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spirit and ability with which Lieut.-Colonel Dennis conducted his 

 share of* the operations. 



I have the honor, etc., 



Thos. Evans, Lieut.-Colonel. 

 Lieut.-Col. Harvey, Deputy Adjutant General. 



The contents of these letters I might have thrown into a 

 narrative, but I have preferred to give them as they are, to prove 

 how little dependence can be placed on the accounts given by United 

 States writers of the operations during the War of 1812. A com- 

 parison of the preceding letters, with that from General Dearborn, 

 addressed to the United States Secretary at War, will still further 

 prove the distortion of truth in the reports which form the ground- 

 work for the histories of that war written by United States authors. 

 It may be remarked that, contrary to what Dearborn says, there were 

 no Indians with the expedition which attacked the camp at Stony 

 Creek, and it should further be borne in mind that all the events 

 which followed — the flight of the United States troops, the occupation 

 of the camps they had held, the evacuation of the posts, were all 

 visible and so well known that no successful contradiction is 

 possible. 



Headquarters, Fort George, June 6th. 



Sir : I have received an express from the head of the Lake this 

 •evening, with intelligence that our troops commanded by l^rigadier 

 General Chandler, were attacked at 2 o'clock this morning by the 

 whole of the British and Indian forces ; and by some strange fatality, 

 though our loss was but small (not exceeding 30), and the enemy 

 completely routed and driven from the field, both Brigadiers 

 Chandler and Winder were taken prisoners. They had advanced to 

 ascertain the situation of a company of artillery when the attack 

 commenced. General Vincent is reported to be among the killed of 

 the enemy. Col. Clark was mortall)' wounded and fell into our 

 hands, with 60 prisoners of the 49th British regiment. The whole 

 loss of the enemy is 250. They sent in a flag, with a request to 

 bury their dead. General Lewis, accompanied by Brigadier (Tcneral 

 Boyd, goes on to take the command of the advanced troops. 



I have the honor, etc., 



Henry Dearborn. 



Hon. General John Armstrong, Secretary at War. 



