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with information that Tupper had arrived at the ford but had failed 
to cross the river. He then sent an officer with an escort through the 
woods to propose to Tupper a junction of their forces at Roche de Bout, 
six miles above the rapids. This party returned next morning with 
the information that they had found Tupper’s camp deserted and the 
bodies of two of his men scalped and stripped of their clothing. Lewis 
retreated without delay and on his return Winchester began to streng- 
then his breastworks and to build huts to shelter his men. Scouts 
were sent out daily who reported that the Indians continued to occupy 
their position until the end of November, only withdrawing when the 
supplies at that place were consumed or removed. The sole incident 
worthy of notice occurred on the 22nd, when Logan and two other 
Shawanese scouts encountered Interpreter Elliott with a small party of 
British Indians. Finding themselves outnumbered, Logan and his 
companions professed to have deserted the American service and asked 
permission to accompany Elliott to his camp. That officer, who was 
a son of Colonel Elliott, lately practising law at Amherstburg, seems to 
have been completely deceived and unwisely allowed them to retain 
their arms. After proceeding quietly for some distance they suddenly 
sprang behind trees and opened fire upon Elliott’s party, wounding him 
and two Indians. Their fire was returned and Logan received a mortal 
wound but escaped to die in the American camp. Elliott’s injuries 
also proved fatal within a day or two.' In the latter part of November, 
the roads were rendered impassable by frequent showers of rain, which, 
however, were not sufficient to make the Au Glaize navigable for loaded 
boats. The cattle driven forward for beef became so poor for lack of 
food that they could scarcely stand up to be slaughtered. Typhus 
fever continued to rage in Winchester’s camp, causing many deaths. 
When the weather turned cold the health of his men improved and they 
were allowed to hunt; but scarcely a squirrel or other animal could be 
found in the woods, although game was usually plentiful. 
On his return to St. Mary from Fort Winchester, Harrison found 
himself obliged to detach a battalion of Ohio militia and a regiment 
of Kentucky mounted riflemen to the relief of Fort Wayne, which was 
again threatened by the neighbouring Indians influenced by the Shawnee 
Prophet, who had re-established his camp upon the Tippecanoe River. 
He learned at the same time that not only Fort Harrison on the Wabash 
but distant Fort Madison on the Mississippi near St. Louis had been 
invested. In compliance with his requisition for troops to protect 
the frontier of Indiana and Illinois, Shelby had issued a proclamation 
inviting an unlimited number of mounted volunteers to assemble at 


1 Elliott to Ironside, Nov. 10, 1812; Elliott to St. George, Nov. 11, 1812. 
