Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . ite men, and the War Department instructed INDIAN PATRIOTISM. 169 the United States agent to demand the , the Indian chief, stated that they were outof his reach, but that he would consult with his tribeupon the course to be pursued. On calling the chiefstogether, he stated the circumstances, together withhis apprehensions that the Great Father would sendan army into the nat
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . ite men, and the War Department instructed INDIAN PATRIOTISM. 169 the United States agent to demand the , the Indian chief, stated that they were outof his reach, but that he would consult with his tribeupon the course to be pursued. On calling the chiefstogether, he stated the circumstances, together withhis apprehensions that the Great Father would sendan army into the nation to avenge his murdered chil-dren. On hearing this, four young men offered them-selves to be delivered to the agent as the were taken by Keokuck to the agent, who im-mediately threw them into prison to await their trial. When the court convened, Keokuck appeared as awitness for the prosecution. He stated before thegrand jury, that the prisoners were not the men whohad committed the murder, they having fled from thetribe ; but that he supposed the court would be satis-fied, if any four of his young men were delivered upto justice. Of course the prisoners were 22 AN INDIAN 170 THRILLING ADVENTURES.
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