Upper Canada then had a population of only some seventy thousand; the United States had a population of about ten millions. In Upper Canada many of the settlers were aliens from the States—half-hearted, if not absolutely disloyal. The timid viewed the outlook with grave misgivings. In fact, the surroundings were enough to discourage the stoutest heart. It was in these circumstances, entering upon what seemed almost a hopeless struggle, that the noble courage, the unfaltering determination, and the perfect faith in his country, of General Brock shone out with such striking brilliancy. Our Canadian poet, Charles Mair, in his drama of “Tecumseh,” has given fine expression to the spirit which animated Brock, when he puts in his mouth these words:— BROCK. “’Tis true our province faces heavy odds: Of regulars but fifteen hundred men To guard a frontier of a thousand miles; Of volunteers what aidance we can draw From seventy thousand widely scattered souls. A meagre showing ’gainst the enemy’s, If numbers be the test. But odds lie not In numbers only, but in spirit too— Witness the might of England’s little isle! And what made England great will keep her so— The free soul and the valour of her sons; And what exalts her will sustain you now, If you contain her courage and her faith. So not the odds so much are to be feared As private disaffection, treachery— Those openers of the door to enemies— And the poor crouching spirit that gives way Ere it is forced to yield.”