▁and ▁Peter ▁Matt he ws , ▁others ▁were ▁shot . ▁Their ▁death s ▁were ▁a ▁strong ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁the ▁continu ing ▁Patri ot ▁War . ▁Many ▁more ▁prisoners ▁were ▁transport ed , ▁but ▁most ▁were ▁p ardon ed , ▁e . g . ▁En och ▁Moore ▁( Lo yal ist ▁turned ▁re bel ). ▁A ▁general ▁p ardon ▁( for ▁everyone ▁but ▁Mack en zie ) ▁was ▁issued ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁and ▁Mack en zie ▁himself ▁was ▁p ardon ed ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 9 ▁and ▁allowed ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁Canada , ▁where ▁he ▁res umed ▁his ▁political ▁career . ▁ ▁Mack en zie ▁was ▁strongly ▁dis ill usion ed ▁after ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁writing ▁to ▁his ▁son ▁that ▁" after ▁what ▁I ▁have ▁seen ▁here , ▁I ▁fran k ly ▁conf ess ▁to ▁you ▁that , ▁had ▁I ▁passed ▁nine ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁before , ▁instead ▁of ▁after , ▁the ▁out break , ▁I ▁am ▁sure ▁I ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁last ▁man ▁in ▁America ▁to ▁be ▁engaged ▁in ▁it ." ▁In ▁later ▁life ▁however , ▁Mack en zie ▁advoc ated ▁an nex ation ▁of ▁Canada ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁In ▁total ▁ 9 3 ▁Americans ▁and ▁ 5 8 ▁Canad iens ▁prisoners ▁from ▁Lower ▁Canada ▁were ▁transport ed ▁to ▁Australia ▁after ▁being ▁conv icted ▁in ▁Montreal ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 8 3 8 ▁or ▁early ▁ 1 8 3 9 . ▁Al most ▁all ▁were ▁taken ▁on