Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1889 — A Famous Battle-Ground. [ARTICLE]

A Famous Battle-Ground.

On the banks of the Tippecanoe, a small trearn which enters the Wabash River in pdiana, was fought the terrific battle of fippecanoe. >n this great struggle of frontier times the allied western Indians, under the chieftain“hip of Elskwatawa, the "Prophet." were defeated in November, 1811, by the Americans under the command of Gen. Wm. H. Harrison, It was a desperate, hard fought battle, and much depended upon the result. Had the Indians been successful all barriers of defense for the early settlers would have been overthrown, and the deadly tomahawk would have been active in the rapid extermination of the remaining pioneers. On the other hand, the fortunate termination of the contest put an end to further attempts at open warfare by tho Indians. The rich territory, so long overrun by hostile savages, was thrown open for settlement. which rapidly occurred as soon as the news of the great victory became widespread. Naturally great praise was rendered to the success and intrepid bravery of Gen. Harrison, and be was honored in many ways. He afterward served as Commander of the Army of the Northwest, and when Indiana was admitted to statehood he was selected to represent thife State in the United States Senate. In 1840 he was elected President, and his unfprtunate demise occurred shortly alter being inaugurated. The forty-second anniversary of the Battle of Tippecanoe found the gallant grandson of "Old Tib” leading hi* forces to a great political victory, which resulted in the selection of Gen. Ben Harrison as President of the United States. The Harrisons have been a hardy race of men. sprung from old log-cabin stock, which is a sufficient guarantee of its genuineness wherever found. Realizing the truth of this, great effort has been made to rediscover sonffi of the secrets contained in the old log-cabin stock of useful articles, and, as the result, the famous Old Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, universally regarded as the best Spring tonic and blood cleanser, has been found. Not satisfied with the world-wide esteem which is held for Warner’s Safe Cure, the only cure for kidney diseases, the proprietor is willing to do all that is possible to establish Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla as foremost among household articles on account of its purity and effectiveness. After all, each individual has, at all times, the great battle of life or death to fight, and for security attention must necessarily be given to the best weapons which science can offer humanity in the great contest Tea and coffee are well termed “luxuries of the grocer kind.”