Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-10-28

breast. The ball IN TINS lHsldnCS Car
ried the shirt into the breast with It.
So excruciating was the pain Tor the
instant, aud difficulty of breathing that
he drew the shirt from the wound with
sudden jerk, bringing the ball wlIl1
it, and afterwards staunched the wound
with handful Of leaves taken from the
nearest tree. The brave chieftain was
engaged in no chitds Ptoy.--Ch'
Republican.
FRANKFoRT, Sep. 7, 1910.
Dear Sir: | am in receipt of your
letter of the 5th inst, in which, alter
referring to the part | bore in the battle
of the Thames, October 5, 1913, you
PROFOUND TO me two questions in REL
erence to the conduct Of General Har-
rison on that occasion. You ask me:
1st. "Did you see Gen. Harrison
while the battle ragged, and alter Col.
johnson had been wounded and taken
off the ground, and hear him encour-
aging and animating his men {"
Cd. "Was any part of the Infantry
under Shelby engaged in the action!''
Ny answer TO your inquiries will be
letter understood by plain statement
of the facts which occurred upon the
ground, so far as | witnessed them.
was at the head or right of my
company, on horseback, waiting orders
at about fifty or sixty yards fiom the
line ofthe enemy. Col. Johnson rode
up and explained 10 me the mode of
attack, and said in substance, capt.
Davidson, / am directed by Gen. Har-
rison, to charge, and break thro' the
Indian line, and form in the lear. My
brother James will charge in like man
ner through the British line atthe same
time. The sound of the trumpet will
be the signal for the charge" In few
minutes the trumpets sounded and the
word Charge" was given by Col. } ohm
son. The Colonel charged within
few PAGES of me. We struck the In
dian line obIiquely, and when we APP
preached within ten or fifteen yards of
their line, the Indians poured III a
heavy fire upon US, killing ten or fifteen
of our men, and several horses, and
wounded Col. Johnson very severely.
He Immediately retired. DR.. Thebald,
of Lexington, ( think, } aided him off.
I neither saw nor heard more OF Col.
Johnson until after the action was over.
The contest continued warm and
animated for some time where my
company and part of Capt. Sucker 5
were engaged. After Col. johnson
was taken off the field, | saw Gen.
Harrison and Gov. Shelby, both, and
quite near me. They were both on
horseback passing in the crochet, or
ancIe. Lwell remember the anlmatlng
and encouraging manner in which
Harrison, as he passed, addressed his
men. 1t had sensible effect upon
myself, and seemed, | thought not only
to stimulate my spirits. but strengthen
my body, then weakened by loss OF
! bloody "Fellow soldiers, shouted
the intrepid hero in tones that stirred
: the souls of his kindred spirits; ''keeT
| close and shoot sure the day will be
, ours in few minutes !" He rode on;
/ was engaged. and saw no more o.
: him. Immediately upon his leaving
: us, going in the direction of the angle
| desperate and severe struggle com
r menced at or near that point, between
5 the Infantry under Gov. Shelby and
1 the Indians. This conflict at the an
: gle, with SheIby's men, lasted, think
e at least five minutes. Several oil the
Infantry were killed. Gov. Shelby
= himself told me he had several mer
: killed, and had found eight or ten In
: dians left dead en- the ground at thai
e point. This was The most severe con-
e test during the action.
; 81 crossed the swamp with the Sc
5 cond Battalion 900 men) and Tough
e against the Indians Supposed 14OC
g warriors) under Tecumseh, without
d any aid whatever"
e This statement, you will observe, Is
: not warranted by the details. The
= writer (ifiudeed the alleged author was
t, the writer, which | doub0 certainly la
: bors under a misrepresentation which
can only be accounted for by the fac
that Col. johnson was badly wounded
: on the first onset, and wasimmediately
taken off the field, and could not have
known of the important services rem
: dered by the infantry under Harrison
d and Shelby.
5 / must claim, however, for the Sc
,e cond Battalion of the mounted Regi
le ment, the honor Of having contribute,
l. more than any other corps, in achlev
ID ing the victory. But it gives me pleas
e, ure to say, that every officer and sol
v. der did his duty on that day, SO far a
In | know or believe.-You will there
1e fore be able to judge, from the fac
J" here stated from my own persona
at knowledge, whether General Harriso
was present in the action, doing hi
NJ duty as an officer, and whether an
r. part ofthe infantry was engaged |: | ha
he supposed that facts so well known b
all who were there, would at this day
a be questioned by none.