THE INDIANS CONTINUE TO BLOCKADE DETROIT.
We return once more to Detroit and its beleaguered1 garrison2. On the nineteenth of June, a rumor3 reached them that one of the vessels5 had been seen near Turkey Island, some miles below the fort, but that, the wind failing her, she had dropped down with the current, to wait a more favorable opportunity. It may be remembered that this vessel4 had, several weeks before, gone down Lake Erie to hasten the advance of Cuyler’s expected detachment. Passing these troops on her way, she had held her course to Niagara; and here she had remained until the return of Cuyler, with the remnant of his men, made known the catastrophe6 that had befallen him. This officer, and the survivors7 of his party, with a few other troops spared from the garrison of Niagara, were ordered to embark8 in her, and make the best of their way back to Detroit. They had done so, and now, as we have seen, were almost within sight of the fort; but the critical part of the undertaking9 yet remained. The river channel was in some places narrow, and more than eight hundred Indians were on the alert to intercept10 their passage.
For several days, the officers at Detroit heard nothing farther of the vessel, when, on the twenty-third, a great commotion11 was visible among the Indians, large parties of whom were seen to pass along the outskirts12 of the woods, behind the fort. The cause of these movements was unknown till evening, when M. Baby came in with intelligence that the vessel was again attempting to ascend13 the river, and that all the Indians had gone to attack her. Upon this, two cannon15 were fired, that those on board might know that the fort still held out. This done, all remained in much anxiety awaiting the result.
The schooner16, late that afternoon, began to move slowly upward, with a gentle breeze, between the main shore and the long-extended margin17 of Fighting Island. About sixty men215 were crowded on board, of whom only ten or twelve were visible on deck; the officer having ordered the rest to lie hidden below, in hope that the Indians, encouraged by this apparent weakness, might make an open attack. Just before reaching the narrowest part of the channel, the wind died away, and the anchor was dropped. Immediately above, and within gunshot of the vessel, the Indians had made a breastwork of logs, carefully concealed19 by bushes, on the shore of Turkey Island. Here they lay in force, waiting for the schooner to pass. Ignorant of this, but still cautious and wary20, the crew kept a strict watch from the moment the sun went down.
Hours wore on, and nothing had broken the deep repose21 of the night. The current gurgled with a monotonous22 sound around the bows of the schooner, and on either hand the wooded shores lay amid the obscurity, black and silent as the grave. At length, the sentinel could discern, in the distance, various moving objects upon the dark surface of the water. The men were ordered up from below, and all took their posts in perfect silence. The blow of a hammer on the mast was to be the signal to fire. The Indians, gliding23 stealthily over the water in their birch canoes, had, by this time, approached within a few rods of their fancied prize, when suddenly the dark side of the slumbering24 vessel burst into a blaze of cannon and musketry, which illumined the night like a flash of lightning. Grape- and musket-shot flew tearing among the canoes, destroying several of them, killing25 fourteen Indians, wounding as many more, and driving the rest in consternation26 to the shore.[232] Recovering from their surprise, they began to fire upon the vessel from behind their breastwork; upon which she weighed anchor, and dropped down once more beyond their reach, into the broad river below. Several days afterwards, she again attempted to ascend. This time, she met with better success; for, though the Indians fired at her constantly from the shore, no man was hurt, and at length she left behind her the perilous27 channels of the Islands. As she passed the Wyandot village, she sent a shower of grape among its yelping28 inhabitants, by which several were killed;216 and then, furling her sails, lay peacefully at anchor by the side of her companion vessel, abreast29 of the fort.
