would have encountered greater danger to purchase military fame. Captain Baen, of the 4th United States regiment, was killed early in the action. He was, unquestionably, a good officer and valiant soldier. Captains Spencer and Warrick, and Lieutenants McMahon and Berry, were all my particular friends. I have ever had the utmost confidence in their valor, and I was not deceived. Spencer was wounded in the head. He exhorted his men to fight valiantly. He was shot through both thighs, and fell; still continuing to encourage them, he was raised up, and received a ball through his body, which put an immediate end to his existence. Warrick was shot immediately through the body. Being taken to the surgery, to be dressed, as soon as it was over, (being a man of great bodily vigor, and able to walk,) he insisted on going back to head his company, although it was evident that he had but a few hours to live."

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

KILLED AND WOUNDED AT TIPPECANOE-PROCEEDINGS OF TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE-PROPOSITION TO FORM A STATE GOVERNMENT.

AT the battle of Tippecanoe, the loss of the army, under the command of Governor Harrison, amounted to thirty-seven killed in the action, and one hundred and fifty-one wounded-of which number twenty-five afterward died of their wounds. Colonel Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, Colonel Abraham Owen, Captain W. C. Baen, Captain Jacob Warrick, Captain Spier Spencer, Lieutenant Richard McMahan, Lieutenant Thomas Berry, Thomas Randolph, esq., and Colonel Isaac White, were among those who were killed or mortally wounded in the battle. Lieutenant-colonel Joseph Bartholomew, Lieutenantcolonel Luke Decker, Dr. Edward Scull, Adjutant James Hunter, Lieutenant George P. Peters, Lieutenant George Gooding,

Ensign Henry Burchstead, Captain John Norris, and Captain Frederick Guiger, were among the wounded.

The number of the Indians who were engaged in the battle of Tippecanoe can not be stated with any degree of certainty. The reports which, soon after the battle, were circulated among the people of the territory, by Indians and Indian traders, were contradictory. Some of these reports fixed the number of fighting men at 560-other accounts placed the number at 732; and, while a few persons asserted that the number of warriors did not exceed 350, others estimated the Indian force at one thousand fighting men. The loss of the Indians, in killed and wounded, was, probably, about equal to the loss which was sustained by the army under the command of Governor Harrison. Thirty-eight Indian warriors were killed on the field of battle.

Standing on a small piece of elevated ground, near the scene of action, the prophet, whose voice was remarkably loud, encouraged the Indians, by singing a war song. He told his followers that they would gain an easy victory; and that the bullets of their enemies would be made harmless. When he was informed, during the engagement, that some of the Indians were killed, he said that his warriors must fight on, and they would soon be victorious. His force, having been gathered from different tribes, was composed of Shawanees, Wyandots, (or Hurons,) Kickapoos, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pottawattamies, Winnebagoes, Sacs, and a few Miamis. Immediately after their defeat at the battle of Tippecanoe, the surviving Indians having, with a few exceptions, lost their faith in the power of their leader, returned to their respective tribes; and the Prophet, thus left almost without followers, took up his residence among a small band of Wyandots, who were encamped on Wildcat creek. His deserted town, which contained a large quantity of corn, was destroyed on the 8th of November.

On the next day the army moved from its encampment on the Tippecanoe battle-ground, and, returning on the route by which it had marched toward the Prophet's Town, it reached the vicinity of Fort Harrison on the 14th of November. The wounded, having been placed in boats, were sent forward to Vincennes. Leaving Captain Snelling with his company of Regulars at Fort Harrison, the army continued its march

toward Vincennes, at which place it arrived on the 18th of November. The troops from Kentucky, and those from the southeastern parts of the Indiana territory, were discharged at Bosseron creek, on the preceding day.

The territorial legislature adopted the following preamble and resolution on the 18th of November:

"WHEREAS, The services of his excellency, Governor Harrison, in conducting the army-the gallant defense made by the band of heroes under his immediate command, and the fortunate result of the battle fought with the confederacy of the Shawanee prophet, near Tippecanoe, on the morning of the 7th instant, highly deserve the congratulations of every true friend to the interests of this territory and the cause of humanity:

"Resolved, therefore, That the members of the legislative council and house of representatives will wait upon his excellency, Governor Harrison, as he returns to Vincennes, and, in their own names, and in those of their constituents, welcome him home; and that General W. Johnston be, and he is hereby appointed, a committee to make the same known to the governor, at the head of the army, should unforeseen circumstances not prevent."

