Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . position to me; that he,by this time, must be sensible that the garrisonwould fall; that both of us must [view?] all bloodspilt for the future by the garrison as murder; thatmy troops were already impatient, and called aloudfor permission to tear down and storm the fort. Ifsuch a step was taken, many, of course, would becut down; and the result of an enraged body ofwoodsmen breaking in must be obvious to him. Itwould be out of the power of an American officer tosave a single ma
Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . position to me; that he,by this time, must be sensible that the garrisonwould fall; that both of us must [view?] all bloodspilt for the future by the garrison as murder; thatmy troops were already impatient, and called aloudfor permission to tear down and storm the fort. Ifsuch a step was taken, many, of course, would becut down; and the result of an enraged body ofwoodsmen breaking in must be obvious to him. Itwould be out of the power of an American officer tosave a single man. Various altercation took place for a considerabletime. Captain Helm attempted to moderate ourfixed determination. I told him he was a Britishprisoner; and it was doubtful whether or not hecould, with propriety, speak on the subject. Ham-ilton then said that Captain Helm was from thatmoment liberated, and might use his pleasure. I The Capture of Vincennes 449 informed the Ca])tain that 1 would not receive himon such terms; that he must return to tlie garrison,and await his fate, I then told Lieutenant-governor. WE MET AT THE CHURCH Hamilton that hostilities should not commence untilfive minutes after the drums gave the alarm. We took our leave, and parted but a few steps,w^ien Hamilton stopped, and j^olitely asked me if 450 The Capture or Vincennes I would be so kind as to give him my reasons forrefusing the garrison any other terms than those Ihad offered. I told him I had no objections in giv-ing him my real reasons, which Avere simplj^ these:that I knew the greater part of the principal Indianpartisans of Detroit were with him; that I wantedan excuse to put them to death or otherwise treatthem as I thought proper; that the cries of thewidows and the fatherless on the frontiers, whichthey had occasioned, now required their blood frommy hand; and that I did not choose to be so timorousas to disobey the absolute commands of their author-ity, which I looked upon to be next to
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