The schooner brought to the garrison a much-needed supply of men, ammunition30, and provisions. She brought, also, the important tidings that peace was at length concluded between France and England. The bloody31 and momentous32 struggle of the French war, which had shaken North America since the year 1755, had indeed been virtually closed by the victory on the Plains of Abraham, and the junction33 of the three British armies at Montreal. Yet up to this time, its embers had continued to burn, till at length peace was completely established by formal treaty between the hostile powers. France resigned her ambitious project of empire in America, and ceded34 Canada and the region of the lakes to her successful rival. By this treaty, the Canadians of Detroit were placed in a new position. Hitherto they had been, as it were, prisoners on capitulation, neutral spectators of the quarrel between their British conquerors35 and the Indians; but now their allegiance was transferred from the crown of France to that of Britain, and they were subjects of the English king. To many of them the change was extremely odious36, for they cordially hated the British. They went about among the settlers and the Indians, declaring that the pretended news of peace was only an invention of Major Gladwyn; that the king of France would never abandon his children; and that a great French army was even then ascending37 the St. Lawrence, while another was approaching from the country of the Illinois.[233] This oft-repeated falsehood was implicitly38 believed by the Indians, who continued firm in the faith that their Great Father was about to awake from his sleep, and wreak39 his vengeance40 upon the insolent41 English, who had intruded42 on his domain43.
Pontiac himself clung fast to this delusive44 hope; yet he was greatly vexed45 at the safe arrival of the vessel, and the assistance she had brought to the obstinate46 defenders47 of Detroit. He exerted himself with fresh zeal48 to gain possession of the place, and attempted to terrify Gladwyn into submission49. He sent a message, in which he strongly urged him to surrender,217 adding, by way of stimulus50, that eight hundred more Ojibwas were every day expected, and that, on their arrival, all his influence could not prevent them from taking the scalp of every Englishman in the fort. To this friendly advice Gladwyn returned a brief and contemptuous answer.
Pontiac, having long been anxious to gain the Canadians as auxiliaries51 in the war, now determined52 on a final effort to effect his object. For this purpose, he sent messages to the principal inhabitants, inviting53 them to meet him in council. In the Ottawa camp, there was a vacant spot, quite level, and encircled by the huts of the Indians. Here mats were spread for the reception of the deputies, who soon convened54, and took their seats in a wide ring. One part was occupied by the Canadians, among whom were several whose withered55, leathery features proclaimed them the patriarchs of the secluded56 little settlement. Opposite these sat the stern-visaged Pontiac, with his chiefs on either hand, while the intervening portions of the circle were filled by Canadians and Indians promiscuously57 mingled58. Standing59 on the outside, and looking over the heads of this more dignified60 assemblage, was a motley throng61 of Indians and Canadians, half-breeds, trappers, and voyageurs, in wild and picturesque62, though very dirty attire63. Conspicuous64 among them were numerous Indian dandies, a large class in every aboriginal65 community, where they hold about the same relative position as do their counterparts in civilized66 society. They were wrapped in the gayest blankets, their necks adorned67 with beads68, their cheeks daubed with vermilion, and their ears hung with pendants. They stood sedately69 looking on, with evident self-complacency, yet ashamed and afraid to take their places among the aged18 chiefs and warriors70 of repute.
All was silent, and several pipes were passing round from hand to hand, when Pontiac rose, and threw down a war-belt at the feet of the Canadians.
“My brothers,” he said, “how long will you suffer this bad flesh to remain upon your lands? I have told you before, and I now tell you again, that when I took up the hatchet71, it was for your good. This year the English must all perish throughout Canada. The Master of Life commands it; and you, who know him better than we, wish to oppose his will. Until now218 I have said nothing on this matter. I have not urged you to take part with us in the war. It would have been enough had you been content to sit quiet on your mats, looking on, while we were fighting for you. But you have not done so. You call yourselves our friends, and yet you assist the English with provisions, and go about as spies among our villages. This must not continue. You must be either wholly French or wholly English. If you are French, take up that war-belt, and lift the hatchet with us; but if you are English, then we declare war upon you. My brothers, I know this is a hard thing. We are all alike children of our Great Father the King of France, and it is hard to fight among brethren for the sake of dogs. But there is no choice. Look upon the belt, and let us hear your answer.”[234]
One of the Canadians, having suspected the purpose of Pontiac, had brought with him, not the treaty of peace, but a copy of the capitulation of Montreal with its dependencies, including Detroit. Pride, or some other motive72, restrained him from confessing that the Canadians were no longer children of the King of France, and he determined to keep up the old delusion73 that a French army was on its way to win back Canada, and chastise74 the English invaders75. He began his speech in reply to Pontiac by professing76 great love for the Indians, and a strong desire to aid them in the war. “But, my brothers,” he added, holding out the articles of capitulation, “you must first untie77 the knot with which our Great Father, the King, has bound us. In this paper, he tells all his Canadian children to sit quiet and obey the English until he comes, because he wishes to punish his enemies himself. We dare not disobey him, for he would then be angry with us. And you, my brothers, who speak of making war upon us if we do not do as you wish, do you think you could escape his wrath78, if you should raise the hatchet against his French children? He would treat you as enemies, and not as friends, and you would have to fight both English and French at once. Tell us, my brothers, what can you reply to this?”
