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DEATH OF PETER NAVARRE THE FAMOUS SCOUT OF THE WAR OF 1812
He accompanied General Harrison in his advance upon Canada, having joined the Kentucky cavalry of Colonel Richard M. Johnson, and was among those that killed Tecumseh. He said of the death of this chieftain:
"He was standing behind a large tree that had blown down, encouraging his warriors, and was killed by a ball that passed diagonally through his chest. After death he was shot several times, but otherwise his body was not mutilated in the least, being buried in his regimentals, as the old chief desired by myself and a companion, at the command of General Harrison. All statements that he was scalped or skinned are absolutely false. "
Knapp's History says:
"While at Maiden, Gen. Proctor, of the British army, offered the Indians $J, 000 for the scalp of Navarre, and was informed that if he wanted it he must exercise more than ordinary courage and vigilance, as in times of peace the Indians had taught him all their knowledge of woodcraft, and now it was almost impossible to capture him. "
After the war Navarre returned to his home at Cedar Point, where he has resided since. He married and raised a large family of children. His sons all inherit their father's soldierly spirit, and all of them served through the last war with great credit. Two sons are now in the regular army, and the others are settled on the River Raisin.
He was granted a pension of $8 a month by the Government, which has served to eke out the scanty income produced from his farm. A few weeks ago, when he became ill, he sought the house of his old friend, J. Kent Seaman, who took him in and carefully tended to him, until compelled to go to St. Louis, when he had him removed to the Temperance Hotel, where he died yesterday morning. There was little doubt from the first that his end was near, though his mind had failed greatly and he was hardly conscious of his situation.
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