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GRADUATES FROM WASHTENAW COUNTY.
Literary.
1845-Goodrich, M. H. Parmalee, George E. 1846-Androus, George P. Becker, George L. Perry, William W. 1848-Norton, John Cross 1850-Pattison, Charles R. Powers, Henry H. 1853-Becker, John F. Cheever, Henry W. Cheever, William E.
1855-Clark, Edward P. Hewitt, Charles Lane, Marcus D. Marsh, Augustus Schmid, Emanuel Willits, David 1856 -- Brooks, Dastus C. Case, V. B. Champion, Henry C. Doty, Duane Hood, Rev. Geo. W. Rowe, Frederic 1857-Gates, Loronzo M.
Watson, Jas. Craig 1858-Beckwith, Luther Danforth, George M. Graves, John Holden, Liberty E. Homer, John Spence, Adam K. Sweet, George P. 1859-Parsons, Orrin 1860-Baldwin, Edwin E. Fasquelle, Mark F. Spalding. James F Spence, Edwin A.
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Wilcox, Edgar N. 1861-Aulls, James T. Blair, B. F. Cutcheon, Byron M. Gregory. Charles D. McCollum, Walter Morse. Sidney G. Sanford, George P. Saunders, Wm. H. Searing, Edward Tripp, Robert H. Wood, Joseph W. 1862-Carpenter, Roswell P.
Chapman, Albert J. Eastman, James E. Jewett, Aaron Cone Latson, Henry A.
Lovejoy, David H. Pilcher, Lewis S. F. Uhl, Edwin F.
1863-Fraser, Elisha A. Lay, jr., Ezra D. Slawson, Edwin R.
1864-Booth, William J. Hendryx, Wm. B. King, Zina P.
1865-Campbell, Gabriel Maynard, William J. 1866-Becker, Fred. Wal- ter
Beckwith, Sidney Fraser, Carroll S.
Rexford, Edgar
Van Cleve, John A.
Hudson, Adolph. W. Lawrence, JohnFul- ler Mudge, Alfred Eu- gene 1867-Foster, George A. Potter, Thomas M. Taylor, David B. 1868-Blackburn, FrankA. Pennell, Galusha 1869-Cocker, William J. Gelston, Joseph M. Gibson, William J. Hall, Stephen C. Kerr, Theodore F. 1870-Beman, Wooster W. Blackburn, Julius A. Cooley, Eugene F. Jones, Francis W. Matthews, Wm. F.
1871-Eastwood, John F. Felch, Theodore H. Flitcraft, Pembrook R.
Fox, George T. Gillespie, Joshua L. Hamilton, Alexan- der W.
Hudson, Preston C.I
Hutchkins, Harry B. Knight, Earl J. Latson, Morton W. Phillips, Horace
Phinney, Rufus E.
Rice, Benjamin G.
1872-Barber, Austin Christie, James Cooley, Edgar A. Dutton, John F. Morton John W. Pendleton, Edmund W. Reed, Homer Rexford, Dwight C. 1873-Cocker, Henry R. Douglass, Samuel T. Fox, William H. Gelston, Henry W. Hayman, Wayne Hemingway, John M. King, Charles Ed- ward
Pattengill, Judson G. Robinson, George F. Spalding, Volney M. Stewart, Charles C. Van ( leve, Chas.M. Wells, Charles R. 1874-Axtell, Frank L. Come, Robert F. Follett, Lyman D. Glenn, George P. Hayman, Frank C. Johnston, Theo H. Matthews, Don A. Maynard, Frederick A. Rogers, Henry W. Wells, William H. West, Francis J. Wines, Levi D. 1875-Burch, Charles S. Burt, Benjamin C. Cook, Emily Persis Davis. jr., Lorenzo, Fox, Charles. Gilchrist, Charles P. Gruber, Thomas F. Harris, jr., Charles T. Hutchkins, Eugene R. Knowlton, Jerome C. Platt, Frederick A. Rays, Herman M. Smith, Stewart W. Stewart, John A. Watkins, Willis L. Whitmore, Wells 1876-Andrews, Lucy C. Barry, Edmund D. Burt, William W.
