Michigan historical collections . f the war of 1812, who came from Kentucky under the lead of GeneralLeslie Combs of Lexington. Most of these men were in the ranks ofthose gallant Kentuckians who responded to the cry of distress andalarm which went up from the little French settlement on the RiverRaisin, at that period of gloom when there was grave apprehensionthat the jjeople of the frontier would be wholly exterminated by thesavages incited to murder and rapine by the mercenary agents of theBritish government. The youngest of these patriots who were presentgave his age as seventy-eight years
Michigan historical collections . f the war of 1812, who came from Kentucky under the lead of GeneralLeslie Combs of Lexington. Most of these men were in the ranks ofthose gallant Kentuckians who responded to the cry of distress andalarm which went up from the little French settlement on the RiverRaisin, at that period of gloom when there was grave apprehensionthat the jjeople of the frontier would be wholly exterminated by thesavages incited to murder and rapine by the mercenary agents of theBritish government. The youngest of these patriots who were presentgave his age as seventy-eight years, while the oldest one present wasmore than one hundred and two. The number of people who witnessedthe demonstration was estimated at over 20,000, coming from theStates of Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. The platform occupied by thespeakers, distinguished guests and officials, was built of the beams andplanks which were taken from the old Col. Francis Navarre house,which was occupied as headquarters by General Winchester at the time. MONUMENT ERECTED TO IMNKK RAISIN MARTYRS BY THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. RIVER RAISIN HEROES. 199 •of the massacre, the present site of the Sawyer residence on Frontstreet. The Kentuckians brought with them the tattered flag whichtheir troops carried on that eventful day. Some of the old soldiersbrought various relics of the old days and a reminder of the eventswhich are now a part of the history of the country. One had an an-cient pistol of the flintlock pattern which his father had used in therevolution; another had a formidable weapon of the Bowie variety; abullet pouch and powder-horn which had evidently seen service, weregiven to a gentleman of this city. Other mementoes were also ex-hibited. When the battle ground was visited by the veterans, thoughsixty years had elapsed, many points were identified and pointed outby the old soldiers, where occurred the two days fighting that had madeimpressions that remained fresh in their memory through all these
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