An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . ernor of IndianaSuch was the popularity of this able officer, that, although not acitizen of Kentucky, he was immediately invested by the governorof that state with the chief command of its militia, and the rank ofmajor-general. He was also appointed brigadier-general in theregular army. On the 3d of September, with two thousand twohundred men, he arrived at Piqua, on the Great Mi
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . ernor of IndianaSuch was the popularity of this able officer, that, although not acitizen of Kentucky, he was immediately invested by the governorof that state with the chief command of its militia, and the rank ofmajor-general. He was also appointed brigadier-general in theregular army. On the 3d of September, with two thousand twohundred men, he arrived at Piqua, on the Great Miami, whence hedespatched Colonel Allen, with five hundred men, to the relief ofFort Wayne, then invested by the Indians. At the colonels ap-proach, the besiegers fired a little village adjacent to the fort, andthen retreated. General Tupper was then sent with one thousandmen, to disperse the enemy at the Rapids of the Miami ; but partlythrough a misunderstanding with General Winchester, Commanderat Fort Wayne, and partly from defection of the Ohio militia, thisexpedition failed. On the western frontier, however, the small gar-ripon of Fort Harrison, under Captr p Zachary Taylor, defended 484 CAMPA15N OF QUBKNSTOWK. themselves against fearful odds, during a night attack by the Indians,and although a block-house containing all their provisions was burntto the ground, they drove off the assailants with considerable captain lost two men killed, three wounded. This success wasfollowed by incursions into the Indian territory, during which CulcnelCampbell destroyed many villao-esand captured a number of warriors,with their wives and children. Meanwhile, a considerable American force under Brigadier-GeneralBloomfield, was stationed at Plattsburg, and another under Brin;adier-General Smyth, at Buffalo. About three thousand five hundredmilitia, with small parties of regulars, were stationed on the Niagarafrontier, under General Van Rensselaer. The latter resolved on anatt
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