Book/Printed Material Fort Harrison on the banks of the Wabash, 1812-1912; Copy 2
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- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 5 of Copy 2 Fort Harrison ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH 1812-1912
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 9 of Copy 2 Fort Harrison ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH 1812-1912^/ Published at the Direction of the Fort Harrison Centennial Association Compiled and Edited by the Historical Committee DR. J. T. SCOVELL, Chairman; MRS....
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 10 of Copy 2 E:5i z COPYRIGHT 1912 JOHN MORTON CHAPTER, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION I THE MOORE-t MOEN PRINTING CO., TERRE HAUTE. INO. sy CCI.A31l)548
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 11 of Copy 2 N^ ^^nO the descendants of ^my the men and women who participated in the Bat- tle of Fort Harrison and of the pioneers who made pos- sible the peaceful settlement of the...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 12 of Copy 2
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 13 of Copy 2 INTRODUCTION Four hundred years ago North America was a panorama of Nature. All the geological and geographical forms were represented in generous proportions. Mountains and plains, forests and prairies, great lakes and...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 14 of Copy 2
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 15 of Copy 2 Chapter I. THE BATTLE OF FORT HARRISON. By Edward Gilbert. The Battle of Fort Harrison is a high-sounding title to be applied to what was, from a material point of view, a...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 16 of Copy 2 8 Fort Harrison Centennial^ 1812-191^. one generation to another. No student of the Indian race has ever dis- covered that any generation of them had ever done on its own incentive, any,...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 17 of Copy 2 The Battle of Fort Harrison. 9 taken place. These thirty, with their arms beneath their blankets, once inside, outnumbering the effective force, were there for no other purpose. Inexperienced and confiding people...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 18 of Copy 2 10 Fort Harrison Centennial^ 1812-1912. apparent condition has its effect on the men and women. At first, with shrieks of terror, all was confusion and helplessness. The yells of the savages, the...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 19 of Copy 2 The Battle of Fort Harrison. 11 well, and that was raised by the slow process of lowering and winding up a bucket. And soon it was discovered that, as the fire raged...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 20 of Copy 2 12 Fort Harrison Centennial^ 1812-1912. ever, known that these soldiers were of the Seventh United States regu- lar infantry. Of the citizens, settlers and others, together with the women and children, a...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 21 of Copy 2 Chapter II. CAUSES LEADING UP TO FORT HARRISON By Edward Gilbert. The history of Fort Harrison covers part of two epochs. The causes that led up to the building of the Fort,...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 22 of Copy 2 14 Fort Harrison Centennial, 1812-1912 Manj^ historians hold that England, from the declaration of peace in 1783, foresaw another war which was to recover to her, if not the Colonies she had...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 23 of Copy 2 Causes Leading up to Fort Harrison. 15 could not dispute that the several Indian Treaties had been freely entered into, so, like the advocate desiring to save his case, he attacked the...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 24 of Copy 2 16 Fort Harrison Centennial. 1812-1912 land by the United States Government has been on terms of proper com- pensation. With exceptions enough to prove the rule, this is an historical fact that...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 25 of Copy 2 Chapter III. CAPTAIN TAYLOR S REPORT Letter from Captain Z. Taylor, commanding Fort Harrison, Indiana Territory, to General Harrison. Fort Harrison, September 10, 1812. Dear Sir: On Thursday evening, the 3rd instant,...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 26 of Copy 2 18 Fort Harrison Centennial, 1812-1912. tinels could not see every part of the garrison, to walk around on the inside during the whole night to prevent the Indians taking advantage of us...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 27 of Copy 2 Captain Taylor s Report. 19 (who acted with the greatest firmness and presence of mind the whole time the attack histed, which was seven hours) under a shower of bul- lets, and...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 28 of Copy 2 20 Fort Harnson Centennial^ 1812-1912. several of the Miamies or Weas that have been here frequently, were rec- ognized by the Frenchman and soldiers next morning. The Indians suffered smartly, but were...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 29 of Copy 2 ZACHARY TAYLOR
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 30 of Copy 2
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 31 of Copy 2 Chapter IV. ZACHARY TAYLOR A Biographical Sketch by Herbert Briggs. Zachary Taylor, the hero of Fort Harrison, was the twelfth President of the United States. He was baptized into the world of...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 32 of Copy 2 22 Fort Harrison Centennial^ 1812-1912. lor, to lead the way to Kentucky, and thus it was that a welcome had been provided for the family of our hero when they arrived at...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 33 of Copy 2 Zachary Taylor. 23 died removing whatever obstacle that might have been in the way so that President Jeiferson appointed Zachary first lieutenant in the Seventh Kegiment of Infantry, May 3, 1808. His...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 34 of Copy 2 24 Fort Ilarrhon Centennial^ 1812-1912. Teeiimseh s brother. Ellskwjitawa, known as the Prophet, a mixture of medicine man and sorcerer, also exercised great influence over many Indians. Many things combine to confirm...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 35 of Copy 2 Zachary Taylor. 25 At the close of the War of 1812, Congress ordered the National stand- ing arm 3^ reduced to ten thousand men, and as a consequence Captain Taylor was reduced...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 36 of Copy 2 26 Fort Earnson Centennial^ 1812-1912. postponed the Civil War for ten years. The brevity of his term as Presi- dent forbids a conchisive opinion of his ability as an executive officer ad-...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 37 of Copy 2 Chapter V. COMMANDANTS AT FORT HARRISON By J. T. ScovELL. Lieutenant Colonel James Miller was in command from October 31 to November 14 while the army was on the Tippecanoe campaign. Captain...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 38 of Copy 2 28 Fort Hamnson Centennial^ 1812-1912. There was no trouble with hostile Indians during the time of Major Chunn s command of the Fort. But in 1810 there was a scare. Reports came...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 39 of Copy 2 Chapter VI. INMATES OF FORT HARRISON By J. T. ScovELL. At time of siege, September 4 and 5, 1812, there were in the fort some sixty persons, soldiers and citizens. We only...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912
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Image 40 of Copy 2 30 Fort Harrison Centennial, 1812-1912. nine women and children, a part citizens and part soldiers wives, who had taken shelter in the Fort. The above list contains the names of six women,...
- Contributor: Fort Harrison Centennial Association - Scovell, J. T. (Josiah Thomas)
- Date: 1912