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and always do more than he did,) about one
hour by sun we marchd & fell in the rear of the
[foot] about 8 miles thru a thick settled country of
fine farms & Houses on the bank of Detroit River &
lake St. Clair the foot then Halted & we took the front
and after marching about twenty miles up the border
of Lake St. Clair over a fine level sandy road, we were
met by six deserters who informed us that Genl Proctor
and his army with Gnl Tecumsseh & twelve hundred
Indians were about 15 miles above the mouth of the
River Trench or Thames that they had left him
about one oClock onyesterday. it was near sunset when we g
ot this information but it infused new life into our
Regiment and we marchd on four miles farther & [illegible]
in a skirt of Woods between the Lake of [Prararie?] below
the mouth of a large Creek with five or six good Houses
and farms in sight 24 miles above Sandwich the
foot troops encampt immediately in our rear in two
long lines on the borders of the Lake -- Great exertions
were made by the whole army to overtake the British and
Indians, three schooners loaded with provisions & about
fifty boats accompanied us with a fine breeze in
their rear two of our large ships had passed us
the day before & had anchord at the mouth of the
River Thames so that Providence seems to aid