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French and British Officers.—The following named officers were at Fort Michilimackinac on the dates given; their names are the only ones (of French and British officers) which appear in the old and official records:
August 12, 1742, Mons. de Blainville, Commandant of Michilimackinac. January 6, 1744, Mons. de Vivehevet, Commandant of Michilimackinac. July 11, 1744, — de Ramelia, Captain and King's Commandant at Nepigon. July 11, 1745, and May 23, 1747, Duplessis de Morampont, King's Commandant at Cammanettigsia. August 25, 1745, and June 29, 1746, Noyelle, Jr., Second in command at Michilimackinac. August 25, 1745, Louis de la Corne, Captain and King's Commandant at Michilimackinac. February 7, June 20, and September 1, 1747, Mons. de Noyelle, Jr., Commandant of Michilimackinac. February 28, 1748, March 11 and June 21, 1749, Mons. Jacques Legardeur de St. Pierre, Captain and King's Commandant at Michilimackinac. January 27, 1749, Louis Legardeur, Chevalier de Repentigny, second in command at Michilimackinac. August 29, 1749, Mons. Godefroy, Officer of troops. March 24, 1750, and June 4, 1752, Mons. Duplessis Faber, Captain and King's Commandant at Michilimackinac, Knight of the Royal and Military Order in St. Louis. October 8, 1751, Mons. Duplessis, Jr., second in command at Michilimackinac. June 4, 1752, Mons. Beaujeu de Villemonde, Captain and King's Commandant at Camanitigousa. July 18, 1753, and August 15, 1754, Mons. Marin, King's Commandant, Post of La Baie. July 18, 1753; May 8, 1754; February 23, June 29, July 16 and October 17, 1758; January 30, 1759; May 25 and September 8, 1760, Mons. de Beaujeu de Villemonde, Captain and King's Commandant at Michilimackinac. July 8, 1751, and May 25. 1755, Mons. Herbin, Captain and King's Commandant at Michilimackinac. January 8, 1755, Louis Legardeur, Chevalier de Repentigay, King's Commandant at the Sault. August 24, 1755, Louis Legardeur, Chevalier de Repentigni, Lieutenant of Infantry. April 28, 1756, Charles de L'anglade, Officer of Troops. June 19, 1756, Mons. Hertelle Beaubaffin, King's Commandant at —. July 19, 1756, Mons. Couterot, Lieutenant of Infantry. July 2, 1758, Mons. de L'anglaide, second in command at Michilimackinac. July 13, 1758, Louis Legardeur, Chevalier de Repentigni, Officer at Michilimackinac. 1774 to 1779, A. S. De Peyster, Major commanding Michilimackinac and Dependencies. 1779 to 1782, Patrick Sinclair, Major and Lieut. Governor, commanding Michilimackinac and Dependencies. May 10, 1782 to 1787, Daniel Robertson, Captain commanding Michilimackinac and Dependencies. July 31, 1784, Phil. B. Pry, Ensign Eighth, or King's Regiment. July 31, 1784, George Clowes, Lieutenant Eighth, or King's Regiment. November 15, 1791, Edward Charleton Captain Fifth Regiment Foot, Commanding Michilimackinac. November 15, 1791, J. M. Hamilton, Ensign Fifth Regiment Foot. November 15, 1791, Benjamin Rocha, Lieutenant Fifth Foot. November 15, 1791, H. Headowe, Ensign Fifth Foot.
