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The War of 1812
When Findlay with his regiment reached the fort he halted it outside and with Major Snelling found Hull inside. Much dissatisfied and indignant,
and at the same time much excited, he abruptly said to his commanding officer, "What in hell am I ordered here for?" Hull replied in a low, trembling voice, that, in view of the number killed in the fort a surrender would be best, that he could procure better terms from General Brock at that time than if he waited a storm. Colonel Findlay, still much excited, replied, "Terms! damnation! we can beat them on the plain. I did not come here to capitulate. I came to fight!"
The proposition of Hull was drawn in such an irregular way as to omit the ordinary request for honorable terms or the usual honors of war, and under the articles of capitulation, although not positively stated therein,
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