Ibid., p. 316.
465
Porter's Address to the Public. Niles' Register, vol. iii. p. 284.
466
See Eustis's Letter to Dearborn, Aug. 15, 1812. Hall's Memoirs of the Northwestern Campaign, p. 87.
467
Life of Brock, pp. 106, 130, 181.
468
Chauncey to Secretary, Sept. 26, 1812. Captains' Letters, Navy Department MSS.
469
Chauncey to Secretary, Feb. 24, 1815. Ibid.
470
The details of Chauncey's actions are appended to his letter of Sept. 26, 1812.
471
Chauncey to Secretary of the Nary, Oct. 8, 12, 21, 1812. Captains' Letters.
472
Chauncey to Secretary, October 27, November 4, 6, 13. Captains' Letters. Those for November 6 and 13 can be found in Niles, vol. iii, pp. 205, 206.
473
Chauncey to Secretary, November 17. Captains' Letters.
474
Chauncey to Secretary, Nov. 26, 1812. Ibid.
475
Life of Brock, p. 293.
476
In the Canadian Archives frequent mention is made of expeditions by Procter's forces about the American lines, as of the British shipping on the Lake front during the autumn of 1812.
477
Elliott to Chauncey, Sept. 14, 1812. Captains' Letters, Navy Department.
478
Chauncey to the Secretary, Oct. 22, 1812. Captains' Letters, Navy Department.
479
Chauncey to the Secretary, Dec. 25, 1812; Jan. 1 and 8, and Feb. 16, 1813. Captains' Letters.
480
See Chauncey's letters of Dec. 1, 1812, and Jan. 20, 1813. Captains' Letters.
481
Chauncey to the Secretary, Jan. 21, Feb. 22, 1813. Captains' Letters.
482
Ridout, "Ten Years in Upper Canada," pp. 52, 58, 115.
483
Niles' Register, vol ii. p. 42.
484
Ibid., p. 119.
485
Ibid., p. 303.
486
Naval Chronicle, vol. xxviii. p. 248.
487
Quoted from Steele's List (British) by Niles' Register, vol. ii. p. 356.
488
Croker to Warren, Nov. 18, 1812, and March 20, 1813. British Admiralty MSS. Out-Letters.
489