collected the scattered remains of his Force amounting to about Two hundred men, and had with it subsequently reached Burlington Heights the Headquarters of Major General Vincent;

Tecumseth at the Head of Twelve Hundred Indian warriors accompanied our little Army in its retreat from Sandwich, and the Prophet as well as his Brother, Tecumseth, were of the most essential service in preserving it from annihilation and in arresting the further advance of the Americans, but as to the extent of our loss on this occasion or the particulars of this disastrous affair I am as yet ignorant, -Major General Procter having signified to Major Gen. De Rottenburg commanding in the Upper Province, that he had sent a Flag of Truce to General Harrison to ascertain the fate of the officers & soldiers who were missing, and requesting his indulgence for a few days until its return, in order to make his Official Report.

I also understand that the Enemy so far from attempting to improve the advantage they had gained, by pursuing our Troops on their Retreat to the Grand River had retired to Sandwich followed by Tecumseth and his warriors, who had much harrassed them on their march.

Five or six hundred Indians belonging to the Right Division are reported to have joined the Centre.

I regret to say that I am still without any official account of Captain Barclay's Action on Lake Erie, the result of which has led to our relinquishment of the Michigan Territory, excepting Michilimackinac and our abandonment of the Posts in Upper Canada beyond the Grand River.

I have reason to think that Captain Barclay has died of his wounds & that none of his surviving officers have escaped unhurt. I have the honor to be My Lord

[No. 101.]

MY LORD,

SIR GEORGE PREVOST TO EARL BATHURST.

HEAD QUARTERS, MONTREAL, 30th October 1813.

. I have been honored with Your Lordship's Dispatch No 40 of the 12th Augt. last, conveying to me the commands of His Royal Highness, The Prince Regent, to put in close confinement Forty Six American officers and non commissioned officers to be held as Hostages for the safe keeping of the Twenty three British Soldiers stated to have been put in close confinement by order of the American Government, which commands have been carried into effect, and I have lost no time in communicating the circumstance to Maj. Genl. Wilkinson, the present Commander in Chief of the United States forces acting against the Canadas.

I beg leave to annex for Your Lordship's information the Copy of a Letter I have addressed to Mr. Barclay the agent for British Prisoners in the United States on this subject, and also the copy of a General Order which has been published to the army upon the occasion.

I shall, in obedience to Your Lordship's directions as signified to me in Your Dispatch No 26 of the 13th May last, and again referred to in the Dispatch No 40 herein acknowledged, endeavour to procure the evidence necessary for the conviction of the British subjects taken in arms with the Enemy, and now in confinement in England, but should I be able to obtain such proofs, Your Lordship must be sensible that the officers necessary to establish it, and who are stationed at the most distant Posts in this Command, could not be collected at this advanced Season before the navigation of the St Lawrence closes; they shall however be sent to England by the earliest conveyance in the Spring.

In compliance with the instructions signified in Your Lordship's Dispatch No 43, I have communicated to Adml. Sir J. B. Warren the copy of your Dispatch No 40 and have acquainted him with the measures which have taken place in consequence of it.

I have the honor to be My Lord

Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant
GEORGE Prevost.

The Right Honble Earl Bathurst, &c. &c. &c.

Endorsed: Montreal, 30th Octr. 1813.

Lieut. General Sir George Prevost, Bt.

R, 20 Decr. No. 101. Four Inclosures.

[Q 122, p 268 ]

LIST OF AMERICAN OFFICERS IN CLOSE CONFINEMENT AT QUEBEC.

LIST OF AMERICAN NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN CLOSE CONFINEMENT

LIST OF AMERICAN OFFICERS ON PAROLE AT BEAUPORT, NEAR QUEBEC.

James Wilkinson Major General & Commander in Chief of an Expedition against the Canadas To The Inhabitants thereof.

The Army of the United States which I have the honor to command, invades these Provinces to conquer & not to destroy; to suborn the Forces of His Britannic Majesty, not to war against his unoffending subjects; those therefore among you who remain quiet at home, should Victory incline to the American Standard, shall be protected in their Persons and Property-but those who are found in arms must necessarily be treated as avowed Enemies.

To menace is unmanly-to reduce dishonourable yet it is just and humane to place those alternatives before.

Done at the Head Quarters of the army of the United States this 6th day of November 1813 near Ogdensburg on the River St Lawrence.

By the General's Command.

W. PINKNEY,

JAS. WILKINSON. Major & Aid de Camp.

Endorsed: Enclosure in No. 107.

[Q 123, p 24]

MEMORIAL OF THE AGENTS OF THE NORTH WEST COMPANY.

To His Excellency Sir George Prevost Baronet, Captain General & Governor in Chief in & over the Provinces of Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & their several Dependencies, Vice Admiral of the same, Lieutenant General & Commander of all His Majesty's Forces in the said Province and in the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, Cape Breton, & Bermuda &c. &c. &c.

The Memorial of the Agents of the North West Company.
Respectfully sheweth,

That by the fatal and ever to be deplored disaster which has befallen His Majesty's Fleet on Lake Erie there is every reason to apprehend that the Americans will get possession of Michilimackinac and the command of Lake Huron.

In consequence, the communication between Montreal and the North West will be completely cut off and no means left whereby the Returns in Furs & Skins can next Season be brought from that Country to Canada, nor supplies of Merchandize and Provisions for the Trade be brought thither by Lake Huron.

That under prospects so distressing the agents dispatched an Express to Fort William on Lake Superior as soon as the melancholy result of the Battle on Lake Erie was known, to direct that the Returns next Spring when coming out from the North West might be stopped at Lake Ouinipique from whence there is a communication by water to York Fort in Hudson's Bay as the only practicable expedient whereby the said Returns could be prevented from falling into the hands of the Enemy and be afterwards conveyed to England.

That whilst the present unfortunate state of things continued there can be no safe communication to or from the North West but through Hudson's Bay, which must be resorted to from necessity and consequently the correspondents in London of the North West Company are instructed to apply to the Hudson's Bay Company for permission to send a vessel into that Bay next season to carry in provisions and supplies and bring out the Returns.

That the extent of Property embarked in the North West Trade and the number of persons of various descriptions thereby employed in the interior, is such that it cannot be suddenly suspended or abandoned without ruin in a pecuniary point of view, nor without