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Inc governor ID person exercised these troops, in that mode of formation which had

 been so successfully practised by Wayne; giving them instruction which was equally

 necessary for the regular troops, and the

 militia, as this kind of manGuyring was en- tirely new to the former.

 1 On the 18th of October, lSll the march was commenced from Fort Harrison, al Ipost on the Wabash about sixty miles a. bove Nlncennes. In the mean while an

 attempt was made, through the interven- ton and Miami tribes, to induce the prophet to deliver up the murderers and stolen horses The inpostor and his council iireatdu these overtures with insolence, and lrejecte1 them with disdain To lcav. moi doubt ei tiieir intentions d small war party was t.e,.s he'd to commence hostilitieS. who not meeting with any struggles from our camp, advanced to the vicinity of the army, and fired spon sentinel

 The march 10 Tippecanoe was conduct ed with great prudence. The troops were lencamped in the order of battle they march ed in form from which that order could be assumed with facility, at a moments warning, the infantry in two columns, inI single file on each side of the trace so that by single conversion they could be form ed in two lines to receive the enemy at any point or be reduced into hallow square the cavalry. and mounted riAemen, of the

 latter of which there were two companies,

 covering the advance, flank, and wildernessl 1.-the most westward of a narrow and loosely connected line of settlements. ex- tending across the territory of Indiana, from the falls of Ohio. It was line hay 1 ing without much breadth or solidity-hav ing little strength in itself and difficult to be protected large portion of the able-bod-

 led men were in the army, leaving their homes defenceless, and the country ex posed to almost certain destruction, should a sudden inroad be mad by the h.

 dians.

 [ The uncertainty of the position of the en- emy threw upon governor Harrison hea " weight of responsibility Had he been opposed to a regular army, it would have ibeen his duty to know its position. and tol become advised of it's movements, in which are familiar to the accomplished comman- der; and he might have been expected toI linterpose his force between the foe and the points to be protected, in such :; manner asI Ito insure the safety of the latter. But nol army D"s.slT- r.: r.s : ..s,1. snt q barrier against an Truptlon Of Sava- ges, who having no artillery. baggage, porI common store of provisions. can at anyI moment dissolve their army into its ele-

 ments, disperse themselves so as to leaveI organized force, and reunite at any point l L. ! the forest without roads and the rivers with

 out bridges. and leave scarcely trace ofI their footprints.

 l Such circumstances were calculated to

 create great anxiety in the mind of com

 mander and especially when as the civil

 magistrate, as well as the military head, the whole responsibility rested upon himself

 and it became his duty to protect his people from outrage, while he was invad- ing the strong hold of the enemy. After

 crossing the river, the suspense of the Gov ernor, on this intensely interesting subject

 became painful. Anxious as he was to push forward, the idea of the enemy might

 be even now marchingupon the settlements

 caused deep solicitude for the safety of the

 defenceless population at home, had he re-

 traced his steps, the measure would have

 been of such obvious prudence, that no

 military man would have been found to

 censure It.

 These reflections passed upon the Gov

 ernor's mind so heavily that they become

 painful, and to drive away the sleep which 1 is usually so sound to hm. who lies wrap | ped in his blanket by the camp fire, after a

 weary days march He determined to tpersevere in his march upon the Tippeca-

 noe Town, but to make further provision I for the protection of the settlements; he|

 rose one night from the hard couch of the

 bordor leader, and dispatched his orderly

 for Major Jordan of the Indian volunteers,

 in whom he had great confidence. He di-

 rected that officer to take forty picked

 men, and return to Vincennes, to protect

 that post, and to place that, and the other

 settlements upon their guard

 The order to Jordan was minute, as|

 well in relation to his conduct on reach ing the settlement, as in case of disaster toI

 the army. in the latter event, he directed

 him to fortify the courthouse in VincenesI

 and other houses capable of defence, and

 place in them the women and children. and

 to send expresses to the governor of Ken

 lucky, inviting volunteers from that State.

 By this conveyance he wrote to his friend

 Dr. Scott of Frankfort, who had come tol 1 Vincennes to attend Mrs. Harrison in anI

 expected indispositon and to remain with , |