The transcript is as written by John Blakely. Being family tradition and hearsay. Obviously this is another of those incidents where many people "get in" on the story as time goes by. At least in this case the story is about someone outside of teh family, and not a claim of personal involvement, so htere would be no reason to promote such a falsehood. I believe that this is the version many adhered too, because of the lack of direct witnesses, and the failure to quickly and adequately confirm WHICH body was Tecumseh's, a real problem when you are in a melee. Since the Colonel was Vice President, I can see his allowing the "glory" of the battle to rest in his favor. It probably helped him attain the office, even if it were patently untrue. Just another erecording of family lore and not to be construed as fact until thoroughly researched and verified. Jeff Scism, IBBSG Still beating the bushes and coming up with people who married into the Boone clans.