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:''Significant content that contributed to this summary came from the [http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA436396&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf '''U.S. Army Military History Research Collection''']'s "VIGNETTES OF MILITARY HISTORY", Volume I, edited by Richard J. Sommers, October 1976. Which is itself sourced to Odell and Willard Shepard, '''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=%26%2334%3BHoldfast%20Gaines%26%2334%3B%20Shepard&tag=mywikibizcom-20&index=books&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 Holdfast Gaines]''', 1946.''
:''It would appear that the story by the Shepards was a work of historical fiction, despite the tale having been re-told later in more official bodies of work, represented as "true" history.''
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'''Holdfast Gaines''' (also known by the [[Mohegan]] name '''''Sleeping Bear''''') was a Native American employed by the [[Directory:United States|United States]] [[Army]] during the [[War of 1812]].
'''Holdfast Gaines''' (also known by the [[Mohegan]] name '''''Sleeping Bear''''') was a Native American employed by the [[Directory:United States|United States]] [[Army]] during the [[War of 1812]].
[[Image:Natchez_Trace.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Natchez Trace, the trail along which Gaines ran]] Holdfast began his epic run on [[November 7]]. A pure-blooded Mohegan, he ran through the country of the [[Creek]]s, [[Cherokee]]s, [[Choctaw]]s, and [[Chickasaw]]s, running along the [[Tombigbee River]] and then along the [[Natchez Trace]] to Nashville.
[[Image:Natchez_Trace.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Natchez Trace, the trail along which Gaines ran]] Holdfast began his epic run on [[November 7]]. A pure-blooded Mohegan, he ran through the country of the [[Creek]]s, [[Cherokee]]s, [[Choctaw]]s, and [[Chickasaw]]s, running along the [[Tombigbee River]] and then along the [[Natchez Trace]] to Nashville.
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General Carroll was having dinner on the night of [[November 12]] when Holdfast interrupted his meal to put Jackson's message in his hands. Carroll noted the date of the letter, and remarked in astonishment to all around him that Holdfast had journeyed on foot the 600 miles to Nashville in just six days. Holdfast was before the fireplace, fast asleep. Carroll rounded up 3,000 troops and reached New Orleans in enough time to help Jackson defeat the British -- in a battle, most know, that took place after the peace papers were signed near [[Directory:Paris, France|Paris]]. The delivery of that news from Europe was too slow to have stopped the battle.
General Carroll was having dinner on the night of [[November 12]] when Holdfast interrupted his meal to put Jackson's message in his hands. Carroll noted the date of the letter, and remarked in astonishment to all around him that Holdfast had journeyed on foot the 600 miles to Nashville in just six days. Holdfast was before the fireplace, fast asleep. Carroll rounded up 3,000 troops and reached New Orleans in enough time to help Jackson defeat the British -- in a battle, most know, that took place after the peace papers were signed near [[Directory:Paris, France|Paris]]. The delivery of that news from Europe was too slow to have stopped the battle.