| Show l To Honor Two Generals oj War M 0 F J 1812 RA 01 O Y l J. J AT I E. E JUI e Ji iu i I i. i e III rw r- r w N 4 d V e cU Iy 5 Y J 4 By ELMO SCOTT WATSON gateways to two heroes of ot IE the War Var of ot 1812 are soon to be erected erected ted n near near ar the scenes of ot their exploits n at Madison barracks barrack Sacketts Sackett's Harbor lIar Har I. I bor N N. Y If it arrangements now being negotiated between the Society of ot the War ar of ot 1812 und and the War department are completed successfully One will wilt Q fj I bear benr the name of ot Gen Jacob Brown if if and will pay tardy honor to an nn officer who Is comparatively unknown to most Americans but who because of ot othis his deeds ded In a war In which there were more conspicuous failures than conspicuous successes among Ameri Amerl American can generals general deserves es remembrance The other will bear the name of ot Gen Gln Zebulon Montgomery Montgomer Pike pore more noted as an nn explorer than as a fighter but ut a devoted patriot In the truest trust sense of ot the word and an whose short life was crowded with valuable service to his country and whose untimely death during the War Var of ot 1812 was one of ot Americas America's great losses In that conflict General Browns Brown's career Is something of ot a 11 para para- dox dOJ He lie was born of ot Quaker parents In Bucks Ducks count county Pennsylvania May 0 1775 1715 Being thrown upon his own resources at the age of ot sixteen when his father tathel lost his property Brown secured a good education by his own efforts and became a school teacher at the tho age of ot eighteen After a short career as a surveyor sUr In III Ohio he went back backo to o school teaching In New York and then began he the the study of law Not finding this litis to his liking he te became a farmer In Jefferson county N. N Y and In 1800 1609 was appointed colonel of ot a militia regiment At the outbreak of the War of ot 1812 the governor of ot New York made him a brigadier general of ot militia and entrusted to him the Important command command command com com- mand of ot resisting the British Invasion of ot that state Gen den Jacob Brown Drown though of ot Quaker descent was an nn excellent nt fighter and admirable leader not noton on only I at Ogdensburg and Sacketts Sackett's Harbor but also at Fort I Erie Chippewa Lundys Lundy's Lane Lano and elsewhere according to the sketch of ot him inThe In to The Winning of ot I Freedom In the Yale University Press series The Pageant of ot America It declares de do dares clares further that lie He was a very fine example of ot the best type of keen ken and ond capable militiaman developed b by the war Into a rate first round all soldier and then the turned Into an nn equally good reg reg- 4 ular lIe He proved pro It during the second Niagara campaign In 1813 when General Dearborn commander commander com com- mander of ot the American regular army arm departing rom from the authorized plan of ot campaign and lead lend Ing ng an Ill advised expedition toward the western end of ot Lake Ontario left lert his base at Beckett's Becketts harbor the kl key to central New ew York exposed to the enem enemy Fortunately however Sacketts Sackett's was commanded b by General Brown although he had only a small garrison to hold the post Prevost at Kingston promptly took advantage ad of ot the opportunity unity his enem enemy had given him says the Pageant Pageant Tag Tag- ant Two days after Dearborn had attacked ort Fort George Prevost mishandled an assault on Sacketts Sackett's Harbor with a strong force torce of regulars Jacob Tacob Brown Bro as Morgan had done at deployed his militia In front backed by a thin UneIt line Une of It re regulars lars The trained Ill state troops promptly ted fled 1 But Dut then the regulars falling back to the defense of ot the barracks and blockhouse fought taught off art the British with heavy loss So General Drown Brown established his reputation as a skillful officer of fleer and a fighter who would not accept defeat In February 1814 General Brown who bad had by this his time become a regular arm army officer received his first Ind Independent pendent command An excellent summary sum eum mary wary of ot his campaign Is given In the Pageant volume previously referred to as follows For o one once moat mot of or th the American army was wai given givena a a. period of or thorough training before being put Into nto the field Moreover experience In campaign Ing ng had produced many seasoned reasoned veterans veteran Thu Thus when on July 3 1 Drown