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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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very heavy and destructive fire, which staggered the main body and put the whole into confusion. As the savages outnumbered the English, the party which made the sally could escape being surrounded only by an inglorious retreat. Twenty of the English were killed, and forty-two wounded; leaving to a peaceful rivulet the name of chap. VII.} 1763. July. The Bloody Run, in memory of that day. Dalyell himself fell while attempting to bring off the wounded; Amherst to Secretary of State, 8 Sept. 1753. his body remained to the victors; his scalp became one more ornament to the red man's wigwam. The victory encouraged the confederates. The wavering began to fear no longer to be found on the side of Pontiac; two hundred recruits joined his forces, and the siege of Detroit was continued by bands exceeding a thousand men. Major Gladwin to Amherst, Detroit, 11 Aug. 1763. The vigor and courage that pervaded the whole wilderness was without example. Once more the Delawares gathered