Pontiac for a moment sat silent, mortified79, and perplexed;219 but his purpose was not destined80 to be wholly defeated. “Among the French,” says the writer of the diary, “were many infamous81 characters, who, having no property, cared nothing what became of them.” Those mentioned in these opprobrious82 terms were a collection of trappers, voyageurs, and nondescript vagabonds of the forest, who were seated with the council, or stood looking on, variously attired83 in greasy84 shirts, Indian leggins, and red woollen caps. Not a few among them, however, had thought proper to adopt the style of dress and ornament85 peculiar86 to the red men, who were their usual associates, and appeared among their comrades with paint rubbed on their cheeks, and feathers dangling87 from their hair. Indeed, they aimed to identify themselves with the Indians, a transformation88 by which they gained nothing; for these renegade whites were held in light esteem89, both by those of their own color and the savages90 themselves. They were for the most part a light and frivolous91 crew, little to be relied on for energy or stability; though among them were men of hard and ruffian features, the ringleaders and bullies92 of the voyageurs, and even a terror to the Bourgeois[235] himself. It220 was one of these who now took up the war-belt, and declared that he and his comrades were ready to raise the hatchet for Pontiac. The better class of Canadians were shocked at this proceeding93, and vainly protested against it. Pontiac, on his part, was much pleased at such an accession to his forces, and he and his chiefs shook hands, in turn, with each of their new auxiliaries. The council had been protracted94 to a late hour. It was dark before the assembly dissolved, “so that,” as the chronicler observes, “these new Indians had no opportunity of displaying their exploits that day.” They remained in the Indian camp all night, being afraid of the reception they might meet among their fellow-whites in the settlement. The whole of the following morning was employed in giving them a feast of welcome. For this entertainment a large number of dogs were killed, and served up to the guests; none of whom, according to the Indian custom on such formal occasions, were permitted to take their leave until they had eaten the whole of the enormous portion placed before them.
Pontiac derived95 little advantage from his Canadian allies, most of whom, fearing the resentment96 of the English and the other inhabitants, fled, before the war was over, to the country of the Illinois.[236] On the night succeeding the feast, a party of the renegades, joined by about an equal number of Indians, approached the fort, and intrenched themselves, in order to fire upon the garrison. At daybreak, they were observed, the gate was thrown open, and a file of men, headed by Lieutenant97 Hay, sallied to dislodge them. This was effected without much difficulty. The Canadians fled with such despatch,221 that all of them escaped unhurt, though two of the Indians were shot.
It happened that among the English was a soldier who had been prisoner, for several years, among the Delawares, and who, while he had learned to hate the whole race, at the same time had acquired many of their habits and practices. He now ran forward, and, kneeling on the body of one of the dead savages, tore away the scalp, and shook it, with an exultant98 cry, towards the fugitives99.[237] This act, as afterwards appeared, excited great rage among the Indians.
