A view of Col. Johnson's engagement with the savages (commanded by Tecumseh) near Moravian Town, October 5th 1812 [i.e., 1813] / A. Bowen sc.
Summary
Print showing the battle between American forces under the command of Colonel Richard M. Johnson and Natives allied with the British under the command of Tecumseh. At center is detailed action with Johnson on horseback engaged with a Native wielding a tomahawk, a soldier fighting a Native, and a Native scalping a fallen soldier, with Tecumseh standing in the foreground, on the far right. Prominent features are numbered; includes a corresponding key printed below.
Published in: History of the discovery of America ... and their most remarkable engagements with the Indians / Henry Trumbull. Boston : Published by J.P. Peaslee, 1828, fold-out woodcut illustration.
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Date
01/01/1828
Contributors
Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850, engraver
Source
Library of Congress
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