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186 INDIAN BIOGRATBY.
achtevemeotB of the young warrior in his first battles,
should be preserved on record. Some Shawaneea
have said that he made his dtbtU in an engagement with
the Kentucky droops, which took place on the banks
of Mad River ; that in the heat of the skirmish he most
ungallantly turned right-about-face, and made the best
of his way from the field, with all possible diligence, —
and that too while one of his brodiers stood bis
ground with the other Indians, and fought till he was
wounded and carried ofi^ It must be admitted,
this was not so creditable a proceeding as may be
conceived ; but the extreme youth of the party goes
some way to explain, as his subsequent conduct did
to excuse it.
