Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet - With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians by Benjamin Drake
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Prophet to arrest these murderers--effort of Wells the U.S. Indian
agent to prevent Tecumseh and the Prophet from assembling the Indians at Greenville--Tecumseh's speech in reply--he attends a council at Chillicothe--speech on that occasion--council at Springfield--Tecumseh principal speaker and actor CHAPTER V. Governor Harrison's address to the Shawanoe chiefs at Greenville--the Prophet's reply--his influence felt among the remote tribes--he is visited in 1808 by great numbers of Indians--Tecumseh and the Prophet remove to Tippecanoe--the latter sends a speech to governor Harrison--makes him a visit at Vincennes CHAPTER VI. Tecumseh visits the Wyandots--governor Harrison's letter about the Prophet to the Secretary of War--British influence over the Indians--Tecumseh burns governor Harrison's letter to the chiefs--great alarm in Indiana, in consequence of the assemblage of the Indians at Tippecanoe--death of Leatherlips, a Wyandot chief, on a charge of witchcraft CHAPTER VII. Governor Harrison makes another effort to ascertain the designs of Tecumseh and the Prophet--Tecumseh visits the governor at Vincennes, attended by four hundred warriors--a council is held--Tecumseh becomes deeply excited, and charges governor Harrison with falsehood--council broken up in disorder--renewed the next day |
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