History of Johnston County, IndianaFrom the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, notes, etc., together with a short history of the Northwest, the Indiana territory, and the state of Indiana .. . of Indian women marrying white men, the dress of thewhites and the practice of selling Indian lands to the United also told the Indians that the commands of the Great Spirit re-quired them to punish with death those who practiced the arts ofwitchcraft and magic; that the Great Spirit had given him powerto find out and expose such persons; that he had power to cure alldise
History of Johnston County, IndianaFrom the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, notes, etc., together with a short history of the Northwest, the Indiana territory, and the state of Indiana .. . of Indian women marrying white men, the dress of thewhites and the practice of selling Indian lands to the United also told the Indians that the commands of the Great Spirit re-quired them to punish with death those who practiced the arts ofwitchcraft and magic; that the Great Spirit had given him powerto find out and expose such persons; that he had power to cure alldiseases, to confound his enemies and to stay the arm of death insickness and on the battle-field. His harangues aroused amongsome bands of Indians a high degree of superstitious old Delaware chief named Ta-te-bock-o-she, through whose in-fluence a treaty had been made with the Delawares in 1804, wasaccused of witchcraft, tried, condemned and tomahawked, andhis body consumed by fire. The old chiefs wife, nephew(Billy Patterson ) and an aged Indian named Joshua were nextaccused of witchcraft and condemned to death. The two men wereburned at the stake, but the wife of Ta-te-bock-o-she was saved from. THE SHAWNEE PliOPflET. HISTORY OF INDIANA. 91 death by her brother, who suddenly approached her, took her by thehand, and, without meeting any opposition from the Indians present,led her out of the council-house. He then immediately returned andchecked the growing influence of the Prophet by exclaiming in astrong, earnest voice, The Evil Spirit has come among us and weare killing each other.—[Dillons History of Indiana. When Gov. Harrison was made acquainted with these events hesent a special messenger to the Indians, strongly entreating them torenounce the Prophet and his works. This reallydestroyed to someextent the Prophets influence; but in the spring of 1808, havingaroused nearly all the tribes of the Lake Region, the Prophet witha large number of followers settled n
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