Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26
UNIQUE IN LIFE AND DEATH
Sreer % HevslutiouRry soldier Re-
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M~onument

Many are the distinctions accorded Maio
General Anthony Wayne Of revolutionary
fame. but one is so singular that II Is per-
haps unique IN American history-the taCt
that he Is literally buried IN two places.
BY this is meant that his mortal remains
are divided between two separate graves In
different parts Of Pennsylvania
Mad Anthony" as he was generally
called. got the name from the capture Of
Stony Point. July u, 1913. 1t was so daring
end brilliant a feat Of arms that the aver
age man concluded that none but a mad.
man would take such a chance. whereas
the capture was carefully planned. even 10
the killing ~ every dog within miles Of
the British stronghold.
Wayne proved his worth as a solid r
all through the revolution. But II was the
duplicity n the British IN the years fol-
lowing the treaty Of peace that called him
to the frontier and proved lis claim 70
fame as a leader Of men ard a great gen
eral. Under the articles OF tho treaty the
British could no longer claim territory to
the south Of the great lakes, but they per-
suaded and encouraged the Indians to claim
these lands and to fight fer them.
In 1891 General Arthur St. Clair, gov
, ernor of the new northwest territory, took
the field to punish the Indians for number
less and persistent outrages against the
settlers. November 3 OF that year he en-
camped with 1,+O men where Recovery,
Mercer county. Ohio. now stands. At day
light the next morning the Indians sur
prised the camp, killed SO men. and drove
the rest in panic, only letting the survivors
escape because they preferred to loot the
camp. This was the most disastrous de-
feat Of the white man at the hand of the
Indian since the day of Braddock.
BY an act approved March 5, 1892, Presi-
dent Washington was authorized TO fill
up the two regiments of infantry which
then constituted the regular army Of the
United States to go men each and to raise
three more regiments of the same size, the
whole to be called the Legion of the United
States. Washington appointed Wayne,
major general over this force. In time the
logic of events forced Wayne to take the
field himself to punish the Indians for con-
tinued outrages under British auspices.
Wayne aised a force of convicts, beg
gars. tramps. and the sweepings of the
streets OF the cities of the east and kept
at them until he made real soldiers Of
them and proved himself the finest drill
master the American army ever saw. Then
ne mdrCIeu SLOWLY ana Caretully INTO the
country OF the enemy. He was no Brad
dock or st. Clair, and the savages at
tempted in vain to ambush or surprise him.
August 10, 1874 Wayne came upon the
Indians in force at Fallen Timbers-a mass
of wrecked forest piled up by cyclone and
just the kind OF cover tina the savage
loves. There were nearly or quite 1000 of
them, with seventy white Canadians, and
| all were well armad nv tha pritfgb ubO
were actively directing the campaign and
had even built a fort two miles away-Fort
Miami-at the foot Of the Maumee rapids,
just above the modern city of Toledo.
The Indians opened fire that did much
execution, but wayne's ~riff-raff that he
had drilled into real soldiers pressed for
ward with the bayonet and pitch forked
the red men and their allies out of the
forest mangle. The American Indian, than
whom Is no better natural fighter. never
could stand cold steel. The Americans
drove them past the British fort and dis
persed the survivors into the wilderness
beyond-and convinced them and their
British allies that a new era had dawned
on the frontier.
The result OF the battle OF Fallen Tin
bers-which probably averted a war with
Great Britain-was that Wayne concluded
a treaty of peace with fifteen tribes in
August, 1875, and received the sukrenders
OF various military posts that the British
had wrongfully held. For the first time
in twenty years there was peace on the
frontier. and it lasted nearly fifteen years.
In November, 1896, Wayne was attacked
by govt while crossing Lake Erie from
Detroit to Fort Presque Isle Cnow Erie.
Pa and December IS following he died in
the blockhouse which he had himself
erected at Presque Isle. According to his
wish he was buried on a high bluff known
as Garrison Hill, his remains being placed
in a brick vault.
In 1909 Colonel Isaac Wayne. his son
went to Pressure Isle to remove the re-
mains. Owing to difficulties OF trans
portation II was decided to remove the
flesh from the bones. This was done. The
flesh was then reburied and the bones
were taken to st. Dav1d's church. Radnor.
Newton township. Pa. where thew vera
buried. The Pennsylvania Society OF the
Cincinnati erected over them a marble
monument which was dedicated with Inn
posing military and civic ceremonies.
Ihe original grave OF Presque Isle was for
gotten for siXty-seven years and was discoy-
ered by accident. In 1872 the authorities NJ
prle erected a smallpox hospital on Garrison
mn ana -FOUR years later a hospital phv-
slclan came upon the vault containing
Waynes coffin. In 1879 the state OF Penn
sEi'ania appropriated SIS, 900 for a monu-
hent which Is a reproduction Of the origin
al blockhouse built by Wayne.
Mad Anthony Wa, ne needs no mon-
ument' for his memory will live forever
In the hearts Of his countrymen. But as
ne was unique in many respects in life
50 he is in death-buried in two grave,
ana with two monuments-ChicaEo Inter
Ocean.
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