A Sketch of the Life And Public Services of William H Harrison Commander in C
A Sketch of the Life And Public Services of William H Harrison Commander in C
Isaac Rand Jackson
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The battle raged with great fury till the dawn of day, when a simultaneous charge was made ; upon the enemy, on either flank, and they were speedily put to flight, with great loss, and the battle terminated. During ! all this time, the false Prophet had been seated at a safe dis- j tance from the field of battle, chanting a war-song, and prom- i ising victory to his deluded brethren. The battle of Tippecanoe was one of the most spirited and best fought actions recorded in the annals of our Indi...an wars. I The numbers and the weapons on either side were nearly * equal ; and the Indians, contrary to their usual custom, fought hand to hand, and with the fiercest bravery. Every man in this battle encountered his share of danger, but no man was in more personal peril than Governor Harrison himself well known to many of the Indians, and the object of their peculiar 14 attack his fearless and unshrinking exposure, makes it seem almost a miracle that he should have escaped unwounded. In referring to the coolness and intrepidity of Governor Harris on, on this occasion, we cannot refrain from making the fol lowing extracts from a journal published in 1816, by a private soldier, who fought in this battle, and \vho could have had no interested motives for his publication: "General Harrison/* he says, "received a shot through the rim of his hat.
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