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September 6, 1812 General Hull and his fellow-captives arrive in Montreal and attract much attention. The prisoners numbered, rank and file, three hundred and fifty. They were escorted from Kingston by one hundred and thirty men, under Major Heathcote, of the Newfoundland Regiment. At Cornwall, opposite St. Regis, they were met by Captain Gray, of the Quarter-master's department, who took formal charge of the prisoners. They had other escorts of troops until they reached the vicinity of Montreal, when they were left in charge of the militia until preparations could be made for the formal entrance into the city. This was not accomplished until quite late in the evening, when they were marched in in the presence of a great concourse of rejoicing people, who had illuminated the streets through which the triumphal procession passed. General Hull was received with great politeness by Sir George Prevost, the Governor General and Commander-in-chief; and invited to make his residence at his mansion during his stay in Montreal. Siege of Fort Wayne Forces lead by Chief Winamac assaulted the Fort Wayne and burned the homes of the surrounding village. The Indians constructed two fake cannons to trick the garrison into thinking they had artillery besieging the fort. A 19th Century Operation Quicksilver (The WWII plan to deceive the Germans about D-Day)! Lieutenants Daniel Curtis and Phillip Ostrander organized the defense with about 70 soldiers as the more senior officers had taken ill. Chief Winamac came into the fort with several men under a flag of truce and then tried to launch an attack. Unsuccessful, the Native American forces opened fire on the fort shortly after returning to their lines. An attempt to set fire to the fort failed. The battle lasted until the afternoon of September 6, when the American Indian forces withdrew from the fort.
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