"HMS Detroit at the Battle of Lake Erie" Topic
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| Tango01 | 17 Jun 2015 11:50 a.m. PST |
"An interesting mention of some passengers on board the British flagship, HMS Detroit at the time of the Battle of Lake Erie:
We learned from the prisoners that Commodore Barkley (James Herriot Barclay) had two pet bears on board of his vessel, and took also two Indians, whom he placed in the round tops, with rifles, to shoot Commodore Perry, and other American officers. But the thunder of the first broadside so frightened them that they left their positions and went below decks, and coiled themselves away in the cable tier; and the bears following the example of their brethren of the forest, did the same thing, and the whole four were found there in a heap after the action. I saw the Indians among the prisoners, the pictures of despair; they were delivered over to our Indians. But the bears, I believe, were claimed by the sailors, as belonging to the ship"
From here
link Amicalement
Armand |
IronDuke596  | 18 Jun 2015 8:28 a.m. PST |
Very interesting Armand, and thanks. This should have been cross posted to the War of 1812 Board. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 18 Jun 2015 10:06 a.m. PST |
Crossposted now.  |
| Tango01 | 20 Jun 2015 11:07 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. (smile) Thanks bill!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Buckeye AKA Darryl | 01 Sep 2015 6:49 a.m. PST |
And to discuss the battle, miniatures, rules, et al, stop by the Battle of Lake Erie Yahoo group. Surprisingly active over the last month, with great conversation about rules. link |
| Volunteer | 01 Sep 2015 7:09 p.m. PST |
I just read another version that said there was only one bear and during the battle near the end the bear came back up on deck, lured by the smell of blood and meat, and started eating the bits and pieces of the dead crew. It was shot and killed. Sound much more like a bear than the other story. The source was "In the Wake of the Eighteen Twelvers – Fights and Flights of Frigates & Fore-'n'-afters in the War of 1812-1815 on the Great Lakes" by C. H. J. Snider (Charles Henry Jeremiah) published in 1913. Written from the Canadian viewpoint. the |
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