Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-09-22

Il ong and loud applausc.) But, my friends, we ,dSe
no credit to ourSelves-wc wish TO lahc no vain sh""
of the matter before you've did no more 'iah was
our duty TO do; and thanked Eeavc" for NE victory
we fought for our country, homes and the hnes
Of our coun;rvmen, which was stimulus eh"cs" ~
make Ken:ucklans take the field against an enemy sd
wage civilized ;, ,:
was IN be done and was wiling that't should he handed
over for then, 10 do. had drilled ihtm thoroughly %
method OF charging, by alternate columns su''a -
desperate fight and they understood H. having P,"etse
faithfully for five or SIX months, during when tiiie,
they had FOUGHT more than 900 battles, III lhat u
tbev were sLazu fphtS. But now, since THIS WORK was
handed over for them do there was no TURNER s"a'
bu CHARGE for life and death. We all eit thrIe was
No nav about it any longer but that II must he done by
the Job and fight by the JOB We h'a, t Victory pe,y
upon our Standard but not without the loss OF me pooo
land life Of many of my brave kentuckIans
see that many Of the ladies' are here to-day 70 cheef
us with their presence, and we are s!aa !" s'e t"'
Tia for Them the soldier pcrliS BIS lie wh=Iy, WIN
,Le;r protection calls Tor tiny brave hchtucKiahs
cht fr their wives and childrenthcir mothers and
sisters Men Will fight for each other like tigers, but
when woman in danger, and calls Tor the'r proecn"'
they will then than double their eSerohs. ne
wives and daughters OF the Pioneers OF me Hesl,
know well about these ma,tcrs-we early hcnt"ckans
know well how to the toniahawk and hatcher KA'e
wa learned Il from fathers, who had always !"
c,rr, ,bem-You know Kentucky was called, by the
Indians "the dark and toody ground, among theh'-
selves before the settlement of the whites; ana u con
,;nnad 10 il, so between the Kentucky pioneers ana
the Indians till the long knives conquered ana the 81"
| vaoe souuht another home. And "i such siirs "eie
nv regiment, when we joined the man army AZ bef"
when we started in pursuit of Proctor and lrcunS'h
| Nv REGIMENT went ahead being mounted "hch we
first discovered the enemy he was IN battle array anG
sent word 10 the Commander chef, b" was behind
with the infantry that We had "rsed them Gen i!"F
r;son soon came up asking 'chat 10 be done told
hun wanted the privilege Of fighting the enemy IN
the way had taught my men, that was charging D. al
ternate columns he hestacd for time, hnt hnay con
seued TO my solctous request, and said "ch"rgehem,
and then turned and went back 10 the infantry, TMf"
,cas some distance IN The rear The British army were
stationed upon the bank of the river Thames on STRIP
of land something more than hall Il me VIDE, the r.
yer on one side and parallel 10 the river, ta other
was long narrow swamp; in and around tins swamp,
were skuked the savages i'll the form of halt moon
now found could the swamp, and dividing my
battalion gave one half in charge OF my brother James
for him to attack fhe British, while J. with the other
half should the swamp, and look for the Indians
now placed 20 men in front OF my half battalion called
.rHE roRLoRN HorE; and upon my making s"uie m
qnirv in regard to the attack, they said wc VIII follow
YOU and discovered, from the aroused spirit OF my
men, that We could kill take the enemy, twn tn one.
then stationed myself Is hc fortorn hope,
with consciousness of doing my duty for felt At The
moment, that If did not take that station, should !
