People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1893 — In Memory of Tippecanoe. [ARTICLE]

In Memory of Tippecanoe.

One of the principal historici events that occurred within th boundary lines of Indiana, ws the battle of Tippecanoe, was here that Gen. Willia Henry Harrison, on the sth da of November, 1811, defeated large party of Indians under ol Tecumseh’s brother, at thiji time a noted Indian chief. Ing! special to the Indianapolis Jougl nal, of Nov. Bth, we find the fol] lowing: || “Anniversary of the battle <■ Tippecanoe, the famous figlg] made by Gen. William H. Harrll son with the Indians at Prop® etstown, seven miles above La] fayette, was celebrated laH night at Tecumseh trail, a beai| tiful spot on the banks of tIH Waoash river, three miles and]] half above the city. The hia] bluffs which overlook the riv® at this point and give a magnil cent view of the surroundi® country belong to Col. R. P. ll ri art, who has had the grouml nicely cleaned from underbim® and erected thereon a number I “tepees.” The grounds wel lighted up nicely last night, ail about one hundred leading cil zens, including a number of del gymen and their wives, accept® <e hospitalities of Col. and Mr® De Hart. Hon. B. Wils® Smith, ex-postmaster, deliver® a lecture on “The Battle of Ti® pecanoe.” In the preparation ® ns lecture Mr. Smith has takfl great pains, obtaining every pfl side account of the battle, fl luding the official report of Gefl eral Harrison, and from mafl personal visits to the battlefiefl md measurements taken/ wfl able to give his hearers a vefl authentic account of this ligfl Mr. Smith declared it to bfl burning shame that eighty yefl had passed without there beifl erected a monument somewhfl on the field. After a careful fl search of the history of the fl mous chief, Tecumseh, Kfl Smith said the common opinifl that Tecumseh was a triplet vfl an error. The prophet and fl brother were twins. It is tfl intention of Col. De Hart to fl nually have the battle annivefl ory commemorated. He I I brought together one of t I largest collections of Indian a I other relics in the state—a v I itable museum of curiositi I He has explored the Indi I mounds, and his research I I been rewarded by the finding I many strange and valuable rel I of the early times when the i I man roamed at will over Ii I iana.” I