At this period, there were a few members of the territorial legislature, and a considerable number of the citizens of the Indiana territory, who were inclined to award to Colonel Boyd, and his small regiment of regular troops, the honor of saving the army from defeat and destruction at the battle of Tippecanoe. Among this class of citizens, there were some who were known as the avowed personal enemies of Governor Harrison-some who had steadily opposed his administration of the territorial government, especially his policy in the making of Indian treaties, and in the general management of Indian affairs; some who had, with a good deal of activity, and, perhaps, with humane motives, opposed the organization of the expedition which was formed for the purpose of breaking up the settlement of Indians at the Prophet's Town; and some-but not many-who, on very slight grounds, were suspected of being the friends, if not the agents or emissaries, of the British government.

The following joint address of the two houses of the territorial' legislature was delivered to Governor Harrison, on the 5th of December, 1811. This address, which was prepared by the legislative council, was adopted in the house of representatives, by a vote of four to three:

"To his excellency, William Henry Harrison, governor and commander-in-chief in and over the Indiana territory:

"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a nation to unsheath the sword in defense of any portion of its citizens, and any individual of society becomes intrusted with the important charge of leading the army of his country into the field to scourge the assailants of its rights; and it is proved, by the success of their arms, that the individual possesses superior capacity, accompanied by integrity and other qualities of the mind which adorn the human character in a superlative degree, it has a tendency to draw out the affections of the people in a way that must be grateful to the soldier and the man. Such is the light, sir, in which you have the honor to be viewed by your country, and one which the legislative council and house of representatives [of this territory] think you justly entitled to. And, sir, in duly appreciating your services, we are perfectly sensible of the great benefits and important services rendered by the officers and soldiers of the United States infantry under your command; and it is with pleasure we learn that the officers and militia men of our country acted with a heroism more than could be reasonably calculated upon from men (such from men (such as they generally were) undisciplined and unaccustomed to war."

On the 9th of December, Governor Harrison transmitted the following reply to the foregoing address:

"To the legislative council and house of representatives:

"Fellow-citizens: The joint address of the two houses, which was delivered to me on the 5th instant by your committee, was received with feelings which it is more easy for you to conceive than for me to describe. Be pleased to accept my sincerest thanks for the favorable sentiments you have been pleased to express of my conduct as the commander-in-chief of the expedition; and be assured that the good opinion of the people of

Indiana and their representatives will ever constitute no small portion of my happiness.

"If any thing could add to my gratitude to you, gentlemen, it is the interest you take in the welfare of those brave fellows who fought under my command. Your memorial in their favor to the congress of the United States does equal honor to the heads and hearts of those in whose name it is sent, and is worthy of the legislature of the Indiana territory."

On the 25th of November, the territorial house of representatives passed some joint resolutions, which, on account of the strong, special, and somewhat exclusive praise, which they bestowed on Colonel Boyd and his regiment, were "disagreed to" in the legislative council on the 27th of the same month. The following resolutions were, however, adopted by the house of representatives on the 4th of December:

"Resolved, by the house of representatives of the Indiana territory, That the thanks of this house be given to Colonel John P. Boyd, the second in command, to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and private soldiers comprising the 4th United States regiment of infantry, together with all the United States troops under his command, for the distinguished regularity, discipline, coolness, and undaunted valor, so eminently displayed by them in the late brilliant and glorious battle fought with the Shawanee prophet and his confederates on the morning of the 7th of November, 1811, by the army under the command of his excellency, William Henry Harrison.

"Resolved, That the said Colonel John P. Boyd be requested to communicate the foregoing to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates belonging to the said fourth regiment, and that a copy of these resolutions, signed by the speaker of this house, be presented to the said Colonel Boyd by a committee of this house.

"Resolved, by the house of representatives of the Indiana territory, That the thanks of this house be presented to Colonel Luke Decker and Colonel Joseph Bartholomew, the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men composing the militia corps under their command, together with the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers composing the volunteer militia corps from the State of Kentucky, for the distinguished valor, heroism, and bravery displayed by them in the brilliant battle