Note 6 — JOURNAL OF TWO CAMPAIGNS OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT OF U.S. INFANTRY, IN THE MICHIGAN AND INDIANA TERRITORIES, UNDER THE COMMAND OF COL. JOHN P. BOYD, AND LT. COL. JAMES MILLER DURING THE YEARS 1811, & 12. (continued 2)

It is worthy of remark that but two soldiers were shot in the north-western army; and so unfrequent was desertion that from the time I joined it, till its departure from Fort George, not a solitary instance occurred; at least none come to my knowledge, although I made frequent enquires as the fact. I am not willing to attribute this extraordinary fidelity to the public service, to the superior patriotism of the people of the west or a nice sense of the force of moral obligations. The cause is evident—the officers are generally more attentive to their men, than those of the northern army.