Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-06-15

WAS occupied ny lHe IuuldnS, VINO IL
was intended should turn the Ameri-
can left wing and attain the rear. The
army moved SC rapidly that many of
the troops were left behind, and small
portion only of Gen. Cass's command
was in the battle; they were stationed
Immediately in front Of the enemy's ar
tillery, which commanded the road,
with directions to charge upon it as
soon as the action commenced. Gen.
Cass volunteered his services, togeth-
er with Commodore Perry TO assist
Gen. Harrison; and at the moment of
She charge of Colonel Johnson's regi-
lnent, which decided the fate Of the
day, General Cass took position with
the right wing Of it, commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Johnson, and ac-
companied it in his charge upon the
British line. 1t was dangerous ex-
pertinent to charge line Of disciplin-
ed British soldiers by uneisciplined
mounted Americans; but valor supplied
the place of discipline; and, notwith-
standing :he resistance, that brave reg
iment broke through the line, and in
stantly the enemy was thrown into
confusion, and threw down their arms,
happy to escape with their lives. The
British general, Proctor, fled almost at
the commenced of the action, and
was pursued BY General Cass, with a
detachment, for some miles, but could
not be overtaken.
Ii is we'll known, that in this impor-
tant battle General Cass bore proini-
merit part, fully sharing in the exposure
and dangers Of the conflict. An eye.
witness, writing some twelve years
since, says:
''In the autumn Of 1913, / we'll re-
collect General Cass, of the nor,hwes-
tern army, Commanded by Harrison
and Shelby. He was conspicuous al
! the landing ofthe troops upon the Can
ada shore, below Maiden, on the 9th
of September, and conspicuous at the
battle of the Thames, as the volunteer
aid Of the commanding general. l
saw HIM in the midst of the battle, in
the deep woods upon the banks of he
Thames, during the roar and clangol
Of fire arms, and savage yells Of the
enemy. Then I was a green youth Of
seventeen, and a volunteer from: Ken
lucky"
General Harrison, in his report o.
the battle Of the Thames, dated Octo-
Der 9, 1913, says:
~ have already stated, that General
Cass and Commodore Perry assisted
me iii forming the troops for the action.
| The former is an officer of the highest
promise, and the appearance Of the
brave Commodore cheered and ANNA
ted every Breast
The battle of the Thames termina-
ted The Northwestern campaign, and
put an end to the war in that quarter,
but not to the difficulties or Importance
of the command. The United States
being once more in the possession Of
the Territory of Michigan, and of, the
province Of Upper Canada, Gen. Cass
was assiged, temporarily, the com,
mand Of the district, and Gen. Harrri-
son Withdrew with: his army. On the
10Th of October, 1913, he was APP
pointed by President Madison Cover.
nor Of Michigan, at that time one Of
the most important civil officers within
the gift of the Executive. He was the
civil as we'll as the military governor
of large territory, having many hun
dred miles of exposed, frontier, filled
and almost surrounded with numerous
tribes of hostile Indians, in the pay of
the British government, and constant
ly excited to acts of hostilities by
British agents.
AS proof Of the defenceless state
Of the country, it may be mentioned,
that incursions were made BY the In
dians, and some persons made priso-
ners, and others killed within sight of
the town Of Detroit, and three expedi-
tiens Of mounted militia hastily co!lec-
ted, were lie d by Governor Cass in pur-
sui: of the Indians, and some Of them
were Filled within hearing of the
town.
A single incident viii show the ma,
ture of these excursions in these forests
in pursuit of the Indians. General
Cass's servant, who rode imme diately
in his rear, had a personal rencontre
with an indians, who started from be-
hind tree, and having discharged Ills
rifle, attacked him with the but-end :,
and was killed after short conflict.
t But peace came to put an end to this
state of things. The executive pow
Ter Of the Territory was almost unlimir
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