Lieutenant Hay and his party, after their successful sally, had retired101 to the fort; when, at about four o’clock in the afternoon, a man was seen running towards it, closely pursued by Indians. On his arriving within gunshot, they gave over the chase, and the fugitive100 came panting beneath the stockade102, where a wicket was flung open to receive him. He proved to be the commandant of Sandusky, who, having, as before mentioned, been adopted by the Indians, and married to an old squaw, now seized the first opportunity of escaping from her embraces.
Through him, the garrison learned the unhappy tidings that Captain Campbell was killed. This gentleman, from his high personal character, no less than his merit as an officer, was held in general esteem; and his fate excited a feeling of anger and grief among all the English in Detroit. It appeared that the Indian killed and scalped, in the skirmish of that morning, was nephew to Wasson, chief of the Ojibwas. On hearing of his death, the enraged103 uncle had immediately blackened his face in sign of revenge, called together a party of his followers104, and repairing to the house of Meloche, where Captain Campbell was kept prisoner, had seized upon him, and bound him fast to a neighboring fence, where they shot him to death with arrows. Others say that they tomahawked him on the spot; but all agree that his body was mutilated in a barbarous manner. His heart is said to have been eaten by his murderers, to make them courageous105; a practice not uncommon106 among Indians, after killing an222 enemy of acknowledged bravery. The corpse107 was thrown into the river, and afterwards brought to shore and buried by the Canadians. According to one authority, Pontiac was privy108 to this act; but a second, equally credible109, represents him as ignorant of it, and declares that Wasson fled to Saginaw to escape his fury; while a third affirms that the Ojibwas carried off Campbell by force from before the eyes of the great chief.[238] The other captive, M’Dougal, had previously110 escaped.
The two armed schooners111, anchored opposite the fort, were now become objects of awe112 and aversion to the Indians. This is not to be wondered at, for, besides aiding in the defence of the place, by sweeping113 two sides of it with their fire, they often caused great terror and annoyance114 to the besiegers. Several times they had left their anchorage, and, taking up a convenient position, had battered115 the Indian camps and villages with no little effect. Once in particular,—and this was the first attempt of the kind,—Gladwyn himself, with several of his officers, had embarked116 on board the smaller vessel, while a fresh breeze was blowing from the north-west. The Indians, on the banks, stood watching her as she tacked117 from shore to shore, and pressed their hands against their mouths in amazement118, thinking that magic power alone could enable her thus to make her way against wind and current.[239] Making a long reach from the opposite shore, she came on directly towards the camp of Pontiac, her sails swelling119, her masts leaning over till the black muzzles120 of her guns almost touched the river. The Indians watched her in astonishment121. On she came, till their fierce hearts exulted122 in the idea that she would run ashore123 within their clutches, when suddenly a shout of command was heard on board, her progress was arrested, she223 rose upright, and her sails flapped and fluttered as if tearing loose from their fastenings. Steadily124 she came round, broadside to the shore; then, leaning once more to the wind, bore away gallantly125 on the other tack14. She did not go far. The wondering spectators, quite at a loss to understand her movements, soon heard the hoarse126 rattling127 of her cable, as the anchor dragged it out, and saw her furling her vast white wings. As they looked unsuspectingly on, a puff128 of smoke was emitted from her side; a loud report followed; then another and another; and the balls, rushing over their heads, flew through the midst of their camp, and tore wildly among the forest-trees beyond. All was terror and consternation. The startled warriors bounded away on all sides; the squaws snatched up their children, and fled screaming; and, with a general chorus of yells, the whole encampment scattered129 in such haste, that little damage was done, except knocking to pieces their frail130 cabins of bark.[240]
This attack was followed by others of a similar kind; and now the Indians seemed resolved to turn all their energies to the destruction of the vessel which caused them such annoyance. On the night of the tenth of July, they sent down a blazing raft, formed of two boats, secured together with a rope, and filled with pitch-pine, birch-bark, and other combustibles, which, by good fortune, missed the vessel, and floated down the stream without doing injury. All was quiet throughout the following night; but about two o’clock on the morning of the twelfth, the sentinel on duty saw a glowing spark of fire on the surface of the river, at some distance above. It grew larger and brighter; it rose in a forked flame, and at length burst forth131 into a broad conflagration132. In this instance, too, fortune favored the vessel; for the raft, which was larger than the former, passed down between her and the fort, brightly gilding133 her tracery of ropes and spars, lighting134 up the old palisades and bastions of Detroit, disclosing the white Canadian farms and houses along the shore, and revealing the dusky margin of the forest behind. It showed, too, a dark group of naked spectators, who stood on the bank to watch the effect of their artifice135, when a cannon flashed, a224 loud report broke the stillness, and before the smoke of the gun had risen, these curious observers had vanished. The raft floated down, its flames crackling and glaring wide through the night, until it was burnt to the water’s edge, and its last hissing136 embers were quenched137 in the river.
