sions in the late colonies, and rewarded by his majesty
with lands of superior value in this province. The faith of
the British government has never yet been violated--the
Indians feel that the soil they inherit is to them and their
posterity protected from the base arts so frequently devised
to over-reach their simplicity. By what new principle are they
to be prohibited from defending their property? If their
warfare, from being different to that of the white people, be
more terrific to the enemy, let him retrace his steps--- they
seek him not--and cannot expect to find women and children in
an invading army. But they are men, and have equal rights
with all other men to defend themselves and their property
when invaded, more especially when they find in the enemy's
camp a ferocious and mortal foe, using the same warfare which
the American commander affects to reprobate.

This inconsistent and unjustifiable threat of refusing
quarter, for such a cause as being found in arms with a
brother sufferer, in defence of invaded rights, must be
exercised with the certain assurance of retaliation, not only
in the limited operations of war in this part of the king's
dominions, but in every quarter of the globe; for the national
character of Britain is not less distinguished for humanity
than strict retributive justice, which will consider the
execution of this inhuman threat as deliberate murder, for
which every subject of the offending power must make
expiation.

ISAAC BROCK,
Major-Gen, and President.
Head Quarters,
Fort George, July 22, 1812.
By order of his honor the president.
J.B. GLEGG,
Captain and Aide-de-Camp.

_Major-General Brock to Sir George Prevost_.

FORT GEORGE, July 20, 1812.

My last to your excellency was dated the 12th instant, since
which nothing extraordinary has occurred on this
communication. The enemy has evidently diminished his force,
and appears to have no intention of making an immediate
attack.

I have herewith the honor of enclosing the copy of two letters
which I have received from Lieut.-Colonel St. George, together
with some interesting documents found on board a schooner,
which the boats of the Hunter captured on her voyage from the
Miami to Detroit.

From the accompanying official correspondence between Gen