The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-10-29

witI.in Ten az fifsesn ysfn. spprnarhsd
the Indisns poured IN hesst A. iir..
us, killing ten az filissH Il apf men. sa.-
several horses. snd venndIne Col. Jnhn-
son ser, &c, errly. Tie inmrdislsly re-
lirsd. DIR. Thr0kaid. Of isrxiHgirn,
think, j AIDED him NJ. aelihrr eau Nor
heard asare az Col. Jahnsnn emil alter
The selian ess nsrr. The confess con-
iinued warm and aninslrd Cor some line
where my eonpany end part 81 Csp'.
Ssueker's wefe Engaged. After Col0nel
Johnson was taken III lie field. ! ssw
Gen. Harrison ard Cav. Shelby, bo.h.
and quite near me. They xere bail On
harse.bsrk. passing in The direction &c
the ernlehei. or angel. Iwrll remember
The snimsIing and encouraging manner
in ~hich Harrison. a. he passed. sddrrss-
ed his men. n had sensible effect up-
on myself. and seemed nos only 20 81
mnl.ie my spirits. bal strengthen nv
body. then weakened by lass ~ blnad.l
:. Fellow sol.lsrr." shouted the intrepid
hero. 10 tones thar stirred The snvls 81
his kindred spiri,s. keep close and shoot
sure; The day TiH be ours IN a fer min
ufes." He rode ~; aas engaged. and
lsaw no more az him. lmmrdisnl. up
on his leaving Us. saine "a The dir'c en-
af Tie angle. desperate and sf,ste
struggle commenced Il az near ilsi p.anl.
between The laiantry under CO.. S''sits
and The Indians. This c.Lhc, - lh-
angle. with Shelhy's men. lasted | lnm.k.
81 least Eve minutes Several 0l ,hr In
fsniry uers killed. Governor Shelby
himself told me he had several men Kill
ed. and had found rlgh, or ,ea Indians
LEFT dead on The ground 81 ina, paint
This vas the Last severe Contest dnr,ag
, The action.
Il have seen with SURPRISE. copied iet.
. psmphleI recently sn,ien aud J.nhl..h-
cd by Col. Daniel Garra,d, III tlas
{ county, Ieuer parrorinR I" haze bee
, written by co:anel Iuhns"n. dated d.
G %, 1894. IN shlrn y The in.0wTas
statement:
e II crossed The swamp with The SECOND
: bsusIion $500 men) and fo"ghI aga;ust lhs
, Indians (suppnsed 400 wsumT,. sndet
q Tecumseh) wlthoul sny aid ~hnrs.t."
This stsismeni. yon will "bsrrT,. -
: no, warranted by The FACTS havr detail.
!, ed. The writer lf indeed The alleged
1 author IrGs the writer. which doab,.
. certainly labors under . mlsapptehrns co
!. which ran only be sccounied for BY The
= fact that rol. johnson was badly ~uund.
' ed al The fret unset. aud vas immtdla,r.
= " taken OF the Geld. aud could no, have
personally known nf The Emporium, ser
n vices rendered by The infan,ry undel
q Harrison and Shelby.
] must claim. however. for The second
battalion Of the mounted regiment. The
honor Of having contributed more than
any other corps. in schie.ing the veto.
~. But IL gives me pleasure 10 say,
that ererv officer sud soldier did hls du.
~ on that day. 81 lar a. | know or he.
liese. You will therefore be able 10 Judge
from the facts here stated from my osn
personal knowirdpr, whether Gen. liar.
risDn wss present IN the scIlon. doing hi.
. du,y as an officer. and whether any parl
. "i The infantry was engaged. had sup
. posed that facts 81 well known bv all
4 ~h" were there. would at tins day. be
questioned by none. 3
!. In conclusion. as il regards the stand.
ing ni Gen. Harrison as an officer, and
a The esIinsiion 90 which he was held by
n the army, am, frnm my intercourse with
. his officers and soldiers suhsequen, ,o The
! battle. enabled 10 adopt the language Of
q Distinguished officer oil Prry's fleet
"There never was an army more ardent
ly siiached or more enthusiastically proud
Of a General, than this"
Youis with great respect.
JAMES DAVIDSON.
II. 8. was in the service and under
Gen. Harrison sbou, fourteen months.
. I'D.
, C. A. "iekliffe, esq.
The Kentucky Commonwealth, IN
speaking Of Col. Davidson, says: "A
braver and better soIdier aud a truer
patriot. never bled for his country. thaa
James Davidson. lie vas, perhaps, of
teuer employed by Gen. Harrison in ser
vices requIr,ng a remarkable degree Of
Courage tmidsI dangers. forn,Ude under
snfferngs aud pTomp.ness in executing
difficult aud Impor.an, duties. thsn any
man IN The army. We do no, say this
in"uIiously; for we glory in the fame
Of all who served the country. In he
battle Of The Thames he was particularly
distinguished. Tie received 90 that &C.
ton three severe wounds: one in the leg.
/ one in the abdomen aud one 10 the
breast. But he Tough, a. the head 81 his
men. hll The las, armed foe had surren-
dered; and was not taken from the battle
field, on which, after the sciion termina-
ted, he sunk, ull some time alter DARK"
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