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CONTENTS.

ANNALS OF AMERICA.

CHAPTER I.-§ 1. Introduction. 2. Expedition of general Hull. 3.
March through the Indian country. 4. Invasion of Canada. 5. Re-
connoitering on the Thames. 6. Attack on the British advanced posts.
7. Fall of Michillimackinac. 8. Policy of Britain and America to-
wards the Indians. 9. Skirmishing. 10. American supplies inter-
cepted. 11. Battle of Maguago. 12. Canada evacuated. 13. De-
troit summoned. 14. Surrender of the army. 15. Massacre at Chi-
cago

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9. Relief of that
11. Destruction of

CHAPTER II-§ 1. Character of the American navy. 2. Cruise of
the squadron under commodore Rodgers. 3. Pursuit of the Belvidera.,
4. Escape of the Constitution. 5. Capture of the Guerriere. 6. Cruise
of the Essex. 7. Rodgers' second cruise. 8. The Argus. 9. Cap-
ture of the Macedonian. 10. Capture of the Frolick and Wasp.
11. Affairs on the lakes. 12. Capture of the Caledonia and De-
troit. 13. Battle of Queenstown. 14. Smyth's abortive expedition 13
CHAPTER III.-§ 1. Military ardour of the western states. 2. Fort
Wayne relieved. 3. Indian expeditions. 4. March through the
wilderness to Fort Defiance. 5. Failure of Tupper's projected
expedition. 6. Expedition to the rapids of the Miami. 7. Second
expedition thither. 8. Siege of Fort Harrison.
post. 10. Expedition against the Peoria towns.
the Indian towns on the Wabash. 12. Destruction of the Indian towns
on the Mississinewa. 13. Expedition against the Florida Indians 29
CHAPTER IV.-1. The Bonne Citoyenne challenged. 2. Capture
and destruction of the Java. 3. Capture and destruction of the Peacock.
4. Cruise of the Chesapeake. 5. Captured by the Shannon. 6. Capture
of the Argus. 7. Capture of the Boxer. 8. Cruise of the President
and Congress. 9. Cruise of the Essex. 10. Loss of national vessels.
11. American privateers. 12. The Rolla. 13. The Comet.
The General Armstrong. 15. The Decatur
CHAPTER V. § 1. Battle near the River Raisin. 2. Battle of French-
town. 3. Massacre of the prisoners. 4. Fort Meigs constructed.
5. Siege of Fort Meigs. 6. Skirmishing on the St. Lawrence.
Capture of Ogdensburg. 8. Capture of York. 9. Capture of Fort
George. 10. Generals Chandler and Winder made prisoners. 11.
Capture of Borstler's detachment. 12. Attack on Sackett's Har-
bour. 13. Sodus burnt. 14. Second attempt on Sackett's Harbour.
15. Attack on Black Rock. 16. Siege of Lower Sandusky
CHAPTER VI.-§ 1. Norfolk threatened by a British squadron. 2. Bom-
bardment of Lewistown. 3. Capture of the Dolphin, &c. 4. Ac-
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⚫tion between the Fox and Adeline. 5. Annapolis and Baltimore

threatened. 6. Burning of the villages of Havre-de-Grace, &c. 7. At-

tack on Craney Island. 8. Outrages at Hampton. 9. Decatur's

squadron driven into New London. 10. Attempt to blow up the Ra-

milies. 11. Explosion of a torpedo

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CHAPTER VII. § 1. Cruises on lake Erie. 2. Capture of the Brit-

ish squadron. 3. Evacuation of Malden and Detroit. 4. Capture of

the British army. 5. Moderation of the conquerors. 6. Expedition

to the Peoria lake. 7. Inactivity of the army at Fort George. 8.

Chauncey's cruises on lake Ontario. 9. Engagement with the Royal

George under Kingston batteries. 10. Engagement with Yeo's squa-

dron. 11. Yeo chased round the lake. 12. Chauncey's second engage-

ment with Yeo. 13. Capture of the British transports

CHAPTER VIII. § 1. Movements on lake Champlain. 2. General

Hampton invades Canada. 3. Wilkinson moves down the St. Lawrence.

4. Battle of Williamsburgh. 5. Hampton declines a junction. 6.

The army moves into winter-quarters. 7. Evacuation of Fort

George. 8. Fort Niagara taken by storm. 9. The Niagara frontier

laid waste

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CHAPTER IX. § 1. Events on the southern frontier. 2. Seizure of

Mobile. 3. War with the Creek Indians. 4. Capture of Fort Mims.

5. Battle of Tallushatches. 6. Battle of Talledega. 7. Destruction

of the Hillibee towns. 8. Battle of Autossee. 9. Expedition to the

Tallapoosie river. 10. Prospects of peace. 11. Retaliation. 12. Cor-

respondence on the employment of the Indians

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.

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American and British manifestoes

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Cruize of the Chesapeake

[161

Capture and shipwreck of the Vixen

[162

Capture and destruction of the Peacock

[165

American and British accounts of the capture of the Chesapeake [169

Capture of the Fly

[173

Capture of the Dominica

[173

Capture of the Argus

[174

Capture of the Boxer

[175

Cruize of commodore Rodgers

[177

Capture of the Dart

[181

Cruize of the Essex

[182

American and British accounts of the attack on Sackett's Harbour [230

American and British accounts of the capture of generals Chandler

and Winder

[237

American and British accounts of the capture of the detachment