A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . eka, or Great Horseshoe,where the Indians had fortified themselves, and where theywere completely defeated. About six hundred warriorswere slain, and the rest were glad to make peace. The British at New Orleans.—The final effort of GreatBritain was made against New Orleans. General Paken-ham, an able soldier, landed with a force of twelve thousandveterans of the Napoleonic wars near that city in December,1814. It was defended by about half as many men, underGeneral Jackson, the hero of the Creek War. In great haste •?
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . eka, or Great Horseshoe,where the Indians had fortified themselves, and where theywere completely defeated. About six hundred warriorswere slain, and the rest were glad to make peace. The British at New Orleans.—The final effort of GreatBritain was made against New Orleans. General Paken-ham, an able soldier, landed with a force of twelve thousandveterans of the Napoleonic wars near that city in December,1814. It was defended by about half as many men, underGeneral Jackson, the hero of the Creek War. In great haste •? Francis S. Key, who had been sent to the British fleet to negotiatean exchange of prisoners, was detained, and spent there the night ofthe attack on the fort. When morning came he looked eagerly for thenational flag, and saw that it still waved over the walls of the fort. Inthe inspiration of the occasion he wrote the Star-Spangled Banner,a song which immediately became popular, and which still continuesa leading national ode. THE SECOND WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 283. Jackson threw up intrenchments, his Hnes extending fromthe river to the swamps. Cotton bales were used to someextent in his works, whilethe British used hogsheadsof sugar for the same pur-pose. But as bombard-ment soon set the cottonin flames, Jackson replacedthe bales with a bank ofearth and river mud. Pakenhams Assault.—On January 8, 1815,Pakenham tried anassault. It proved afatal error. Jacksonsmen were largelysharp-shooters, andthe British fell inmultitudes before their unerring fire. In twenty-five min-utes the assailing army hastily withdrew, leaving two thou-sand six hundred killed and wounded on the field. Pak-enham was among the dead. Of Jacksons men only eightwere killed and thirteen wounded. Rarely has so great avictory been won with so little loss. It brought to a suddenend the invasion of Louisiana. The entire British plan ofcampaign had failed. Peace Declared.—As events proved, the slaughter a
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