I  lost  5  men  killed,  and  41  wounded  ;  none  mortally
— ^Ihe  orreater  part  slightly  ;  a  number  with  arrows ; —
this  appears  to  form  a  principal  part  of  the  enem\'s
arms,  for  warfare  ;  every  man  having  a  bow,  with  a
bundle  of  arrows,  which  is  used  after  the  first  fire
with  the  gun,  until  a  leisure  time  for  loading  offers.
1  have  the  honor,  &c.
JOHN  COFFEE,  Brig.  Gen,

Maj.  Gen.  Andrew  Jackson.  v


PROCLAMATION.
James  Wilkinson,  Major-General,  and  Commander  in
Chief  of  an  Expedition  against  the  Canadas,  to  the  In-
habitants thereof: —

The  army  of  the  United  States,  which  I  have  the
honor  to  command,  invades  these  Provinces — to  con-
quer, and  not  to  destroy ;  to  subdue  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  pro-
perty ;  but  those  who  are  found  in  arras,  must  necessa-
rily be  treated  as  avowed  enemies.
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To  menace,  is  unjust— to  seduce,  dishonorable— yet
it  is  just  and  humane  to  place  these  alternatives  before

'  Done  at  the  liead-auarters  of  the  Army  of  the
United  States,  this  6th  day  of  November,  1813,
near  Ojrdensbur^^h,  on  the  St  Lawrence.
JAMES  WILKINSON.
By  the  General's  command,

N.  PINKNEV^  MajoTy  and  A.  D.  C,


PKOCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ARMY,

'From  Gen.  Wilkinson,  to  the  Secretary  of  War,

Head-Quarters,  Frer.cli  Mills,  adjoining  the  Province
of  Lower  Canada,  November  16,  1813.
SIR T  beg  leave  to  refer  you  to  the  journal,  which

accompanies  this  letter,  for  the  particulars  of  the  move-
ments of  the  corps,  under  my  command,  down  the  St.
