NARRATIVE OF TUE EXPEDITION". 217 



anything else, it was resolved on. llain soon commenced, whicli 

 appeared the signal for increased turbulence; but by dint of hard 

 pushing in the men, with some help from our own hands, we 

 succeeded in weathering Point Huron, the first point of shelter. 

 The right hand shore then became a continued covert, and we 

 successively saw point after point lessen in the distance. It was 

 noon when we reached Grosse Point, the original place of our 

 general embarkation on commencing the expedition ; the rest of 

 the voyage ran like a dream "when one awaketh," and we landed 

 at the City of Detroit at half-past three o'clock P. M. 



Gov. Cass, and his equestrian party from Chicago, had preceded 

 us thirteen days, as will be perceived from the following article 

 from the weekly press of that city, of September 15, 1820, 

 which embraces a comprehensive notice of the expedition ; its 

 route, the objects it accomplished, and the effects it may be ex- 

 pected to have on the leading interests and interior policy of the 

 country, as well as the drawing forth of its resources. 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



FROM THE DETROIT GAZETTE. ^ 



Last Friday evening, Governor Cass arrived here from Chicago, 

 accompanied by Lieutenant M'Kay and Mr. R. A. Forsyth,* both 

 of whom belonged to the expedition — all in good health. 



* Major Robert A. Forsytli was a native of the Detroit Country, of Canadian de- 

 scent, and born a few years after its transfer to the United States. At the time of 

 the expedition, he was the Secretary of Governor Cass, and was admirably qualified 

 to take a part in it, by his energy and perseverance, his indomitable courage, and 

 his physical power and activity. Some of these traits of character were developed 

 at an early age. He was but yet a lad at the time of the surrender of Detroit, and- 

 was so much excited by that untoward event, that he insulted the British officers in 

 the fort by his reproaches, and so irritated them that one of them threatened to pin 

 him to the floor with a bayonet. During the war upon the frontier, he was actively 

 employed, and on more than one occasion distinguished himself by his conduct and 

 courage. He was with Major Holmes at the battle near the Long Woods, and be- 

 haved with great gallantry. In 1814, he was sent with Chandruai, a half-breed Pot- 

 towatamie, and with a small party of Indians, to invite the various Indian tribes to 

 come to Greenville, at the treaties about to be held by Generals Harrison and Cass, 

 with a view to detach the North-Western Indians from British influence. On the 

 route, they met a superior party of Indians, led by an officer of the British Indian 

 Department, who attempted to take them prisoners. They resisted, and, by their 