Cooper, Albert M. Felch, Frank L. Foster, Vine C. Gott, Eward A. Higby, Dennie J. McDonald,James H. Reed, Louisa M. Van Slyke, Charles B. Volland, Albert J. 1877-Brown, George P. Cary, Herbert E. Cochran, Carlos B. Colby, Branch H. Colman, Clara M. Comstock, Geo C. Farrand, Mary E. Ferdon, Ogden W. Goodrich, Lulu Hall, Maria L. McDonald, Ann E. McDougall, H. C. Stewart, Margaret Woolsey, M. L.
1878-Allen, Daniel A. Angell, Alexis C. Butts, William H. Colby, J. Rose. Garner, Charles E. Gayley, Charles M. Horton, George Knigh, George W. Myrick, Harry P. Townsend, Cora I.
1879-Ashley, Henry W. Brown, Hubert W. Chandlee, Rich'd T. Chase, John Coe, Frantz Hunt DePuy, Richard G. Farrand, Fanny C. Haskell, Frank D. McMillan, Newton
Mead, Frank D. Pettitt, Albert S. Salmon, John C. Sherman, Warren H. Snoot, Kennett R.
Law.
1846-Goodrich, Henry D. 1849-Kellogg, George D. 1859 -- Wilcox, Oliver C. 1860-Danforth, Geo. M. Eaton, Peter Graves, John Miller, Charles R. Stearns, Ozora P. Twitchell, Daniel S. Welch, Norvell E.
1861 -· Burlingame, Jas. M. Chaffee, George D. Gordon, William Martin, William A.
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Maynard, Edward McDonald, Archi- bald. Parkhurst, John D. Shier, jr. Charles Shand, Alexander Vance, Joseph H. 1862-Boylan, John D. Dickinson, HiramM. Kingsley, George McDonnell, Donald McEvoy, Andrew Shier, Daniel R. Wiltsie, Wendell D. 1863-Ambrose, Geo. W. Bennett, William T. Edmunds, jr., Jas. M. Kingsley, James McKernan, Patrick Miller, John L. Moffatt, Seth C. Taylor, Sibley G. Ward, Thomas O. Wood, Dunois Yost, Casper Enoch 1864 -Brown, Arthur Gidley, Edwin B. North, Charles E. Parsons, John R. Underhill, Solo- mon T.
1865-Barbour, Levi L. Boylan, Charles Cheever, Noah Wood Cramer, Densmore Engle, Seth E. Hill, John W. Taylor, Roswell B. Worden, Albert L. 1866-Ambrose, Jas. C. Appleton, Edw. E. Baldwin, Jas. C. Price, Samuel S. Rogers, Randolph R. 1867-Allen, Edward P. Beadle, William H. Day, Albert A. Decker, West- brook S.
Dwight, Sylvester F. Harley, David S. Hubbard, Thomas D. King. Zina P. Knight, Horace V. Lutz, William H. Norton, Seymour F. Whiffen, James W. 1868-Cobb, George P. Douglass, Selwyn Gage, Lovell H. Green, Edward H. Harrell, William W. Lawrence, John F.
M'Donnell, Terrance J. Parker, N. Augustus Rice, W. H. C.
Schovill, Benton H. Slawson, Edward R. Turner, Marshall B. Williams, George R. 1869-Ball, A. Everett Baylis, Sidney H. Fountain, Dempsey W. Martin, James M. McAlvay, Aaron V.
Thornton, M. De- Witt C.
Turner, James C.
