Philip Seymour, or, Pioneer life in Richland County, Ohio : founded on facts . with one furious blow he laidthe culprit dead at his feet. Then turning to someof his tribe present, he said : ^^ There, take him to the camp of his tribe, andtell them who it was that did the deed. The Sha-wa-noes applauded the conduct of Bea-ver, and rejoiced at their happy escape from theignominy into which the murder of the Generalwould have thrown them. On their arrival at Seneca, the principle warChief of the Sha-wa-noes, requested permission tosleep at the door of the GeneraFs Marquee, whichhe did until the e
Philip Seymour, or, Pioneer life in Richland County, Ohio : founded on facts . with one furious blow he laidthe culprit dead at his feet. Then turning to someof his tribe present, he said : ^^ There, take him to the camp of his tribe, andtell them who it was that did the deed. The Sha-wa-noes applauded the conduct of Bea-ver, and rejoiced at their happy escape from theignominy into which the murder of the Generalwould have thrown them. On their arrival at Seneca, the principle warChief of the Sha-wa-noes, requested permission tosleep at the door of the GeneraFs Marquee, whichhe did until the embarkation of the troops. Thiswas done to prove his fidelity to the American cause. JSI ftamm um-. At 0ie greajb tFeaty which w^-a held at Green-ville in 1815, General Cass, one of the Gommission-ers, related the whole of the transaction to the as?sembled Chiefs, and after thanking Beaver, in thename of the United States, for having saved thelife of their general, he caused a handsome pres-ent (out of the goods which were sent for the pur-pose of the treaty) to be made CHAPTER XXX. PHILIP AND HIS COMPANIONS ARK INTRODUCED TO BLUE JACKET—BLUE JACKET PROPOSES TO GIVE THRM AN EXHIBITION OF INDIAN SPORTS THEY RECEIVE A N INVITATION TO PLAT A GAME OF foot BALl BILLY ACCEPTED THii; INVITATION AN EXCITING GAME B[LLY WINS THE PRIZE HIS DISPOSAL OF IT. •On gra&sy banks, the men and maidens played,Young warriors there, they gallaniry displayed;The voice of joy and mirth rose high in air,As men and maidens on the grass lay there. As already stated, Philip on his arrival at thevillage of Wapakonetta, found that Black Hoof, anda number of hip voung men had left for the resi-dence of Captain Pipe. The villagers endeavoredto pursuade him to remain with them until theirChief returned. But he declined. Tiiey howeverprevailed upon him to remain one day and night. He celebrated Bluejacket, who commanded theShawanoes in the battle of 1784, had just returnedto the village the morning that
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