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Yours Truly Reed Beard.
[I was born in Iowa, August 31, 1862, and in infancy became totally blind. During the same year my parents removed to Indiana. At the age of ten, I entered the Indiana Institute for the Education of the Blind, from which I graduated eight years later. To that institution I owe what success I have achieved.--R. B.]
page: [5][View Page [5]]THE
BATTLE OF
TIPPECANOEHISTORICAL SKETCHES
OF THE
FAMOUS FIELD UPON WHICH GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY
HARRISON WON
RENOWN THAT AIDED HIM IN REACHING THE PRESIDENCYLIVES OF THE PROPHET AND TECUMSEH
WITH MANY INTERESTING INCIDENTS
OF THEIR RISE AND
OVERTHROW.THE CAMPAIGN OF 1888
AND ELECTION OF
GENERAL BENJAMIN HARRISON>
BY
REED BEARD
AUTHOR OF "BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS"-----
PRICE 50 CENTS
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CHICAGO
DONOHUE & HENNEBERRY
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
1889
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1889, by
REED
BEARD
in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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page: 7[View Page 7]PREFACE
Among the earthly spots that mark the rise or fall of some distinguished hero, but few are more memorable than the Battle Ground. The unpretentious little village which bears its name, should it exist until the close of history, can add nothing to the perpetuity already vouchsafed the memory of events that transpired there long ago.
Well nigh a century has passed since the battle of Tippecanoe was fought. It wrought immediate and significant changes in the conditions of races and governments for the period that followed, and those results have found favor and appreciation in the public mind. Many tributes have been paid the brave men who fell on that field, and the American people have recognized the renown won by the heroic leader in that fierce fight. He was taken from successful contests on the field of battle and elevated to the chief office within the gift of man. Affairs of government in which his life performed a potent part, fill many chapters of our Country's history.
Nor does the close of his career mark the end of political events that have gathered impulse and power, or grew in sentiment so generously supplied from the fountain of cherished annals surrounding the name of Tippecanoe.
The year but recently closed renewed and revived the history of that field. Another president will soon preside over the destinies of this Republic, whose warmest personal and party friends refer to the Hero of Tippecanoe with reverence and pride.
REED BEARD
LAFAYETTE, IND., February 1, 1889.
page: 8[View Page 8]CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I - The Prophet13
- CHAPTER II - Tecumseh21
- CHAPTER III - The Confederacy25
- CHAPTER IV - The March to Prophet's Town47
- CHAPTER V - The Battle59
- CHAPTER VI - Incidents of the Battle69
- CHAPTER VII - Effect of the Battle75
- CHAPTER VIII - The Battlefield85
- CHAPTER IX - Tippecanoe in Politics89
- CHAPTER X - The Campaign of 188897
ILLUSTRATIONS
- PORTRAIT OF AUTHORFrontispiece
- WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON12
- THE PROPHET16
- TECUMSEH20
- PRESENT SITE OF PROPHET'S TOWN30
- BURNETT'S CREEK AND BATTLE GROUND, FROM THE WEST38
- PLAN OF THE BATTLE GROUND58
- PROPHET'S ROCK AND RATTLE-SNAKE CAVE68
- MEANDERING RUN, BY WHICH HARRISON MARCHED OUT74
- THE BATTLE GROUND, FROM THE NORTHWEST86
- A BATTLE-SCARRED OAK92
- BENJAMIN HARRISON99
To
General Benjamin Harrison
President-elect of the United
States
This Volume
Is Respectfully Dedicated
by the
Author
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W. H. Harrison
