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Out of an army consisting of fourteen hundred men and eighty-six officers, eight hundred and ninety men and sixteen officers were killed and wounded. St. Clair believed that he had been "overpowered by numbers," and so reported to the government. "It was alleged by the officers," says Judge Burnet, "that the Indians far outnumbered the American troops.
Clair had filled the backwoodsmen with misgivings and they had no faith in the regular army or its generals. The extreme poverty of the government, the utter lack of support from all sections, would have brought dismay to the heart of any man but Washington. He, however, remained firm.
Harry rode with Dalton, St. Clair and Langdon. They had come through the inferno unhurt, and while they shared in the rejoicings of the Virginia people, they had seen war, continued war, in its most terrible aspects, and they felt graver and older. By the side of them marched the thin ranks of the Invincibles, with the two colonels, erect and warlike, leading them.
General Washington thought highly of him, and now took pains to say, in person, to him, before the start was made: "Beware of a surprise. You know how the Indians fight. So I repeat beware of a surprise." General Saint Clair had been promised three thousand men, but when early in September of this year 1791 he left Fort Washington, he had only two thousand men.
Her second brother, Thomas Lytle, was, from his amiable and affectionate character, the most dearly beloved by her of all the numerous family circle. He was paying his addresses to a young lady who resided at the river Trench, as it was then called, now the river Thames, a stream emptying into Lake St. Clair about twenty miles above Detroit.
"But that boy may telegraph to St. Clair or Port Huron, or some other point, and have the Peacock held up," answered Arnold Baxter. "We've got to run that risk," was the grim reply. "If we get caught, I'll have an account to settle with Cadmus." A while later the mate and the sailors who had been with him were called into the cabin, so that Captain Langless might hear what they had to say.
At this time General Sullivan arrived; and, understanding the enemy to be weak at the Three Rivers, orders General Thompson to join Colonel St. Clair at Nicolet, with a reinforcement of nearly fourteen hundred men, to take command of the whole detachment, and to attack the troops lying at the Three Rivers, provided there was a favourable prospect of success. General Thompson joined Colonel St.
And Betty put her arms round her neck, and gave her a delighted hug. 'You will meet Nesta coming back from the church if you keep to the lane, Mrs. Fairfax said, speaking to Major St. Clair; 'and we shall expect you to dinner tomorrow. He raised his hat, and strode round the shrubbery with such energy that it was all Betty could do to keep up with him. 'Don't you think Mrs.
And again: "If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new exertions. I yet look forward to a happy change." It was indeed fortunate that one so stout of heart, with so steady a hand, so firm in the belief of final triumph, so calm in the hour of greatest danger, should have guided the destinies of the infant nation at this trying hour. Clair were chiefly inculpated.
Clair, "and I don't wonder at it. If I had been through all I think you've been through I'd tumble off that horse into the road and die." "Has any messenger come from Colonel Sherburne at the river to General Lee?" "Not that I've heard of. No, I'm sure that none's come," replied St. Clair. "Then I'll get to him first.
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