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 . orest. Tecumseh (the Shooting Star) was the son ofBlackfish, and brother of the Prophet of the Alle-ghany. This noted warrior was first made known tothe public as the leader of the Indians at the battle TECUMSEH. 185 of Tippecanoe,* (November, 1811.) He burst sud-denly into notice, but from that time, until his death,the attention of the American people was constantlyturned towards him. He p
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 . orest. Tecumseh (the Shooting Star) was the son ofBlackfish, and brother of the Prophet of the Alle-ghany. This noted warrior was first made known tothe public as the leader of the Indians at the battle TECUMSEH. 185 of Tippecanoe,* (November, 1811.) He burst sud-denly into notice, but from that time, until his death,the attention of the American people was constantlyturned towards him. He possessed all the courage,sagacity, and fortitude, for which the most distin-guished Indian chiefs have been celebrated; and morethan this, he was always disinterested and true to hisword. He was an orator as well as a soldier, and bythe persuasive power of his eloquence formed one ofthe most powerful confederacies amongst the watchful mind was ever on the alert, his enmitynever slumbered, and he was a stranger to personalfatigue. He was of an independent spirit, remarkablygraceful in his address and reserved in his held the commission of Brigadier-General underKing George GENEEAL HARRISON. * A brancli of the Wabash, in Indiana. In 1811, the English,with the Indians who fought in the British service, were defeated bythe United States troops on the banks of this river. 24 Q 2 186 THRILLING ADVENTURES. It is said that at the last conference which Ge-neralHarrison Leld at Vincennes, Indiana, with the In-dians, Tecumseh, at the end of a long and animatedspeech, found himself unprovided with a seat. Ob-serving the neglect, General Harrison ordered a chairto be placed for him, and requested him to accept it. Your father, said the interpreter, requests you to
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