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Diary of the Siege of Detroit in the War with Pontiac
Diary of the Siege of Detroit in the War with Pontiac Author:Robert Rogers Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE OF DETROIT, Major ROBERT ROGERS. INTRODUCTION. 1 yTAJOR Rogers arrived at Detroit on the 29th - of July, 1763, with the Det... more »achment under the Command of Capt. Dalyel, and fhared in the gallant but unfortunate Sortie made under the Command of that Officer a few Days after, in which the Leader and many of his Men perimed. The Information contained in the following Narrative is entirely from hear- fay, and only brings down the Chain of Events to the 4th of July, although dated nearly a Month later. It is probable that Maj. Rogers began to write an Account of the Siege foon after his Arrival, and that this was only partly finimed when the failing of two VefTels (mentioned on Page 59) offered a convenient Opportunity for fending it to Sir William Johnfon. At the Clofe of the Volume of Journals publifhed by Major Rogers in 1765, is an Advertifement of a fecond Volume to contain, among other Things, an Account of thethe Indian Wars in America fubfeqent to 1760. Sub- fcriptions were folicited and the Book was promifed within a limited Time, but from fome Caufe unknown, it was never printed. It is reafonable to infer that the following Pages were intended to form a Portion of the Book, and that this Fragment, now firft printed, may be the only Part that has been preferred. It was found among the Manufcripts of Sir William Johnfon in the New York State Library. F. B. H. JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE OF DETROIT. JOURNAL of the Siege of Detroit', taken from the Officers who were then in the Fort, and wrote in their Words in the following Manner, viz: The 6th of May ; when we were privately informed of a Confpiracy formed againft us by the Indians, particularly the Tawa1 Nation, who were to come to council with us the next Day, and maflacre e...« less