Though twice defeated, the Indians would not abandon their plan, but, soon after this second failure, began another raft, of different construction from the former, and so large that they thought it certain to take effect. Gladwyn, on his part, provided boats which were moored138 by chains at some distance above the vessels, and made other preparations of defence, so effectual that the Indians, after working four days upon the raft, gave over their undertaking as useless. About this time, a party of Shawanoe and Delaware Indians arrived at Detroit, and were received by the Wyandots with a salute139 of musketry, which occasioned some alarm among the English, who knew nothing of its cause. They reported the progress of the war in the south and east; and, a few days after, an Abenaki, from Lower Canada, also made his appearance, bringing to the Indians the flattering falsehood that their Great Father, the King of France, was at that moment advancing up the St. Lawrence with his army. It may here be observed, that the name of Father, given to the Kings of France and England, was a mere140 title of courtesy or policy; for, in his haughty141 independence, the Indian yields submission to no man.
It was now between two and three months since the siege began; and if one is disposed to think slightingly of the warriors whose numbers could avail so little against a handful of half-starved English and provincials142, he has only to recollect143, that where barbarism has been arrayed against civilization, disorder144 against discipline, and ungoverned fury against considerate valor145, such has seldom failed to be the result.
At the siege of Detroit, the Indians displayed a high degree of comparative steadiness and perseverance146; and their history cannot furnish another instance of so large a force persisting so long in the attack of a fortified147 place. Their good conduct may be ascribed to their deep rage against the English, to their hope of speedy aid from the French, and to the controlling spirit of Pontiac, which held them to their work. The225 Indian is but ill qualified148 for such attempts, having too much caution for an assault by storm, and too little patience for a blockade. The Wyandots and Pottawattamies had shown, from the beginning, less zeal than the other nations; and now, like children, they began to tire of the task they had undertaken. A deputation of the Wyandots came to the fort, and begged for peace, which was granted them; but when the Pottawattamies came on the same errand, they insisted, as a preliminary, that some of their people, who were detained prisoners by the English, should first be given up. Gladwyn demanded, on his part, that the English captives known to be in their village should be brought to the fort, and three of them were accordingly produced. As these were but a small part of the whole, the deputies were sharply rebuked149 for their duplicity, and told to go back for the rest. They withdrew angry and mortified; but, on the following day, a fresh deputation of chiefs made their appearance, bringing with them six prisoners. Having repaired to the council-room, they were met by Gladwyn, attended only by one or two officers. The Indians detained in the fort were about to be given up, and a treaty concluded, when one of the prisoners declared that there were several others still remaining in the Pottawattamie village. Upon this, the conference was broken off, and the deputies ordered instantly to depart. On being thus a second time defeated, they were goaded150 to such a pitch of rage, that, as afterwards became known, they formed the desperate resolution of killing Gladwyn on the spot, and then making their escape in the best way they could; but, happily, at that moment the commandant observed an Ottawa among them, and, resolving to seize him, called upon the guard without to assist in doing so. A file of soldiers entered, and the chiefs, seeing it impossible to execute their design, withdrew from the fort, with black and sullen151 brows. A day or two afterwards, however, they returned with the rest of the prisoners, on which peace was granted them, and their people set at liberty.
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