1 96 HIST0R7 OF OHIO. 



Shane's crossing of the Sta. Mary's. Early on the 6th of Sep. 

 tember, he ordered forward all the remaining troops. On the 

 8th they overtook Allen's regiment at Girtystown on the Sta. 

 Mary's. On the 19th a reconoitering party of twenty men was 

 sent forward. The enemy learning the near approach of our 

 army, abandoned all their positions around the fort and fled off 

 in dismay. Before this time, twenty days, General James 

 Winchester of Tennessee, an old revolutionary officer, had 

 been appointed a brigadier general, and while he was in Lex- 

 ington, Kentucky, on his way to join Hull's army, he was or- 

 dered to take the command, temporarily, of all the troops in 

 Ohio. To him, therefore. Governor William Henry Harri- 

 son, resigned that portion of his assumed command, if we may 

 so call it. However, Winchester's command lasted but a few 

 days, for on the 17th September, 1812, Harrison was appoin, 

 ted CoMMANDER-iN'CHiEF, of all the troops, in the North Wes- 

 tern Territory. He was ordered, as soon as practicable to 

 retake Detroit. 



On taking command of the troops, he found them in their 

 summer clothes, without a sock or a mitten for winter. Many 

 of them were without shoes. In this case, the General ap- 

 plied to the government, but through fear of their not attend- 

 ing to this matter, Harrison addressed a letter, which was re- 

 published all over Kentucky and Ohio, calling on the weaU 

 thier citizens to contribute these articles forthwith to their 

 patriotic defenders. This call was attended to and these arti- 

 cles saved many from being frost bitten. In this address the 

 eloquent General asked, " can any citizen sleep easy in his 

 bed of down, while the centinel who defends him, stands in a 

 Canadian climate, clad only in a linen hunting shirt?" Af. 

 ter his appointment, Harrison pushed forward to Defiance, at 

 the mouth of the Auglaize. Leaving this post under the com- 

 mand of Winchester, we find him, at Franklinton on the 13th 

 of October. Here he established his head quarters. 



But it is necessary that we should go back, and learn what 

 else had been doing in this state, by others, besides those with 

 Harrison. « 



