WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 



PERIOD FOURTH. 



THIS PERIOD COMPRISES THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN OF 



1812, IN OHIO. 



Though peace had been made on parchment between the 

 United States, and England, in. 1783, yet that peace, could 

 scarcely be said, to have extended to this North Western Terri- 

 tory. The war with the Indians, continued from the 27th of 

 April 1774, until the peace of Greenville, August 3d 1795. 

 The British, constantly occupied their Indian posts within the 

 limits of our territory until the first of June 1796. The Cana- 

 dian Indian Department, continued to pay regular annuities 

 to their savage allies, who lived within the limits of this Union, 

 up to a very recent period ; perhaps, they do, up to the moment, 

 when this is written. 



This conduct of our Canadian neighbors, kept up a hard 

 feeling between us, and the English; and besides, that nation 

 was constantly doing some act, which showed their ill will to- 

 wards the United States. They were continually preying on 

 our defenceless commerce, but not content with plundering our 

 property on the high seas, under various pretexts, they impress- 

 ed our sailors, into their naval service. This practice of 

 impressment, kept up, and even increased the angry feelings 

 of our nation, towards England. General Harrison, the gov- 

 ernor of the Indiana Territory, had, in November 1811, fought 

 a severe battle with the Indians, at Tippecanoe, and every 

 thing portended war, between this nation and England, when, 



