 | James Hall - 1836 - 340 pages
...marched to the place selected, and encamped, late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front towards the town, and about twice as high above a similar prairie in the rear; through which, near... | |
 | James Strange French, Timothy Flint - Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811 - 1836 - 272 pages
...night, was now chosen by the American army, and this consisted of "a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front towards the town, and about twice as high above a similar prairie in the rear, through which, near... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - Indians of North America - 1846 - 632 pages
...troops, that were opposed to regulars, but it afforded great facility to the approach of savages. It was a piece of dry oak land, rising about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front (towards the Indian town) and nearly twice that height above a similar prairie in the rear, through... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - United States - 1851 - 610 pages
...marched to the place selected, and encamped, late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front towards the town, and about twice as high above a similar prairie in the rear; through which, near... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1853 - 822 pages
...marched to the place selected, and encamped, late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front towards the town, and about' twice as high above a similar prairie In the rear ; through which, near... | |
 | Benjamin Drake - Shawnee Indians - 1856 - 274 pages
...fuel."* The army was now marched to this spot, and encamped " on a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front towards the town; and, about twice as high above a similar prairie in the rear; through which, near... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1857 - 853 pages
...marched to the place selected, and encamped, late in the evening, on a dry piece of ground, which rose about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front towards the town, and about twice as high above a similar prairie in the rear ; through which, near... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1858 - 1026 pages
...troops, that were opposed to regulars, but it afforded great facility to the approach of savages. It was a piece of dry oak land, rising about ten feet above...the level of a marshy prairie in front, (toward the Indian town,) and nearly twice that height above a similar prairie in the rear, through which, and... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - Battles - 1858 - 586 pages
...troops that were opposed to regulars, but it afforded great facility to the approach of savages. It was a piece of dry oak land, rising about ten feet above the level of the marshy prairie in front (towards the Indian town), and nearly twice that height above a similar... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 748 pages
...The army was now marched to this spot, and encamped “on a dry piece of ground, which rose about 10 feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front toward the town; and, about twice as high above a similar prairie in the rear; through which, near the foot of... | |
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report of the battle—" a piece of dry oak land rising about ten feet above the level of a marshy prairie in front, toward the Prophet's Town, and nearly twice that height above a similar prairie in the rear, through which and near to this bank ran a... 
