Hezekiah Jacob Bishop, 21, died November 22, 1812 along Wildcat Creek, near Lafayette. Bishop, a member of the Indiana Rangers, was taking part in the Second Tippecanoe Campaign when his party was ambushed in a narrow canyon. Survivor testimony indicated that Bishop's rifle had misfired at a crucial moment, and an onrushing Shawnee warrior was able to stab Bishop in the heart. Letters from Bishop to his family in the Kokomo area over the preceding months indicate that he had been meaning to have his rifle repaired for some time, but he had never gotten around to it. The Indy Tribune obituarist expresses regret over the lateness of this obituary, but the family only submitted the notification this past week. Jack Bishop, Hezekiah's great-great-great-nephew, admitted "We've been meaning to tell the papers about Uncle Hezekiah for a good while now. Yeah, we Bishops, we, uhh... we're procrastinators." Services are pending.
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