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the capitulation, and that an English detachment 

 was approaching to relieve it. The Frenchman, 

 in great wrath at the tidings, disregarded the mes- 

 sage as an informal communication, and resolved 

 to keep a hostile attitude to the last. He did his 

 best to rouse the fury of the Indians. x\mong 

 other devices, he displayed upon a pole, before the 

 yelling multitude, the effigy of a crow pecking a 

 man's head ; the crow representing himself, and 

 the head, observes Rogers, " being meant for my 

 own." All his efforts were unavailing, and his 

 faithless allies showed unequivocal symptoms of 

 defection in the hour of need. 



Rogers had now entered the mouth of the River 

 Detroit, whence he sent forward Captain Campbell 

 with a copy of the capitulation, and a letter from 

 the Marquis de Vaudreuil, directing that the place 

 should be given up, in accordance with the terms 

 agreed upon between him and General Amherst. 

 Beletre was forced to yield, and with a very ill 

 grace declared himself and his garrison at the 

 disposal of the English commander. 



The whale boats of the rangers moved slowly 

 upwards between the low banks of the Detroit, 

 until at length the green uniformity of marsh and 

 forest was relieved by the Canadian houses, which 

 began to appear on either bank, the outskirts of 

 the secluded and isolated settlement. Before them, 

 on the right side, they could see the village of the 

 Wyandots, and on the left the clustered lodges of 

 the Pottawattamies ; while, a little beyond, the 

 flag of France was flying for the last time above 



