Richmond Thatcher

“ Hurrah! cries Thatcher with delight
That shot was worth a crown;
Another warrior bites the dust
The boldest of them down.
Their leader gone, & falling fast
For mercy then, they pray,
And send their prettiest women out
To plead with bold Mc Rae
That flinty hearted champion
The damsels proudly eye;
He heeds not their entreating looks,
Nor cares about their sighs.
"Send out the old men, and the boys;
We only fight with men. ”

“ With wild discordant cry.
They yell like fiends, & on the whites
Intimidation try.
They little know that leader bold;
Who fought in many a field
With stern commanding voice he crys
On every man to yield. ”

“ These examples of local northwest poetry believed to be written by a man named Thatcher were copied out for Harold Aubry Hall by Emily Withnell (Mrs J.G. Meares) . Thatcher was briefly in the north in the early days of the settlement. ”