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surrender
of all
French to the
sons
the
westward
in these d i s t ant
of
Niagara.. The
posts
at
once
of
·
lalrns
in canoes
transporting
dangerous 9 and
from Fort
Pitt
a
re
few
still
themselves with the
the
cargo. This
of
loss
of
navit_:;L,tion of
method of transport
only
slov:,
vvas
to General Monckt o n on 3:oth Jw"le 11 1761, Colonel Henry Bou-
Vessel up on Lake
Erie would be
of
of grea t
on Lake Erie,:::aid.
service
to support
this recommendation and
the
others� before
t-:10
of that year,a party of workmen with necessary tools and materials
came
as
the
employment of many s ki l l ed boatmen.1r:ri ting
advanced Posts. 11As a result
end
the
occupied by the
evident.Since
q_uet,who had lately t ake n possession of Presg_urisle
thatna
dcd for
and la r ge flat-bottomed bateaixx:,capable
tonrJ
g_uired
�
pro
diffioul ty of mai:ntaininc 5arr:J,,,-
became
Griffon the French had contented
upper
•:._.,..
military und trading posts
-�----�- �--
the
/c
cncd at Montreal
:C'lle articles
_from Hew York and established
Navy
Island
in
a
small shipyard on what
the Niagara river above
became known
the Falls.Sir William Johnson
on
1:\1a.s
some personal supervision to the work which carried under the diA
�
.
rection of John Dease,his nephew.A considerable quantity of sawn timber
gave
and
plank9prepared by the French
creek9and
and
s a il e
sloop or
a
a
supplies for
east
name
the
ne xt two
years� the
slooiis
B ost o n , q.].adwin.11and jTicto-c.Y..
Navy Island.All the stores for these
ships
v:ere
c:.-::u.
the western :posts were laboriously brou,ght over the port;s.ge
the st�rehouse at
side ,of' the river to '1the upper landing , which had received
o:f Fort
Ameri9ans, of
schooners
Chip_pawa
Huron�was launched and ricged,
d for Detroit in October. During the
b.uilt and eg_uipped at
the
opportunely discovered in
schooner,named
Charlotte ,and the
on the
was
Schlosser, in honour
that name, who was
of
a Swiss
officer
tempor13:rily in cornmand.
of tr.. ::::
Royal
�The Jill,:c_on�commanded by Captain Thomas Robison�and
u.sefully employed in the ex:ploration of
were
channels,and the
same
28th .August,17639and the Huron
ho st il i t i es
year.The
usually called11the
ces::.>ful .All the
ed by
their garrisons,and
been redu.ced to the
·rnse:rt A. )
that
Even
a
to the
and Fort
were
tne
d i.�ms ter
were
months
de sori bed
sue-
taken o::.� abandon-
closely besieged.
employed in carrying su)pl�leS
a:ad
Detroit2which had.
would scarcely have
aid,it
been possible.
Niagara portage was annihilated
some
was
Pitt
Indians�
amazingly
straits.Without that seasonable
succesful resistance
convoy on
either
were
beleaguered garrison a.t
greatest
transport rend.ered for
'.C11i s
Erie
lost later in the
at fi:rst
Pontiac�"were
D e troit
on Lake
a small reinforcement
seem
of
was
river
tne
but
western confederacy of
smaller mil i t a r y stations
t The remaining ships
I would
L-�.::;
begun by the
conspiracy
and the
of :provisions and troops
transportation
wrecked on the
v:as
Lake Erie
f u:c
impracticable.
by
0ir
in
William Johns on
in North Americn. dated
J�ord Amh<.:Tst, then Commander in Chief
11
,
l:; t ter
_5th
..
c
to
i:Jtem�/
·
ber� 176-;,.
nrrnis
office� and
the
morning
24 menpwho
to�-c;ther with tw o
were
companies
sustain them.Our
Campbell,Frazier,and Roscoe
of the
or nine
woru1.cled. The
sive
of
several of
the fate of
garrison;and
as
the
t he
all the
ed or taken, it will be
over
the
express
informinc;
several .waggons
escorting
of
Colonel
on
l o ss
of the
enemy� who
Genesee,scal:ped all the
and threw
an
Willmott
this
1s
and
-,.:nt
ox-te:.ms
cm
over
entirely defeated,
regiment
9
'-Nnici1 .nad
of
occasion consists
regulars,Captain
me
Lieuts.
Johnson and Lieut.
Pr o vincials and sixty�rivates killed�with about eight
Drayton
or
received
Niagara,had been attacked and
carrying-place.at
marcheu to
I have
carrying-place
are
supposed to be
Senecas
Chenussio
dead,took all the clothes,arms,and. ammunition,
bodies
down
a
precipice.I am greatly apprehen-
Detroit,they being in much want,I
cattle�&o.,which
impossible
for
of
to
were at
Niagara are eitlJ.er kill,_c
get any necessarj.es
the remainder of.
fear i:n that
transported
�11I
shall immediately se nd belts
QSe every effectual
ments
by the
measure
to
all the friendly nations and
for preventing t he destruction of
enemy Indians,who
are
but
our
settle-
much encouraged from their
too
repeated successes."
lost no time
Amherst
De troi t ,for which he
.
the number
of
ships
11As
Early in the
Transportation
& the
Bradstreet to wri te
rectly to Niagara
Sloops
to Assemble
wro te
October,
the
the
utmost .importance to
relief
of
increase
Erie.
a Large
at
.L1iagara
cowuandant
of F'ort
Body of
from New York to
the
Troops
1763, n& that Vessels will be wanted for their
Service to
Detroit,&ca$,I have
to Boston for
that the proper
a
Timbers may be
in the po w er o:f your
Timbers, tha t no Delays
the
:prepared for Eu ilcL.L::1g
..
Season will
Garrison,for
may happen thro'
Permit
o
Orcie:c
:preparing &
the
CRUIKSHANK Papers
Mem0rials Gf F�rt Erie-Early Navigation on Lt!ike Erie.
From the 'Pu..blie
Ottawa ..
Colonel
directed
Master Builder,who will proceed. di-
or S c ho o ne rs ,as Early as
Every Assistance
Ready the
on Lake
Spring� "he
29th
Three
considered it of
I intend
lhagara.,on the
in making preparations for
Mr�hives Cf�anad�
want of
n:,,,m
;e·tting
tiiem: when
�
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