THE FREDONIAD; OR, INDEPENDENCE PRESERVED. An Epic Poem ON THE LATE WAR OF 1812. BY RICHARD EMMONS, M. D. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II. SECOND EDITION. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM EMMONS. ADAM WALDIE, PRINTER. 1832. DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: District Clerk's Office. Be it remembered, that on the tenth day of August, A. D. 1827, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, WILLIAM EMMONS, of the said district, has deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "The FREDONIAD; or, Independence Preserved. A Poem on the Late War. By RICHARD EMMONS, M. D. In four volumes." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, 'an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned;' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints." JOHN W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. L. L. Hubbard CONTENTS OF VOL II. CANTO XI.-CRUISE OF COMMODORE Porter. Invocation. In consequence of the calamities at Raisin, offensive operations are suspended during the continuance of winter. The sailing of the Essex. Capture of the Alert. Porter returns- refits-sails for the Pacific-enters the port of Valparaiso. Por- ter is there discovered by the Phoebe and Cherub. Neutral rights. The Phoebe in the power of the Essex. The challenge-violated by the enemy. The blockade. Porter with a favourable wind endeavours to gain the ocean-defeated by a gale carrying away CANTO XII.-PORTER'S DEFENCE OF THE ESSEX. Transactions of the invisible agents. Porter's Defence of the CANTO XIV.-DEFEAT ON THE MIAMI. Re-inforcements arrive from Kentucky. The fort is summoned to surrender. Elliot driven from his position on the Miami. The CANTO XVI.-DEFENCE OF SANDUSKY. Disaffection of the Indians. The descent of Fredonia. Investment of Fort Sandusky. The flag of truce. The bombardment. Proctor defeated. Tecumseh retreats from Fort Meigs. Elliot's night expedition. Perry sails from Black Rock;-having discovered the enemy, he retires to Put-in-bay. The sailing of the British. The Battle CANTO XVIII.-INVASION OF CANADA at Malden. The north-western army being re-inforced by Johnson, and receiv- ing positive intelligence of Perry's Victory, decamp from Fort Meigs. The embarkation. Proctor retreats to the River Thames. The invasion of Canada at Malden. A night scene. CANTO XIX.-BATTLE OF THE THAMES. The army march in pursuit of the enemy. Proctor and Tecumseh. The Battle of the Thames. An episode. The interment at river CANTO XX.-VICTORY AT QUEENSTOWN. About the same time Proctor invested Fort Meigs, Brown, Dear- |