The beginner's American history . ht desperately; they tried againand again to cross that ditch and climb the bank, but they could not do it. The fire of ourguns cut them down just as amower cuts down the tall grainwith his scythe.^ In less thanhalf an hour the great battlewas over; Jackson had won thevictory and saved New Or-leans. We lost only eightkilled ; the enemy lost over twothousand. We have never hada battle since with England;^^^~ it is to be hoped that we nevershall have another, for two greatnations 2 like England andAmerica, that speak the samelanguage, ought to be firm and true f
The beginner's American history . ht desperately; they tried againand again to cross that ditch and climb the bank, but they could not do it. The fire of ourguns cut them down just as amower cuts down the tall grainwith his scythe.^ In less thanhalf an hour the great battlewas over; Jackson had won thevictory and saved New Or-leans. We lost only eightkilled ; the enemy lost over twothousand. We have never hada battle since with England;^^^~ it is to be hoped that we nevershall have another, for two greatnations 2 like England andAmerica, that speak the samelanguage, ought to be firm and true friends. 218. We buy Florida; General Jackson made President ofthe United States; the first railroad. — After the battle ofNew Orleans General Jackson conquered the Indians inFlorida, and in 1819 we bought that country of Spain, andso made the United States much larger on the south.^This was our second great land purchase.^ Ten years after we got Florida General Jackson becamePresident of the United States. He had fought his way. Monument to General JacksonAT New Orleans. 1 Scythe (sithe). 2 Nations: a nation is a people born in the same country and living under thesame government; as the American nation, the French nation, the English nation. 3 See map on page 173. -* For our first land purchase see page 148. rPZNERAL ANDREW JACKSON. 173 up. Here are the four steps : first the boy, * Andy Jack-son ; then Judge Jackson ; then General Jackson ;last of all, President Jackson.
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