Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet: Including Sketches of George Rogers Clark, Simon Kenton, William Henry Harrison, Cornstalk, Blackhoof, Bluejacket, the Shawnee Logan, and Others Famous in the Frontier Wars of Tecumsehs̕ TimeDodd, Mead, 1878 - 332 páginas |
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American arms army attack battle Blue Jacket brave brethren British brother camp Captain CHAPTER Cheeseekau chief Colonel commander confederacy Cornstalk council Creek cumseh death defeat Delawares detachment Detroit dians encamped enemy English expedition father fight followers force Fort Meigs Fort Stephenson Fort Wayne friendly frontier Governor Harrison Greenville guns hands heard horses hostile hundred immediately influence intended join Kaskaskia Kenton Kentucky Kickapoos killed land Leatherlips listen Little Turtle Logan Major Croghan Malden Meigs Miami miles murdered nation night officers Ohio party peace Pottawatomies prisoner Proctor Prophet Prophet's Town refused retreat returned River River Raisin savages saying sent settlements Seventeen Fires Shawnees side Simon Kenton soldiers soon speech Spirit surrender Tecum Tecumseh Tenskwatawa tion Tippecanoe told tomahawk took treaty treaty of Greenville troops United village Vincennes Wabash warriors Wayne Wayne's William Henry Harrison Winnebagoes Winnemac wish wounded Wyandots young
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Página 308 - Father! You have got the arms and ammunition which our great father sent for his red children. If you have an idea of going away, give them to us, and you may go and welcome for us. Our lives are in the hands of the Great Spirit. We are determined to defend our lands, and if it be His will, we wish to leave our bones upon them.
Página 87 - We have beaten the enemy twice, under separate commanders. We cannot expect the same good fortune always to attend us. The Americans are now led by a chief who never sleeps ; the night and the day are alike to him. And during all the time that he has been marching upon <rar villages, notwithstanding the watchfulness of our young men, we have never been able to surprise him.
Página 207 - For four years he has been in constant motion. You see him to-day on the Wabash, and in a short time hear of him on the shores of lake Erie or Michigan, or on the banks of the Mississippi ; and wherever he goes he makes an impression favorable to his purposes.
Página 307 - Our ships have gone one way, and we are much astonished to see our father tying up every thing and preparing to run away the other, without letting his red children know what his intentions are. You always told us to remain here...
Página 308 - The Americans have not yet defeated us by land; neither are we sure that they have done so by water; we therefore wish to remain here and fight our enemy should they make their appearance. If they defeat us, we will then retreat with our father.
Página 50 - For if I am obliged to storm, you may depend on such treatment as- is justly due to a murderer. Beware of destroying stores of any kind, or any papers or letters that are in your possession, or hurting one house in town — for, by Heavens! if you do, there shall be no mercy shown you. [Signed,] "GR CLARK.
Página 141 - ... flesh itself of the prophet, were carried, with much solemnity, to each man in the lodge, and he was expected to take hold of each string at the top and draw them gently through his hand. This was called shaking hands with the prophet...
Página 329 - A Historical Narrative of the Civil and Military Services of MajorGeneral William H. Harrison, and a Vindication of his Character and Conduct as a Statesman, a Citizen, and a Soldier. With a detail of his Negotiations and Wars with the Indians, until the final Overthrow of the celebrated Chief Tecumseh and his Brother the Prophet. The whole written and compiled from original and authentic documents furnished by many of the most respectable characters in the United States.
Página 308 - You always told us to remain here and take care of our lands ; it made our hearts glad to hear that was your wish. Our great father, the king, is the head, and you represent him. You always told us...
Página 183 - You endeavor to make distinctions. You wish to prevent the Indians to do as we wish them, to unite and let them consider their lands as the common property of the whole.