The Saline County journal., 1879-01-30
A VETERAN OF 1919.
What Capt. Bafeman Remembers Of the
Last War With Great Britain.


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Last War With Great Britain.
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Thomas bafeman, a veteran OF 1877. now
s. years old, obtained the folowinS par.
ticnlars of that war He sand.
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was but snort distance from the pres
ent site Of the anchorage. l don't sup
pose anybody but myself knows that
there ever was such place"
do you know Of any other survivors,"
The only persons l know of are James
Austin. Andrew Grove. and Abraham
Belay."
who did you serve under?"
I'm the northwestern campaign served
under Capt. Kelly, and in the southern
under Capt. Funk. had to range from
the extreme north to the extreme south,
and during my tramps had a rough time
Of it, with the cold weather and the scanty
supplies"
"How many battles did you take part
m?"
Three. / was at the battle of the
Thames, in which Col. Johnson whipped
Proctor and Tecumseh so badly"
did johnson kill Teeumseh?"
That is something that nobody can
tell. Col Johnson never claimed that he
killed the chief, and in the noise of firing
and in the tumult it is simply impossible
for any man to establish the claim that he
killed him.
You saw Tecumseh?"
"Yes; and | remember something in
this connection which may be Of interest.
John Slaughter, one of the soldiers cut
strip Of flesh from the dead chief and used
1t for razor-strap, and an excellent one it
made. 1t being soft and oily:
the army true?"
from Newport, n.y.. and followed our
army all the way to Portage, Lake Eric.
Sometimes 1t would get several miles be-
but 1t always turned up when we were
camping. The men regarded it as good
omen, and OF course the animal was well
fed by them all along the route. People
will be superstitious about such matters.
British sailor that | kept guard over IN
New Orleans told me that Just before the
battle OF Lake Erie, while the British
ships were resting quietly on the lake.
long black snake was seen stretched be-
tween two Of the ships. The sailors got
the reptile on board one OF the ships,
locked 1t up IN a room and never saw 1t
again. In few days the heet was scat
tered to the winds by the American
squadron. The sailor maintained that
the disappearance Of the black snake was
harbinger OF the destruction
OF the British fleet. He told me
at Lake Erie,
What about New Orleansy
The eighth Of January, 1915. was a
rain oil the morning. We were armed
with fint-locks, which were of course very
imperfect weapons. If we had had mod
ern weapons | don't think many Of the en-.
emy would have escaped. so deadly and
resistless was our aim. We gave them a
warm reception when they came on with
our squirrel guns and bear guns. They
marched IN three columns. The central
force came straight upon us; one OF the
wings came along the levee ana the other
struggled through swampish woods. The
breastxorks, composed OF cotton, were
about SIX feet high, A line OF bales was
placed Immediately behind the breast
Sorhs TT 1TI .ne s1ioiefs 70 mount anu mr.
rom. ihey cou,a pe seen unrlhg .ne nght
!uMplhg upon tnsse palss, nring, jumping
20 .i,s lfounG i We;. anu 1 reload,ng onis a.eiy
!I Iw vi ..ie pritsh su1oeeueu :" mourning Tu
sa. sne ops.ai1es sa, We ia9 thfoWh up, iner
a,s a.e Was uGsiuea iickly anu olsn,,;l,ss .t;nS
: err,os aa -. - hol .aAeh I Pl'sone's & Ine. airu ,,
! saW tWeh'y-sevsh deao men aeo.e IN
oisail"olK ',;jS,N aS, WHICH nad pelone9a 70 'nc
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ii houI anu anu a naiI. eooo asai o' o'inl.
nas DS.n .Is' az upon "in; I'm, h1h sI:1' ,oi no,
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