1870-Blackstock, Geo. A. Dunlap, Fletcher W. Goodell, Henry M. Gregg, Ace
1871-Gibmey, Morgan Hill, Robert J. Jarvis, Robert S. Maltman, John S. Palmer, Walter H. Pierce, Gustavus D. Steele, Valentine W. 1872-Blanchard, James H. Engle, George S. Knight, Lucius McIntrye, jr.,Donald Moore, George Wm. Patton, Harriet A. Tucker, John G. Tucker, William S. 1873-Cook, William H. Corkery, Thomas J. Gault, Thomas H. Hoffman, Edw. M. Kelly, Malcolm Markham, Marcus A. Morris, Henry J. Woodruff, Chas. M. 1874 -- Burton, Clarence M. Eaman, James T. Harper, Joseph H. McKenna, Thomas F. Terry, Albert O. 1875-Axtell, Frank L.
Barstow, Samuel P. Cheever, Byron W. Coffman, Joseph C. Cummins, Geo. J. Depew, William E. Dozer, David E. Duell, Elizabeth L. Frueauff, Eugene K. Hayman, Wayne Herrick, Ernest C. Smith, Horace L. Snell, William L. Spencer, ('has. A. M.
Stewart, Charles C Stimpson, Harry J. Terhunne, Chas. A. Tyler, Dean M. 1876-Chase, John H. Coe, Lyman B. Colbath, Frank H. Cornwell, Judson C.
Drury, Wilbur F.
Edgerton, Addison J. Foote, Franklin S.
Foster, Mary E. Gorman, James S.
Harris, Ariel C. Hill, Harry R. Hunt, Fred A. Laing, James R. Maynard, Fred A. McConoughey, A. M. Tinker, Clarence Wade, Louis F.
1877-Carr, James W. Foster, S. Olin Gilchrist, Chas. P. Gott, Edward A. Griffin, Darwin C.
Griffin, Gerald Guinon, Matthew F.
Jones, Francis E.
Mason, Hattie
Pistorius, mann
Her-
Talbot, John L. Wells, William H.
Wilson, Ariel N. York, Bertrand D. Young, Frank E.
1878-Ashley, James M. Bower, B. Frank Corbin, Byron J. Crandall, William A. Donovan, Edward
Hamilton, Joel M. Knowlton, Jerome C. Lane, Victor H. Luckling, Alfred E. McDonald, James H O'Reilly, William Prescott, Daniel E. Sleator, George H. Stephenson, How- ard
Talbot, William D. Taylor, Henry G. Vance, Samuel W. Walker, Warren E. Wanty, George P. Wilbur, Smith N.
1879-Bliss, E. Frank Fox, John H. Newkirk, Henry W. Smith, Clarence Wanty, Henry G.
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Medicine and Surgery.
1851-O'Brien, John 1852-Norton, John Cross 1853-Arnold, Orrin Wilkins, David
1854 -- Cole, Samuel P. Flint, Amos L. Taylor, Edward C. Weller, F. Montrose Pratt, Alonzo J. Rouse, William H. 1855-Clements, John C. Corbin, G. E. Fasquelle, Louis
1856-Dean, William H. 1857-Hutton, Robert C. Parmenter, William 1858-Cox, William G. Davis, William A. Thomas, Daniel Ward, Edgar B. Winslow, E. M.
1859-North, John D. Pilcher, Elisha H. Tyler, Dean M. 1860-Cole, Alvin J.
Gilmore, M. R. Voorhees, George W.
1861-Barnes, George. Frazer, William E. Hutchinson, Wm. L. Smith, Willard B. 1862-Johnson, Archibald N. Rose, Preston B. Schuyler, P. L. Toole, P.William O. 1863-Chapin, Elijah B.
