198 BRADSTREET'S ARMY ON THE LAKES. [1764, Nov. 



and fifty in all, were therefore ordered to make 

 their way to Niagara along the pathless borders of 

 the lake. They accordingly set out, and, after 

 many days of hardship, reached their destination ; 

 though such had been their sufferings, from fatigue, 

 cold, and hunger ; from wading swamps, swimming 

 creeks and rivers, and pushing their way through 

 tangled thickets, that many of the provincials 

 perished miserably in the woods. On the fourth 

 of November, seventeen days after their departure 

 from Sandusky, the main body of the little army 

 arrived in safety at Niagara ; and the whole, re-em- 

 barking on Lake Ontario, proceeded towards 

 Oswego.^ Fortune still seemed adverse ; for a 

 second tempest arose, and one of the schooners, 

 crowded with troops, foundered in sight of Oswego, 

 though most of the men were saved. The route 

 to the settlements was now a short and easy one. 

 On their arrival, the regulars went into quarters ; 

 while the troops levied for the campaign were 

 sent home to their respective provinces. 



This expedition, ill conducted as it was, pro- 

 duced some beneficial results. The Indians at 

 Detroit had been brought to reason, and for the 

 present, at least, would probably remain tranquil ; 

 while the re-establishment of the posts on the 

 upper lakes must necessarily have great effect 

 upon the natives of that region. At Sandusky, 

 on the other hand, the work had been but half 

 done. The tribes of that place felt no respect 

 for the English ; while those to the southward and 



1 Mante, 535. 



