Hull's  Svacuation  of  Canada.   Hull's  army,
which  had  crossed  the  Detroit  River  into  Cana-
da, lay  almost  inactive  between  Sandwich  and
Fort  Maiden.     The  young  officers  of  the  army
became  exceedingly  impatient,  and  almost  muti-
nous, because  Hull  contiuuaUy  restrained  them,
and  was  unwilling  to  send  out  detaehments  on
offensive  expeditions.    He  had  given  Van  Home
so  few  men  wherewith  to  escort  Captain  Brush,
with  his  cattle  and  provisions  (see  Van  Home?s
Defeat),  that  when  the  army  heard  of  the  disas-
ter to  the  troops  there  was  plain  and  lond  talk
at  headquarters  that  startled  the  general.  "Send
five  hundred  men  at  once,"  said  McArthur  and
Cass,  "to  escort  Brush  to  headquarters."      "I
caunot  spare  more  than  one  hundred,"  replied
Hull.     The  mutinous  spirit  was  then  so  threat-
ening that  Hull  called  a  council  of  officers,  wheu
it  was  agreed  to  march  immediately  upon  Fort
Maiden.     The  troops  were  delighted.    Prepara-
tions went  on  vigorously,  and  an  order  to  march
for  Amherstburg  was   momentarily  expected,
when,  near  the  close  of  the  day,  au  order  was
pronmlgated  for  the  army  to  rect-osa  the  river  to
Detroit! — an  order  to  abandon  Canada.     Thi.s
order  was  iu  consequence  of  intelligence  just
received  that  a  large  force  of  British  regulars,
Canadian  militia,  and  Indians  were  approach-
ing from  the  east,  under  Governor  Sir  Isaac
Brock.     Sullenly  the  humiliated  army  obeyed
their  cautious  commander,  and  on  the  night  of
Aug.  7  and  the  morning  of  the  8th  they  crossed
the  Detroit  Eiver,  and  encamped  upon  the  roll-
ing plain  in  the  rear  of  Fort  Detroit.     Major
Denny  was  left  on  the  Canada  side  with  one
hundred  and  thirty  convalescents  and  a  corps
of  artillerists,  to  occupy  Sandwich  aud  afford


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HUMPHEEYS


"  all  possible  protection  to  the  ■well-disposed  in-
habitants." The  chief  object  of  the  evacuation
was  to  secure  a  permanent  commiinicatiou  be-
tween his  army  and  the  sources  of  his  supplies
in  the  Ohio  settlements.
