The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . eton, April, 1778, Michigan Pioneer and Histor-ical Collections, vol. ix., p. 435. 2 On the 10th day of March following, land ten of my men wereconducted by forty Indians to Detroit, where we arrived on the 30thday, and were treated by Governor Hamilton, the British commanderof that post, with great humanity. During our travels, the Indiansentertained me well; and their affection for me was so great that theyutterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the gov-ernor offered them £100 sterling for me, on purpose to give me aparole to g
The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 . eton, April, 1778, Michigan Pioneer and Histor-ical Collections, vol. ix., p. 435. 2 On the 10th day of March following, land ten of my men wereconducted by forty Indians to Detroit, where we arrived on the 30thday, and were treated by Governor Hamilton, the British commanderof that post, with great humanity. During our travels, the Indiansentertained me well; and their affection for me was so great that theyutterly refused to leave me there with the others, although the gov-ernor offered them £100 sterling for me, on purpose to give me aparole to go home. Several English gentlemen there, being sensibleof my adverse fortune, and touched with human sympathy, generouslyoffered me a friendly supply for my wants, which I refused, with manythanks for their kindness, adding that I never expected it would bein my power to recompense such unmerited generosity.—FilsonsAdventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, in Imhiys Topographical De-scription of the Western Territory (Loudon, 1797), p. 347. 210. GRAVE OF DANIEL BOONE THE QUEBEC ACT AND THE REVOLUTION a wares, and Senecas, eager for rum and presents; andthere were the Ottawas and the Ilurons from the vil-lages across the river. To meet and greet them wereLieutenant-Governor Hamilton, who by this time hadlearned to dance the war-dance, to chant the war-song,and to handle the wampum-belts; also Lieutenant-Gov-ernor Edward Abbott from Vincennes, who, regardingdiscretion the better part of valor, had slipped away toDetroit, so that the Indians should not find him withouta supply of presents when they returned from theirwinter hunt; and the Indian agents Hay and McKee;and Captain Lernoult and Lieutenant Caldwell, of thekings regiment stationed at Detroit; and eight inter-preters, among whom was Simon Girty. Lately escapedfrom Fort Pitt, Girty and McKee were now just begin-ning their notorious career as During the period of more than a quarter of a cen-tury from the outbreak o
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