Innocent villager

Innocent villager’s newspaper entry 26

                The Treaty of Ghent was signed a few short days ago in Berlin. All of the main leaders sat in a room for 5 months negotiating what the agreement would be. This means that the war of 1812 is finally at an end. After two and a half months of the Canadians fighting the Americans the war is at a close. The Americans had this coming from the first gunshot. They were disorganized and outright not very smart about this war. It was pointless. So the Americans lost, the Canadians won, and the Americans got what was coming to them.

Lieutenant Colonel de Salaberry

Entry 17

                Today was the battle of Chateauguay. We Canadians won of course. For the first time in history we French and the British finally agreed upon something, that we all hated the Americans. Those nit-witted Americans couldn’t win a battle even if we surrendered. We were greatly outnumbered and yet we still managed to make them surrender. They are as disorganized and foolish as a toddler. At one point in the battle I could’ve sworn I saw the Americans fighting each other. How daft of them.

                                Lieutenant Colonel de Salaberry

Isaac Brock 2

Journal entry 2

                Last year I was not glad to have my job and I thought that it would be boring and almost pointless. But now I understand that my charge will go without boredom. The war of 1812 is starting to get exciting and it shall go on for years to come. By the end of this war I shall retire back to England or parish in battle.

We have invaded Detroit and sent Hull running. We invaded with a fraction of his army in Detroit, and he surrendered. This war so far is turning out to be in our favour. Even though the king was sceptical and scared that we would lose because he could not spare many forces we are coming out on top.

Isaac Brock 1

Journal Entry 1

                I am Isaac Brock. I have decided to start to record my actions in the war of 1812 for the future generations to understand what happened in this godforsaken war. I am in the position of the head of British forces in Canada.

                Last year I was not glad to have my job and I thought that it would be boring and almost pointless. But now I understand that my charge will go without boredom. The war of 1812 is starting and it shall go on for years to come. By the end of this war I shall retire back to England or parish in battle.

                Today I have made an alliance with the indian chief Tecumseh. Now I have another 600 troops at my disposal. We have recently scared General Hull out of Sandwich and I am slowly making a name for myself.

The King of Britain: 1812

                I woke this morning in a sweat with a bad feeling about the day ahead. I considered telling my butler that I was sick but I second guessed myself. If I were to skip the bad feeling today I would have to face it the next. I guess do today what you are going to put off tomorrow.

                I put on my house coat and go downstairs for morning tea. My butler Hanes is standing there the tea already on the table with a side of my favourite crumpets. He always knew how to get me into a good mood.

                I get ready for the day, a routine every single morning, and then I walk downstairs to the board room. Immediately I am startled by a young man looking in his twenties looking like he has only been working for a few months. He ran up and in a very high register he screamed “YOUR MAJESTY! YOUR MAJESTY!! CANADA IS BEING ATTACKED BY THE AMERICANS!!!” I take by the shoulder and quietly I said to be calm and that we will stop this uprising.

                I turn to the board. I was informed that this war was going to be more difficult than I thought. Most of our troops were occupied with fighting off Napoleon Bonaparte. Therefor we don’t have a lot of troops to spare. Canada would have to fend mostly for itself. This was a very large problem. I return to that statement “We will prevail! My forefathers have not gone their whole lives fighting for this country so that I could lose it to some British rejects! We will prevail!!” and at that the case of panic was closed and we went onto another chapter of how we were to protect both ourselves and our own colony from falling.

William Hull

A man looking to be of the military steps up onto a crate and turns to us Canadians. It is now that everyone noticed he was American. Everyone just knew. How he walked, how he stood. They know now that the United States has declared war on Canada and therefor the Crown and Britain.

William Hull stepped up looking at all the angry faces around him. They know I’m American, he thought, they know what I’m doing here. They are probably mad with rage. But I’m safe. All of my soldiers are only a few pace away from me. If I were to die they’d slaughter every last one of them. Alright here I go… “As you all know, we have started a war with you!  If you side with the first nations you will parish! If you side with your own forces you will parish! If you side with the Crown you will parish! If you oppose us in any way we will not take you prisoner, but you will fall! I am not here to kill innocent people I am here to control you land and keep the queen in her place! Yes you are angry! But you need to understand Canada under Britain’s rule is a trap! If you are under our rule, your lives will be twenty times easier! We promise!”

The crowd’s expression didn’t get any better. William thought that it actually got worse. He stepped down and walked over to his soldiers saying in a low register “lets go before they get overwhelmed.”

Canada Needs Help

Keys: Um, sir the chief of one of the Indian tribes is here. He says he was summoned?

Mr. Waterson: Ah yes let him in. And treat him nicely Mr. Keys.

Keys let the first nations chief in.

Chief: Nice place here mr.?

Waterson: Waterson. Mr. Waterson. I am going to ask you a favour for your land as well as mine. As you know the Americans are attacking us and I need you, and any other Indians in the area, to take a large amount of land around the border and protect it well. Afterward you can keep this land as a gift of thanks.

Chief: So you are coming to us for help? This is not of your usual ways.

Waterson: No it isn’t but to win this war we have to change our tactics.

Chief: Alright. I’ll do it.

Waterson: Oh thank you Mr. Cheif