[103]. Brownstown is situated on the Huron River, twenty-five miles south of Detroit; Magagua (Monguagon) is about twenty miles south of Detroit. The engagement at the former place occurred August 5; at the latter, August 9, 1812.—Ed.
[104]. For the early history of Detroit, see Croghan’s Journals, volume i of our series, note 18.—Ed.
[105]. Lewis Cass was governor of Michigan from 1814 to 1831.—Ed.
[106]. Alexander Macomb (1782–1841) was a lieutenant colonel in the regular army at the outbreak of the War of 1812–15. Having served on the Niagara frontier during 1813, he commanded the regular troops at the battle of Plattsburg (September, 1814), and for his bravery was made a major-general and received a gold medal from Congress. Upon the death of General Brown in 1828, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the army.—Ed.
[107]. Either the common whitefish (Coregonus clupeiformis) or the blue fins (Coregonus nigripinnis).—Ed.
[108]. For an account of the North-West Company, consult the preface to Long’s Voyages, volume ii of our series, p. 16.—Ed.
[109]. Hog Island, about three miles above Detroit, was so named by the French in the early years of discovery, because of the number of wild swine found thereon. Near this island occurred the defeat of the Fox Indians in 1712. See Wisconsin Historical Collections, xvi, p. 283. This island was purchased by William, father of General Macomb, in 1786.—Ed.
[110]. For the Ottawa Indians, see Croghan’s Journals, volume i of our series, note 37.—Ed.
[111]. This unimportant post was established (1765) and commanded by Patrick Sinclair, a British army officer, who also purchased a large tract of land along the river. Both fort and river were for a long time called Sinclair, and as late as 1807 are so given in an Indian treaty drawn up by Governor Hull. See State Papers, Indian Affairs, i, p. 747.—Ed.
[112]. The battle of the Thames, in which Proctor was put to flight and Tecumseh killed, was fought two miles west of Moraviantown, or about sixty-five miles north-east of Detroit.—Ed.