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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison , William Henry 1773 -1812 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hosmer , Henry Cuyler 1814 -1877 (search)
Hosmer, Henry Cuyler 1814-1877
Author; born in Avon, N. Y., May 25, 1814; graduated at the University of Vermont in 1841; practised law in Avon till 1854, when he was appointed clerk in the New York custom-house.
His works include The fall of Tecumseh, a drama, and The pioneers of Western New York.
He died in Avon, N. Y., May 23, 1877.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Maguaga, battle of. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Snelling , Josiah 1782 -1829 (search)
Snelling, Josiah 1782-1829
Military officer; born in Boston, Mass., in 1782; served in the war against Tecumseh; promoted captain in June, 1809, and won distinction at Tippecanoe; was conspicuous for gallantry during the second war with England, taking part in the battles of Lundy's Lane, Chippewa, and Fort Erie.
He refused to raise a flag of truce at the fall of Detroit, and while a prisoner declined to take his hat off to Nelson's monument, despite the efforts of the British soldiers to force him to remove it. Finally, he was freed from embarrassment by the command of Gen. Isaac Brock, who ordered the British soldiers to respect the scruples of a brave man.
He was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1815 and colonel in 1819.
He was the author of Remarks on Gen. William Hull's memoirs of the campaign of the Northwestern army, 1812.
He died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 20, 1829.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stephenson , Fort, defence of (search)
Tippecanoe, battle of
In the summer of 1811, the followers of Tecumseh and his brother showing signs of hostility, the governor of Indiana suggested to the government the propriety of establishing a military post high up the Wabash.
The government proposed the seizure of Tecumseh and his brother as hostages for peace.
A regiment under Col. John Boyd, stationed at Pittsburg, was ordered to repair to Vincennes to be placed under Harrison's command, and the latter was authorized, should the Indians begin hostilities, to call out the militia.
Harrison agreed with the people of Vincennes that decisive measures should be taken at once.
Tecumseh had gone South, and it was evident that his brother, the Prophet, was stirring up the Indians to war. Harrison, with Boyd's regiment, 300 strong, and 500 militia, partly from Kentucky, including two or three mounted companies, went up the Wabash about 60 miles to Terre Haute, and near there established a post called Fort Harrison.
Thence he