Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union . Nevertheless, some of the French andhalf breed coiireurs de hois and adventurers joined thestandard of Pontiac, though the better class of Frenchcitizens held entirely aloof from giving him any encour-agement. The savages, with the assistance of their newallies undertook under the cover of darkness, to con-struct entrenchments near the fort. When these workswere discovered in the morning, Lieutenant Hay with-aparty sallied forth and dislodged the enemy. TheFrench allies fled precipitately. The savages h
Michigan as a province, territory and state, the twenty-sixth member of the federal Union . Nevertheless, some of the French andhalf breed coiireurs de hois and adventurers joined thestandard of Pontiac, though the better class of Frenchcitizens held entirely aloof from giving him any encour-agement. The savages, with the assistance of their newallies undertook under the cover of darkness, to con-struct entrenchments near the fort. When these workswere discovered in the morning, Lieutenant Hay with-aparty sallied forth and dislodged the enemy. TheFrench allies fled precipitately. The savages held theirground and in the melee two of them were killed. Short-ly after this affair a white man was seen running towardthe fort pursued by Indians. He was rescued and provedto be Ensign Paully, who had been in command at San-dusky and who had been brought to Detroit a some strange caprice his life was saved and he hadnow made good his escape. He reported that CaptainCampell, who had been detained a prisoner at Melocheshouse had been killed by an Ojibwa chief, the father of. ROBERT ROGERS MICHIGAN AS A PROVINCE 285 one of the two savages killed In the attack upon the en-trenchments. Lieutenant McDougall, who was taken aprisoner at the same time with Captain Campbell, hadpreviously found means to escape, or he too woulddoubtless have fallen a victim to the rage of the in July the garrison was cheered by the arrivalof Captain Dalzell with twenty-two barges bearing twohundred and eighty men with several cannon and anabundant supply of provisions and ammunition. Themen comprised detachments from the Fifty-fifth andEightieth regulars and twenty Independent Rangers un-der command of Major Rogers. The party was at-tacked by the Indians from the shore just below the fortand fifteen of the soldiers were killed or wounded. Thebarracks in the fort could not accommodate these freshtroops and they were quartered upon the inhabitants ofthe town. The day after their a
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