Elkswatawa : $b or, The prophet of the west. A tale of the frontierFrench, James Strange
General
Elkswatawa : $b or, The prophet of the west. A tale of the frontier
French, James Strange
Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811 -- Fiction
She spoke not, but continued moistening the earth with her tears.
Rolfe then entreated her to leave, saying, that the army would set out
on the next morning, for the settlements, and that it was necessary
that they should at once return to the camp. Twilight was shedding its
influence over the scene, when bidding a long, last farewell to the
spot where now remained those who had so nobly served her, she
permitted him to lead her away.
On the morning of the 9th the troops were early in motion. The Indians
were no where to be seen, and fearing lest they should get
reinforcements, and return to the attack, they determined to move
forward on their march to Vincennes. Forming in the same order in
which they had arrived, their loss was more apparent than it had been;
and served to shed a gloom over the whole army. All the wagons, with
the exception of one, were filled with the wounded, and in that were
carried the arms of those who had fallen. There being now no means of
transporting their baggage, they resolved to destroy it, and General
Harrison setting the example, it was cheerfully followed.
The army then took up its line of march, and Gay, mounted on
horseback, and escorted by Rolfe and Earth, proceeded under its
protection as far as Vincennes, where they rested a few days, and then
continued their journey to Kentucky.
CHAPTER XXIV.
“Last of a noble race,
To a lonely bed they bore him,
'Twas a green, still, solemn place,
Where the mountain pine waves o'er him;
Woods alone
Seem to moan,
Wild streams to deplore him.”
MRS. HEMANS.
We have now traced to a close, the main incidents in our story, and
still it is unfinished as far as regards the fate of several
characters who have played a conspicuous part in the foregoing
narrative. To give a brief sketch of their subsequent history is now
our purpose.
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