Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . Dec, 1816, heresigned, to accept the office of attorney-general ofthe state, serving till 1819. In June, 1821, he re-moved to Lancaster and resumed the practice ofhis profession. He was the anti-masonic candidatefor vice-president of the United States in 1832. Mr. Ellmaker, says Alexander Harris in his Reminiscences, was reported to be a good law-yer, and his addresses to the jury when at the barwere clear, distinct, and argumentative. ELLSKWATAWA, Indian prophet, b. on thebanks of the Scioto river, near what is now Chilli-cothe, early in 1775. The
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . Dec, 1816, heresigned, to accept the office of attorney-general ofthe state, serving till 1819. In June, 1821, he re-moved to Lancaster and resumed the practice ofhis profession. He was the anti-masonic candidatefor vice-president of the United States in 1832. Mr. Ellmaker, says Alexander Harris in his Reminiscences, was reported to be a good law-yer, and his addresses to the jury when at the barwere clear, distinct, and argumentative. ELLSKWATAWA, Indian prophet, b. on thebanks of the Scioto river, near what is now Chilli-cothe, early in 1775. The date of his death is un- ELLSLER ELLSWORTH 335 known. lie was the son of Pukeesheno, a chief ofthe Shawnees, and a brother of the famous Tecum-seh. He possessed in 1808 a tract of country nearthe confluence of the Tippecanoe with the him was a band of about a thousand warriorsbelonging to various tribes. He administered theaffairs of his followers so badly that in a shorttime he was deserted by all but about three hun-dred, and. these moststate At were in awretchedof existencethis juncture Te-cumseh appearedamong them, andassumed the di-rection of affairs,acting, however,in the name ofthe prophet. In1809 the gov-ernment directedGov. William to pur-chase of the Del-awares, Miamis,and Pottawata-mies a large tractof country onboth sides of the Wabash, and extending up the riversixty miles beyond Vincennes. This tract includedthe section settled upon by the prophet and his band,and the purchase led to the famous interview bet weenHarrison and Tecumseh. The prophet is next heardof at the battle of Tippecanoe, 4 Nov., 1811, where hedirected or ordered the attack. During the actionhe was performing conjurations on an eminence inthe vicinity, but out of the reach of danger. Afterthe end of the war between Great Britain and theUnited States the prophet received a pension fromthe British government, and resided in Canada till1826, when, together with the only sur
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