from the enemy, through whose line of communication she had to pass.”
It had been Laura’s opinion, when she set out that day, that the attack would come the following morning, June 23. But nothing happened right away. The American troops were still back at Fort George, waiting until late evening to leave. They would stop that night at Queenston.
Laura Secord Delivers Her Message to Lieutenant James FitzGibbon at De Cew’s. Artist C.W. Jefferys.
>Source: Collections Canada.
Very early on the morning of June 24, one of Dominique Ducharme’s Indian scouts raced up to FitzGibbon’s headquarters to say they had encountered Colonel Boerstler’s advanced guard on the road between Queenston and St. Davids, and one of the scouts had been killed.
Laura’s intelligence had been correct. The American army was on its way.
8
Ambush in the Beech Woods: The Battle of Beaver Dams
Although no American troops had appeared on June 23, FitzGibbon did not sit idly by, waiting for something to happen. He sent word of the imminent attack to Lieutenant Colonel Bisshopp at Twenty Mile Creek and to Major Peter de Haren stationed near Shipman’s Corners at Twelve Mile Creek. De Haren’s position happened to be several miles from the place where Laura Secord had earlier crossed the creek.
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