Indian Biography, Or an Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished Among the North American Natives As Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Indian Biography, or an Historical Account of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished Among the North American Natives as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and Other Remarkable Characters, Vol. 2 of 2

Besides, the savages generally fought under shelter of the woods. The Indians were very numerous, We are informed by one who was present, but we found it out more from their incessant heavy fire, than from what we could otherwise discover of them. They fou ht under cover, though they would fro quently a§vance very close under the smoke of the cannon; and as soon as it began to clear away, the fire became very fatal. Emboldened, however, by success, they sometimes charged the Americans tom ahawk in hand, drove them back on their lines, kept possession of their tents for some minutes, and though repulsed, continually returned to the contest with na doubled fury.

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