10-19-2013, 06:55 PM
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Friends Good Will "Chekagua Bound" is a privately owned Sloop that was commandeered by British Navy at Fort Mackinac at the Straights of Mackinaw between Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario in the War of 1812. Word never made it to Fort Detroit, Fort Mackinac and Fort Dearborn (In Chicago) On the maps of the War of 1812 Chicago is spelled "Chekagua" Form the American Indians original name meaning "Onion" or "Garlic".
The British confiscated the vessel, cargo, and crew, renaming her Little Belt. She was armed, taken into service, and fought with the Royal Navy until September of 1813, when she was recaptured by United States Commodore Oliver Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie. Within an hour after the great guns fell silent, Commodore Perry mentioned her in his now famous dispatch, "We have met the enemy and they are ours: Two Ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." That sloop was Friends Good Will.
This Piece was unveiled at the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven, Michigan. 2013 is the Bicentennial year for the Battle of Lake Erie.
THere is a better detailed video of this Deep Relief carving at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNVDm-uPQ2s
Friends Good Will "Chekagua Bound" is a privately owned Sloop that was commandeered by British Navy at Fort Mackinac at the Straights of Mackinaw between Lake Michigan and Lake Ontario in the War of 1812. Word never made it to Fort Detroit, Fort Mackinac and Fort Dearborn (In Chicago) On the maps of the War of 1812 Chicago is spelled "Chekagua" Form the American Indians original name meaning "Onion" or "Garlic".
The British confiscated the vessel, cargo, and crew, renaming her Little Belt. She was armed, taken into service, and fought with the Royal Navy until September of 1813, when she was recaptured by United States Commodore Oliver Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie. Within an hour after the great guns fell silent, Commodore Perry mentioned her in his now famous dispatch, "We have met the enemy and they are ours: Two Ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." That sloop was Friends Good Will.
This Piece was unveiled at the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven, Michigan. 2013 is the Bicentennial year for the Battle of Lake Erie.
THere is a better detailed video of this Deep Relief carving at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNVDm-uPQ2s
