 | Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 542 pages
...verify his observation by a particular description. 'It was (says he) a piece of dry oak land, rising about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front, (towards the Indian town,) and nearly twice that height above a similar prairie in the rear, through which and near... | |
 | James Hall - 1836 - 340 pages
...whole country. " The army now marched to the place selected, and encamped, late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above...a small stream clothed with willows and brushwood. On the left of the encampment, this bench of land became wider; on the right it gradually narrowed,... | |
 | Isaac Rand Jackson - Campaign literature, 1840 - 1840 - 234 pages
...The governor marched the army to a carefully selected position, and encamped late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above...through which, near• the bank, ran a small stream, fringed with willows and brushwood. The governor posted his troops in a hollow square. Two columns... | |
 | Samuel Jones Burr - 1840 - 330 pages
...to the place selected, and encamped, fate in the evening, on a dry piece of ground which rose aboui ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front...a small stream clothed with willows and brushwood. .On the left of' the encampment, this bench of land became wider ; on the right it gradually narrowed,... | |
 | Samuel Jones Burr - Biography & Autobiography - 1840 - 320 pages
...whole country. " The army now marched to the place selected, and encamped, late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground which rose about ten feet above...prairie in the rear; through which, near the bank, ran u small stream clothed with willows and brushwood. On the left of the encampment, this bench of land... | |
 | Samuel Jones Burr - 1840 - 316 pages
...place selected, and encamped, late in the evening, on •< dry piece of ground which rose about tea feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front...a small stream clothed with willows and brushwood. On the left of the encampment, this bench of land became wider ; on the right it gradually narrowed,... | |
 | Samuel Jones Burr - 1840 - 312 pages
...whole country. " The army now marched to the place selected, and encamped, late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground which rose about ten feet above...prairie in front towards the town, and about twice &» high above a similar prairie in the rear ; through which, near the bank, ran a small stream clothed... | |
 | Isaac Rand Jackson - Fort Meigs (Ohio) - 1840 - 110 pages
...Tippecanoe, from which the subsequent battle derived its title, and encamped, late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground which rose about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie. The two columns of infantry occupied the front and rear. The right flank, being about eighty yards... | |
 | Benjamin Drake - Shawnee Indians - 1841 - 252 pages
...convenient, and a sufficiency of wood for fuel."* The army was now marched to this spot, and encamped "on a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above...similar prairie in the rear ; through which, near the foot of the hill, ran a small stream clothed with willows and brush-wood. On the left of the encampment,... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1842 - 610 pages
...three-fourths of a mile from Tippecanoe. The place selected was a dry piece of ground, which rose some ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front...twice as high above a similar prairie in the rear j through which, near the bank, ran a small stream, clothed with willows and brushwood. On the left... | |
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Indian town) and nearly twice that height above a similar prairie in the rear, through which and near to this bank ran a small stream clothed with willows, and brushwood. 
