Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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. Thespeech of their chief warrior and prophetWitherford, on the occasion of his sur-render to General Jackson, and as re-ported by him at the time, dej-irvesperpetuation. I am, said he, in your power.Do with me as you please. I am a sohdier. I have done the white people allthe harm I could. I have fought them,and fought them bravely. If I had anarmy, I would yet fight, and contend tothe last. But I have none. My peopleare all gone. I can now do no more thanweep over the misfortunes of my nation.Once I could animate my warriors tobattle ; but I cannot animate the dead.My warriors can no longer hear myvoice. Their bones are at Talladega,Tallusahatchee, Emuckfau, and Toho-peka. I have not surrendered myselfthoughtlessly. Whilst there were anychances for success, I never left my post,nor supplicated peace. But my peopleare gone; and I now ask it for my na-tion and for myself. The operations on the sea in 1813continued, upon the whole, to add lustreto the infant navy of the United States.
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u Our second war with great britain. The most noted of these, the successfulas well as the adverse, were as follows :FirsL Captain Lawrence, of theUnited States sloop-of-war Hornet,on the 24th of February, met and cap-tured the British brig Peacock, in aconflict that lasted only fifteen minutes.The Peacock, in striking her colors,displayed, at the same time, a signal ofdistress. Captain Lawrence made thegreatest exertions to save her crew, butshe went down before all of them couldbe gotten off, carrying with her threebrave and generous United States sea-men, who were extending their aid. A Famous Victory. Second. On the ist of June, the Britishfrigate Shannon captured the UnitedStates frigate Chesapeake. TheChesapeake at this time was in thecommand of Lawrence. Every officeron board of her was either killed orwounded. Lawrence, as he was carriedbelow, weltering in blood, and justbefore expiring, issued his last heroicorder — Don^ t give up the ship ! Butthe fortunes of battle decide

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