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A View of Col. Johnson's Engagent with the Savages (commanded by Tecumseh) near the Moravian Town, October 5th, 1812.

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1 Col. Johnson heroically defending himself against the attack of an Indian Chief.

2 The American Infantry firing upon a body of the enemy on the left.

3 A dismounted Dragoon personally engaged with one of the enemy.

4 The cavalry pursuing the retreating savages across the hills.

5 Tecumseh rallying his men, and encouraging them to return to the attack.

6 A savage in the act of scalping a wounded drummer of the American Infantry.

7 The savages, pursued by the cavalry, retreating to a swamp on the left.

8 The enemy (rallied by their commander Tecumseh) returning to the attack.

C

OF THE

INDIAN WARS:

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE

DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY COLUMBUS,

AND OF THE

LANDING OF OUR FOREFATHERS AT PLYMOUTH,

WITH THEIR MOST REMARKABLE

ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE INDIANS

IN NEW ENGLAND,

FROM THEIR FIRST LANDING, IN 1620, UNTIL THE DEATH OF KING PHILIP, IN 1679.

BY HENRY TRUMBULL.

TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED

A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE INHABIT-
ANTS OF THE FRONTIER SETTLEMENTS BY THE
SAVAGES, DURING THE FRENCH AND
REVOLUTIONARY WARS;

AND ALSO THE

PARTICULARS OF EVERY IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT WITH
THE INDIANS, IN THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
STATES AND TERRITORIES, TO THE
PRESENT TIME.

A NEW EDITION,

WITH AN ENTIRE new arrangemENT, ESSENTIAL CORRECTIONS,
AND LARGE ADDITIONS.

RY

"My countrymen, these things ought not to be forgotten; for the benefit of our children, and those
that follow them, they should be recorded in History."-Franklin.

BOSTON:

PHILLIPS AND SAMPSON.
1846.

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77

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841,

BY GEORGE CLARK,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

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