threw his hi army aero acro across the Niagara river and took Fort Erie without a fight he le commanded a force of or and men unlike unities any that America had hitherto produced during this war Two days daye later after pushing rapidly north northward ard Drown Brown fought and won a general en engagement en at Chippewa A bold attack complete response to trained officers the use of the bayonet with which the Americans American were now completely armed are the word words of or that very candid critic Major dance Ganoe In The History tory of or the United States Statu Army Some Imperfectly trained militia broke brake at the first shock hock Lut when the British regulars ad advanced advanced ad ad- In force the American regulars though not net In n much greater reater numbers stood fast er d exceedingly well fired with precision and r home iome with victorious effect ewh however howver was In a strategic sense ense little more Iran tran a pre pre- skirmish Browns Brown's real a was a u to wrest the price priceless leu Niagara peninsula from fromn the enemy Rut But to d 1 do so 0 Involved 1 the taki Uk g of fort lort George e and that Involved co operation with 4 S E u Y f Y eo-Y R r r r t r 2 01 aha i r J by Y es C Tr t es ea tesy Ya a L Chauncey the American Amerlan naval commander commander commander com com- mander on Lake Ontario For Gods Cods sake let me see ee you ou was waa Browns Brown's urgent message menage to Chauncey who re remained remained re- re at Sacketts Sackett's Harbor Dut But Chauncey did not come so ao the British were free to move at will by bywater bywater bywater water along the shores shore of Dt Lake On- On On On- tario tarlo The Battle Dattle of Lundy lAne Iane a little more than a mile from Niagara Falls Falla was waa the result of ot a maneuver forced upon Brown Drown by Chauncey's failure to appear It was waa a bloody and stubbornly fought engagement beginning begin ping ning In the afternoon and carried far on Into that Mining midsummer night It was wa In truth a drawn battle Having fought like the British to ex u. u the Americans retired to their camp at Chippewa for water and supplies Ripley commanded com corn mended the final anal phase for both Drown Brown and Scott were badly wounded Later on the Americans Americana withdrew to Fort Erie which Brown Drown had wisely begun beun to to strengthen the very day h he took It Browns Brown's services In la this war wor won for tor him the thanks of congress with a gold medal emblematical cal col of his triumphs and In 1821 1521 he became the ranking general of ot the armies annles of ot the United States lie He died In to Washington February 24 21 1823 1829 and was burled buried In the Congressional cemetery In Intha that tha t city If It the War of ot 1812 brought to Brown well well- merited recognition at the time even though h h h hEnnis tame fame has been lIeen somewhat dimmed b by the passage of ot years ears It brought blought death und and the end of ot an unusually promising career to Gen Zebulon Montgomery Montgomery Mont Mont- gomery gomer Pike Ilke For or he h.- was killed at et York now v Toronto then the capital of ot Upper Canada Canella on Jj April 27 1813 1913 during the second Niagara cam cam- An attack upon York YOI had bad been decided upon b by the American military authorities as the first move In that campaign On OD April 25 23 1813 General Dearborn embarked on board boord Commodore Chauncey's fleet neet about 1700 troops under the Immediate immediate Im- Im mediate command of Brigadier General Pike like whose promotion to this rank had been blen made mode March 1 12 1 but was not as yet con confirmed The fleet neet reached York on the morning of ot April 27 ZT General Dearborn retrained remained with the fleet confiding con con- the Immediate command of ot the soldiers In Inaction Inaction inaction action to General Pike The Americans landed In small mall detachments Reinforcements arrived The English and Indians who opposed their landing were driven back to their fortifications General Pike leading his men was advancing on the stronghold of ot the enem enemy The evacuation e of ot the works had begun There was on an explosion The magazine of the enemy had been blown up probably l by y design One of ot the missiles that hurtled down do on that Chat band sought out Its heroic leader with fatal tatal effect He lie fell crying Push on my Ul e brave fellows and en a avenge your general The dying general was carried to a boat at the lakeside and taken takeD aboard the flagship Madison When those who bore their fallen leader reached the boat the of ot troops fell upon his ears What does dolS It meant he asked feebly Victory was the reply The Union Jack Jark Is Iscom com coming In down General General and and the Stars Stara and Stripes are arc going up The dying heros hero's face tare lighted up He lingered a few tew hours longer but before the end had come the British flag was brought to him lIe He made a sign to place It under hs his head And thus he diet died Pike was WIlS born horn In on N. 