The Columbian tragedy
Subtitle: Containing a particular and official account of the brave and unfortunate officers and soldiers, who were slain and wounded in the ever-memorable and bloody Indian battle ... Nov. 4, 1791 between two thousand Americans, belonging to the united army, and near five thousand wild Indian savages, at Miami Village, near Fort-Washington, in the Ohio-country ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 46142
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1791
Place of publication: Hartford: Printed
Language: eng
Subjects: Portraits; Indians of North America; Wars; Poetry; St. Clair's Campaign, 1791; Military History; History
Other titles: Ye friends to men attend the tale.
Notes: Forty-one numbered stanzas of verse in four columns, with title, "A funeral elegy on the occasion;" first line: Ye friends to men attend the tale.

Preceded by a "List of killed and wounded officers."

With several cuts, including, at head, two rows of coffins bearing the names of the thirty-nine officers killed, and, flanking title, "Major General Richard Butler, slain in the battle at Miami-Village, Nov. 4" and "Bloody Indian battle, fought at Miami-Village, Nov. 4, 1791."

Printed area, including mourning border, measures 48.9 x 38.4 cm.

Bristol B7671

Shipton & Mooney 46142