use of Assembly 342

Patriotic address of the Assembly to the people of Upper Canada,
and remarks upon it 342

CHAPTER LI.

FIRST INVASION OF UPPER CANADA, IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT,
BY GENERAL HULL, AND HIS PROCLAMATION TO THE INHABITANTS OF UPPER
CANADA, GIVEN ENTIRE IN A NOTE 346-351

General Brock's manly and overwhelming reply to General
Hull's proclamation, in an address to the people of Canada 349

CHAPTER LII.

GENERAL BROCK TAKES DETROIT, GENERAL HULL'S ARMY, THE
TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN, AND IMMENSE MILITARY STORES 352-364

INCIDENTS OF THIS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.

1. Smallness of General Brock's army, and the manner in which
he collected it 353

Preparations at Windsor for the attack upon Detroit before
General Brock's arrival there 353

Crossing the river, and the surrender of Fort Detroit, &c. 354

2. General Brock's council with the Indians at Sandwich
before crossing the river at Detroit; his conversation with
the great chief Tecumseh; and after the taking of Detroit,
takes off his sash and places it around Tecumseh, who next day
placed it around the Wyandot chief, Round Head; reasons for
it given to General Brock 355

General Brock's estimate of Tecumseh, and the latter's
watching and opinion on the conduct of the former 356

Particulars of Tecumseh's personal history and death (in a note) 357

Surprise and taking of Michillimackinack, and other defeats,
discouraging to General Hull, before his surrender of Detroit 358

Particulars of the surrender 361

General Brock's proclamation to the people of Michigan 362

Remarks on the difference in sentiment and style between
this proclamation to the inhabitants of Michigan and that of
General Hull to the inhabitants of Canada 363

General Brock's return to York; having in 19 days settled
public legislative business, raised a little army, taken a
territory nearly as large as Upper Canada, and an army three
times as numerous as his own 364

CHAPTER LIII.

SECOND INVASION OF UPPER CANADA AT QUE