History of Dearborn and Ohio counties, Indiana . number of Indians collected at Green-ville. In 1806 both Tecumseh and the Prophet were at Grreenville, andwere visited by representatives of many tribes. APPEEHENSION OF INDIAN HOSTILITIES. In the spring of 1808 the brothers removed to a tract of land on theTippecanoe, a tributary of the^Wabash. Here on a spot probably nevervisited by white men, about 100 miles northwest from Fort Wayne, wasthe Prophets town, containing about only 130 souls. RepresentativeIndians from remote parts here visited the Prophet, who continued hisefforts to reform his
History of Dearborn and Ohio counties, Indiana . number of Indians collected at Green-ville. In 1806 both Tecumseh and the Prophet were at Grreenville, andwere visited by representatives of many tribes. APPEEHENSION OF INDIAN HOSTILITIES. In the spring of 1808 the brothers removed to a tract of land on theTippecanoe, a tributary of the^Wabash. Here on a spot probably nevervisited by white men, about 100 miles northwest from Fort Wayne, wasthe Prophets town, containing about only 130 souls. RepresentativeIndians from remote parts here visited the Prophet, who continued hisefforts to reform his brethren by preaching temperance, depicting the fear-ful evils the fire-water of the white men had brought upon them, andannouncing his commission from the Great Spirit to extricate his redchildren from the utter ruin with which they were menaced. Tecumseh traveled from tribe to tribe, strengthening his influenceand organizing his league. With the enthusiasm of Peter the Hermithe journeyed over thousands of miles, visiting remote nations of red. li.^ ^ lU^L^ INDIANA TERRITORY. 37 men. He visited all the northern tribes on the west bank of the Missis-sippi, and upon the Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan. In 1807Gov. Harrison, alarmed at the movements of the two brothers, sent amessage of inquiry and remonstrance, couched in severe terms. TheProphet sent a reply, denying that he had any purpose to rouse thetribes to another war. His plan of saving the Indians, he constantlyasserted, was by reforming them from intemperance, uniting them andencouraging industry. In July, 1808, the Prophet went from Tippe-canoe to Vincennes, a distance of hundreds of miles, on a pacific mes-sage to the governor. He came with a large number of followers, whomhe frequently harangued in the presence of the governor on the evils ofwar and intemperance. No persuasion of the whites could induce anyof them to touch intoxicating liquors. The Prophet again declared thatit was his desire to live in peace wit
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