gs, they intended to attack. He ordered
troops under Colonel Anderson, then at Upper Sandusky, to go at once
to Lower Sandusky; also Major Croghan, with a part of the Seventeenth,
and Colonel Ball with his squadron of cavalry. He had just held an
important council with the Shawnee, Wyandot, Delaware, and Seneca
Indians at his headquarters at Franklinton. Circumstances had made him
doubt their fidelity, and he required them to take a determined stand
for or against the Americans; to remove their families into the
interior, or the warriors must go with him in the ensuing campaign and
fight for the United States.

"Their spokesman assured the general of their unflinching friendship,
and that the warriors were anxious to take part in the campaign. Then
Harrison told them he would let them know what he wanted of them.
'But,' he said, 'you must conform to our mode of warfare. You are not
to kill defenceless prisoners, old men, women, or children. By your
good conduct I shall be able to tell whether the British can restrain
their Indians when they wish to do so.'

"Then he told them of Proctor's promise to deliver him into the hands
of Tecumseh, and added jestingly, 'Now if I can succeed in taking
Proctor, you shall have him for your prisoner, provided you will treat
him as a squaw, and only put petticoats upon him, for he must be a
coward who would kill a defenceless prisoner.'

"Harrison followed Colonel Anderson and his regiment, and, learning
from scouts that numerous Indians were seen on the lower Maumee, he
selected 300 men to make a forced march to Fort Meigs. He arrived
there himself on the 28th, and sent Colonel Johnson to make a
reconnoisance toward the Raisin to procure intelligence. Johnson went,
and brought back word that there was no immediate danger of the enemy
coming against Fort Meigs in force. Satisfied of that, Harrison left
Fort Meigs to attend to duty at other points.

"That was on the 1st of July. Late in that month the British had fully
2500 Indians collected on the banks of the Detroit. These, with the
motley force he had already there, made an army of fully 5000 men.
Early in July bands of Indians had begun to appear in the vicinity of
Fort Meigs, seizing every opportunity for killing and plundering.
Tecumseh had become very restless and impatient; wanting to go on the
warpath,--especially when he saw so many of his countrymen ready for
it,--and he demanded that another attempt should be made to c