ies. To Canada, however,
the conflict was intimate and vital, and the narratives written from
this point of view are sounder and of more moment than those produced
across the water. _The Canadian War of 1812_ (1906), published almost a
century after the event, is the work of an Englishman, Sir Charles P.
Lucas, whose lifelong service in the Colonial Office and whose thorough
acquaintance with Canadian history have both been turned to the best
account. Among the Canadian authors in this field are Colonel Ernest A.
Cruikshank and James Hannay. To Colonel Cruikshank falls the greater
credit as a pioneer with his _Documentary History of the Campaign upon
the Niagara Frontier_, 8 vols. (1896-). Hannay's _How Canada Was Held
for the Empire; The Story of the War of 1812_ (1905) displays careful
study but is marred by the controversial and one-sided attitude which
this war inspired on both sides of the border.

Colonel William Wood has avoided this flaw in his _War with the United
States_ (1915) which was published as a volume of the _Chronicles of
Canada_ series. As a compact and scholarly survey, this little book is
recommended to Americans who comprehend that there are two sides to
every question. The Canadians fought stubbornly and successfully to
defend their country against invasion in a war whose slogan "Free Trade
and Sailors' Rights" was no direct concern of theirs.

INDEX

Adair, John, 215
Adams, Henry, quoted, 20, 117
_Adams_ (ship), 141
Alabama, Indians aroused in, 201
_Alabama_ raids compared with those of _Essex_, 154
Albany, militia at Sackett's Harbor from, 77
Alexandria, British fleet at, 197
Allen, Captain W. H., 142, 143
Amherstburg, Canadian post, 11;
Hull plans assault, 11, 14, 16;
Brock at, 17;
defeat of British, 21, 42;
Harrison against, 24, 25;
Procter commands, 26;
British advance from, 27
Anderson, James, of the _Essex_, 162
Annapolis, British fleet at, 187
_Argus_ (brig), 94;
and the _Pelican_, 142-44
_Ariel_ (brig), 57, 62
Armstrong, John, Secretary of War, 37, 175;
plans offensive, 72, 80, 84;
and Wilkinson, 81-82;
orders winter quarters, 82
Army, in 1812, 5-8;
state control, 6-8;
incapable officers, 10-11;
at Niagara, 14-15;
Hull's forces, 15;
mutiny, 17;
failure to supply, 24;
forces under Winchester, 25;
at New Orleans, 210-11
_Astrea_ (ship), 218
_Avon_ (British brig), fight with _Wasp_, 146-47
Bainbridge, Captain William, 90, 95,