Enter COL. CLARKE, CAPT. KERR, of the Indian contingent, and MISHE-MO-QUA.
(The British officers consult, and then invite CAPT. MCDOWELLto join them. A drum is brought, Major De Haren produces writing materials; and terms of capitulation are drawn up, which are read to CAPT. MCDOWELL.)
Fitzgibbon. Our terms we make as light as possible:
I hope you'll find them so, sir.
Capt. McDowell (after reading). Terms generous and honourable sir;
I thank you. A noble foe is always half a friend.
I'll carry them to Colonel Boerstler,
With your consent.
[FITZGIBBON bows.
[Exit CAPT. MCDOWELL.
Enter MAJOR DE HAREN, who hastens to greet LIEUT. FITZGIBBON.
Major De Haren. Why, what is this, Fitzgibbon, that I hear?
That with your little handful you have caught
Five hundred enemy? A very elephant!
Fitzgibbon. A strait like mine required some strategy.
De Haren. My dear, brave fellow, you have surely won
The golden epaulettes! How glad I am
[!-- Begin Page 66 --] I was not here before. Such tact! such skill!
You are a soldier born. But who comes hither?
Enter COL. BOERSTLER, CAPT. MCDOWELL and other American officers.