Tippecanoe Battle Ground &
Prophet’s Town

Visited the Tippecanoe Battle Ground 
and Prophet’s Town – July 24th 1869.
       
        The changes in the physical character –
estics – of the county – since my first
visit – to these classic spots in the year
1840 –

                Hirah [Hiram] Shaw – house on the
border of the swampy prairie – Timber
cleared – The road leading to Prophet’s Town
solid and firm – The path directly through
the swampy prairie – from the Battle Ground
to Shaw’s house – solid – and gravely – in 1840
impassible – The path from the ground
commences near the spot where the
trees stood where Col Daviess fell
in the battle – The trees – were chopped
down where the Rail Road was made.

        My sketch of those trees – presented.

                              No fence now surrounds the
reserved portion of the Battle Ground.
In 1840 – there was a post and rail
fence – with two large gateways – at
either end of the enclosure – The secure
enclosure has since disappeared – it
was partly destroyed by fire – occasioned
by the fire wafted by the passing
      Engine of a train.

           The state owes an obligation to the
late Donor of the ground Genl John Tipton
to make a permanent fence – by which 
the trees – and ground might be well
preserved –

[The following is in the left margin of page 1]

(Saturday)

Prophet the 
Shawnee 		424
                          	to
			430
			431
		  	to
			553.

Prophet’s Tow	n
			426
			  to
			502
Battle of Tip
37 Killed
151 wounded
25 died
of these wounds

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Indiana force
uncertain

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560 -732 -356
1000 !!!

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38 Indian
warriors
Killed on the 
field

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Col. Boyd –
of the Reg. Army

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Enemies of H.
award him the 
honors of the 
field !!!
(473)
4th U.S. Regt

Spencer & lost
17 killed