1864-Prescott, Albert B. Rheinfrank, John H. Russell, Anson. Saunders, James
1865-Dean, Dexter V. Lovejoy, David H. Marshall, Orville. Mather, Cyrus. Murdock, Thomas S. VanRiper, Myron H. 1866-Brock, Chauncey L. Burrell, Daniel A. Campbell, Robert E. Cheever, Henry S. Hall, Eleazer. Knapp, Charles E. Martin, William H. Maynard, William J. Mills, Hiram R. 1867-Allen, Giles B. Cheever, Byron W. Garlock, Alonzo W. Guinau, James. Vaughn, William E. Wines, Henry H. 20
1868-Davison, Edward C. Kapp, John. Nichols, Harrison A. O'Neil, Alexander Scoville, Bela P. Wilder, Flavius M. Williams, John K.
1869- -Carrier, Elbert E. Champlin, Alfred H. Cody, Charles B. Hendryx, Truman C. Kelly, Edward H. Loomis, Goodwin T. Pratt, Willis H. Spalding, Fred'k A. 1870-Titus, Charles F. Winslow, Andrew Witting, Nelson 1871-Dills, Spencer Doane, Luigi G. Downer, Flavius J. Engle, Perry. Henriques, Èdw'd C. Hobart, Marl E. 1872-Fasquelle, M. F. Jones, John R. Miller, Joshua Owen, Frank K. Reed, Albert H. Romig, Samuel V. Smith, Bowles C.
1873-Bessac, Henry B. Brown, Isaac E. Culley, John W. Plews, Bradford F. Watson, Edward
1874-Greenfield, John W. Shepherd, Charles W. Stevens, William C. 1875-Colton, Robert M. Durstine, Frank H. Kelly, Louis L. Kelley, Martin C. Kimball, Edwin L. Post, Justin E. Sanford, George E. 1876-Emery, John M. Georg, John Lee, John Stocking, Jerome D. Stockwell, Sarah F. Terry, Will Gaylord Traver, Richard C. 1877-Curry, John F. Healey, Ada J. Hoagland, Mary L. Maclean, Alex. C. Mitchell, Eliza Reed, Wilbur Fisk Russell, William Schuyler, Randall Smith, S. W.
Woodruff, Lettie H. 1878-Barnard, Jennie S. Barnard Jerome W. Corwin, Richard W. Decker, Emma A. Decker, Wilhemus Ely, William B. Jackson, Victor H. Jones, Absalom W. Lewitt, Adelaide Lyon, J. Harvey Salmon, John C. Sherman, Warren H. 1879-Allen, Charlotte Jones, Joshua Shurtleff, Henry A. Smith, William H. Stark, Alice M. Van Ruck, Carl Worden, Arthur L.
Medicine (Homeopathic). 1877-Rogers, Alex. H. 1878-Avery, Aaron B. Wheelock, Joel S. 1879-Allyn, Alvin B. Eastman, Ann E. Harston. Oscar S. Winslow, Amos H.
Civil Engineering.
1861-Wood, Joseph W. 1863-Robinson, Stillman 1865-Donovan, William
1868-Wells, Milford N. 1875-Baldwin, Charles C. Parsons, Edward I. 1876-Donaldson, Lewis C. Echaeberlie, John M. 1878-Allmendinger, G. F. Hanson, John K. Josenbauz, Timothy
1879-King, Brayton D. Pond, Irving K. Dental Surgery. 1876-Wright, Geo. Esbon 1877-Jackson, Victor H. McGregor, Peter Stowell, Will G. 1878-Cowan, John Nor- man. Ewing, Thomas S. Finley, Mark F. Miller, Benjamin F. Pharmacy.
1869-Bliss, Hale Henning, Edward L. Hood, Charles H. 1870-Gower, Arthur C. Jones, John Robert Newton, Wm. E. Romig, Samuel V.
Totten, Elnora A. U. 1871-Crampton, Charles B. Volland, Sophia Kelley, Martin C.
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Phillips, Daniel A. 1873 -- Boyd, James R. 1874-Crane, Kate Douglas, Samuel T. Eastwood, John F. Shepherd, Oscar E. 1875-Tremain, Henry A. Wells, William H. 1876-Morgan, James W.
