line at the same time.  The sound of the trumpet will be the signal for the charge.’  In a few minutes the trumpet sounded, and the word ‘charge’ was given by colonel Johnson.  The colonel charged within a few paces of me.  We struck the Indian line obliquely, and when we approached within ten or fifteen yards of their line, the Indians poured in a heavy fire upon us, killing ten or fifteen of our men and several horses, and wounded colonel Johnson very severely.  He immediately retired.  Doctor Theobald, of Lexington, (I think) aided him off.”

[Footnote A:  Captain James Davidson, of Kentucky.—­See Cincinnati Republican.]

The loss of the Americans in this battle was about twenty killed and between thirty and forty wounded.  The British had eighteen killed and twenty-six wounded.  The Indians left on the ground between fifty and sixty killed; and, estimating the usual proportion for the wounded, it was probably more than double that number.

The British official account of this action is not before us.  In a general order under date of Montreal, November 21, 1813, the adjutant general of the English forces, bears testimony to the good conduct of the Indian warriors, who gallantly maintained the conflict under the brave chief Tecumseh.  This tribute to the Indians and their leader is well merited.  Had general Proctor and his troops fought with the same valor that marked the conduct of Tecumseh and his men, the results of the day would have been far more creditable to the British arms.  It has already been stated that Tecumseh entered this battle with a strong conviction on his mind that he should not survive it.  Further flight he deemed disgraceful, while the hope of victory in the impending action, was feeble and distant.  He, however, heroically resolved to achieve the latter or die in the effort.  With this determination, he took his stand among his followers, raised the war-cry and boldly met the enemy.  From the commencement of the attack on the Indian line, his voice was distinctly heard by his followers, animating them to deeds worthy of the race to which they belonged.  When that well known voice was heard no longer above the din of arms, the battle ceased.  The British troops having already surrendered, and the gallant leader of the Indians having fallen, they gave up the contest and fled.  A short distance from where Tecumseh fell, the body of his friend and brother-in-law, Wasegoboah, was found.  They had often fought side by side, and now, in front of their men, bravely battling the enemy, they side by side closed their mortal career.[A]

[Footnote A:  Anthony Shane.]

James, a British historian,[A] in his account of the battle of the Thames, makes the following remarks upon the character and personal appearance of Tecumseh.