American Officers.—The following-named officers of the United States army have served at Fort Mackinac. The year of their arrival, their actual rank at that time, and the organization to which they belonged, are given:
1796, Henry Burbeck, Major, Artillerists and Engineers. 1796, Abner Prior, Captain, First Infantry. 1796, Ebenezer Massay, Lieutenant, Artillerists and Engineers. 1796, John Michael, Lieutenant, First Infantry. 1796, Thomas Farley, Surgeon's Mate. 1801, Thomas Hunt, Lieutenant Colonel, First Infantry. 1802, Francis Le Barron, Surgeon's Mate. 1803, Josiah Dunham, Captain, Artillerists. 1803, Joseph Crass, First Lieutenant, Artillerists. 1803, William Clark, Second Lieutenant, Artillerists. 1807, Jonathan Eastman, First Lieutenant, Regiment of Artillerists. 1810, Porter Hanks, First Lieutenant, Artillerists. 1810, Archibald Darragh, Second Lieutenant, Artillerists. 1810, Sylvester Day, Garrison Surgeon's Mate. 1815, Talbot Chambers, Major, Rifles. 1816, John McNeil, Major, Fifth Infantry. 1817, T. F. Thomas, First Lieutenant, Third Infantry. 1817, A T. Crow, Hospital Surgeon's Mate. 1817, John Greene, Captain, Eighth Infantry. 1817, Daniel Curtis, First Lieutenant, Third Infantry. 1817, Benjamin K. Pierce, Captain, Corps Artillery. 1817, L. Taliaferro, First Lieutenant, Third Artillery. 1817, John Sullivan Pierce, Second Lieutenant, Corps Artillery. 1818, E. Brooks, First Lieutenant, Third Infantry. 1818, G. S. Wilkins, First Lieutenant, Corps Artillery. 1819, J. P. Russell, Post Surgeon. 1819, Joseph Gleason, First Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1819, William Lawrence, Lieutenant Colonel, Second Infantry. 1819, W. S. Comstock, Surgeon's Mate, Third Infantry. 1819, P. T. January, Second Lieutenant, Third Infantry. 1819, J. Peacock, Second Lieutenant, Third Infantry. 1821, W. Beaumont, Post Surgeon. 1821, T. C. Legate, Captain, Second Artillery. 1821, E. Lyon, First Lieutenant, Third Artillery. 1821, J. A. Chambers, Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery. 1821, Joshua Barney, Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery. 1822, J. M. Spencer, First Lieutenant, Second Artillery. 1823, A. C. W. Fanning, Captain, Second Artillery. 1823, William Whistler, Captain, Third Infantry. 1823, S. W. Hunt, First Lieutenant, Third Infantry. 1823, A. M. Wright, Second Lieutenant, Third Infantry. 1828, G. H. Crossman, Second Lieutenant, Sixth Infantry. 1823, S. Cowan, Second Lieutenant, Third Infantry. 1825, W. Hoffman, Captain, Second Infantry. 1825, R. S. Satterlee Assistant Surgeon. 1825, C. A. Waite, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1825, Seth Johnson, First Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1826, D. Brooks, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1826, A. R. Thompson, Captain, Second Infantry. 1827, J. G. Allen, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1827, E. James, Assistant Surgeon. 1827, E. K. Barnum, First Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1827, E. V. Sumner, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1827, Sam P. Heintzelman, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1828, C. F. Morton, First Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1828, S. Burbank, Captain, Fifth Infantry. 1828, R. A. McCabe. Captain, Fifth Infantry. 1828, William Alexander, First Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1828, A. J. Center, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1828, A. R. Hetzel, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1828, J. H. Vose, Major, Fifth Infantry. 1829, James Engle, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1829, Amos Foster, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1829, E. Cutler, Lieutenant Colonel, Fifth Infantry. 1829, M. E. Merrill, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1829, Ephraim Kirby Smith, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1829, Isaac Lynde, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1829, C. C. Sibley, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1829, W. E. Cruger, First Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1829, Louis T. Jamison, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1830, H. Clark, First Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1831, John T. Collinsworth, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1831, Robert McMillan, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1832, George M. Brooke, Colonel, Fifth Infantry. 1832, Waddy V. Cobbs, Captain, Second Infantry. 