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toe.»»acit*to5aninrt.ecrelieicr-l'-asr-n-11,mitinrlt;lI tilro't-ok»*•h)li«in,liliwjidirnrar.Hi,sn,Alvin‘y.c. Ctc. she being without any.TECUMSEH.Many having cXpresied doubts that Tc eunuch was unbilled in the battle of the 5th ult. near 'lie rV^oravian Towns in Cana da, wc ate induced t^ay the following state ment of facts before® r readers, in proof of -lis death—they were r.hlivingly furnished by an ofTicer of Colonel R, M. Johnson's regiment. '1 he death of this great man (Tor he wav truly such) is desirable on no other account, than his hostility to rhe Americans, and his tupcremine nt abilities to unite the various Indian tribes against us. The head being killed, the confederacy is broken, arid wc may calculate on a lasting peace on our frontiers. Prank• Airbus.EVIDENCE.1st. General Harrison examined the Indian said to be Tec I tin sell. and postively stated hr had no doubt on the* subject. 2d. At the aiime lime several British officers stated it positivelybe him. 3d. Shnnc the half Indian, has hyi\acqnaintetl -wiili ie comseh for 20 year%-4« Males it to be him. ■Jth. Drownyard, Jt^renchman taken nt Detroit and made prisoner of war, escaped from the Moravian Towns on the day of ilic battle, examined the dead body, and stated it to be him. 5th. The British Indian interpreter was wounded in the battle and died in two or three days after itbefore his death. Doctor Uirhanlnon asked him if Ti runisch w •* dead '—Hr replied that He was, and fell by hi* side. 6th. When captain Richard l*ric« was about two miles below the ground on which the battle wns ‘ought, he met a man going that way, who told him he heard that Tecumseh was dead, and that he wan going to see for himself, for be knew him. On his route, he was accom panied by Captain Price to whom he des ribed minutely Tecumsch'f dress, and some narks* when they arrived where the dead • dy lay the man examined it and pronoun* ed it tube him—the dress and mark* fit-•ed exactly. This so far convinced Captain Price that he had not a solitary doubt on the subject.Canada most be conquered, or wc stand disgraced in (he eyes of the world. Jt is a rod held nut over our heads—a fortress which haughtily frowns upon our country, and from which arc disseminated through nut the land, the seeds of disaffection, tedi lion, and treason. The fortune of the war is staked upon its acquisition. The national safety, and honor, and glory arc lost, if wc do not win this splendid pritr. Let, then, every nerve be strained and every faculty exerted for its attainment.
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Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia, US
Mon, Dec 13, 1813
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