The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08

had to deal with; So refusing to be
trapped, he thrashed the Indians unmerCi-
fully. and sent them scattered and broken
beyond the Wabash Two years later Te-
cumseh was al his tricks again and on
October .. lsl3, met General Harrison at
the battle OF the Thames, where the great
chiclain was slain. and the power OF the
Northwestern confederation forever brok-
en-
In the meantime British influence had
been nt work In the South. For a long
time the red men OF that section refused
10 listen 10 their eyll counsellors, but at
last the Greeks were won over, and on
August TO- 1873. chief Rcd Eagle began
hostiijics by surprising Fort Minims. Ala
hama, and numbering 400 men. women and
children,
General Jackson then took tho field
AGAINST them and at Horse shoe Bend
(which the Greeks called thcir Holy
Ground) he almost annihiated their tribe
Moro than thousand savagCs were killed
in this fight.
The Black Hawk war grew out Of muir
ders on the frontier. beginning about 1871.
Things passed from bad to worse, until
1882. when Black Hawk himself, while
hunting in the woods was set upon by
some white men and severely beaten, Even
! then there would have been no outbreak
had not i\colyuk. another cGiet OF the tribe.
made q treaty of sale OF the Sac and Fox
lands without he consent oi Nlack llJwk
and a majority OF their people. In the
spring OF 1899 hostilities were begun be-
tween the whites and the dissatisfied rod
men An interesting bit o. hia,cri develops
/ in connection with this war General Scott
was sent to Fort Dearborn tChicaEol. AMI
among other officers connected with the
/ affair were Lieutenant colonel zachary
/ TAYLOR afterwards prosiaeuD, Lieutenant
| Robert Anderson uitcrwa3s major general
/ end DISTINGUISHED in connection with thu
| bombarluout OF For. SUMTER, Lieutenant
| jefferson Davis afterwards United state
| senator and president Of the Cunfol,f acvl
! ana Lieutenant David Hunter laGerr 20 IA
major gencraD. Private Abraham Lincoln
! afterwards prosidrnN Was participant
and belonged 10 Captain He's company v,
/ Illinois Mounted Rangers. Major Anderson
! calirl upon President Lincoln iu Arril.
! lNGl a'ior the evacuation VI Fort Su'utor
| and among other thuss the following con
! vo,sljion cusucd Mr.. Lincoln said:
I Major do YOU remember of ever meeting
1 me hcrore2'
! $50. sir have no recollection or ever
/ having hai that pleasure
| "Ny memory Us better than Yours then "
! replied Nh Lincoln "Nou mustered mo
! into the United States service as hien
! private of Illinois volunteers at Dixon $
/ Ferry in the BLACK Hawk war"
! hosuliilcs In this conflict were termi
/ mated hy We capture Of chief BLACK Hawk
/ at had AK on Angus, - iS9a. from whence
/ he WIS cent r' urisoncr NJ wor rr1cr
/ charcc OF Lieutenant jefferson Davis TO
/ Jefferson BARRACKS, near ST. Louis. no.
As early rs 1913 the Seminole Indians ~
Florida then uNaor Spanish rule. began a
series of hosintes against the United
I States. which did no, end until 1879. Cen
cral Jackson severely thrashcd them durln,
the war OF 1872 aud again in 1875. and
( then followed Gaines, Scott, Thompson aud
Harvey all Of whom met with more or less
/ disaster until hosilt.es were closed lv
/ The removal OF the majority OF the trlbo
! seven hundred mil,r west Of the Nlssis-
| Sipp! The government paid something like
/ $50 goo onO aud 1900 lives before these war
/ Ike men were finally conquered Oscaola
! the leading chief OF the Scminolos. killed
/ General Thompson and some Others Al
Fort King, December IS. 1885. and GU the
same day destroyed Colonel Wade and los