The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-09
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 the foliswins to rhs '.s Advsrsiser. % r''''s letters of General Woodward now bs. ing published. in The Adysrtlser. put them in permanent fo.m. We nesc l All the light that can be thrown upon 1 the early history of our state and sec
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 We cannot very well correct any mistakes ps thst Col woodwsra makes makes your attention fo one Important erroi | made by the editor.
 ,n.ss rYss % @s.s sss ssatssn. that at ,.,. Ts. sI tsink you wiil find by reference to l the histories that Tecumseh was not aians M in % that I satsie psSs1o1 wers led by by hts brother. Tecumseh was slain in ths battle of the Thames which was fought Tn Canada He was al the time of hls death, Briyadier General in the Brit lsh army and in command of the In The Advertiser correspondent is cor Killed Kill m at aFipe Tipsessaos @ sas at tns satsTs Of the Thames As to Tecums seii's part in the battle of Tippecanoe. The .Ad- yertiser followed accepted history; This oiopssdia, Volume is. pass sss, which
 sHarrison was attacked by Tecumseh in his own camp at Tippecanoe, No
 In a second letter The Advertlser.s $ correspondent. one of the most indus trions students of history in the State
 NY infofmation Is based on The Book of the Indfsns of North America by S. c. Drake. In Book 5, chapter 'as s. 'Sisos s ana ssss spo fs's quote at page 12z:
 Ths fight A s. Tlgpseanos followed <, @ ,;, soon soc st,er h Inis sissis tS9k plaos @s,eh ,h sixty-two Americans were killed, and fze wounded. Tecumseh was not in this, light, but his brother, conducted tion he was performing conjurations on an erninence not far off, but out of danger. His men displayed great aaar.oo a ,ns st 5s was sce ons o as s bravest officers. The late Colonel Smelling. of Boston. then captain, was in this light, and took prisoner with iy Indian taken by the Americans. The name of tile captured chief we do not ,leaFn, but from his fear of being taken kof SnaW8ntes lt tS eVluouL tudt uc was not of that tribe. When he was seized by Captain Smelling, he ejacu- lated. with hurried accent, God. man, me no Shawanee.' The chiefs White Lion (Wapamangwa). stone Eater conspicuous at this time. The latter had been the pretended friend of the Governor. but now appeased his ene- my. He was killed the next year by
 am sure that if I had time, and the importance of the subject were such as to justify the trouble, can find rep utable historian who accounts for the failure Of reeumseh's plans on the Is1i, before the war had been declared. and who states that Tecumseh was ab- biy in the South. perfecting his plans"
 It Is indicated from this that Teeum- sch directed and was at the fight If he did not participate in 1t. Tn other words T6cumseh at Tippecanoe was much like Napoleon at Waterloo, in sight and in hearing of the battle and there to direct and inspire his follow CTS rather than to personally lead them.