. La vita e il servizio militare della Lieut-General Winfield Scott, compresi i suoi brillanti risultati ottenuti nella guerra del 1812, nella guerra messicana e la guerra in sospeso per l'Unione. th baionette in avanti. Il Indianswere hanno marciato off, mormorando qualcosa di imprecazioni , su tutti whitemen, e tutte le leggi della guerra. Il più giovane di questi In-dian chiefs era il figlio del celebre Brant, della guerra theRevolutionary, la cui vita è stata recentemente dato finoal pubblica dalla fine Col. Wm. L. pietra. Il funzionario*che opportunamente inseriti, in occasione di una visita di cortesia,- wasCaptain Bara, poi in staif del generale Sheaffe, andnow o

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. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. th bayonets forward. The Indianswere marched off, muttering imprecations on all whitemen, and all the laws of war. The younger of these In-dian chiefs was the son of the celebrated Brant, of theRevolutionary war, whose life has recently been given tothe public by the late Col. Wm. L. Stone. The officer*who so opportunely entered, on a visit of courtesy, - wasCaptain Coffin, then in the staif of General Sheaffe, andnow of high rank in the British army. This adventure hefrequently narrated, both in New York and on the otherside of the Atlantic. The exasperation of the Indians against Colonel Scottwas occasioned by the number of their people killed onQueenstown Heights ; and their excitement was so great, that while he remained at Niagara he could not leave hisinn, ev^n to dine with Sir Roger Sheaffe, without a Brit-ish escort. Soon after the surrender, the gallant Brock was buriedunder one of the bastions of Fort St. George, with thehighest of military honors. Fort Niagara, directly oppo-. HONORS TO A GALLANT FOB. 49 Site on the American shore, was commanded at the timeby Captain McKeon.* Colonel Scott sent over his compli-ments, and desired that minute-guns might be fired duringthe funeral ceremonies. Captain McKeon readily com-plied with the request; for the rioble qualities of Brockhad been held in equal esteem on both sides of the line.It is one of the privileges which smooth the rough browof war, thus to render a just respect to the worthy dead, whether they be of friends or adversaries. It is the rightof magnanimity to carry no hostility beneath the greencovering of the grave, nor beyond that line which peacehas drawn between noble spirits that once were foes, noragainst those generous quaUties which dignify the manand adorn the race. Father of the Hon. John McKeon, late a member of Congres

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1860
• booksubjectscottwi
• bookyear1861