The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-06-05
na Governor HauIson's conduct
animly and ban q
.3nallnd


enalled.
oflanee ef The victory q
nnol be too highly estimated
quelled the naughty spirit Of the discomfort
Jed and hostile Indians, and defeated Chs
plan, which they had almost matured, d
attacking and destroying our scattered Dor
der settlements in detail. Had we lost tllil
battle, onr army must have been annihilate6
The whole extentnf our delenceless from.
tier would have been left TO the mercy 81
sanguinary and unspafing savages, and the
consequent loss of life, and destruction 81
property would have been almost incalcula.
| ble
The President in hisinessage tocongress
dated December is, 1871, makes the follow.
| ing honorable mention Of this battle awhile
| il Is deeply lamented, says Mr.. Madison,
I'stllat SO many valuable lives have been lost
in the action which took place on the 10Th
ult. Congress will see with satisfaction, the
danntless spirit and fortitudc VIGOROUSLY
displayed By every description of troops en-
gagged, as we'll as the collected frmness
which distinguished their commander, on an
occasion requiring the utmost exertion Of
valor and discipline.
The Legislature Of Kentucky, at their en-
suing session. expressed their high sense Of
Governor Harfison's good conduct on this
occasion, BY the following complimentary
resolution:
/" kEsoLvED, That in the late campaign
against the Indians, on the Wabash, Cover
nor Wm Il. Harrison has, 10 the opinion Of
this Legislature, behaved like HERO, a
PATRIOT and a GENERAL, and that for his cool,
deliberate, skilful and gallant conduct, in
the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves
the Wanmest thanks OF the nation.
This high encomiun came from those
whose friends and neighbors had participate
ed IN the late campaign, aud who were con
sequently familiar with its details, a6d with
the merits of the commander.
War was declared against Great Britain
in June 1912. Prior 10 this event, British
agents had, for long time, been tanpering
with the discontinued Indians within our
territory, and had bribed them with presents
and furnished them with fire. arms, to induce
them TO renew their hostilities against our
country. The crafty and daring Tecumseh,
too, was once more in the field Urged on
by his savage eloquence, BY their own ma
tive love for war and plumber, and by the
atrocious intrigues of foreign agents, the
North Western Indians again raised the war
wLoop, and commenced their barbarous sys-
TEN of warfare Their cruel murders and
became offrequent occurrence,
and the wailings of borrowed mothers and
orphans, and the bitter complaints Of those
who had escaped from the conaagration Of
fhsas.s Y1i.V II,
miseration of the hardy bo.derers, and rous-
ed general feeling of indigestion. Such
was the state of excitement in our frontier
settlements.
Immediately after the declaration of war.
our western governors promptly adopted ev-
cry measure in their power, for the defence
of their respective states aid territories.-
But conscious of the great abilities and ex-
perlence OF Harrison, they placed the utmost
reliance on his councils, and looked to him
as tbe leader, under whom they might hope
for success against the common enemy. He
aided Governor Edwards in placing the from
tier of Illinois in posture Of defence. and
soon after, was invited by Governor Scott,
to take command Of the Kentucky troops,
which been raised for the defence of the
frontier. He accepted this invitation, and
met Governor Scott at Frankfort, where he
was received with the acclamations of the
people, and with the highest civil and mill
taTy honors. These public marks of the
high estimation in which Harrison was held
by the people, were shortly after followed
by proofs still more Aattering, of their conf
dence in his patriotism, his abilities, and his
military skill
Governor Scott had levied an armed force
of more than FIVE thousand militia and vol
unteeFs, c mmanded by some Of the ablestI
men and most experienced officers in the
Stale. Two thousand Of these troops we're
ordered for immediate service; and they had
no sooner learned that they were destined
10 march TO the aid Of theirfellow-country-
men on the frontier, than they at once unani-
nously expressed the most earnest desire
% be placed under the command Of Cover
Tor Harrison. This desire was responded /
o by the wishes Of the people throughout
he State. The laws of Kentucky, however,
would not permit any other Than a citizen, Il
o hold a command IN the State Militia In /,
his dilemma, Governor Scott consulted With
he venerable Shelby, Che governor elect,
he honorable Henry Clay, and other dislin-
rushed citizens Of the State; and by their
lnimous advice be gave Harrison brepet
of Major General in the KEN
ucky militia, with express authority 10 take
ommand ofthe gallant troops about to march I.
D tho frontier This was d bold and unpre-
eapnted measure hnf ono thar tfavp m y