life. He followed the officer's advice, and left me at the fort, which I soon afterwards quitted, and went down to Montreal; from thence I got a conveyance to Quebec; and being greatly distressed, applied to Lord Dorchester for relief, who generously directed his aid de camp to accompany me to Lieut. General Hope,[1] and strongly recommended me to his notice, to be employed in an Indian capacity. Being in some measure relieved, and supplied with a few dollars and other necessaries, I was sent up to Cataraqui.
I left Quebec, and arrived at Montreal on the 14th of July: the next day I pursued my journey on foot, but seeing two Indians of my acquaintance in a canoe, and having some money in my pocket to buy rum, I hired them to convey me to Cataraqui, and in our way we killed plenty of game.
On the 19th of August I delivered my credentials to
the proper officer, but he could not render me any service;
however, he recommended me, by letter, to his
friend at Carlton Island, where Sir John Johnson[2] was
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- ↑ Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, served with Amherst at Louisburg, in
1758. The next year he was wounded at the siege of Quebec. In 1766 he
was made governor of Quebec, and was governor of Canada, 1767-70. In
1775, he was again made governor of Quebec, and defended Canada against
the American forces until relieved by Haldimand in 1778. In 1782, he succeeded Clinton as commander-in-chief of the forces in America, and having
evacuated New York in 1783, returned with the troops to England. He was
created Baron Dorchester in 1786, and appointed governor-general of Canada,
whither he arrived in October, serving as the ruler of this province until 1796,
when he retired to England, where he died in 1808.
Henry Hope, lieutenant-colonel of the 44th regiment, came to America in 1776, and served throughout the war. In November, 1785, he was made lieutenant-governor of Canada, and served as acting governor until the arrival of Dorchester, under whom he continued as lieutenant-governor until his death at Quebec, April 13, 1789.—Ed. - ↑ Sir John Johnson was the son and heir of Sir William Johnson, the New York Indian agent. Born in the Mohawk Valley in 1742, he received part of
