l lifeless on the deck. The Americans immediately after
carried the British vessel by boarding, where hardly an unwounded man
remained, and so shattered was she in her hull, that she was
immediately after burned by the captors. Never, says Alison, will the
British empire be endangered while the spirit of Captain Manners
survives in its defenders.

[24] Taken verbatim from Alison. The _Wasp_, whose Captain,
Blakeley, was an Irishman, was lost in the same year, during a
cruise, and no trace of her gallant captain or crew was ever
obtained.

There was some correspondence in the early part of 1814, relative to
the prisoners captured at Queenston, supposed to be British subjects,
and therefore sent to England to be tried for treason. The American
government confined an equal number of British prisoners, who were to
be retaliated upon, unless the British government consented to exchange
them the same as other prisoners, and the Canadian government confined
General Winder and a number of other officers and men, as hostages for
the forthcoming of the British prisoners, and in retaliation for their
confinement. The whole matter ended in smoke. The traitors were not
made examples of, and negotiations and retaliations ceased. During the
winter, stores of every kind were forwarded to Kingston, from Quebec
and Montreal. In February, the 8th regiment, and two hundred and twenty
seamen, arrived overland from Fredericton, New Brunswick. The Indians,
Ottawas, Chippewas, Shawnees, Delawares, Mohawks, Saiks, Foxes,
Kickapoos, and Winebagoes, came to Quebec to inform the Governor
General that they were poor and needed arms, but would fight to the
last drop of blood for the British against the Americans, who had taken
away their lands, General Prevost was, of course, exceedingly glad to
hear it, and having expressed his regret for the death of Tecumseh, he
loaded them with presents, entertained them for two days, and then sent
them off to prepare for the campaign.

The Americans had not by any means been idle during the winter. They
too had been making preparations, and when General Macomb crossed Lake
Champlain on the ice, with his division, from Plattsburgh, about the
end of March, serious doubts began to be entertained in Canada, with
regard to the probability of another invasion. The general soon removed
all doubts. He crossed to St. Armand and remained there unmolested,
while General Wilkinson prepared to ass