Le guide standard ; l'île Mackinac et du nord près d'un lac . d'Indiens andtroops dissimulé dans les bois. Ils se retirèrent à leurs navires, avec un lossof 13 tués, 48 blessés et 2 disparus. Parmi les morts était MajorAndrew Hunter Holmes qui, Fort George par la suite nom receivedthe de Fort Holmes. Regimbé de leur but de capturer par voies de fait, le Mackinac .Americansdetermined à le réduire par siège. Le plan était de bloquer les approches ?.nd intercepter des fournitures. Ceux qui sont les deux seuls canaux de communi-cation par Mackinac qui peut éventuellement être fournis, et leur provisionsat ce t

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The standard guide; Mackinac Island and northern lake resorts . of Indians andtroops concealed in the woods. They retreated to their ships, with a lossof 13 killed, 48 wounded and 2 missing. Among the dead was MajorAndrew Hunter Holmes, in whose honor Fort George afterward receivedthe name of Fort Holmes. Balked of their purpose to capture Mackinac by assault, the .Americansdetermined to reduce it by siege. The plan was to blockade the approaches?.nd intercept supplies. Those being the only two channels of communi-cation by which Mackinac can possibly be supplied, and their provisionsat this time being extremely short, wrote Capt. Sinclair, I think theywill be starved into a surrender. At the outlet of Lake Simcoe the Americans came upon the Britishschooner Nancy, laden with six months rations for the garrison. Theyopened fire ; and with a shell blew up schooner and cargo. The crew, underconunand of Lieut. Worsley, of the British Navy, escaped from the wreck, and, eluding capture, made their way in an open boat to Mackinac. The MACKINAC ISLAND. 27. THE ISLAND HOUSE.Photo by Rossiter. Tigress and the Scorpion were left to maintain the blockade, and the othervessels of the fleet repaired to Detroit. Then followed the most daring exploit in the annals of Fort J^Iackinac.With starvation before the garrison if the blockade should remain un-broken, the leading spirits resolved upon an enterprise no less desperatethan to attempt the capture of the enemys ships. Under the leadership ofLieut. Worsley the company of volunteers—soldiers, sailors and Indians—•left Mackinac in open boats, and made for Detour, where the Tigress andthe Scorpion were reported to be cruising. So timing their progress asto reach their destination in the night, they discovered the Tigress aloneand at anchor, rowed silently up to her in the darkness, clambered overthe side, and in hand to hand struggle overpowered the crew. Two days afterwards the Scorpion returned to the bay; and at night, wholly

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