These, and other diplomatic proceedings and a few minor events occupied the autumn of 1778 and served to very much lessen the influence of Governor Hamilton, of Detroit, among the Indians. Otherwise, it may well be doubted whether Clark, with all his capacity and resourcefulness, could have held the possessions he had gained. But now other troubles were brewing. Word had traveled to Governor Hamilton of the occupancy of the Wabash and Illinois country; unknown to Clark, he had organized a military force for the recapture of the lost territory, and now, swooping down by was of the Wabash on the feeble garrison at Vincennes, eh had again planted the British flag there. This was about the middle of December.