. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. eadinessfor an attack by the Indians; but the attack was not made. Duringthe ensuing summer and fall the United States Government ac-quainted the Indians with the provisions of the treaty, and enteredinto subordinate treaties of peace with the principal tribes. Just before the treaty of Spring Wells (near Detroit) was signed,the Shawanee Prophet retired to Canada, but declaring his resolu-tion to abide by any treaty which the chiefs might sign. Sometime afterward he returned to the Shawanee settlement in Ohio, andlastly to the west of the Mississ
. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. eadinessfor an attack by the Indians; but the attack was not made. Duringthe ensuing summer and fall the United States Government ac-quainted the Indians with the provisions of the treaty, and enteredinto subordinate treaties of peace with the principal tribes. Just before the treaty of Spring Wells (near Detroit) was signed,the Shawanee Prophet retired to Canada, but declaring his resolu-tion to abide by any treaty which the chiefs might sign. Sometime afterward he returned to the Shawanee settlement in Ohio, andlastly to the west of the Mississippi, where he died, in 1834. TheBritish Government allowed him a pension from 1813 until hisdeath. His brother Tecumseh was killed at the battle of theThames, Oct. 5, 1813, by a Mr. Wheatty, as we are positively in-formed by Mr. A. J, James, now a resident of La Ilarpe township,Hancock county, III., whose father-in-law, John Pigman, of Co-shocton county, Ohio, was an eye witness. Gen. Johnson has gener-ally had the credit of killing TECUMSKU. TECUMSEH. If one should inquire who has been the greatest Indian, the mostnoted, the principal Indian in North America since its discov-ery by Columbus, we would be obliged to answer, Tecumseh. Forall those qualities which elevate a man far above his race; for talent,tact, skill and bravery as a warrior; for high-minded, honorable andchivalrous bearing as a man; in a word, for all those elements ofgreatness which place him a long way above his fellows in savagelife, the name and fame of Tecumseh will go down to posterity inthe West as one of the most celebrated of the aborigines of thiscontinent,—as one who had no equal among the tribes that dweltin the country drained by the Mississippi. Born to command him-self, he used all the appliances that would stimulate the courageand nerve the valor of his followers. Always in the front rank ofbattle, his followers blindly followed his lead, and as his war-cryrang clear above the din
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