Parsons, Henry B. Roys, Herman M. Smith, Stewart W. Watson, Cath. M. Whitlark, Walter J. 1877-Dixon, Gleason F. Hallock, Albert A. Young, Arthur L.
Worden, Clinton E. 1879-Church, William D. Jensen, Paul C. Wood, Lewis N.
Mining Engineering. Boss, Clarence M. 1878-Mann, Eugene G.
1878-Townsend, Perry L. |1879-Wood, E. Fred.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The question of establishing a normal school in Michigan was considered by the Legislature of the State, and an act passed dur- ing the first session of 1849, appropriating 25 sections of "Salt Spring Lands" toward the support of the institution. A committee of Superintendents was appointed under the act, of whom Hon. Samuel Bristow was made chairman, for the purpose of selecting a location and the erection of suitable buildings for the school. With characteristic liberality, the citizens of Ypsi- lanti raised the sum of $13,500, and offered a tract of land for its location at this point. Their offer was accepted in 1851, and the committee partaking somewhat of the zeal and enthusiasm of the citizens of the city, commenced the work of erection of a building, and in the fall of 1852 reported it complete.
The State Normal School is located on the plateau west of the Huron. The building is of brick, tastefully painted, and a model of school architecture. The area of each floor is 100 by 58 feet; there are three floors above the basement, the first of which is di- vided into model-room, reception-room, recitation-room, and library. The second and third floors are devoted to school-rooms.
THE FIRST BOARDS
comprised O. S. Jackson, A. S. Welch, A. C. Rogers, and J. M. B. Sill, on the Board of Teachers; Chauncey Joslyn, Isaac E. Crary, and G. O. Whittemore, on the Board of Control, with Lt. Gov. Fenton, State Treasurer B. C. Whittemore, and Superintend- ent Sherman as ex officio members.
DEDICATORY CEREMONIES.
The dedication of the building to the cause of education took place October 5, 1852. The exercises were of a religio-literary character of a most pleasing nature, and proved a prelude to the general good order which has marked the progress of the State Nor- mal School. The faculty of this institution for 1880-1 is composed as follows :-- Dr. McVicker, Principal, Charles FitzRoy Bel lows, M. A., C. E., Lewis McLouth, M. A., Daniel Putnam, M A., Jos. P. Vroman, M. A., Austin George, M. A., August Lode- man, Frederick H. Pease, Ruth Hoppin, M. A., Helen Post, Fanny E. Goff, and Elizabeth I. Coates.
CHAPTER XIII.
VARIOUS THINGS.
THE PATRIOT WAR .*
It will be remembered by the pioneers of Michigan, and not only by them, but by all others, of that time along the frontier line between the United States and Canada, that during the winter of 1837-38, occurred what was known as the " Patriot War." The object of this war was understood to be a revolution that should separate the British possessions of Canada from the mother country that they might erect themselves into sovereign and independent States.
In consequence of the financial crash and hard times then prevail- ing there were many adventurous, reckless and idle persons in the States who took part with the Patriots. The anxiety that grew out of our Revolutionary war and the war of 1812, toward the British, may have slumbered, but was not forgotten, and it took but little to awaken that old feeling. It was revived along the whole length of the frontier, and was not confined to our side only; it was fully re- ciprocated by our loyal neighbors. At that time, as it may be now, there were many half-pay English military officers who would have hailed a war between the United States and England as a God- send to them ; for in that event they would be restored to active service on full pay and stand their chances for promotion. The hostile feeling had reached such a degree of intensity that General Scott was ordered to the frontier with troops. The steamer Carolina, that was supposed to be in the service of the Patriots, was captured in the Niagara river by the British forces, and sent over the falls and it was supposed with part of the crew on board. The Patriots had at that time a considerable force on Navy island. A rocket brigade was stationed at Windsor. Occasional musket shots were fired from Windsor into Detroit, and a correspondence was opened between the authorities on each side with a view to stop this reck- lessness. The late Adjutant General John E. Schwartz conducted the correspondence on the part of Michigan. He read it to the writer of this paper.
