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Battle of Tippecanoe...
Battle of Tippecanoe...
Item # 702683
December 11, 1811
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Dec. 11, 1811 The front page has close to half a column taken up with a report headed "Indian Battle" which includes: "...additional particulars of the late battle on the Wabash...it appears that Harrison has suffered himself to be cajoled & out-maneuvered by the Prophet within less than a mile of whose town he was encamped...the Indians were in the entire of our camp as the men were awaking--our people have to retreat 70 miles through the wilderness before they reach the first fort. The battle was hard fought...the object of the Prophet is to bring the Indians back to their primitive savage state..." with a bit more.
Page 2 also has a brief item regarding Tippecanoe.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, minor wear at margins, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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