[4] This attack was made by troops commanded by the late Judge Hugh L. White.
[5] Gen. Jackson.
[6] The fall of Tuscaloosa, or the Black Warrior, is here symbolically fixed on as the fall of the nation. This noted chief was not, however, killed in battle; he came voluntarily to Gen. Jackson’s camp and surrendered himself. He had disguised himself in mean clothes to prevent his being shot down by the soldiers, as a price had been set on his head. Hence the nobility of his declaration, on entering the General’s tent—“I am Tuscaloosa.”
[7] An Indian who invokes spirits, and professes to foretell events—a seer; a prophet.
[8] A leggin.
[9] The Algic name for Niagara.
[10] Betula papyracæ.
[11] You only I love.
[12] A literal translation of the Chippewa name for this fish—Ad dik Kum maig.
[13] French orthography for the Indian name of this fish.