The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-03-05

., al 81 Ear troops 10 encamp upon. The
candid reader of his country's history
;ndaea Al, honest men-will at once adj
mil that the conduct of Harrison even
in selecting this camp, and in his march
~ Il. was that Of most able general-of
a modern FABIUs.
The Post charges the Governor with
having encamped without customary
precaution.' The nonsense about log
breas.-work being thrown up by soldiers
fa,igued with long and arduous days
work, and which would only have en-
barrassed their subsequent action, we pass
by as entirely unworthy of notice. In
reference to the charge of want ofprecau-
ton, we again extract refutatlon RON
the letter Of McAfee:
.sThe order TO the army, in the event
of night attack, was for each corps TO
maintain its ground at all hazards tn re,
lieved. The dragons were directed in
such case to parade dismounted, with
their swords and their pistols in their
belts. aud to wait for orders. The guard
Tor the night consisted of two captains
commands of twenty-four men. and four
non-commissioned officers; and two SUBJ
al.erns'' guards OF twenty men and non
commissioned otiicers-the whole under
the command of a field officer of the day.
son the night of the 9th of November.
the troops went to rest, as usual, WIN
their clothes and Announcements on, anu
their arms by their sides. The officers
were ordered to sleep in the same man-
ner, and it was the Governors iacoraa5le
practice to be ready TO mount his horse
at a moments warning. On the morning
of the 7.h, lie arose at a quarter before 4
O'Clock. and set by the fire conyersing
with the gentlemen of his family, who
were reclining on their blankets waiting
for the signal, which in few minutes
would have been given, for the troops to
turn out. The orderly drum had already
been reused by the reveile. The moon
had risen, but afforded little light, in con-
sequence of being overshadowed by
clouds, which occasionally discharged a
drizzling rain. At this moment the at
tack commenced"
The foregoing would suffice, but we
cannot suppress the following extract
from Niles Register, which will be re-
ceiyed as standard authority in any circle
where common sense is found:
From the Supplement to Niles Register, o.
March 81, 1912.
GOVERNOR HARRIsoN.-Three captains,
four lieutenants, one ensign and the sur
geon and assistant surgeon of the 18th
United States regimen. Of infantry, have
published certificates and statements re
lative to the battle of 7ippecanoe, nea
the Wabash, in which the character o
Gov. HARRISON is represented in the mos
honorable light. No man has had the
temerity to impeach the conduct of the
Governor during the battle; but many
have charged him with suffering hilnsel
to be surprised: having perhaps formed
their opinions from the first rumors of th'
affair, in which it was stated that sentinel
were shot with poisoned arrows, &c. |
seems the gallan; little army was not satr
prisea 1t is true they were attacked ii
the, night, and that the Indisns rushed up
on them with great rapidity. But the
whole Of the army slept on their arms
with their Announcements upon them, ant
the lines were formed in from four to sil
inmates after the firing of the first gun
scih astonishing rapidity. This coult
not have been accomplished in darl
night without precise arrangement, pre-
Dictated on supposed attack
We continue some account ofthe battle
of Tippecanoe, which was fought on thu
morning the 9TH Of November, 1911
Wequo,e from McAflee's letter and Hall;
Life Of Harrison:
The treacherous Indians had crept III
so near the sentries as to hear them chal
lenged when relieved. They intended
to rush upon the sentries and kill then
before they could fire; but one of ther
discovered an Indian creeping toward
him in the grass, and fired. This wa
imnediatly followed by the Indian vel
and desperate charge upon the left flank
The guard i'll that quarter gave way, an
abandoned their officer without maxim
any resistance. Captain Barton's CON
pany Of regulars, and Captain Guiger'
company of mounted rifemen, formin
theleft angle of the rear line, received til
first onset. The fire there was excess
i've; but the troops who had lain on thei
arms, were Immediately. prepared 10 re
ceive, and had gallantry to resist the fur
GUS savage assailants. The manner {
the attack was calculated to discourae
and terrify the men; yet as soon as the
could be formed and posted, they mali
tanned their ground with desperate valo
though but few Of them had ever befol
been in battle. The fires of the cam
were extinguished Immediately, as Il
light they afforded was more serviceab
to The Indians than to our men'' exec,
those opposite Barton's and Guiger
companies, which the suddenness of tt
attack left no time to put out.
.sUpon the first alarm the Govelnt
mounted his horse, and proceeded toward
the: poin. of attack; and finding the lii
mtlchweakened there, he ordered two cor
panies from the centre Of the rear lii
to march up and form across the angle