The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-20

! isnd Joslh, and three daughters, Eliza.
! befh. : Is and Emily.
Gea. Iames Taylor. Of NegPofi. lhy.l
il NOT ason II Col. 'raylor, and hEnslseF
loo zach IL, Is has been enormously STA
led. 6ufIs his cousin.
IIaneark, Elizaheih, aud Emily. have
died sines sheir father. 50 that joseph and
lSarah ass he only brother and sister Of
fLachzrx aass lisisslss ST. Ine lsmIy, with
Two excrp lions, live in and near Louisville.
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I Amongst The dangers and difEicnliies Of
Indian warfare. and the harlships and
priValions of a frontier life. wss General
Taylor reared and edncaied. IS hoy and
as young man, he was noted Tor his man
" chararler-his blunt, sturdy straight
forwarslnesS-his 6rmness Of purpose
his ihoughifulness-his foresight and de-
cision--his modest and retiring demeanor.
Many family and neighborhood anecdotes
are told of his ieais and hardihood, and his
adventures. t &as@ >~#a ".
Night after night was he in The habit Of
seeing The house hsrrieaded. and the arms
prepared To repeal any attack that might he
made before the morning dawned. Scarce
ly a week passed that there was not an
alarm, or an actual incursion ol Indians
amongst the settlements. Even on his
way 10 school was he in danger Of the
tomahawk and scalping knife.
On one occasion, some OF his school
mates were murdered and scalped by The
Indians, within hundred wards of the
point where he and his brothers had sep
arated from them.
| Who can say what effect a boyhood so
passed had in The formation Of the charac-
tier which has so wonderfully displayed
itself in Mexico! 49, haas ~.1 7~
Amongst his lntimates at school, were
his brother, Col. Jos. p Taylor, who dis
tinguished himself at the Battle Of Okee
lcho-bee. and has now The control Of Tho
Commissary Departments in Mexico, and
Col. Geo. Croghan, subsequently, the lie.
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In 1908, aflerthe aifair0fihe chesapeake
and Leopard, the subject Of this sketch
applied for commission in the Army,
and was appointed by Mr.. Jefferson, then
President Of the United States, LIST Lieu.
tenant in the 9Th Infantry. His career
from that time to the breaking out Of the
lhostilities between this country and Eng
Hand, has but little interest lor the public.
Attending to The routine Of his duties. he
but prepared himself for the more active
service of his profession, when opportu'
unity should offer. SO #~s% ~=r
Atihe opening Of the campaign in 1912
I'VE find him a Captain in command o
Fort Harrison. rude and weak siOckau'
on the Wabash, with small force not ex
, ceeding fifty men, most Of whom wer
, like himself, disabled by sickness from do
, ing duty. In this state body OF 40'
, British and Indians endeavoured to &c
|, possession Of his defences by stratagem
In this they were foiled by his warines
and caution. They then on the 9Th Sep
|, TENDER, 1912, attacked him and mad
most strenuous efforts 10 carry his works
They succeeded in firing block house
which constituted one side of his delences
and thus opened way for their assaults
In spite Of this, his own sickness, and III,
inefliciency Of his command, he succeed
ell in repulsing them with considerable
, loss. They abandoned the undertaking
; For this gallant defence, Mr.. Madison con
ferred upon him The brevet rank of MaIo
!, the first breeze: cpsr conferred in o"'
Army. 5 -'siF,.s aaaes"s~9 81" .".
!, In 1892 he commanded the regula
! troops in the Black Hawk war, and endur
! ed the hardships and privaiions OF iha
4 most vexatious campaign. For severa
! years after that he remained in command
|, Of Fort crawford, at Praire du Chen
! tbuil, by him. and kept in awe the lndl
|. an tribes in that quarter. BY them HI
!. was called" big Chief"
|, In 1886, as Colonel ofihe Is, Infantry
/ he went 10 Florida -reliaquishing furlougl
i 1--WE think 10 DO so. There he was place.
i in command Of separate column, com
i posed OF The LIST, 4th and 9Th Infantry
Il some artillery, and,he Missouri volunteers
! On the 25lh day Of December, 1887
+ Christmas Day, with the above nance
: troops, amounting 10 about 500 men, n
i attacked and defeated al Okee-cho-bee Sc
d ven hundred Indians under the command
!, Of Sam Jones, Alligator, and Coa-choo
Q chez. The Indians were strongly poste,
Il in dense hammock, perfectly concealed
n and confident of victory. The hammocl
d crossed in front and partially ilanked o.
!. either side, the only approach TO their pc
l. si,ion. This approach was perfectly eS
(. posed, and led through swamp covere
T. with saw-grass,. in the mire Of whic
e our men sunk 10 the knee at every steT
J. Gen. Taylor then Colonel) was then
!, now not 10 be deferred BY difiicultie
e and dangers. lie attacked the enemy i
F. their position, and after bloody and DIES
d perate engagement for three hours, SUE
o ceeded in driving them before him wit
d great slaughter, at the point Of the bay
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