When  it  was  near  inght,  we  were  taken  in  open  boats  nbout  nine  miles  down  the  river,
tithe  Britii^b  shipping.  On  the  dny  after,  we  were  visited  by  the  Indiana,  in  their  bark
eanoes.  in  order  to  make  a  display  of  their  scnlps.  Thci^o  they  strung  on  a  pole,  perhaps
two  ioches  in  diameter,  and  about  eight  feet  high.  The  pole  was  set  up  perpendicularly  m
the  bow  of  their  canoes,  and  near  the  top  the  scalps  were  fastened.  On  some  poles  I  saw
foar  or  five.  Each  scalp  was  drawn  closely  over  a  h<»op  about  four  inches  in  diameter ;  and  •
the  fle^h  sides,  I  thought,  were  painted  red.  Thus  their  canoes  were  decorated  irith  a  flag>
ttaif  of  a  most  appropriate  character,  bearing  human  scalps,  the  horrid  ensigns  of  savage
wtrfare."

*" During  the  siege,"  says  an  eye  witness,  ''one  of  our  militia  men  took  his  station  on
tbe  embankment,  and  gratuitously  forewarned  us  of  every  shot.  In  this  he  became  so
>^illfal  that  be  could,  in  almost  every  case,  predict  the  destination  of  the  ball.  As  soon  as
tbe  »uiuke  issued  from  the  muzzle  of  the  gun,  ho  wpuld  cry  out,  **  thol"  or  "  bomb/*  as  the
ca^  might  be.  Sometimes  he  would  exclaim,  "  block-house  No.  1,"  or  "  look-out  main  bat-
t«y ;"  *•  now  /or  the  meat-hoMe ;  **  **  gooil-bi/f  if  you  will  pans."  In  spite  of  all  the  expostu-
l^ions  of  his  friends,  he  maintained  his  post.  One  day  there  came  a  shot  that  seemed  to
^fj  all  his  calcubitions.  Ue  stood  silent — motionless — porploxod.  In  the  $ame  iitatant  h«
^tfftpt  into  eternity.  Poor  man  I  he  should  have  considered,  that  when  there  is  no  ob-
esity in  the  i«sae  of  the  smoke,  either  to  the  right  or  left,  above  or  below,  the  fatal  mos-
*^*Cerwoald  travel  in.  the  direct  line  of  his  vision.  He  reminded  me  of  the  peasant,  in
tks  lieia  of  Jemaalem,  who  cried  out, ''  toot  to  the  city  /  woe  to  the  temple  /  woe  to  myetlf!  '*


Btoiitial  ciJifices  in  the  place,  but  is  an-estenaivc  article  of  eiport.  It  has  a
lar^e  tradG,  and  its  maDufnotores,  chiefly  of  henry  ui:ii:hinery,  are  important.
