Charles Ermatinger
Peter White
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Setting out from Montreal when he was twenty-one In 1798, far from the peaks of Switzerland Charles Ermatinger was the name he took along As he paddled to his fate and sang this happy song As he paddled to his fate and sang this happy song In a big birchbark canoe he traveled ''til he ached Arriving that first winter in a place near Sandy Lake To live with the Ojibway and to trade for their pelts All this he accomplished and even something else All this he accomplished and even something else He fell in love and married the daughter of the chief All before the spring of' 99 had sprung a leaf He traveled far and wide like those fur traders do And then he sang this song as he paddled for the Sault And then he sang this song as he paddled for the Sault Charles and Mananowe made Sault Ste. Marie their home Raising many children inside their house of stone Then a war came to be called in the year of 1812 And Ermatinger bade his wife and his children farewell Ermatinger bade his wife and his children farewell Charles was the Captain of his fifty hired men They joined soldiers, volunteers and 300 Indians They took Fort Mackinaw without firing a shot And as they paddled home they sang this song a lot Yes as they paddled home they sang this song a lot Two years later Charles had a pretty close call With soldiers who were on their way to take back Mackinaw They landed in the Sault and they set the place alight And every man and woman started running for their life Yes every man and woman started running for their life Only Charles remained standing firm on his land And when he was approached he said, Im just an honest man The Americans decided they would leave his house alone And as they sailed away, Charles sang this song Yes as they sailed away, Charles sang this song Setting out for Montreal at the age of fifty-two Charles and his family departed from the Sault It was a five week journey and that seems very long But for Charles Ermatinger it was all too quickly gone Yes for Charles Ermatinger it was all too quickly gone as he sang
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