A Manual for the Use of Visiters [Sic] to the Falls of Niagara; Intended as an Epitome Of, and Temporary Substitute For, a Larger and More Extended Work, Relative to This Most Stupendous Wonder of the World (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1834 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. "BATTLE GROUNDS, FORTS, &c. Those who are fond of visiting the scenes of battle and of bloodshed may here find enough to engage their attention. The sortie at Fort Erie, and the battles of Chippewa, Queenston, and Bridgewater or Lundy's Lane, have immortalized the places where they were fought; but I must confess I took no pleasure in thinking of them. I did, indeed, several times pass over that memorable hill, to which Neal so finely alludes, when he says "So stood the battle. Bravely it was fought, Lions and Eagles met. That hill was bought, And sold, in desperate combat. Wrapped in flame, Died these idolaters of bannered Fame. Three times that meteor hill was bravely lost; Three times 'twas bravely won," &c. But my visit was rather to see friends who resided in the vicinity, than to inspect the scene of strife.--The theatres of family quarrels have no charms for me; and I can think of a conflict between a mother and daughter only with a feeling of sorrow and regret. This feeling, however, gave place to the gratifying reflection, that these sanguinary encoun-ters are now only matters of history; and that those who were then seeking each other's blood, have buried the hatchet, smoked the calumet of peace, and are now engaged in harmonious intercourse with each other, and "provoking one another to love and good works.." Long may they so remain Never may there be any other strife between them, than " that noble contention, or rather emulation," of who can do the most good. The remains of Fort Erie are above Waterloo, and opposite to Bird Island. Chippewa battle-ground is on the road from Buffalo to the Falls, about 2 miles S. of the village of Chippewa, and 4 miles 6 from the Falls. "That'meteor hill," in Lundy's Lane, is of a mile below t...