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Domestic News
June 8, 1813
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
A letter from an army officer reports that American sympathizers in Upper Canada, who refused the oath to the British king, hid in a cave near Lake Simcoe last winter, killed 18 pursuers, and some were later liberated from York jail.
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Baltimore, June 5.
A letter we have received from an officer in the army, says—'Our adherents and friends in Upper Canada suffer greatly in apprehension, or in actual misery. Eighteen or twenty of them who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the king of England, lived the last winter in a cave or subterraneous hut, near Lake Simcoe. Twenty-five men, Indians and whites were sent to ferret them out, and kill or take them; but our Yankees (as all Americans are styled there) killed 18 of the party, and enjoyed "their woods and their liberty" till very lately, when some of the feeblest, worn out with cold and disease, were seized and put into York jail, whence we liberated them: and from one of them, an emaciated, grey headed old man, (who, I fear, cannot long survive to enjoy his liberty) I had this account, with other anecdotes.
May our friends be speedily and effectually protected—our enemies as speedily punished.'
Whig.
A letter we have received from an officer in the army, says—'Our adherents and friends in Upper Canada suffer greatly in apprehension, or in actual misery. Eighteen or twenty of them who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the king of England, lived the last winter in a cave or subterraneous hut, near Lake Simcoe. Twenty-five men, Indians and whites were sent to ferret them out, and kill or take them; but our Yankees (as all Americans are styled there) killed 18 of the party, and enjoyed "their woods and their liberty" till very lately, when some of the feeblest, worn out with cold and disease, were seized and put into York jail, whence we liberated them: and from one of them, an emaciated, grey headed old man, (who, I fear, cannot long survive to enjoy his liberty) I had this account, with other anecdotes.
May our friends be speedily and effectually protected—our enemies as speedily punished.'
Whig.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Rebellion Or Revolt
Indian Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Upper Canada
Lake Simcoe
Oath Allegiance
Cave Hut
Pursuit Indians Whites
York Jail
Liberation
What entities or persons were involved?
Emaciated, Grey Headed Old Man
Where did it happen?
Upper Canada
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Upper Canada
Event Date
Last Winter
Key Persons
Emaciated, Grey Headed Old Man
Outcome
18 of the pursuing party killed; some feeblest seized and put into york jail, whence liberated
Event Details
Eighteen or twenty American sympathizers who refused oath of allegiance hid in cave near Lake Simcoe; 25 men, Indians and whites, sent to capture or kill them but 18 pursuers killed; some captured later due to cold and disease, liberated from York jail