{"id":7057,"date":"2006-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-11-07T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T19:10:20","slug":"st-clairs-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7057","title":{"rendered":"St. Clair&#039;s Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"500\" alt=\"St_Clair_Campaign.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/St_Clair_Campaign.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Sinclairs_Defeat.mp3\">St. Clair&#8217;s Defeat<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">I first heard this song at the Gate of Horn in Chicago. Bob Gibson and Bob Camp were a duo for a short time and this was one of thier most intense songs. It&#8217;s about The Battle of Wabash River. It was also known as &#8216;St. Clair&#8217;s Defeat&#8217; which was fought on November 4, 1791 between the United States and an American Indian confederacy, as part of the Northwest Indian War (also known as &#8216;Little Turtle&#8217;s War&#8217;). The American Indians were led by Michikinikwa (&#8216;Little Turtle&#8217;) of the Miamis and Blue Jacket of the Shawnees. The Americans were led by General Arthur St. Clair. The Indian confederacy was victorious. The battle was the most severe defeat ever suffered by the United States at the hands of American Indians; indeed, in proportional terms it was the worst defeat that United States forces have ever suffered in battle. As a result, President George Washington forced St. Clair to resign his post, and Congress initiated its first investigation of the executive branch.<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\n<div class=\"about\">More information at these URLs:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Clair%27s_Defeat\">wikipedia.org<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil\/historyweek\/nov4-10.htm\">QM Museum<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiohistorycentral.org\/entry.php?rec=557\">Ohio<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/eb\/article-9064820\">britannica.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">[Em] Was November the fourth in the [G] year of ninety-[D] one<br \/>\n[Em] We had a sore engagement near [D] to [Em] Fort [D] Jeffer [Em] son<br \/>\n[G] Sinclair was our commander, which [Bm] may remembered be<br \/>\n[Em] But we left nine hundred soldiers in [D] that [Em] Western Terri[D] tory[Em]At Bunker&#8217;s Hill and in Quebec, where many a hero fell<br \/>\nLikewise out on Long Island, it is I the truth can tell<br \/>\nBut such a dreadful carnage, never did I see<br \/>\nAs happened all out on the plains, near the River St. Marie<\/p>\n<p>Our militia was attacked, just as the day did break<br \/>\nAnd soon were overpowered, and forced into retreat<br \/>\nThey killed major Ouldham, and major Briggs likewise<br \/>\nWhile horrid yells of anguished souls resounded through the skies<\/p>\n<p>Major Butler he was wounded the very second fire<br \/>\nHis manly bosom swelled with rage they forced him to retire<br \/>\nLike one distracted he appeared, when thus exclaim-ed he<br \/>\nYe hounds of Hell shall all be slain but what revenged I&#8217;ll be<\/p>\n<p>We had not very long been broke, when General Butler fell<br \/>\nHe cries my boys I&#8217;m wounded, pray take me off this field<br \/>\nMy word says he, what shall we do, we&#8217;re wounded every man<br \/>\nGo charge your valiant heros and beat them if you can<\/p>\n<p>He leaned his back against a tree, and there resigned his breath<br \/>\nAnd like a valiant soldier, sunk into the arms of death<br \/>\nWhen blessed angels did await, his spirit to convey<br \/>\nInto celestial fields, he did quickly bend his way<\/p>\n<p>We charged again and took our ground, which did our hearts elate<br \/>\nBut there we did not tarry long, they soon made us retreat<br \/>\nThey killed our major Ferguson, which caused his men to cry<br \/>\nStand to your guns says valiant Ford, we&#8217;ll fight until we die<\/p>\n<p>Our cannon balls exhausted, artillery men all slain<br \/>\nOur musketeers and riflemen, their fire they did sustain<br \/>\nThree hours more we fought like men, and they were forced to yield<br \/>\nWhile three hundred bloody warriors lay stretched across the filed<\/p>\n<p>Says colonel Gibson to his men, my boys be not dismayed<br \/>\nI&#8217;m sure that true Virginians were never yet afraid<br \/>\nTen thousand deaths I&#8217;d rather die, than they should gain this field<br \/>\nWith that he got a fatal shot, causing him to yield<\/p>\n<p>Says major Clark, my heros, we can no longer stand<br \/>\nWe shall strive to form in order, and retreat the best we can<br \/>\nThe word retreat being passed around, they raised a dreadful cry<br \/>\nThen helter skelter through the woods like wolves and sheep they fly<\/p>\n<p>We left the wounded on the field, O heavens what a shock!<br \/>\nAnd many bones were shattered, and strewn across the rock<br \/>\nWith scalping knives and tomahawks, they robbed some of their breath<br \/>\nWhile raging flames of torment, tortured other men to death<\/p>\n<p>Was November the fourth in the year of ninety-one<br \/>\nWe had a sore engagement near to Fort Jefferson<br \/>\nSinclair was our commander, which may remembered be<br \/>\nBut we left nine hundred soldiers in that Western Territory<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: St. Clair&#8217;s Defeat I first heard this song at the Gate of Horn in Chicago. Bob Gibson and Bob Camp were a duo for a short time and this was one of thier most intense songs. It&#8217;s about The Battle of Wabash River. It was also known as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7057\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;St. Clair&#039;s Defeat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8679,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7057\/revisions\/8679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}