Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-25

grcttod he did not disobey orders and march on
isb had ali their vnIusbIes ready 10 leave. ssa
loaded on board the Queen Charlotte. III he
had made his .appcarnnec In the morning the
sailed away 10 Niagara. This wosld have pre-
vented mn Indian war and saved Detroit. CnEs
returned to camp, and few days nf,cr Hull,
on hearing OF tho advance Of Den. Brock. re-
treated across the river TO Detroit. whore he oc-
cupicd Fort Shelby. This fort was situated
right about the ceuter Of the present city OF De-
troit, about the fourth street from tho river, .
Gen. Brock, at Niagara, had over reached
Gen. Dearborn. another superannuated revolu-
uonary officer, who was in command Of that
frontier, and had concluded with him an armis-
tce Of thirty days. This gave time for the
Queen Charlotte TO sail from Maiden to the
lover ond Of Lake Erie. and returned with him
aftcr IIui crossed back. Brock moved the gncs,I
yieh, eovSEIpg with her snns the crossing II = to
Capt. Smelling asked Gen Hull, in my presence
liberty 20 take two ~ pound guns down Ia
Spring Wells, and sink her or start her from
Tug siEGE OF DETROIT.
Hull said, mo, sir you cnn't do H." Brock
had built battery on the Canada side, oppo-
site TT. Shelby, ns soon MS II was finished, when
Shc sun Ts HSon. e. On sGp. bEs 10 opsnSd n5I
intervals. At the dawn of day a heavy Gre OF
bombs and solid shot was opened. ] was taking
drink Of water at the door q one OF the ON
who afterwards became Major Washington
Whistler. U. S. A.. and died in Russia Of chOl-
era many years nftor. At the next door to us
and about u feet from us, four Of our officers
wcro, standing together They were Capt.
Hanks, I.ieut Sibley. Or. Blood and DR.. Rcy-
from the enemy's battery, killing Hanks, sib-
ley and Reynolds and wGundinE DR.. Blood.
They we're knocked into heap ina little mar
row entry wny--a narrow. confined spare.
Their mangled remains were terrible sight.
Captain Hanks was lying on top, his oycs roll
ing, in his head. Directly came along General
Hull. who looked in upon them aud turned very
pale. the tobacco juice running from the corn
crs Of his mouth to the frills Of his shirt. In n
short time after, the white. flag vas hoisted.
that ball seeming to unlnnn him.
After these men were killed, left the fort to
reconoitrc. On the street In front of Major
Whipple,s house, y Of II mile in front Of Fort
Shelby, found two ~ pound guns in position.
Cnpt Bryson. Of the artillery, had placed them
there To- rake the British column of 1900 men
who had made landing and were approaching
the city by way Of Judge Mays long lane.
They had landed Mt Spring Wells, and were
marching up the lane to roach q ravine which
crossed it. and through which they could 6lo
and be protected from any battery we had.
They were mnrchihE in close co umn. in full
dress uniform. Of bright scarlet, IN perfect or
der at steady, regular Pssee without mG;ie:
and some twenty whites dressed as Indians. my
boyish fancy was struck with their appearance,
as | expected every moment to see them torn to
pieces By those 32-pounders double charge with
canister and grape.
THE SURRENDER.
My brother Thomas stood ready at the guns
In his hand n lighted match was held M in the
air.. He was in the very act of firing when Col.
said. - Don't fire, the white flag Is up" At
that instant Capt. Hull, who had been across
the river with flag Of truce. fell in with us on
up. your father bas surrendered" Captain
Hull exclaimed, My God is it possible" "
Captain Hull afterwards showed great bra
WrnN. Ia Naa.rn fwa. -. l.
killed.
During the British occupation of Detroit the
following incident occurred between the British
tOsh in Sandwich
Mcintosh was the agent of the N. W. Fur
Company in Canada. and my brother had mar;
ried sister of his. had been in the habit of
going over to spond Sunday and going to church
In Sandwich.
church in that part of the land at that time.
the daughters of MIR. Mcintosh. On the Sunday
utter ne surrender Tent e oyer with my broth
his staff officers dining with Mcintosh.
INCIDENTS.
