A Chapter of the History of the War of 1812 in the Northwest
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Excerpt from A Chapter of the History of the War of 1812 in the Northwest: Embracing the Surrender of the Northwestern Army and Fort, at Detroit, August 16, 1812, With a Description and Biographical Sketch of the Celebrated Indian Chief TecumsehMonstrances on the part of our Government. It was finally, after the close of this War by Wayne's treaty at Greenville of the third of. August, 1795, evacuated, and our territory at that point was relieved of the presence of a hostile ¿ag, and the forces of a foreign power, for so long a time tres passing upon our territory and instigating and assisting the savage tribes to continued hostility against our earliest settlers, in what was at that time a vast wilderness. They however but crossed the head of the Lake to their previously established post of Malden, just at the entrance of the Detroit River into the Lake, and from this point they sought to keep a strong hold upon the Indian tribes of the old north-western territory as well as all others that they Could reach or control. In carrying this policy into effect they made Malden them great trading post, and from it made to the Indians annually presents of arms and ammunition as well as medals, trinkets anci.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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