1832, Joseph S. Gallagher, First Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1832, George W. Patten, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1832, Thomas Stockton, Brevet Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1832, Alex R. Thompson, Major, Sixth Regiment. 1832, John B. F. Russell, Captain, Fifth Infantry. 1833, W. Whistler, Major, Second Infantry. 1833, E. K. Barnum, Captain Second Infantry. 1833, J. R. Smith, First Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1833, J. W. Penrose, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1833, Charles S. Frailey, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1833, George F. Turner, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1834, J. H. Leavenworth, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1834, John Clitz, Captain, Second Infantry. 1835, James V. Bomford, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1835, J. J. B. Kingsbury, First Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1835, M. R. Patrick, Brevet Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1836, Erastus B. Wolcott, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1836, J. W. Anderson, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1839, S. McKenzie, Captain, Second Artillery. 1839, A. E. Jones, Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery. 1840, H. Brown, Captain, Fourth Artillery. 1840, J. W. Phelps, First Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1840, J. C. Pemberton, Second Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1841, H. Holt, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1841, P. H. Galt, Captain, Fourth Artillery. 1841, G. C. Thomas, First Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1841, G. W. Getty, Second Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1841, A. Johnston, Captain, Fifth Infantry. 1841, W. Chapman, First Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1841, S. Norvell, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1841, H. Whiting, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1841. J. M. Jones, Brevet Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1842, Rev. John O'Brien, Chaplain. 1842, Martin Scott, Captain, Fifth Infantry. 1843, L. H. Holden, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1843, M. E. Merrill, Captain, Fifth Infantry. 1843, W Root, First Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1843, J. C. Robinson, Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1844, J. Byrne, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1845, C. C. Keeney, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1845, G. O. Westcott, Second Lieutenant, Second Infantry. 1845, S. Casey, Captain, Second Infantry. 1845, J. P. Smith, Brevet Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1845, Fred Steele, Brevet Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry. 1846, J. Martin, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1847, F. M. Winans, Captain, Fifteenth Infantry. 1847, M. P. Doyle, Second Lieutenant, Fifteenth Infantry. 1847, M. L. Gage, Captain, First Michigan Volunteers. 1847, C. F. Davis, Lieutenant, First Michigan Volunteers. 1847, C. F. Chittenden, Lieutenant, First Michigan Volunteers. 1848, W. N. R. Beall, Brevet Second Lieutenant, Fourth Infantry. 1848, C. H. Larnard, Captain, Fourth Infantry. 1848, H. Dryer, Second Lieutenant, Fourth Infantry. 1849, J. B. Brown, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1849, J. C. Tidball, Brevet Second Lieutenant, Fourth infantry. 1850, C. H. Laub, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1851, D. A. Russell, First Lieutenant, Fourth Infantry. 1852, T. Williams, Captain. Fourth Artillery. 1852, G. W. Rains, First Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1852, J. Culbertson, Second Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1852, J. H. Bailey, Captain. Medical Department. 1854, Joseph B. Brown, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1855, J. H. Greland, First Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1856, E. V. Bagley, Second Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1856, W. R. Terrill, First Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1856, J. H. Wheelock, First Lieutenant, Fourth Artillery. 1856, John Byrne, Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department. 1857, G. D. Bailey, Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery. 1857, A. Elzey, Captain, Second Artillery. 1857, H. Benson, First Lieutenant, Second Artillery. 1858, H. C. Pratt, Captain, Second Artillery. 1858, J F. Head, Captain, Medical Department. 1858, H. A. Smalley, Second Lieutenant, Second Artillery. 