The host called on all the officers present for
toasts beginning with Con Brock. Towards tea
bis hand on my shoulder saying in his broad
Scotch: Come my lad, give us a toast" "
had become much attached to Capt. Hull-,son Of
thS General; On the trip to Detroit he had
family connections. SO / showed my chair back :.
it9od It up, an9 R,a gave them hCartain Hull
table. saying, BY George that's good one. D."
man an enemy Vie He 6ad n heard the SrdSS dSs
taking the British frigate GnsrriCre The joke
was, / meant Capt. Hull of the army. they
drink the toast n, tq Capt Hull Of the Navy.
the taking of tho Gnerriere pretty good offset
to our surrender of Detroit.
Mcintosh clapped me on the shoulder and
said, that's right my boy always stick to your
Col. Cass, with the officers taken at Detroit,
went on board the Queen Chariotfe as prisoners,
ara. Gen; Brock being aboard the same vessel
Cnts asked him how he could have thopgbt, nj
the small force he had. why, sir, said he,
know there was something the matter with
your army. | could not tell whether the fault
was in the army or in the general: 1t was a
tOrlorn hope with me unless / could conclude
an armistice with Dearborn, bring my whole
SS lhoa s1d 9 Hks it,
During the succeeding Winter lived at Sand
wich. and went to school. Proctor $ headquar-
two snow forts-oue for the Yankees, and one
for the British.
We were throwing snow balls at each other,
when party of Indians made their u ppearance.
There were two Indians and n squaw, and one
white man their prisoner. 1t was the Ottawa
Chief Otuso. with his wife and son.
NOBLE RED MAN.
asked the white man if he was prisoner.
That he was Major Baker, Of the 9th Regiment
U. S. Infnntry. Ny school tea cher allowed me
TO invite him TO take supper and sleep with me
and the Indians lay on the door between Us and
the door. Bnker said there could not be a bet
ter man than ,otnsso. That he had treated him
and eggs. had made FIRE for him in the woods
and used him like n brother. 0tussO's son
asked his father why he did not make that
his son that man is chief in his own ma
ticn; you must treat him ak you would wish
me to be treated were prisoner" This was
the evening after the massacre at the River
Raisin; while otusso and his prisoner were
camped in the woods | went to Detroit with
the party next day, and my brother bought the
prisoner from 0tusso for one hundred dollars.
We had then 10 give him up to the British. He
was sent to Halifax and there exchanged, in
time to return with Hnrrison's army when they
took possession of Detroit. One day Gen. Har-
rrison and several officers. one of whom was this
Major Baker. was sitting in his room, at head
quarters in Detroit. when the Indian interpret
or William Conner came in, md reported q par
ty of Indians with flag of truce in the edge Of
the woods.
The General said to Major Baker. "tnko
flag and meet those Indians" Ysu may imag-
inc the surprise of Major Baker, TO find Il was
his former captor Otusso.
Otusso was equally surprised, and please to
md his former prisoner who came TO meet him.
They met as cordially MS two brothers After
Baker had told Gen. Harrison how we'll he had
been treated. the Indians were furnished quar-
ters. and Handsomely entertained. The next
day talk was held in due form, presents were
given them, and n meeting was appointed for
the next spring mt Greenville.
AN INDIAN QUEEN.
Otussn was descendant of Pontiac and Mt the
time of his death the last of his family, and
the last war chief of his nation remaining on
the Maumee River. His mother was a sort Of
Indian Queen and grand niece 10 Pontiac.
She was held in great reverence by the Indi-
ans; SO much so, that at the treaty Of Maumee
in 1877, sho then being very old. and wrinkled
and bent over with are, her hair perfectly
white. no chief wonld sign the treaty until she
had first consented and made her mark BY
touching her fingers 70 the pen. At that treaty
there were 1000 Indians gathered together.
When the treaty was agreed upon. the head
chiefs and warriors sat round the inner circle
she had place among them the remaining
Indiana with the women and children forming
a crowd outside. The chiefs sat on seats built
under the roof of the council house, which was
open on a. sides, The whole Assembly kept
silence. The chiefs bowed their heads and cast
their eyes to the ground and waited patiently
for the old woman, until she rose, went for
ward end touched the pen 70 the treaty, after
II had been read to them in her presence.
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