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