40

VII. MUTINY AND DESERTION 47

VIII. FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 52

IX. FUR-TRADERS AND HABITANTS 55

X. THE MASSACRE AT MACKINAW 59

XI. LITTLE YORK, NIAGARA, AMHERSTBURG 64

XII. MAJOR-GENERAL BROCK, GOVERNOR OF UPPER CANADA 72

XIII. THE WAR CLOUD 75

XIV. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DECLARES WAR 80

XV. BROCK ACCEPTS HULL'S CHALLENGE 87

XVI. "EN AVANT, DETROIT!" 92

XVII. OUR HERO MEETS TECUMSEH 96

XVIII. AN INDIAN POW-WOW 100

XIX. THE ATTACK ON DETROIT 105

XX. BROCK'S VICTORY 109

XXI. CHAGRIN IN THE UNITED STATES 112

XXII. PREVOST'S ARMISTICE 117

XXIII. "HERO, DEFENDER, SAVIOUR" 121

XXIV. BROCK'S LAST COUNCIL 128

XXV. THE MIDNIGHT GALLOP 135

XXVI. THE ATTACK ON THE REDAN 140

XXVII. VAN RENSSELAER'S CAMP 144

XXVIII. A FOREIGN FLAG FLIES ON THE REDAN 147

XXIX. THE BATTLE OF QUEENSTON HEIGHTS 152

XXX. THE DEATH OF ISAAC BROCK 156

SUPPLEMENT--

AFTER BROCK'S DEATH 161

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1812 165

THE CAMPAIGN OF 1813 167

THE CAMPAIGN OF 1814 171

WHAT OF CANADA? 173

APPENDIX 175

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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PORTRAIT OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK _Frontispiece_

"VIEW OF ST. PETER'S PORT, GUERNSEY, 18 x 6" 11

NAVY HALL, REMNANT OF THE OLD "RED BARRACKS," NIAGARA, 1797 27

PORTRAIT OF COLONEL JAMES FITZGIBBON 32

VIEW OF QUEENSTON ROAD, ABOUT 1824 40

RUINS OF OLD POWDER MAGAZINE, FORT GEORGE