. History of Greene county, Illinois: its past and present. the bodies of those slain, or wan-tonly murder the captive. In the Summer of 1813, Perrys victory on Lake Erie occurred, andshortly after active preparations were made to capture Maiden. On the27th of September, the American army, under Gen. Harrison, set sail forthe shores of Canada, and in a few hours stood around the ruins of Mai-den, from which the British army, under Proctor, had retreated to Sand-wich, intending to make its way to the heart of Canada by the Valley ofthe Thames. On the 29th Gen. Harrison was at Sandwich, and Gen.
. History of Greene county, Illinois: its past and present. the bodies of those slain, or wan-tonly murder the captive. In the Summer of 1813, Perrys victory on Lake Erie occurred, andshortly after active preparations were made to capture Maiden. On the27th of September, the American army, under Gen. Harrison, set sail forthe shores of Canada, and in a few hours stood around the ruins of Mai-den, from which the British army, under Proctor, had retreated to Sand-wich, intending to make its way to the heart of Canada by the Valley ofthe Thames. On the 29th Gen. Harrison was at Sandwich, and took possession of Detroit and the territory of Michigan. 72 THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. On the 2d of October, the Americans began their pursuit of Proctor,whom they overtook on the 5th, and the battle of the Thames in the engagement, Tecumseh who was at the head of the columnof Indians was slain, and they, no longer hearing the voice of their chief-tain, fled. The victory was decisive, and practically closed the war inthe INDIANS ATTACKING A STOCKADiL. Just who killed the great chief has been a matter of much dispute ;but the weight of opinion awards the act to Col. Richard M. Johnson,who fired at him with a pistol, the shot proving fatal. In 1805 occurred Burrs Insurrection. He took possession of abeautiful island in the Ohio, after the killing of Hamilton, and is chargedby many with attempting to set up an independent government. Hisplans were frustrated by the general government, his property confiscatedand he was compelled to flee the country for safety. THE NORTHWEST TERBTTORY. 73 In January, 1807, Governor Hull, of Michigan Territory, made atreaty with the Indians, whereby all that peninsula was ceded to theUnited States. Before the close of the year, a stockade was built aboutDetroit. It was also during this year that Indiana and Illinois endeavoredto obtain the repeal of that section of the compact of 1787, wherebyslavery was excluded f
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