survive my brave associates, comrades and ncighborS
that could never meet and communicate their sad
fate with clear conscience, to their he"avrd widows
and children. The trumpet now sounded and we
moved TO the charge: but at the first tire OF the lnd
ans nineteen out of twen:y o.. the tOr!Orn hopt
either killed. wounded, thrown from their saddles
then ordered my TO disnount, and fight the sa
wage in his way-knee TO knee, tomahawk TO to-
mahayk bulcher-knife TO butcherknite-and thus We
rrapped steel to steel, with the savage, till Ircunse
fell and his warriors fled; but not till many of my
brave men fell with him. Many interesting incidents,
winch could relate, took place One case, III PaThci-
lar of great bravery was that OF young man from
Chillicothe printer bv trade. He received ball
through his body, and fell near me. rode TO him, and
told those near by to take him place Of safety; but
he answered at would be OF use, he had received
his deathwound, and should die willingly II he could
bu, hear OF the triumph Of his counrym"n The grey
mare on winch | rode, had now become tiint and
weak from the loss of blood having received fifteen
balls in her body and limbs while Was not much her
better in point Of strength having then received four
wounds.
! Here the Colonel desired rest for moment when
Senator Allen rose, and related the following winch
| Col Johnson adopted as his own language:
| At this moment, when my men were graphing with
the sayanes in all directions and gong from place
10 place, encourage ihem fast as my poor dy"g
horse could carry discovered behind the root Of 4
large tree recently blown down, tall, athletic Indian,
IN the act OF taking aim nj me, thought and I'M
mrdlaclv made TOW ards him; but my 50 weak,
from the loss Of blood, that she unable 10 get
Tie body OF the tree, and rened her to 90 around the
top passing which, the poor anima feet got enan-
gled 10 the limbs and she upon her kneeS but, by
close checking and the spur the faithful creature reco-
vcrcd and turned towards the savage wlo nj that mo-
ment fired his ball striking al the knucklc bone Of the III
dex finger of nv left hand passing through the hand, the
bone OF the nrea and o@t between the elbow and
wrist Here the C0lonc! showed The INITIATED hand
and arm then sllpprd-the arm through tie rein 10
the elbow, and in lha, way guided towards tie Indian,
who was now making towards me, and, with my right
hand held nv pistol loaded with ball and three buck
shot behind my right thigh We met near tl!" middle
of the body Of the tree when the Indian raised is TO-
mahawk strained back his body in the act IF throwing
IT, thus fairly exposing the whole size Of his body, when
fred-ihe whole charge entering his breast, and he
fell and died instantly. was now faint: from the loss
Of blood, and falling when MY crinc 10 me,
took me from nv horse, and laid blanket, which
is the last that remember I'LL my brother James 10
me- and with his accustomed a:icc,ionatc kindness,
CURED i'll MORALLY wounded, while the blood was
running from the blanket all SIDES OF nc, saying,
that he had been engaged IN taxing the prisoners back
TO General larrIson where the infantry was, or he
should have before; aud, rs il from halt
mile to mile, 1t required some time to get there and
secure them.
/ There the Colonel continued in person
/ General Harrison soon came and Gaming down,
made some inquiries and said, Tecumsch is killed and
Proctor is Defeated .No,r fl0tr cti-S, great deal
has been said about General Harrison during the
present poitcal contest, and inquiries made. ! have
been asked, ii did not think he acted Ike coward:
ana must tc YOU l!idt HtN 10
in that battle. Ectorc il commenced stood and talked
in presence o'thc enemy, and must say ever have
that SAW cowardcc in him. It's true, my bro.
thcr james took the British they surrendered 10 him
without tie loss Of side; and he took Mrm
all, tea, except Proctor, and few other renegades
who slipped through the bush, and got away
/ To the nterrogatory in regard John Randop ac-
cusing Gen. Harrison of being Federas, Of III" elder
Adams school, and men,ber of the black cockadc par
'Ity, must answer member, aud in the Senate
at the time-hcard him ask Gen. Harrison, and Gen
n did not deny il, but the contrary asscncd to 1t
all of which remember we'll
Now, my friends, there is great deal said about the
Administration of government, and l. as one OF It's
officers, wish, and intend TO be honest, have wish
or inducement to be otherwise have been in rs
vice for thirty years and you all know never sought
for glory, and am never shall nave glory
enough in doing ms duty; and | must say 10 you
all, and before the world, that Government has
never been more carefully, economically, or wise.
" conducted | don't who says TO the contrary,