The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-19
'nsinfss sran0 ,eaSsueral, inteiliafn1e.
Rev. J.T. WARD, AssistantEditOr
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lua, Captaln rage was In w ashlngton, and
being pressed by General Scott to ac-
company him, on his staff, was, at an
early day engaged in the long and sangui-
nary contest with the Seminole Indians
He served in Florida at different periods
during the continuance of the war with
uutiring zeal. In 184l, Mr.. Poinsett, then
Secretary of War, despairing Of closing the
war in Florida by the usual process Of hos
tile operations, determined to try the friend
ly offices Of a delegation Of the emigrated
Sen.inoles, and with this view, selected
Captain Page, from his knowledge OF In
dian character, and consequent fitness for
the enterprise, to proceed to the Seminole
country, West Of Fort Gibson, and prevail
upon as many Of the most influential men
Of the nation as in his judgment might be
necessary, to aid in the pacifcation Of their
hostile brethren. He succeeded; and with
his friendly delegation repaired 10 the seat
OF war and reported to Gen Armistead.-
With this delegation he operated, and, in
very short time, brought about the sur
render Of several hundred of the Indians.
He left Florida in May, lS4l, with Gen.
Armistead, but returned early in the fall of
the same year and remained in the field, on
duty with his regiment, until the termina-
ton of the war by Gen. Worth in l842.-
His regiment was then relieved from duty
in Florida, and he accompanied itto Jeffer-
son, barracks, Mo, where he was permitted
to repose for a time, blessed with the socie-
ty Of his wife and children. But this peri
Cd Of happiness was brief, and the last he
enjoyed on earth In May, 1914, his regi-
ment was ordered to Nachitoches, La, be-
ing an element Of the force destined for the
frontier Of Texas. pending the proposition
to annex that Republic as State, to the
American Union. ia1 d4 1lis"
n In this movement Capt Page accompa-
MED his regiment, In July, lS45, circum-
stances placed him temporarily tits head,
and he conducted it to the shores of st.
Joseph's Island and Corpus Christi, those
almost unknown regions; since which time
he has maintained his position as soldier
in the field, exposed TO the ,hardships, pri-
vations and esincident to the service
and climate, resisting the appeals offamily
and friends, though for some time disabled
for duty by illness, and devoting himself to
the last moment 10 the calls Of the service
and his country. That devotion he sealed
with his life. He fell nobly in the memo
rable action of Palo Alto, on ihe 9th Of
May last, while commanding the leading
division of his regiment in support of the
battery Of Is Founders. His regiment, for
some time, was exposed to most CALLING
fire from the Mexican artillery, shot from
which struck Capt. Page on the face, carry
ing away the whole of the lower jaw. He
was removed from the field, and under the
hands ofthe surgeon displayed unexampled
patience and forlilutde.
The day after the battle he was sent to
Point Isabel, where he endured extreme
suffering for nearly two months, during
which he was never heard TO complain, but
was cheerful, and manifested at all times,
though he could not speak, The companion
able and sociable qualities which, with his
proverbial goodness of heart, endeared him
through life to all who knew him. n .
About the last of June his wound had so
far healed as to enable him to take passage
on steamship for New Orleans, A few
days after his departure his wife, who, i'm
PEELED by the purest affection and devo-
ton to her husband that oveercame eyery
obstacle, had left her home in Delaware
alone, and travelled several thousand miles
to minister to his comfort, arrived at Point
Isabel. Her disappointment at not meeting
him was borne, not without grief, but with
firmness as Unprecedented as it was ad-
mirahle. She returned Immediately to N.
Orleans, and there found her wounded hus-
band prostrated and rapidly sinking under
the long and extreme suffering he had en-
dured. They left New Orleans on the
steamboat Missouri, for St. Louis, but the
heroic aufferer was doomed to exp pire before
reaching their destination, and on the l2th
of July, 1916, near Cairo, he quietly gave
up his spirit, consoled in his last moments
by the tender care Of his beloved wife. His
remains were taken to Jefferson barracks
and inferred with the honors Of war, es-
corted to the grave by Col Bakers reg
ment Of Illinois volunteers .. ..H
Captain Page was native of Frlburg, in
the State Of Maine, and was born on the 4th
of February, 1897.
He lived beloved and died lamented by