 | Rufus Blanchard - 1881 - 812 ページ
..."8m: — The power at my disposal authorizes me to require of you the immediate' surrender of Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of...my troops will be beyond my control the moment the c ntest commences. You will find me disposed to enter into such conditions as will satisfy the most... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - 1881 - 812 ページ
..."Sin: — The power at my disposal authorizes me to require of you the immediate surrender of Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of...you must be aware that the numerous body of Indians wlio have attached themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment the c ntest commences.... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1882 - 396 ページ
...plain threat of massacre in case of refusal. Said Brock in his letter : " It is far from my intention to join in a war of extermination ; but you must be aware that the numerous bodies of Indians who have attached \y themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment... | |
 | John Lewis Thomson - 1887 - 678 ページ
...: " Sir — The force at my disposal authorizes me to require of you the surrender of Fort Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of...commences. You will find me disposed to enter into such conditions as will satisfy the most scrupulous sense of honour. Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donnell and... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1890 - 536 ページ
..." The force at my disposal," he wrote, " authorizes me to require of you the surrender of Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of...beyond my control the moment the contest commences." The threat of massacre or Indian captivity struck Hull's most sensitive chord. After some delay he... | |
 | Lady Matilda Ridout Edgar - 1890 - 428 ページ
...— The forces at my disposal authorize me to require of you the immediate surrender of Fort Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of...beyond my control the moment the contest commences. ISAAC BROCK, Major-General. His Excellency Brig.-Gen. Hull. Commanding at Fort Detroit. General Hull's... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1890 - 524 ページ
...The force e£"l my disposal," he wrote, "authorizes me to require of; you the surrender of Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of extermination, but you o must be aware that the numerous body of Indians who have attached themselves to my troops will be... | |
 | David Breakenridge Read - 1894 - 284 ページ
..." The force at my disposal authorizes me to require of you the immediate surrender of Fort Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of...commences. You will find me disposed to enter into such conditions as will satisfy the most scrupulous sense of honor. Lieut.-Colonel Macdonell and Major... | |
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - 1896 - 638 ページ
...war-cloud hung upon every side, and the British general had significantly remarked in his note, " The Indians who have attached themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment the contest begins." Hull shuddered at the prospect of consigning the innocent inhabitants of the town and country,... | |
 | Rufus Blanchard - 1898 - 716 ページ
..."SiR: The power at my disposal authorizes me to require of you the immediate surrender of Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of...commences. You will find me disposed to enter into such conditions as will satisfy the most scrupulous sense of honor. Lieutenant-Colonel McDonnell and... | |
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Detroit. It is far from my inclination to join in a war of extermination, but you must be aware that the numerous body of Indians who have attached themselves to my troops will be beyond my control the moment the contest commences. 
