The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-14
IAN HISTORIC; .DUELal


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General Jackson SIN ost severe wound,
and the, one. that finally caused his
death, was received in his duel with
Charles Dickinson IN 1896. hS Genera
jackson challenged Dickinson for disa
paraging remarks, uttered concerning
Mrs. jackson. Dickinson accented,
and DR.. Hanson Catletl was the friend
of Dickinson. It was agreed that the
duel should be fought at Z d! m. on the
3Oth OF May a806), under the follow
ing stipulations 81 fIol- iiin5 3T5E i
io:", The distance shall be tWenty-feur'
feet, the parties to stand facing each.
other, with their pistols down perpen-r
dicularly. When they are ready the
single word Fire. is to be given, ati
which they are to fire as soon as they
please. Should either ire before the
word is given, We the. secondsl pledge
ourselves to shoot him down, instantly.
The person to. give the word is to be
determined by lot as Is also the choice
of position.n i'e.1 .l;-' ,..si,;i; ,sisa ,ss;nD
10 There, was "a intense excitementalin
Nashville. The, coming duel was, no
secret, although the time and place.
were known only to the friends Of the
parties Bets were laid upon the result
of the meeting; the odds being against
jackson dickinson himself wagersd
that he would bring his man down at,
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Harrison Mills was day ride from.
Nashville. On the morning Of the 29th
Dickinson arose at day break, and SILENT.
ly began to prepare for the Journey.
His young wife awoke; and asked him
why, he was up so early He replied
that he had business in Kentucky, and
that he would surely be home on the
following day. He tendeFly kissed the
fond little woman, mounted his horse.
/ and. galloped away, accompanied 2by
Dr., Catlet and half dozen of the young
bloods of Nashville. It was pleasure
! party: When they stopped for rest or
Refreshments, Dickinson p amused his
lrretinue by displaying his wonderful
skill with pistol. Once, lat a distance
! of twenty-four feet, he fired four balls,
each at the. word of. command, into q
space that could be covered by a silver
dollar. Several times, at the same dis
/ tance, he cut a string with his bullet.
! He left "A severed string hanging TO q
| hickory post near a.. tavern, aud, as he
rode away, said to the landlord, :. Show
that 10 General jackson If be comes
along this road. "a He also laid a wager
that he would hit his antagonist within
half an inch of q certain button ON his
coat Parton, whose report wehaye CON
! .densed, described the party as frlsking
| and ga1ioping along lonely forest roads,
| making short cuts that cautious travel
ers never attempted, dashing across
isireeks and rivers, and making the woods
| ring with mergimentsi ..cu9ri-s Iua vi
q. Very different was the, demeapoE cof
| General jackson and his party Oyer
ton was an old volntionary Soldier,
versed in the science and familiar With
the practice of aduelmg. s. He had reT
! fiected deeply the. conditions of the
|; coming combat. with a view of saving
| his friend from. .Dickinson,si uherripg
| bulIeI. They rode apart from the rest
liof the company and discussed all the
chances and probabilities. d 1t was an
affair in which each manwas to strive
with his utmost, skill to disable mis- AM
tagonist and save his own life. At the
| word each was to FIRE as soon as he
! pleased There was a chance that by
txtreme- qaicisnessi of movement one
man, could bring down the other with
out himself receiving - shot-o jackson
and Qyertoni We're at, first undecided as
| to whether they should try to get the
| first shot or permit Dickinson to have
I Il. 0verton th6Gght'that, as Dickinson,
like all miraculous shots required ono
time to take aim, he i-would have afaf
|, letter chance, than jackson in a quick
| shot. even if both fired at once. Jack
son was. certain that. he would be hit
and he was unwilling to Subject his own
| laim to thel chance Of. its being totally
7 destroyed by THE shock off 81 wound,
Finally, however, he agreed with OYER
| ton. that it would, be better to receive
Dickinson's fire and take his chances
| afterward.. GOV Sit' 'Hilis 10 o't
AT sundown dthey stopped at David
Miller tavern on the banks of the Red
River. inear the ground chosens for the
| duel. and asked for accommodations for
! the night Itwas promisedaThe party
of eight, dismouated and turned their
| horses, over to the sattenda6s .negToes3
They were hardly, in the tavern before
the Dickinson cayalcade rode up. and
sought lodgings. Miller replied. that
| his house was fulI, but if they chose to
/ remain he would do the best, he. could
for them. Dickinson asked how far it
was to the next tavern, and was direct
I ed;to a house two miles down the eirfver
'keptsby William HARRISON Heiand his
| friends passed the might at Harriscn's.
I,oiiJackson ater,ai hearty supper and
smoked an old clayyp pipe. He conversedl
| pleasantly pand.went to bed early = BE.
| fore breakfast on the next morning the,
whole party down the road that
wound along the banks of the stream.
| A mile below. they expeeted to meet q