From the Thumbwind site, Finding Fun in Michigan. "The tragic surrender of Detroit by General William Hull.
On a foggy morning in August 1812, American General William Hull made one of the worst decisions of his life. Undder a flag of truce, British authorities warned him that the warriors under Shawnee Chief Tecumseh and Mohawk War Chief John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen) were about to lay siege on him at Fort Detroit.
And, the British could not vouch for what the Indians might do to the Americans if they attacked.
Native warriors had crossed the river and arrived south of the fort at Springwells that same night. (Springwells later became the site of Fort Wayne.) Then, they moved along the edge of the western woods which bordered the farmlands below the fort.
They went unnoticed as they surrounded the fort. At the same time, British ships moored in the river, began shelling the fort. The bombardment set parts of the fort on fire and killed a few civilians who were taking shelter there.
The Americans could not return fire.
--Brock-Perry
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