The Washington times., 1915-03-07

CT, ana Slr george frevost. tne Bov-
etnor general. began to hustle. BY Wig
orous measures they suppressed the
American sympathizers amonS their
people and hurried troops forward to
the support Of the western pos pos'tisn,,, Sn,,;.,
regulars in all Canada when the war
hegan, but they gathered recruits ana
stirred up the Indians es much as pos
sible. and made up by energy. prompt.
In numerical strength.
Hull crossed over from Detroit. sat
down at Sandwich. and Issued a procle-
him. A few did so. and while Re waited
HUI had 800 Asul ,rs and about 1.No
militia. Brock had 800 regulars. 400
militia. and about COO Indians.
Hull Fell Back
To Detroit.
The Indians had cut Huil's COM
munications with Ohio and he fell back
to Detroit. Brock followed. and in the
middle If August Hull ingloriou: ly sur
rendered his entire force without hav-
iEg fired shot. Thus ended the first
move In the much vaunted capture Of
Canada
In his own justification Hull explained
and complained that the conduct Of the
militia had been mutinous. Some Of the
ohio men refused to cross into Canada
and others had refused TO march until
compelled to- do SO bv tho regulars.
There is no doubt that the whole force
ciplinced. insubordinate, and unreliable.
OF course wrath and Indignation over
the disgrace blazed among the people.
coupled with the well grounded fear
Increased activity among the Indians:
An expedition OF 1000 Kentucky
mounted militia. under General Hopkins.
was started off as soon as possible to
hold the Indians in check. 1t reached
Fort Harrison. where Terre Haute now
stands. in October. and soon marched
toward the Indian villages.
On the 4th day OF March 1t met IL
despite the orders and entreaties Of the
officers. the men determined to go hoIn.
and did so. without having encountered
the enemy.
Meanwhile another force was sather-
ing to be commanded by William Henry
Harrison. the hero OF Tippecanoe. There
was great enthusiasm over this propo-
sition. and volunteers and militia came
forward IN greater numbers than were
needed. Three columns were organized
one Of Kentucky and Tennessee mill
tia. one Of men from Virginia, and one
of Pennsylvania militia.
Their destination was the rapids Of the
Maumec. but 1t was not reached be-
tnous, and the Virginia column. after a
small fight with Indians. refused to
obey orders and returned to camp. That
ended the campaign. and Harrison was
forced to wait for reorganization before
attempting further movements.
Meantime Dearborn was dawdlin1 at
Albany. ostensibv collecting forces for
his attempt on Montreal. According 70
the plan for simultaneous invasion of
Canada from four separate points Dear
born should have been moving on Mon
treal when Hull crossed from Detroit.
But instead Of doing that Dearborn
concluded an armistice with Provost
news having reached him that the
British government had rescinded the
orders in council.
The srmistice was disapproved al
Washington, and all II accomplished WAS
disaster to the Americans. For 1t held
back possible American advance IN the
east and left the way clear for General
Brock. after the surrender of Hull. tc
hurry to Fort George and prepare to
| meet the threatened invasion from Buf.
falo and NIAGARA