The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

causes the heEitation-the fatal hesitation
by we are. lost-and that's how it
Beyond this dangerous spot On both sides
Of the road the trees are tall and heavy.
This is the forest primevai. with murmuring
naples and beech trees Here each year
when the snow has only just melted close
against the very road bea banks of violets
spring. Banks of violets are like sunsets
abominable when written about, but ex-
qufsite and adorable to see, having a beauty
far surprising the expressions which lie
the world.
About three miles out from Lafayette is
an estate mb;c ,yin isg between the in road mos ana no .ns
manner, expressive of an unique person.
atty. The place belongs to Colonel De
fayette, and is called by him sTecumseh's
Trail With the exceptions of a few
f f1easing sTe I left e spandi9g a 1ne th 5Tee wild Il ferns rns
and flowers and grasses are all undisturbed.
Here and there among the trees is a log
the genuine. aboriginal. primitive. first set
tier production, such as grandfather Squeers
ION the authority ,er OF the m Rasgggsedi s NAM Nam SAID SAID
and family of nine. In the largest of these
interesting structures the owner has col
lected a great number of Indian relics Of
all sorts and descriptions and manners of
fashioning, of which he is an enthusiastic
nna loving y sou Sol1eeto or t here Civil too WARS IS found
The Colonel has a genuine passion for
arrow heads, Indian trails-of which he
CdH QIGdTtu lHOT6 l1dH dIy lNlnS iIldI-
guns. flags, anecdotes. old saddlebags,
shells, deadly bombs-no longer deadly
and pieces of wood with bullets In EN-.
Many of his Indian reicS were picked up
within a radius of half a mile of the central
cabin.
Just across the road from The Trail
is the site selected for the Soldiers Home.
Colonel De Hart has donated a strip Of
land running from the home to the river.
of the requirements OF the pending bill.
Beyond Tecumseh's Trail for about five
lands, then down a hill and up a hill and
we arrive at the historic spot where, as
any schoolboy. forsaking his jack-knife and
know, the strong William Henry Harrison
most famous of grandfathers-had the salts
faction fac OF dispatching a Large del sngSan6n OF
It was a famous victory. Tecumseh him.
self was among the slain. This scene Of
now. The battlefield. a triangular piece of
ground, is sincloseu by an iron fence, a
a aahf the 'f aan. = This ysry Is n NOT Intended nnu as p9 a de-
Tense against the poor Indian. but is pre-
sumably directed against the small boy or
any such who lack a becoming reverence
for historic scenes of gore and glory. This
battlefield. like many others, is also a bury
ing field. and mounds are here marked only
Just north of the battlefield is the village
of Battle Ground, old, quaint, sleepy and
dull. Its glory is the glory of has beens.
Here in the summertime come some peo-
pie of neighboring towns to spend a month
and drink the chaIybeate water. Why they
should select this for a umm resort" is
-unimaginable. unless 1t is the hottest place
in a radius of sixty miles and they wish
q summer of truly tropical proportions. An
other source or fervency is a Methodist
camp meeting when. during the month of
August, tries in its humble way to move the
world a little nearer the millennium.
Altogether. certainly, no other seven
miles of Indiana roadway would reveal so
much that is beautiful and interesting and
instructive AS this drive. which commences
with a Wabash town and ends with the
one historic battlefield of which Indiana
boasts. J. E. K.
Lafayette, Ind.