The Americans desired to triumph on the land of Canada, after their victorious domination from Fort George. So, the Americans sent an army of 500 people and put them under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles G. Boerstler (from Fort George) to sabotage and harass an advanced post in Beaver Dams, which was Brigadier General Vincent's.The army that was there was a company of the 49th Foot, which was under the control of Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. FitzGibbon had been given warnings from Laura Secord (a Queenston housewife) and the Aboriginals that the Americans were approaching. At first, FitzGibbon waited for more evidence that the Americans would be approaching, because the warning that Secord sent did not have the elaboration. Then, the scouts of the Aboriginals reported the sightin