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the openings, and fired out upon the whooping 

 assailants. At intervals, a bullet flew sharply 

 whizzing through a crevice, striking down a man, 

 perchance, or rapping harmlessly against the par- 

 titions. Old Campau, the master of the house, 

 stood on a trap-door to prevent the frightened 

 soldiers from seeking shelter among the women 

 in the cellar. A ball grazed his gray head, and 

 buried itself in the wall, where a few years since 

 it might still have been seen. The screams of the 

 half-stifled women below, the quavering war-whoops 

 without, the shouts and curses of the soldiers, min- 

 gled in a scene of clamorous confusion, and it was 

 long before the authority of Rogers could restore 

 order. ^ 



In the mean time, Captain Grant, with his 

 advanced party, had moved forward about half a 

 mile, where he found some orchards and enclosures, 

 by means of which he could maintain himself until 

 the centre and rear should arrive. From this point 

 he detached all the men he could spare to occupy 

 the houses below ; and as soldiers soon began to 

 come in from the rear, he was enabled to re-en- 

 force these detachments, until a complete line of 

 communication was established with the fort, and 

 the retreat effectually secured. Within an hour, 

 the whole party had arrived, with the exception of 

 Eogers and his men, who were quite unable to 

 come ofl", being besieged in the house of Campau, 



1 Many particulars of the fight at the house of Campau were related 

 to me, on the spot, by John R. Williams, Esq., of Detroit, a connection of 

 the Campau family. 



