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Special Series The Race Card Project SixWord Essays NPRs partnership with The Race Card Project explores a different kind of conversation about race. American control over the Detroit area was re established, the tribal confederacy collapsed, and Procter would later be court martialled for his poor leadership. BackgroundeditDuring the last months of 1. American Army of the Northwest under William Henry Harrison was attempting to recover Detroit and capture Fort Amherstburg at Amherstburg from the Right Division of the British Army in Upper Canada, which was commanded by Major General Henry Procter. The British position depended on maintaining command of Lake Erie. The sparsely populated region produced insufficient crops and cattle to feed Procters troops, the sailors of the British ships on the Lake, and above all the large numbers of Native warriors and their families gathered at Amherstburg under Tecumseh supplies could effectively be brought to them only by ships on the lake. Also, if naval command of Lake Erie passed to the Americans, they would be able to land an army on the north shore at any point of their choosing, cutting off Procter from reinforcement from the east. From the start of the war to the end of July 1. British ships, which since May 5, 1. Commander Robert Heriot Barclay, had maintained control of the lake. They contained the American squadron under Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry at Presque Isle harbour. When Barclay lifted the blockade for two days in order to receive supplies, Perry was able to move his ships across the sandbar at the entrance to the harbour and into the lake. Barclay declined to attack them. Once it was fully armed and manned, Perrys superior squadron instituted a counter blockade of Amherstburg, and supplies of food there rapidly ran short. Finally, with supplies almost exhausted, Barclay put out to seek battle with Perry. On September 1. 0, Perry gained a complete victory in the Battle of Lake Erie, after a hard fought battle. On receiving Perrys hastily written note that We have met the enemy and they are ours, Harrison knew that Procter would be forced to retreat, and ordered an advance. One thousand mounted troops began advancing along the lake shore to Detroit, and 2,5. Amherstburg by Perrys ships once the damage they had received in the battle had been repaired. Procters retreateditEven before he received news of Barclays defeat, Procter had made preparations to fall back to the British position at Burlington Heights at the western end of Lake Ontario. Tecumseh knew that this would remove all protection from the tribes in the confederation whose lands lay to the west of Detroit and attempted to dissuade Procter, saying Our fleet has gone out, we know they have fought we have heard the great guns but know nothing of what has happened to our Father with one Arm Barclay, who had lost an arm in 1. Our ships have gone one way, and we are much astonished to see our Father Procter tying up everything and preparing to run the other, without letting his red children know what his intentions are. We must compare our Fathers conduct to that of a fat animal that carries its tail upon its back but when affrighted, it drops it between its legs and runs off. Nevertheless, Procter could not defend Fort Amherstburg. Not only was there no food, but the guns had been removed from the fort to be mounted on Barclays ships. Procter began to retreat up the Thames River on September 2. Tecumseh had no option but to go with him. Procter apparently agreed to a compromise to retreat only as far as Moraviantown, a settlement of Lenape Indians who had migrated from the United States. As this was the highest point of the river to which batteaux could navigate, it was safe from outflanking moves by water. Also, some supplies could in theory be brought there overland from Burlington Heights, although the roads were very poor. However, Procter made no attempt to fortify this position. The British retreat was badly managed, and the soldiers had been reduced to half rations. Procter was alleged to have left the main body of his army under his second in command, Colonel Augustus Warburton of the 4. Regiment, without orders, while he led the retreat, accompanied by his wife and family, the other women and dependents, and his personal baggage. The British soldiers were becoming increasingly demoralized, and Tecumsehs warriors grew ever more impatient with Procter for his unwillingness to stop and fight, giving Procter reason to fear a mutiny by the warriors. The Americans left a brigade under Duncan Mc. Arthur to garrison Detroit and another under Lewis Cass to garrison Sandwich, Ontario. Harrison led the main body from Sandwich in pursuit of Procter on October 2. As they advanced, Harrisons men captured several abandoned boats and a steady stream of British stragglers. They caught up with the retreating British and Indians late on October 4. Tecumseh skirmished with the Americans near Chatham, Ontario to slow the American advance, but the warriors were quickly overwhelmed. The batteaux carrying Warburtons reserve ammunition and the last of the food went aground and were left behind, to be captured by an American raiding party. General William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrisons force numbered at least 3,5. He had a small detachment of regulars from the 2. U. S. Infantry and five brigades of Kentucky militia led by Isaac Shelby, the 6. Kentucky and a hero of the American Revolutionary War. He also had 1,0. 00 volunteer cavalry under Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson. Most of Johnsons men were from Kentucky, but some were from the River Raisin area of Michigan, all of them spurred on by the slogan Remember the River Raisin. Procter had about 8. Regiment. The veterans of the regiments 1st Battalion had been serving in Upper Canada since the start of the war, and had suffered heavy casualties in several engagements in 1. Battle of Lake Erie, where more than 1. Barclays ships. They had been reinforced by the young soldiers of the 2nd Battalion. Most of the regiments officers were dissatisfied with Procters leadership, but Colonel Warburton, the next in seniority, refused to countenance any move to remove Procter from command. Tecumseh and skilled war chief, Chief Roundhead of the Wyandot tribe, led about 5. Native American warriors. Shortly after daybreak on October 5, after ordering his troops to abandon their half cooked breakfast and retreat a further two miles, Procter formed the British regulars in line of battle with a single 6 pounder cannon. He planned to trap Harrison on the banks of the Thames, driving the Americans off the road with cannon fire.