Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson (1847) (14779720351)

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Title: Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson

Year: 1847 (1840s)

Authors: Frost, John, 1800-1859

Subjects: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Publisher: Hartford, Belknap and Hamersley Philadelphia, M. Bomberger (etc., etc.)

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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x. Eighty-fourwomen and children were taken prisoners, towardswhom the greatest humanity was shown. Not oneof the warriors escaped to carry the news—a circum-stance heretofore unknown. Of the Americans, fivewere killed and forty-one wounded. Two of thesewere killed with arrows, which, on this occasion,formed a principal part of the arms of the Indians;each one having a bow and quiver, which he usedafter the first fire of his gun, until an opportunity oc-curred for reloading. Having buried his dead, and provided for hiswounded, General Coflfee, late on the evening of thesame day, united with the main army, bringing withhim about forty prisoners. Of the residue, a part weretoo badly wounded to be removed, and were thereforeleft, with a sufficient number to take care of them.Those which he brought in received every comfortand assistance their situation demanded, and, for safe-ty, were immediately sent into the settlements. Among these there was an infant boy, who had 124 TALLUSHATCHEE.

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Adoption of Lincoyer. been found unhurt, suckling the hfeless breast of hisIndian mother. Jackson requested the captive womento take care of the child. They refused; All his re- ADOPTION OF LINCOYER. 125 lations, they said, are dead—kill him too! Oh! howthose words thrilled through the heart of the orphangeneral! All my relations, also, thought he, aredead! He took the infant to his own tent—with hisown hands he fed him with sugared water—he senthim home to Nashville to become the adopted childof the Hermitage—with the aid of his willing wife hereared that boy to manhood, educated him to business,engaged all his affections—and when Lincoyer died,that affectionate and childless couple wept over hisgrave and remembered him as a son.* From the manner in which the enemy fought, thekilling and wounding others than their warriors wasnot to be avoided. On their retreat to their villageafter the commencement of the battle, they resortedto their block-houses, and strong log dwellings

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