. Book of the Royal blue . ofwar \ essels commanded by a veteran Britishsailor, Captain Barclay. Before the Britishcould be expelled from that region andpeace given to the people of Ohio, Indianaand Michigan this flotilla had to be sup-pressed, and Commodore Oliver HazardPerry went to Erie, Pa., to build a flotillafor the purpose. He accomplished thiswork after the most arduous exertions, sincemechanics tools, cannon shot and theheavy equipments necessary had to be trans-ported through the unbroken wilderness tothe point of construction. After incrediblelabors he succeeded in building and equi
. Book of the Royal blue . ofwar \ essels commanded by a veteran Britishsailor, Captain Barclay. Before the Britishcould be expelled from that region andpeace given to the people of Ohio, Indianaand Michigan this flotilla had to be sup-pressed, and Commodore Oliver HazardPerry went to Erie, Pa., to build a flotillafor the purpose. He accomplished thiswork after the most arduous exertions, sincemechanics tools, cannon shot and theheavy equipments necessary had to be trans-ported through the unbroken wilderness tothe point of construction. After incrediblelabors he succeeded in building and equip-ping a small flotilla of two twenty-ton brigsand eight smaller vessels, manned by about400 officers and men. He was ready foraction by the close of July, ;, and, sail-ing out, took up his position in the littlearchipelago, about twenty-five miles fromToledo. From this point he could watchthe British vessels, which were at Maiden,the mouth of the Detroit River, some fifteenor twenty miles distant. The British were. O. O. A. K. TOLEDO, OHIO, IN HISTORY waiting the construction of another vessel,which would make them superior to theAmerican Hotilla. Perry made Put-in-Bay,an excellent harbor, his station, and deployedhis vessels in front of it to watch the this he watched the enemy, hopingthat they would come out and offer himbattle, but they did not, and he at last deter-mined to sail directly upon Maiden whenthe wind favored, and attack them at theiranchorage. On the bright, beautiful morning of Sep-tember 10, 18].?, he was delighted to see theBritish emerge from Maiden in battle array,and he immediately put his squadron inmotion to meet them. His instructionswere to each commander to engage hisantagonist at close quarters and fight to asharp finish. Every vessel was assigned itsopponent in the British line. Perry madethe brig Lawrence his flagship and hoistedon it a square battle flag with the last wordsof Captain Lawrence, D
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