1859, G. L. Hartsuff, First Lieutenant, Second Artillery. 1859, W. A. Hammond, Captain, Medical Department. 1860, A. Hartsuff, First Lieutenant, Medical Department. 1860, G. E. Cooper, Captain, Medical Department. 1862, — Wormer, Captain, Stanton Guards, Michigan Volunteers. 1862, C. W. Le Boutillier, Assistant Surgeon, First Minnesota Regiment. 1866, J. N. Hill, Captain, Veteran Reserve Corps. 1866, W. L. Wood, Second Lieutenant, Veteran Reserve Corps. 1867, J. Mitchell, Captain, Forty-third Infantry. 1867, E. C. Gaskill, First Lieutenant, Forty-third Infantry. 1867, J. Stommel, Second Lieutenant, Forty-third Infantry. 1869, L. Smith, Captain, First Infantry. 1869, J. Leonard, First Lieutenant, First Infantry. 1869, M. Markland, Second Lieutenant, First Infantry. 1870, S. S. Jessop, Captain, Medical Department. 1871, T. Sharpe, First Lieutenant, First Infantry. 1872, W. M. Notson, Captain, Medical Department. 1873, C. Carvallo, Captain, Medical Department. 1874, C. J. Dickey, Captain, Twenty-second Infantry. 1874, W. W. Dougherty, First Lieutenant, Twenty-second Infantry. 1874, J. McA. Webster, Second Lieutenant, Twenty-second Infantry. 1874, J. V. DeHanne, Captain, Medical Department. 1875, A. L. Hough, Major, Twenty-second Infantry. 1876, J. Bush, Captain, Twenty-second Infantry. 1876, T. H. Fisher, First Lieutenant, Twenty-second Infantry. 1876, F. L. Davies, Second Lieutenant, Twenty-second Infantry. 1877, C. A. Webb, Captain, Twenty-second Infantry. 1877, J. G. Ballance, Second Lieutenant, Twenty-second Infantry. 1877, T. Mosher, Second Lieutenant, Twenty-second Infantry. 1877, P. Moffat, Captain, Medical Department. 1878, O. D. Ladley, First Lieutenant, Twenty-second Infantry. 1879, E. E. Sellers, Captain, Tenth Infantry. 1879, C. L. Dawes, Captain, Tenth Infantry. 1879, D. H. Kelton, First Lieutenant, Tenth Infantry. 1879, W. T. Duggan, First Lieutenant, Tenth Infantry. 1872, B. Eldridge, Second Lieutenant, Tenth Infantry. 1879, E. H. Plummer, Second Lieutenant, Tenth Infantry. 1879. G. W. Adair. Captain, Medical Department. 1882, W. H. Corbusier, Captain, Medical Department.
Of the officers who have been stationed at Fort Mackinac since 1869, the following have deceased: Capt. J. Mitchell and Lieut. Stommel, Forty-third Infantry; Maj. William M. Notson, Surgeon United States Army; Capt. C. Carvallo, Assistant Surgeon United States Army; Capt. T. H. Fisher, Twenty-second Infantry; Maj. C. A. Webb, Sixteenth Infantry; Capt. Moffat, Assistant Surgeon United States Army; Lieut. C. D. Ladey, Twenty-second Infantry. The whole number of officers stationed here in the meantime has been thirty-one, so the death-rate has been remarkably heavy-about one in four. Most of the dead had seen severe service during the rebellion and on the plains.
Enlistment.—As a matter of curiosity, we here give place to the following true copy of an enlistment into the United States Army, which took place March 1, A. D. 1812, on Mackinac Island:
MICHILIMACKINAC Territory of Michigan.
I Henry Vaillencourt born in Michilimacinac, Aged 9 years, 4 feet, 4 inches high, of Dark complexion. Black eyes. Dark hair, do hereby Acknowledge to have this day Voluntarily enlisted as a Soldier in the Army of the United States of America, for the period of five years unless sooner Discharged by proper authority do also Agree to accept such bounty, pay, rations and clothing as is, or may be established by law And I Henry Vaillencourt, do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and Allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against their enemies and opposers, wheresoever, and that l will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me according to the rules and articles of war.
(Signed) Sworn and Subscribed to at Michilimackinac this 1st day of March, 1812.
his X mark. Henry Vaillencourt.
P. Hanks, J. P. T. M.
A Marriage Notice.—The following is a transcript of a marriage notice performed on the Island in 1787, which we copy from one of the old books in the County Clerk's office.
MICHILIMACKINAC, 10th May, 1787.
This day was married by Daniel Robertson, Esq., commandant of the said post, before the undersigned notary and in the presence of the subscribing witnesses, William Arkon of Dumfries, in Scotland, Bombadier in the 4th battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, to Elizabeth McDonald, daughter of John McDonald, late sergeant in the Eighth or King's Regiment of foot, by his lawful wife.
JAMES GRUIT, Acting Notary.
JOAN TINSDALE, Witnesses. JOHN MCKAY,
I do hereby certify to have performed the above ceremony, the day and date above. DANIEL ROBERTSON.
