Everyone was talking about the tragic news from Queenston Heights. The Americans had crossed over the river and General Brock had been slain in the midst of a fierce battle. His valiant aide, Colonel Macdonell, was also dead. The British forces were re-grouping, reinforced by Iroquois warriors under the command of John Norton and John Brant from the Grand River valley. Lizzie felt grief-stricken for the beloved General Brock. It was hard to believe that the man she had spoken to so vigorously only the day before was now dead. It was hard to believe Macdonell was dead and her Aunt Rebecca was gone. Lizzie was distressed to hear the Iroquois from the Six Nations country surrounding the Grand River Purchase were in the thick of the fighting. She knew the native leader, John Brant, very well. He had often been a guest in her stepfather’s house. Christian Erb, like Christian Haun and the other Mennonite settlers, had bought their land from a man who owed a great deal of money to Brant’s father and the Iroquois people.
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