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--RELIC OF PIONEER DAYS.Arvclent Cannon, Fished Out xof theWabash River.Thought to be a relic of the warof 1812, possibly of earlier date, butmore probably of a later period, an old-time cannon, misty and corroded with age, was discovered in the bed of the Wabash river one day last Week by a party of fishermen near Huntington, Ind. The discovery was made while members *of the party were in swimming. The cannon was found in about six feet of.water at a point tour miles west of Huntington Being right in the heart of the old Indian country and on the waterway used by the federal troops in the^old days in their marches to and from the upper river, Vincennes and other forts to the south and west and the ancient appearance and time worn condition of the battle-piece lends some Interest to this new dis covery No marks remain to def initeiy fix the time of its use. By a description gven by one of the ( ^ party, the cannon itself measures a- j t bout 20 inches in length, Is four Inch- □ es in diameter at the muzzle apd six n inches at the breech The bore is ^ about an inch and- a half The wheels bearing the carriage are about 40 inches high Pitted with inden* tures and scaled with rust are the metal portions of the cannon and its carriage. It was with difficulty that the men extricated it from its resting place. As the location where it was found was near a large camp of the Miami Indians and not far from the tepees of the Pottawato* mies, and as several battles were fought between the Indians and the whites in that section, this relic is probab'y a survival of the pioneer warfare.According to Indian history, Col John B. Campbell and his compan les of Ohio and Pennsylvania troop* made a forced march from a point Ln Ohio during the latter part «*f1812 aud, in that December fought i great ^battle on the banks of tl; Mississtnewa river near Laf^ontain The Wabash ri\er was used in tran' porting troops through that section Prior, in 1789, Capt. LaBlanc, with his French-Americans, recruited a round Vincennes, came up the Vabash and Little Rivers for the battle with Little Turtle, which terminat* 1 In the famous massacre at Aboif*-creek, near Roanoke. Those wln» broke away ln retreat were) followed down past the Junction of the I.n tie and Wabash rivers, and there were butchered. This small cannon may have been cast away ln that »• treat.PIEeV31Eti
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Marshall Herald
Marshall, Illinois, US
Wed, Jul 26, 1911
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