In the spring of 1812, Michael Dousman, a fur-trader at Mackinac, having his suspicions aroused by the conduct of the Indians, thought there was trouble brewing between the Americans and the British, and left the Island on the afternoon of July 16 for the St. Mary's River. When some fifteen miles distant, he met the British and their Indian allies coming down to attack Fort Mackinac, war having been declared on the 18th of June, and the British having received notification of the fact, via Mackinac, while the Americans were still ignorant of the condition of affairs. Dousman was taken prisoner, and only escaped with his life on condition that he would return to Mackinac, and, without alarming the garrison, warn the citizens to go and remain quietly at the distillery, below the old Indian burying-ground, west of the village. Mr. Dousman successfully accomplished all this before morning, and the first intimation of the presence of the foe that Lieut. Hanks had was a "reveille gun" fired by the British and the appearance soon after of a flag of truce, accompanied by a demand for an immediate surrender. The garrison at that time consisted of Lieuts. Hanks and Darragh and fifty-seven enlisted men.
There are still persons living on the Island who remember that "reveille gun," among whom is Mr. Ignace Pelotte, a poor but trustworthy and deserving man.
The following letter is the British account of the capture of Fort Michilimackinac. The copy was procured by Lieut. D. H. Kelton, of the United States Army, now stationed at the Island post, and kindly placed at our disposal:
MACKINAC, 18th July, 1812.
DEAR SIR—I am happy to have it in my power to announce to you that Mackinac capitulated to us on the 17th inst., at 11 o'clock A. M. Capt. Roberts at our head, with a part of the 10th B. V. Battalion. Mr. Crawford had the command of the Canadians, which consisted of about 200 men; Mr. Dickenson 143 Sioux, Forlavians and Winnebagoes; and myself about 280 men-Ottawas, and Chippewas, part of Ottawas of L'harb. Croche had not arrived. It was a fortunate circumstance, the fort capitulated without firing a single gun, for had they done so, I firmly believe not a soul of them would have been saved.
My son, Charles Longdale, Augustin Nolin and Machello Badotte, Jr., have rendered me great service in keeping the Indians in order, and in executing, from time to time, such commands as were delivered by the commanding officer. I never saw so determined a set of people as the Chippewas and Ottawas.
Since the capitulation, they have not drank a single drop of liquor, nor even killed a fowl belonging to any person (a thing never known before), for they generally destroy everything they meet with.
I am, dear sir, your most obedient servant.
JOHN ARKIN, JR., Store Keeper's Dep't.
The Hon. Col. W. CLAUS, Fort George.
The following is a roster of an artillery company under the command of Lieut. Porter Hanks, in Col. Henry Burbeck's United States Regiment, from May 31, when last mustered, to June 30, 1812, stationed at Michilimackinac, Michigan Territory:
First Lieutenants—Porter Hanks and Archibald Darragh. Second Mate—Sylvester Day. Sergeants—John Penney, Joseph Vaillencourt, John Gordon. Corporals—Noel Bondrie, Maurice Martin, Nathan Stewart and Hugh Kelly. Musicians—Redmond Magrath, Alex Parks, Joseph Facier. John P. Vaillencourt and a boy named Henry Vaillencourt. Artificers—William Maxwell, re-enlisted; Bartholomew Noble, John Kane, John O'Donnell, Osborn Smith and John Whelpley.
Privates—Joseph Benoine, Peter Bourdonne, Robert H. Boyd, Mathias Bromley, Peter Brown, Ed Burleson, Nathan Burr, who was reduced June 16; Jedediah Cannon, John Davis, Pierre De Bourdeux, Jacob Farmer, James Farrell, Edward Fitzgerald, Francis Foote, John Garlough, Abel Gifford, John Gifford, John Gerry, William Harvey, Henry Hannon, Seth Holmes, Redmond Joel, Joseph Le Reveisore, Benjamin Luker, Thomas Murphy, re-enlisted; Jonathan Nutt, Ichabod O'Brien, Pascal Peters, John Pound, Jean Baptiste Perrault, William Redman, re-enlisted; Anthony Rabbillard, Paulete St. Nicols, Noah Scott, Jean B. Sylvester, Jean Sennie (sick), Francis Vaillencourt, John Phillips, unfit for service; Michael McGill, unfit for service; Thomas Mullen, transferred to Capt. Road's Company; Simon Windell, unfit for service; James Woodbeck, John White, Benjamin Weldon and Anthony Sampitie, who surrendered himself from desertion, at Detroit, January 16, 1812.
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