Indigenous Warriors Save the Day at the Battle of Queenston Heights-- Part 2

The first part of the plan to capture Upper Canada involved 1,400 American troops crossing the Niagara River from Lewiston, New York, and seizing the heights.  At the time of the attack, there were no trees on Queenston Heights and it offered a commanding view and control of the surrounding countryside.

The invaders captured an important British battery and General Brock was mortally wounded trying to lead his troops in its recapture.  Things were going very badly for the British soldiers, their Canadian militia and several escaped American slaves.

But, at the critical moment, a force of 200 Six Nation warriors came jogging into the the scene from Fort George.

--Brock-Perry