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INDIANS IN THE 111 WAR OK 1812. 323 a dispatch to SirOeorjfe IMevostdated Decembers, 1811, Ooiieral lirock said: My first euro on my iirrivul in this proviiiro wiis to <liro»-t the ofticers of tho Iii<li»n (loi>artmeiit at Amliorstbnrjj tooxcrt tlieir wlioln inHiici>co with the IndiiiuH to prevent Ihe attack which I luulertttood a few tribea lueditatod a)j;ain8t the Aincri(Min frontier; Imt thi'ir oft'ortH proved fruitlesK. 8noh wiM their infatuation that the ludiaM^ refused to listen to advice, and they are now ho deeply en>;a^d that I despair of being able to withdraw tliein from thi; contest in time to avert tlieir destrnction. A hijjh degree of fanaticism, which has been for years working in their uiinds^ has led to the jtresent state of affairs. Yet when he wrote these words he was convinced that war with the United States was unavoidable, and deliberately contemplated seeking tlie assistance of the Indians in that event. " But before 1 can expect an active co-operation on the part of the Indians," he continued, " the redmtion of Detroit and Micbilimakinac must convince that people (who consider themselves to have been sacrificed to our policy in the year 1794) that we are earnestly engaged in the war. The Indians, I am given to understand, are eager for an opportunity to avenge the numerous injuries of which they complain. A few tribes at the instigation of a Shawanese of no note have already (ultho' explicitly told not to look for assistance from us) commenced the contest. The stand which they continue to make on the Wabash against about 2,000 regulars and militia is a strong Iiroof of tlie strong force which a general combination of the Indians will render necessary to protect wholly so extended a frontier.'* The dispatch from Lord Liverpool to the (Jovernor-Cieneral of Canada, dated July 28, 1811, reiterating the *instnu'tion8 sent to his predecessor in ortice on the 2d of February to exert every means in his power to restrain the Indians from hostilities does not a])pear to have been received by Prevost until the following .laiiuary; but he was then able to reply tliat the wishes of the cabinet in tliat respect had been fully anticipated, and an extract from IWock's letter, alreatly cited, was at once forwarded to the British minister at Washington to be used as evidence of his pacific attitude. A vague rumor of the battle at Tippecanoe had reached Elliot at Amherstburg as early as the 3d of >ccember, 181 1, but it was not until the 12th of January, 1812, that he obtained what may be regarded as the olHcial Indian account of that affair: i Two young Winibiegoes, no doubt out of curiosity (for it appears tho Indians had uo intention to attack but to defend themselves if attacked),