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An extensive open plain intervene* be* tween tfie Tit'ef and the hill upon which the batteries- of the enemy were placed ; this plain was raked by lour of our eighteen pounders, a twelve and 8l.su* ;*ne enemy, fcvea before their guns were spiked, could not. have bro’t one to bear upon it* So .poffcCty socured was their re-t re at that the 150 men who eame on effect* ed it without loss and brought off some ol the wounded, one of them upon the backa of bis cotpr*des. The Indians followed them to tifc Woods, but dared not enter id-to tho pluin,I aiVr'tibdble to form a Correct estimate of Um'eitbrty'a force. The prisoners varied much in thetr accounts; those who made them last, stated the regulars at 550 and militia ot 800 j tyit the number* of Indians were beyond cofhpurrison greater than hare uvcr been bro’t into the field before ; numbers arrived after the siege commenced. I have caused their camps on the south-cast aiU« of the river to be particular* ly examined, and the general opinion is, that thero could not have been fewer on that side than 1000 or 1200 ; they were indeed tho officieut loree of the enemy.I have tbohonoi 'to' acknowledge ibe receipt, of your favors of the 14th, 18th and 38th ult. and 4th inst.Iamsorty to inform yon that Major Stoddard died the night before I left the Rapids, of a lock-jaw, produced by a slight wound from a fragment of a shell which struck himon| the thigh. Several have died in that way from their great and unavoidable c xposure to the cold ; but per-hsps there never were so many instances of desperate wounds being likely to do well*The gallant captain Bradford will reco-I shall go from here to Upper Sandusky, and shall tak? my station it Delaware or Frunklintofi until the troops arc assembled. Gcnera Clay who commands the Rapids, Is a man of capacity and entirely to be re* ied on*1 I have the honor to be with great respect air, your humble seraant.WM, HENRY HARRISON.The hon. Joan Armsthuno,Sccrctaryat War,Return of the killed and wounded in the siege ot Camp Meigs, and the several sorties of the 5th inst.V. ». Artillery, 1 killedU. S. Infan. 39 killed, 90 wounded, aggre,t. S. Drag. 3 do Kent Milit 30 do Ohio do 3 do 12 mo Vol 9 do Detachm. T of Infant. X 3 do of the U317 do 42 do 8 do 29 do1293 doTot. killed 81 tot.wd. 189 tot. kill k wonnd. 69REMARKS.Majors Stoddard and Hukill—the former died of his wounds, the latter slightly wounded.Sixty-four of the above were killed in the sorties, and one hundred and twenty-four wounded: the balance, eighty-one, killed end wounded within the fortified camp.J O, FALLON, Acting A«. Adj. Gen.Copy lt;ff a Ictttr from Gen. Clat to Generai Hark ison.Camp at Fort Meigs, May , 1813.Rn,—*On the 5th inst. about 8 o’clock A M* descending the Miami of the lake about midway the Rapids, with 1200 of the Mentucky troops in 18 flat bottomed boats 1 was met by Captain Hamilto and a subaltern, who delivered to me as he said|the oideraof Major Gan. Harrison to thej following effect.** Y«»u must detach about 800 men from your brig *de, who will land at point I will •hew about one or one and a half miles a-bove the Fort, and I will conduct them to the British batteries on the left bank of the river. They must take possession of the enemies cannon, spike them, cut down the carriages, and return to their boats.*’Observing that the British force at their large batteries was incoiiderable, but that their .main force was at the old garrison a. bout 1 and a half miles below on the same side of the river; that the Iodian forces were chiefly on the right bank of the river: “ The balance of the men under your command must land on the right bank opposite the first landing, and will fight their way through the Indians to the Fort,” observing that the route thus to bo taken would be shewn by a subaltern officer there, in company with Cept, Hamilton, who would land the Percgue at the point on the right bank, at which the boats would land.The order of descending the river in boats was the same as the order of march in line of battle iu solid column, each officer taking position according to his rank. Col. Dudley, the eldest colonel, led the van,land in this order the river had been descended. As soon as capt. Hamilton had delivered these orders, being in the 13thboat from the front, I directed him to proceed immediately to Col- Dudley and order him to take the men in the 12 front boats and execute Gen. Harrison’s orders on the Jell bank of the river ; and post his (capt. Hamilton's) subaltern on the right bank to conduct myselt with the men in the six rear boats to the Fort. I ordered the 5 boats m the rear to fall in « line and follow me.