"About this time I visited Detroit, stopping at the National Hotel, as the Russell House was then called, and before I had time to warm myself I met Col. Smith, then a member of the Legislat- ure, from Monroe county, who invited me into the back parlor,
* A paper read by Gen. Edward Clark, of Ann Arbor, at a meeting of the Pioneer Association held at Ypsilanti, March 6, 1878.
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under orders from the Governor to march down the Detroit river and break up the encampment of Patriots in the neighborhood of Gibraltar, a small village near the mouth of the river, and drive them away. I had also an order, addressed to the late Col. Sling- erland, to muster his (the 5th) regiment from which to recruit my company by volunteers, if possible, or by draft. The Colonel issued his orders and did his duty, but so strong was the sympa- thy in favor of the Patriots and against the English, that not over thirty men out of about 600 composing the regiment obeyed the colonel's order. Of course I was obliged to report my inability to report the company ordered. My recollection is that Colonel Smith made a similar report and the encampment re- mained undisturbed.
"The leaders of the Patriots had organized a secret society known as Hunters, with lodges in every village along the frontier. They had their secret signs, grips and pass-words, and were sworn to secrecy. A large proportion of the able-bodied men were Hunters, that is, members of Hunters' lodges. I mention these facts to show the state of public feeling with regard to the Patriot war and the reason that Gov. Mason could not furnish the neces- sarv force to march on the Patriot encampment and disperse the force there encamped. Before the close of navigation an expe- dition was organized by Brigadier General Theller, of the Patriot service, for the purpose of capturing Fort Malden. He embarked in the sloop Ann, and when she arrived off the fort was fired into and her rigging so cut up that she became unmanageable and drifted ashore. The General and Colonel Dodge (I believe his name was) and the crew were taken prisoners. That winter a land- ing of a Patriot force was made on the Canada shore above Windsor, and a battle fought which proved disastrous to the invad- ers. Another battle was fought at Point au Pelee, where the Patriots were victors. From these facts it can be seen that the magazine was ready and needed but a spark to explode it,-that is, to involve the country in war.
"When these events were taking place, but before the fight at Point au Pelee, General Sutherland, of the Patriot army, made his appearance at Ann Arbor in full uniform and posted hand-bills notifying the public that he would address them at the court- house on the subject of the Patriot war. The court-room was filled and the General was listened to with respect and attention. Before the meeting dispersed a committee was appointed to wait on the General at his quarters, to confer with him. The writer was one of that committee. The committee called on the General that evening at his room, and spent an hour or two with him. From Ann Arbor he went to Manchester to address the good peo- ple of that village. His object was to get men and means to carry on the war. A short time afterward I received a package of where I met Gov. Mason, who ordered me back to Ann Arbor to raise a company of militia and report to Col. Smith, who was then
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papers from the General. Among them were enlistment rolls and a long letter. He wished me to join the Patriot army and raise a battalion of men for the Patriot service, but ostensibly as volun- teer militia, hold elections for commissioned officers as directed by the militia laws of Michigan, and apply to Governor Mason for commissions. He said that as I was a personal and political friend of the Governor there would be no difficulty in getting the commissions. This accomplished, I was to put myself and battal- ion under the orders of the General, and as soon as the Detroit river was frozen over so as to make a passage safe, he would give me an order for arms, ammunitions, blankets etc., and he would direct when and where the invasion should take place. I confess to a complete surprise,-more, I was astonished. We were almost entire strangers to each other; we had never met except at Ann Arbor, and then only for an hour or two, and knew nothing of each other's antecedents. During the visit of the committee at the General's room I endeavored to draw him into a conversation upon military subjects, tactics, history etc., but he evaded it, and I formed a small opinion of his military capacity or knowledge. And when he divulged to me, an almost entire stranger, his plan of operations, I lost confidence in him as a military leader. I re- membered of reading an anecdote of Washington who was asked by an intimate friend and true Whig what his plan of campaign was. Washington asked, ' Can you keep a secret? ' ' Yes, General. ' ' So can I,' was the response. When the Legislative committee vis- ited General Jackson and demanded of him his plan for the defense of New Orleans, he raised a lock of hair from his head and said, 'Gentlemen, if I supposed this lock of hair knew what was passing in my brain on that subject, I would cut it off and burn it.'
