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AMERICAN PRISONER* IN' CANADA.On Saturday 'vcck arrived at \lhnnv from Montreal, where lie hid been I u»~ed alive 5.1 days in h pestiferous dungeon. Dr. M'Kcchno, of the Ohiomilitia, who whs m ile prisoner in Jummrv It.sr, while homing a flag of trure to the e-icmv ‘ The Doctor has obligingly furnished tu with a narrative »»t“ liis sufferin'*«, which we subjoin. To aeoount for the unprecedented and brutal conduct pursued towards him, it is necessary to bear in mind, tout the motive of (ion. Harrison lor sending him with a flNg ol’ truce, w; s supposed in be to obtain per. mission to bury the t.end killed at ’ : Itiver Rai-sin ; a request which humanity could not refuse, hut one which prudence forbad Proctor to grunt. Hence the flag wan treated in sii .1, a manner, as to pi event a repetition of tbo request.DR. M’Kr.RIIAXh NARRATIVE.On the 51st of January last, I was ordered by general Ham on to proceed to the River Rui«ir.,'witli u fl ig of truer, undfroin thence to Malden, if not stopped by the Indians. Wc arrived at the foot lt;I the rapids oflhu Miami at dark, und not finding n company of Rangers as expected, we cnee raped in M cave, the horse and c iHote before the door, and the flag standing by ilium. About mid night, the Indiana fired in up^us,killed Mr Leinont. wound-rd myscll in the foot, and made us prisoner-_After dispatching Mr. Lemm.t withthrtomah .uk, so.dpmg a .d stripping him, they seized ... v horse. hiunkcU, and other clothing, and one hundred dub Inrs in gold, which the general had scat to procure necessaries fur the wounded of tieucral Winchester s army.Thai li ght I was mnde to walk more than twenty m.les, to a here captain K lint was stationed with a party of! nilisns. 'I he Captain treated me politely, and sent me to Cola »el Proctor. I was scarce ly seated before the Colonel began to excl.ini u-gainst (ie ie. nl llari l-o n .id he had been used t. tight Indians snd not Riitibh; found fault u it . mr instructions, snd Said the fl.;g was o ily u protest to c .vcr u bud design. I rebutted h • Insi-m .lions withn.ilig lution, which I believe bus been I be cause of nil my troubles linoe I was not recognized in my omai.d ch-mcter until the 5th Pohruury, when I was inform d by Proctor's md, that I should -t-tend on the wounded with Dr. Rower, and tliat I would he sc t to thcU. H. bat bv a different route I °m that which I cum a. Dr. Rower in a feu day* was sen! ho.no and I detdued.On 'i 1 March I w .lt;•lt; arrested hr order or colonel I root nr, and *ocn*'d nf carry!.g n . ..private cor-respoiiduueo. O . the a h, 'without having any tri-mI, ordered to M intrc.d, and li lined on from Port (acorge, night and Jay, although thinly clothed, ami the weather Very i«iL From Kings on to Pres-ecu, I was made local with the ofTnciV svrva.us 1 his course of t..ri«iro being finished on the *J8tli, w hen I arrived in Montreal, .aid w ithout being ask-ad any questions, orsiffur.d to ask any myself, I was p it into the dungou, eight or - on feet Inflow the surface ofthu ground, where I hail neither bed nor bed Iilig, chair, bench or stool —denied pen, ink or paper, or even the use of a book, for I weeks.1 be Only curt rut of air that passed through my a n.r incur, came through the l.owrla of the privy ' Here I was kept thirty three data, when I wa* tr. my great j* y pur up with the American prisoners snd with them permitted to remain till |H»t Mon. day, when I was liberated bv the inter**** ouuflimi Dudley, of the Navy. Coionol iUvi.os, aid to (ho governor, toid mu the omi age which bnd been rum-milled on my person v»us o .ntrary to his orders.I lull fourteen American primucrs in jail, viz.— George 11. liodgcrs, tiuitiwl gtates array; William llollenbnak, O.iis Hooker, Pbilaster Jones, !|..rr Jtiaes,, Lewia Minor, ZebinaConk. y, 1*1.in* Con key, Canton | Seth llames, Csmdeu ; Jund Wi-tbor.l, J »lm Campbell. Hebnlt .rie * Major Wats Oil, Ogdtsnahtirg; Alexander M'firagor, Ralston ; who wcr.j kept m close confiucincin, notwithstanding cplonel Iihhridga and mHiorSliHckletou bad platlg* rd their wurtls to capuiu Conkey, before he !*lt Montreal for Quebec, that they sliould have the li hot ty ol the town during the day. lint the captain wassnatvelv gone, when the pledge was even forgotten or disregarded. The piisoners now are not permitted to p. ociirciich fhingsas llioir small stuck of money would provide. Sometimes they are ball s tiny without water, and two nr three days with-out womI i und if hey complain they arc earned J* abused by the jailor, and told ihryare only allowed a quart of water in the day/ I am rouuevlcU to re-nresent their situation to general Dearborn, w Inch I intend I j do m as 1 arrive at Sscktl's ilar-bur.This i« s sketch of the indignities I have had to put up wuh au.ee the last ol January.I am youi s, A.'hAMCni. M’KEEIl AN,an x. ,rf5T’# Mm®‘ 7,1 n**1' uhl°Miuiis. Albany, May JHh, 1813.
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Virginia Argus
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Mon, Jun 07, 1813
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