— High winds and the kapidity of the current drove four of the rear boats ashore in the attempt to follow on according to order,' where they remained a short time, sufficient however to detain them half or 3 quarters of p mile io the rear. To land according to order I kept close along the right bsnk until opposite col. Dudley’s landing' There J found no guide lefs to conduct me to the Fort as Gapt. Hamilton had prom, ised. I then made an attemptto cross the river and join col. Dudley, but Irom the rapid current on the falls I was unable to land on the point with him. Being nearly half way across the river, and the waves running too high to risk the boat then driving down the current sidewise— veered a-bout the boat and rowed the best way we could to saveosrboat. My attemptto cross the river to Col. Dudley occasioned all the boats (I presume in the rear of me) end which were then out of hailing distance to crossover and land with Col. Dudley.Having been detected in a landing on the left, we then endeavored to effect one oe Ihe right, even without a guide: But before a landing could be effected we received a brisk fire from the enemy on snore, which was returned and kept up on both sides. And I was in this unavoidable situation compelled to make to Fort Meigs with no other force than about fif y men on board (the o-ther boots being still in the rear) and to receive the enemy's fire until we arrived under the protection of the fort. Col. Boswell’s command (excrpt the men in my boat) having landed to join col* Dudley, were, at I have been informed, ordered by captain Hamilton immediately to embark and land oa the right band shore about a mile aboV* the fort and prepare to fight his way thro' to the garria n.The colonel embarked, landed as he conceived at the proper point, pursuant to captain Hamilton’s order, and was forming his men in order of battle, when he was met by capt. ahaw, and ordered to march into the garrison at open order, the safest route jWhen my own boat landed we were met by two men who took charge of the boat as we undertood to bring her under the protection of the fort batteries. Bclieveing our baggage to be thus made safe we forbid our servants to carry any portion of it, but loaded them with canon ball whish they bore to the fort. Our baggage Was however taken by the Indians in a very abort time after we left the boat. Upon receive* ing the ofdtrs ef capt. Hamilton, I asked if he had brought spikes to spike the cne-my’s cannon. To which he replied he bad plenty.I am, sir, respectfully,Your obedient servant, GREEN CLAY, Brig. Gen.flie ExcellencyMajor Gen. Harrison.P. S. Capt* Hamilton on delivering the r.rders of Gen. Harrison, observed that the object of landing and marching a portion of troops on the right bank as to draw the at-tent ion of the Indians, and by thus engaging them afford an opportunity to the Garrison to make a tally and by a circuitous rcutfe surprize and curry the batteries and cannon ot the enemy below the fort on the right bank.G, C. Brig. Gen.A true copy,G. Cbochah, A. D. G.UPPER CANADA,The following Information was obtained from the latest edition of the Geography of Doctor Morse.Extent.—If, as we suppose, this province ia considered as extending to Luke Winnipee westward and northward to Poplar river, which falls into the middle of that lake from the east; the following account of its size and situation may be regarded as generally accurate. Its southern extremity on Lake Erie is in lat. 42 30 N. its northcrnjat Poplar river in lat. 52 20, its eastern on lake St. Francis in Ion- 74 degrees W. and its western on lake Mfinnepec in Ion. 97 degrees. The northern line geneeallv however, is believed to be considerably south of lat. 52 30. Its length from east to west oi this supposition is 1090 miles. Its greatest breadth from Lako Erie to the northern line is 525 miles; the average breadth is not more than 250 or 300.Bovndariet—Bounded N. by New Britain j N. E. by Lower Canada; E. by the same, and by the river St. Lawrance, Lake Ontario, and Niagara river, which divide it from New-York; S. by lakes Erie, Huron, and Superior, and Winnipee river, which divide it from New-York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan Territory, and the N. W.1 » V • .7 . uy iFtu-oii river,lake St. Clair, Huron river and lake, Winnipee river and lake Winnipee.Keltgim.--The great part of the province is destitute of regular gospel ministry. At Kings-ton, Newark, and a few other places, there are settled clergymen. RScept these places, Uie
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