[25] Columbian Centinel, December 16, 1812 (p. 2-2). The following is taken from the Yankee (Boston) of December 18, 1812 (p. 3-2):
"General Smyth—again.
"How many Militia and Volunteers, with such Generals as Hull, Smyth, et cetera, will conquer Canada?
"A Yankee answer by another question—How many snow balls will heat an oven?"
In the Columbian Centinel of December 23, 1812, appeared the following (p. 2-3):
"A letter from Albany, says, 'All the Generals from Canada are extremely mortified and crest-fallen. The boys at Buffalo form themselves into groups, and sing the following altered stanza of Yankee Doodle:'—
"'When Smythe a Bragadier had got,
He prov'd a darned coward—
He durst not go to Canada
For fear of being devoured.
Yankee doodle, doodle do—
Yankee doodle dandy—
Mind the back step of the march—
And with your legs be handy.'"
[26] Salem Gazette, May 3, 1814 (p. 2-4). In the Salem Gazette of November 25, 1813, appeared a paragraph headed "Braggardism! Wilkinson's Glorious Expedition to Canada!" (p. 2-2). The unsuccessful expedition into Canada gave rise to an epigram printed in the Columbian Centinel of December 11, 1813:
"Gen. Wilkinson's late Expedition.
WITH Conquest how his bosom burn'd!—
He went—he saw—and then—return'd."