Show fiELD OF I Henry Watterson T the Result Resul of amous Battle BaUla on ion n ij t 4 Lafayette Ind June lune 15 The Ti 1 anoe canoe t Mid held its Ill annual exercises in the tabernacle t 1 at atthe atthe atthe the battleground batU u today Special trains trat s sOh on Oh all an roads we w ro ru r v and a crowd attended at The T pra T gras of 0 the lb themen men who fell teU at t the buttle battI of Tippe canoe were beautifully decorated d ted An address addre a WH wa M delivered by Henry IY Wat Watterson WatI terson teron editor of the Ute Courier courie r I Journal his subject t c Heroes ems in Homespun Mr ir Watters n c mi to the battleground by br a committee of fifty prominent citizens tiU At the con conclusion elusIon of the ceremonies on the bat battlefield th the party PArt returned ret to the city where wh re Mr Watterson on was banqueted a Mr fr Watterson said RId in part Traveling from out the twilight of the past into in to the radiance of the pres pree present present ent eDt and tracing as swe we go the his history history tory of the country along the glorious but rugged mute of battlefields by the glare of fagot flame and d rifle U t seems ages since since I Harrison and Ad his hunting shirts met and the tile hordes kotes of the two yet are there ft men inca still s iU living Jiving and here bert today who if It they were not contemporary with th he event and andUs Its Us valiant allan can n distinctly recall U the spirit of those Um t tb aspects the verV vr verr familiar features of or those e the atmosphere atmo the form Orse and nd body of an epoch when wa train from han hall in Boston t fro tavern in Virginia VI Ia to ht t Wayne Wye and aDd old oM upon CM u th ounEs o er at this borderland the redskin tIn and a the t red redcoat oat coat aUk alike stirred fe is KB Its depths depth the heart of the ysa I 1 dare clare say 7 fio d danA n are equally capable of sacrifices B Bet t it is isto isto to coMmemorate the idaia who lie here and hereabout to I deeds and their worth for long Ions aye e green ee 1 to confess ll the we twe them to gar garland garland garland land their Jt The hunters of Kentucky en tuek the plo pio pioneers seers of ot Indiana united aa as brothers brothen In the tile bonds of liberty fought the battle of Tippecanoe Tip It t was wan not a at great t battle as battles k g gb but it proved mighty in its consequences the win winning winning winning ning and the peopling of 01 the west est the ultimate rescue cue of the anion from dis dissolution dissolution solution the blazing blat of the way to the Pacific They T y were simple hardy men They y set Mt us good examples T Thy y loved lo their country and were loyal to its institutions They Tb y were comrades In hearts and comrades in arms rill Be Beit Beit BeIt it ours oun to Mess bless and preserve their memory and nd perpetuate their brother brotherhood hood 1 |