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J January 5 J 1779 1119 and at the n ago o of ot enlisted as a cadet In the regiment of ot hU his futLer also n Die na led Zebulon Pike who Ian had served sef In the Revolution Ie and who continued In the service until 1815 he was honorably discharged ll n us ns a lieutenant colonel nel After Arter the years years' service as IlS r r. cadet h lie be received d hi lilt his first commission w-n w only twenty years old being promoted to the tie ink Illk of or ensign or lieutenant of the eta Sui-im Infantry Murth a 3 3 iTOi r ri I fi J ii nl by y Alonzo From Irom that time promotion followed until he was as a brigadier at nt the age of ot foti On November 1 1700 he be was advanced ad to the W lieutenancy und and on April of ot the following follo jw leat eft was transferred to the First Infantry Pike Ilke became famous as the head bend of two Ing lag expeditions Ills first voyage and the o ont oc about which there Is the least known was to tit the headwaters of the Mississippi his purpose bell beIrl not only to find the tho sources of ot that river bit bat lotto to Impress upon the Indians and British fur tur trader that the they were under the sovereignty so of the Cult tilted l States With 20 soldiers of ot the r regular army aril M be sailed In a keel boat 70 feet long from St SI UH Loot on August 0 1805 The winter was spent In what Is now n a permanent camp camp being established Deer u an ant and elk elf i bear buffalo were common game though were often otten seen In his search for the of ot the great greut river Pike often otten penetrated deep W the lake-dotted lake region exploring the I Leech dr drage age system which he mistook for tor the true so sours and not reaching Lake Itasca At St St. t. t Falls he held a council with the Sioux and end cured from them a grant Irant of ot acres arres in laW II tint neighborhood 1 Finding the flag ang flying OTer ofa 11 the British trading posts he promptly hoisted Its place the Stars Stora and amI Stripes In the P sprint party floated down stream and arrived In la SI St W LooI Loeb s April 30 80 1800 over oel months month JJ Jet Besting In St. St Louis Louts for tor two of ot D tenant Pike was again placed at the head exploring party port and dispatched from the u lan land wat w JC t at Belle Fontaine Tul July 15 1800 to muke make hit hii w II vu across the prairies to the Rocky Hock mountains of ot th the rt On November 15 from the banks sas ma In western Kansas the Mexican new l' l were sighted At a point near the present i II d Pueblo Pike left lett his hili main detachment and u Doctor Robinson on and Privates Miller and aad BrO struck north for tor the Blue mountains de dew en l. l rj T to reach rench the summit of ot the Grand Grund rest Peat Ke If nearest the party part came to the peak put was wai on oa ember vember 27 reached the top of ot I rM when the they J about fifteen miles millS front frond the summit of ot the rr t g white mountain Returning to tu the camp camp on Arkansas the tho party continued Its Us Journey I toto tiM heart hart of ot the mountains park and n They penetrated Into the South waters In m rw writers believe touched Pacific i the headwaters of ot the GunnIson hack Back Canon City CIt Ilke Pike took a squad of ot his or ot m IDea the lid struck across the mountains In search h river Hardship after hardship was WI en at t the bog until after traversing the valley t the Wet mountains and crossing the sa re Cristo range they found themselves In the Juan valley Arriving at a river which in is r P rite re rethe real took for the Iced river but which was inthe w I the Rio Ulo Grande they built a stockade ne new near 0 of t the present town of ot Alamosa on a n branch I Conejos Here re Pike and his companions wen lere aI aIt t Lured tI ty Dy the Spaniards taken to Santa thence to Chihuahua where his palen tI d courteously and anu ate lie Ile was treated tt to back to the United States arriving at f l r ches chea In advance Junce of ot his men meu about July I. 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