 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1858 - 766 pages
...warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting distance of each other, and extended for near two miles at right angles with the river. I soon discovered, from the weight of the firo and extent of their lines, that the enemy were in full force in front, in possession of their... | |
 | Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1858 - 592 pages
...cavalry to act with effect, and afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting distance of each other, and extended for near two miles at right angles with the river. I soon discovered, from the weight of the... | |
 | Charles Cist - Cincinnati (Ohio) - 1859 - 434 pages
...right, a thick wood on the left, and the fallen timber, among which the Indians were secreted, in front. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting distance of each other, and extending nearly two miles at right angles with the river. It was soon discovered, from the weight of the enemy's... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 748 pages
...the most SWltoSSISegffik.?1 theri6htl'3'tl"r°ad- favorable covert for their mode of warfare. 1 he savages were formed in three lines, within supporting...favorite ground, and endeavoring to turn our left flank. 1 therefore gave orders for the second line to advance and support the first ; and directed Major General... | |
 | Albert Gallatin Brackett - History - 1865 - 358 pages
...cavalry to act with effect, and afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting...therefore gave orders for the second line to advance to support the first, and directed Major General Scott to gain and turn the right flank of the savages,... | |
 | Albert Gallatin Brackett - History - 1865 - 358 pages
...cavalry to act with effect, and afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting...weight of the fire and extent of their lines, that the ^nemy were in full force in front, in possession of their favorite ground, and endeavoring to turn... | |
 | Wallace A. Brice - Fort Wayne - 1868 - 392 pages
...cavalry to act with eflect, and afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting...river. I soon discovered, from, the weight of the fire arid extent of their lines, that the enemy were in full force in front, in possession of their favorite... | |
 | Charles Richard Tuttle - Indians of North America - 1874 - 638 pages
...discovered, from tho * American Pioneer— Western Annals. weight of the fire and extent of the Indian lines, that the enemy were in full force in front,...of their favorite ground, and endeavoring to turn his left flank. He therefore gave orders for the second line to advance and support the first, and... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Northwest, Old - 1875 - 958 pages
...act with effect, and which afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. " The savages were formed in three lines within supporting distance of each other, and extending for nearly two miles, at right angles with the river. I soon discovered from the weight of their fire and... | |
 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 pages
...cavalry to act with effect, and afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. =J==?L=yG @ F = 6 GAF F 6 FS- nearly two miles at right angles with the river. Wayne soon discovered, from the weight of the fire... | |
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I soon discovered, from the weight of the fire and extent of their lines, that the enemy were in full force in front, in possession of their favorite ground, and endeavoring to turn our left flank. I therefore gave orders for the second line to advance... 
