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If it were not for the vicinity of the United States, he would perhaps be the founder of an empire that would rival in glory Mexico or Peru. No difficulties deter him. For four years he has been in constant motion. You see him today on the Wabash, and in a short time hear of him on the shores of Lake Erie or Michigan, or on the banks of the Mississippi, and wherever he goes he makes an impression favorable to his purpose.
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William Henry Harrison, as quoted in Battle of Tippecanoe (1911) by Reed Beard

 

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On the banks of the Wabash, far away.

 

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