The beginner's American history . hand and his gun in the other, and creep throughthe tall grass till he gets to the edge of the soldiers lie there fast asleep ; when you get close tothem, spring up and at them like a wild-cat at a rabbit. The Indians started to do this, but a soldier on guardsaw the tall grass moving as though a great snake wasgliding through it. He fired his gun at the moving grass;\Vith a yell up sprang the whole band of Indians, andrushed forward: in a moment the battle began. Harrison won the victory. He not only killed many of the Indians, but hemarched against
The beginner's American history . hand and his gun in the other, and creep throughthe tall grass till he gets to the edge of the soldiers lie there fast asleep ; when you get close tothem, spring up and at them like a wild-cat at a rabbit. The Indians started to do this, but a soldier on guardsaw the tall grass moving as though a great snake wasgliding through it. He fired his gun at the moving grass;\Vith a yell up sprang the whole band of Indians, andrushed forward: in a moment the battle began. Harrison won the victory. He not only killed many of the Indians, but hemarched against theirvillage, set fire to it, andburned it to ashes. After that the Indiansin that part of the coun-try would not listen tothe Prophet. Theysaid, He is a liar; hisbeans didnt save us. The battle of Tippe-canoe did much good,because it prevented the Indian tribes from uniting andbeginning a great war all through the west. GovernorHarrison received high praise for what he had done, andwas made a general in the United States The Battle of Tippecanoe. Sacred : something holy, or set apart for religious uses. GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. l6l 204. Tecumseh takes the Prophet by the hair; the Warof 1812; General Harrisons battle in Canada; President Har-rison.— When Tecumseh came back from the south, hewas terribly angry with his brother for fighting before hewas ready to have him begin. He seized the Prophetby his long hair, and shook him as a terrier ^ shakes a then left the United States and went to Canadato help the British, who were getting ready to fight us. The next year (1812) we began our second war withEngland. It is called the War of 1812. One of the chiefreasons why we fought was that the British would not letour merchant ships alone; they stopped them at sea, tookthousands of our sailors out of them, and forced the mento serve in their war-ships in their battles against theFrench. ^?>v >;V The Capitol at Washington in Flames in the War of 18
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