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the former Chief Justice. All officers of the American Indian Depart- 
ment were superseded and collectors of customs were appointed. All 
other civil officers remaining at their posts within the conquered territory 
were continued in office by special proclamation. Persons having public 
property in their possession were required to deliver it up to the officers of 
quartermaster-general’s department without delay. 
On arriving at Fort Erie, Brock learned that an armistice had been 
concluded and at once wrote to Procter to suspend the projected expedi- 
tion against Fort Wayne until further orders.! Eight hundred Indians 
took their departure from Amherstburg within a few days in high 
dissatisfaction in consequence. The Prophet returned to the Wabash 
and Tecumseh undertook a long journey to the south in the hope of 
regaining his health and enlisting the Cherokees and Creeks in the war. 
Karly in September, Procter advanced with a small force to the Miami 
Rapids where he learned that the enemy’s post at Sandusky had been 
abandoned, and that Chicago had been taken and Fort Wayne closely 
invested by the “back Indians.” Colonel Elliott who had accompanied 
him on this expedition was disabled by illness from riding on horse- 
back or he would have sent him forward to restrain them; but he was 
instructed to take all necessary measures for that purpose within his 
power. On the 10th of September, after his return from Detroit, he 
received a letter from Brock informing him of the resumption of hostili- 
ties and desiring him to send every man and gun he could spare to his 
assistance on the line of the Niagara. A party of Indians had come 
in about the same time bringing a prisoner who had been sent out from 
Fort Wayne to seek assistance from General Harrison.” By his account 
the garrison was reduced to such an extremity that Procter decided to 
despatch a small body of regulars and militia to assist in the siege and 
save the lives of the inmates. Some American prisoners to whom his 
determination was made known seemed much pleased and gave him 
full credit for his good intentions.* 
Fortunately, as it happened, some unforeseen events delayed the 
departure of this expedition for several days. The regular troops at 
his disposal had been reduced to less than two hundred and fifty of all 
ranks and arms by the detachment of parties to serve as marines and 
escorts and he was consequently obliged to call out a hundred additional 
militiamen besides thirty horsemen to act as despatch riders and main- 
tain his communication with the settlement on the Thames. One 
hundred and fifty Indians opportunely arrived from Mackinac, which 
with the Wyandots and other small bands that still remained at Amherst- 

! Brock to Procter, Aug. 25, 1812. 
2? Letter in Boston Messenger, Dec. 4, 1812. Procter to Brock, Sept. 10, 1812. 
3 Brock to Prevost, Sept. 18, 1812. 
