Excerpt from A History of the Indian Wars: With the First Settlers of the United States to the Commencement of the Late War, Together With an Appendix, Not Before Added to This History, Containing Interesting Accounts of the Battles Fought by Gen. Andrew Jackson, With Two PlatesColumbus, hitherto humane and equitable, now saw with regret the crisis approaching. It was too late to rectify the wrongs which were past, or to calm the storm which was al ready raised. The necessity of self defence left for him no choice. Both sides ¿ew to arms. The vast multitudes of the natives seemed to compensate for their want of arms, and fury would minister force. They brought men into the field of battle. Instead of drawing their enemy into woods and mountains, without any policy or stratagem, they sought counsel from valor, taking their station in the most open plain in all the country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.