. The story of Isaac Brock, hero, defender and saviour of upper Canada, 1812 . While William and Irving wereshaking hands, but before they had even heard of thecapture of Detroit, Isaac, unknown to them, was at thatmoment lying cold in death within the cavalier bastion atFort George. Little York was now Brocks headquarters. He builtdockyards to shelter His Majestys navy, which consistedof two small vessels! He planned new Parliament Build-ings and an arsenal, prepared township maps showingroads and trails, fords and bridges, all of which latterwere in a shocking condition. At York the timber a
. The story of Isaac Brock, hero, defender and saviour of upper Canada, 1812 . While William and Irving wereshaking hands, but before they had even heard of thecapture of Detroit, Isaac, unknown to them, was at thatmoment lying cold in death within the cavalier bastion atFort George. Little York was now Brocks headquarters. He builtdockyards to shelter His Majestys navy, which consistedof two small vessels! He planned new Parliament Build-ings and an arsenal, prepared township maps showingroads and trails, fords and bridges, all of which latterwere in a shocking condition. At York the timber andbrushwood was so dense that travel between the garrisonand town was actually by water. His mind made upthat war with the United States was inevitable, he was con-fronted with crucial questions demanding instant of these was the defence of the frontier, 1,300 milesin length, which entailed repairs of the boundary forts,the raising of a reliable militia, the increase of the regulartroops, the building of more gunboats, and the solving ofthe Indian problem. 74. HPi< a. The War Cloud CHAPTER XIII. THE WAR CLOUD. A Peesident of the United States had breezily declaredthat the conquest of Canada would be a mere matterof marching. The final expulsion of England from theAmerican continent he regarded as a matter of ministers at Washington and rabid politicianslooked upon the forcible annexation of Canada as a fore-gone conclusion. One Massachusetts general officer, a professional fire-eater, said he would capture Canada by contract, raisea company of soldiers and take it in six weeks. HenryClay, another statesman, verily believed that the militiaof Kentucky alone were competent to place Upper Canadaat the feet of the Americans. Calhoun, also a war-hawk, had said that in four weeks from the time ofthe declaration of war the whole of Upper and part ofLower Canada would be in possession of the UnitedStates. All of this was only the spread-eagle bombast of
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