From Urbana to the rapids of the Miami of the Lakes, the country belongs to the Indians, and is entirely destitute of roads.
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| Wood Splinter From Hull's Corduroy Or Log Road Built In 1812 To Transport General Hull's army to Detroit |
From the rapids to Detroit, along Lake Erie and Detroit river, are various settlements, principally of French Canadians.
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| An 1812 Headquarters At Urbana, Ohio |
Forts or block-houses have been erected and garrisoned in most of these ceded tracts since the declaration of war, but at the time that the country was traversed by general Hull s detachment, no civilized being was to be seen between Urbana and the rapids, a distance of at least 120 miles. [Source]
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