"CALLING AWAY HIS BOAT, HE ROWED UNDER THE ENEMY'S FIRE."
As soon as the prisoners had been secured, the prizes manned, and orders given for the necessary repairs, Perry sat down in his cabin and wrote to General Harrison, commanding the Army of the West, who had been waiting anxiously for the issue of the battle. Here is his letter:—
Dear General,—We have met the enemy and they are ours,—two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop.
Yours with very great respect and esteem,
O.H. Perry.
Well might the general be elated when he got the news. The victory had saved the whole Northwest, which until then had been desolated by the most savage and barbarous of enemies. No time was lost in following it up, and in carrying the war into the enemy's country. The army was quickly embarked on board the ships and landed in Canada.
After marching inland it attacked the enemy, and in the great victory of Moravian Town the English troops were annihilated, and Tecumseh, the relentless enemy of the United States, was killed. From that time forth until the close of the war the British were compelled to abandon all operations on Lake Erie.
CHAPTER XV.
THE SLOOP ACTIONS.