"I have described the feeling along the dividing line between the States and Canada. I remember that Sutherland said that one of his principal objects was to involve the two countries in war with each other. Doing this he would attain the height of his ambition. I believe there would have been but little difficulty in enlisting the number of inen to fill the four companies required, and it seemed plain to me, that after receiving our commissions, and before the ink of the Governor's signature was fairly dry on them, Sutherland would have ordered a forward movement at a place where we would have been met by an overwhelming force and been compelled to surrender. I could come to no other con- clusion than that Sutherland was false to the cause he pretended to espouse. If we had been taken prisoners, of course we would have claimed the treatment of prisoners of war. This may have been ac- corded to us in consideration of our commissions and we not have been hanged as Cunningham, Linn, Lount and others were. If the invasion had taken place, that might have been regarded by our Canadian neighbors as a commencement of hostilities on the part of the United States and as a sufficient justification for the Rocket
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Brigade to open on Detroit and burn it. At that time there were no troops there except the Brady Guards, an excellent company of volunteer militia of less than 100 men. What the consequences would have been if Sutherland's order had been obeyed others may infer. I remembered that Sutherland told me that he had called meetings and made speeches through Oakland county as he had in Washtenaw. My duty seemed plain and simple, and I lost no time in going to Detroit with this package of papers. I found the Gov- ernor in his office in the old capitol, and as soon as we were left alone I told him my errand and laid the papers before him. He read them attentively and arose from his chair and walked the office for some minutes without uttering a word. It was plain to be seen that a storm was brewing. At length it burst out in lan- guage more forcible than polite,-too forcible for me to repeat in this paper. My impression was that if Sutherland had been present he would have felt the weight of the Governor's arm. A more angry man I have seldom seen. After the engagement at Point au Pelee occurred, Sutherland, under the pretense of joining the victorious Patriots at the Point, attempted to pass Fort Malden with a horse and cutter on the ice and was captured by some of the garrison of the fort, which he probably intended to be, and with Theller and Col. Dodge was held as a prisoner until the spring opened, when the three were taken to Quebec and confined in a cell in one of the fortresses there. Theller and Dodge made their escape from the prison, and, after returning, Theller told me that on their journey down, which was by private conveyance (there were no railroads then), he and Dodge were confined in jails nights but Sutherland was entertained at hotels. On reaching their prison, the three were shut up in the same cell for awhile, but so strong were their impressions that Sutherland was in British pay and a traitor to the Patriot cause that they laid plans to get rid of him. They believed him a spy on them; they found him a coward and so worked upon his fears until he was removed. After Theller and Dodge had the cell to themselves they applied themselves to work and effected their escape and returned to Michigan. The Canadian struggle for national independence was unsuccessful.
"Another expedition was planned at Detroit for the capture of Fort Malden, and was to sail from that city under the command of a general from Cleveland. It had been ascertained that the garri- son was lodged in the Queen's warehouse at the foot of the wharf, and the officers quartered at hotels in the village of Amherstburg, and that at night there was but a small force on guard at the fort. Three steamboats were to be employed, and when they arrived off the fort one boat was to lay across the head of the wharf, and the other two one on each side; one party should march directly to the fort and take it; the second should capture the garrison in the ware- house; and the third should capture the officers. This was to be done in the night. And however feasible the plan was, it was hinted that the General lacked the nerve to undertake it. It was
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