaign against the In
dians. That terrible disease, the Cholera
then entirely new to this country, broke
out among the troops ia the middle Of the
Lake, and was fenrfully fatal ia its results
But about four hundred men reached
Chicago. The rest had died, were sick or
had deserted in their panic, caused by the
awful nature Of the disease which seemed
to follow them like destiny.
At Chicago, Scott remained few days
actively employed in alleviating the suf
ferings, aud in personal efforts 10 secure
the comfort of his fellow soldiers. He then
crossed the country 10 join General Atkin
son at Prairie du Chen, which he reached
on the Sd of August, the day after the bat
tie Of Bad Axe. Here he remained until
the cholera attacked the troops under At
kinson. We transcribe the language Of
an eye witness Of Scotl's phianthrophic
devotion and courage in the midst of the
fearful pes,ience. "The Generals course
of conduct on that occasion should estab
lish for him n reputation not inferior tc
that which he has earned on the battle
field; and should exhibit him not only as .
warrior, but as a man-not only as the
,hcro Of battles, but as the hero Of humani
IT,"
After the cholera had abatcd, Genera
Scott and Gov. Reynolds, Commissioner
for ,ha, purpose, were engaged in nego,ia
: ton with the Sacs, Foxes, Winnebagoes
!. Sioux and Menominees, Indian tribes with
whose character many Of our old citizen
are quite familiar OF his conduct at thi
time the language of Gen. Cass, then Sec
retary of War. will atfnnd the best index 4
the feelings of tho public.