قراءة كتاب The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812

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The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812

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Barce Elmore

دار النشر: Project Gutenberg

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COUNCIL AT VINCENNES—The dramatic meeting between Harrison and Tecumseh— Tecumseh announces his doctrine of the common ownership of the Indian lands

316 THE SECOND AND LAST COUNCIL—The last meeting between the two leaders before Harrison marched into the Indian country 332 THE MUSTER AND THE MARCH—The rally of the Kentuckians and their clansmen in southern Indiana to Harrison's support—The coming of the Fourth United States Regiment—The march to the Tippecanoe battlefield 352 THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE—The night attack on Harrison's forces—The destruction of Tecumseh's Confederacy 371 NAYLOR'S NARRATIVE—A description of the battle by one of the volunteers 381

LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

	Page
1. The Home of General William Henry Harrison, at Vincennes, as it now appears	Frontispiece
2. A Section of the Grand Prairie in Benton County, Indiana, which extends West to Peoria, Illinois	25
3. A Typical Buffalo Wallow on the Donaldson Farm, in Benton County, Indiana	33
4. The Wabash River at Merom Bluff, Sullivan County, Indiana—LaMotte Prairie beyond	41
5. Location of the Indian Tribes of the Northwest	57
6. Shaubena, the best of the Potawatomi Chiefs, and a follower of Tecumseh	73
7. Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States	97
8. Map of the Harmar, St. Clair and Wayne Campaigns	161
9. Map showing the Wea Plains, and the Line of Scott's March. Tippecanoe County, Indiana	185
10. Indian Hills on the Wabash River, just below the old site of Fort Ouiatenon	193
11. General Anthony Wayne and Little Turtle, at Greenville. From an old painting by one of Wayne's staff	241
12. Governor William Henry Harrison	257
13. Another View of the Wabash. A land of great beauty	291
14. Raccoon Creek, Parke County, Indiana. The North Line of the New Purchase	323
15. The Line of Harrison's March to Tippecanoe and the New Purchase of 1809	363
16. Pine Creek, in Warren County, Indiana, near the place where Harrison crossed	371
17. Judge Isaac Naylor. From an old portrait in the Court Room at Williamsport, Indiana	387

PREFACE

In presenting this book to the general public, it is the intention of the author to present a connected story of the winning of the Northwest, including the Indian wars during the presidency of General Washington, following this with an account of the Harrison-Tecumseh conflict in the early part of the nineteenth century, ending with the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The story embraces all of the early efforts of the Republic of the United States to take possession of the Northwest Territory, acquired from Great Britain by the Treaty of 1783 closing the Revolutionary War. The whole western country was a wilderness filled with savage tribes of great ferocity, and they resisted every effort of the government to advance its outposts. Back of them stood the agents of England who had retained the western posts of Detroit, Niagara, Oswego, Michillimacinac and other places in order to command the

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