Native America
Birth place of Tecumseh--destruction of the Piqua village--early habits of Tecumseh--his first battle--effort to abolish the burning of prisoners--visits the Cherokees in the south--engages in several battles--returns to Ohio in the autumn of 1790
Mr. Jefferson's opinion of the Prophet--brief sketch of his character--anecdotes of Tecumseh--a review of the great principles of his plan of union among the tribes--general sum...
31. CHAPTER XV.Tecumseh was a determined and subtle enemy of the United States, and during the palmy days of his bold career, wielded an influence over the north-western Indians which belonged...
20. CHAPTER IV.Tecumseh's skill as a hunter--declines attending the treaty of Greenville in 1795--in 1796 removed to Great Miami--in 1798 joined a party of Delawares on White river, Indiana--i...
32. CHAPTER XVI.Mr. Jefferson's opinion of the Prophet--brief sketch of his character--anecdotes of Tecumseh--a review of the great principles of his plan of union among the tribes--general sum...
28. CHAPTER XII.Siege of fort Meigs--Tecumseh commands the Indians--acts with intrepidity--rescues the American prisoners from the tomahawk and scalping knife, after Dudley's defeat--reported a...
23. CHAPTER VII.Governor Harrison makes another effort to ascertain the designs of Tecumseh and the Prophet--Tecumseh visits the governor at Vincennes, attended by four hundred warriors--a coun...
24. CHAPTER VIII.Alarm on the frontier continues--a Muskoe Indian killed at Vincennes--governor Harrison sends a pacific speech to Tecumseh and the Prophet--the former replies to it--in July Tec...
19. CHAPTER III.Tecumseh attacked near Big Rock by some whites under Robert M'Clelland--severe battle with some Kentuckians on the East Fork of the Little Miami--attack upon Tecumseh in 1793, o...
22. CHAPTER VI.Tecumseh visits the Wyandots--governor Harrison's letter about the Prophet to the Secretary at War--British influence over the Indians--Tecumseh burns governor Harrison's letter...
21. CHAPTER V.Governor Harrison's address to the Shawanoe chiefs at Greenville--the Prophet's reply--his influence felt among the remote tribes--he is visited in 1808 by great numbers of Indi...
26. CHAPTER X.Tecumseh returns from the south--proposes to visit the President, but declines, because not permitted to go to Washington at the head of a party--attends a council at fort Wayne...
30. CHAPTER XIV.Retreat of the combined British and Indian army to the river Thames--skirmish at Chatham with the troops under general Harrison--Tecumseh slightly wounded in the arm--battle on...
29. CHAPTER XIII.Tecumseh present at the second attack on fort Meigs--his stratagem of a sham-battle to draw out general Clay--is posted in the Black swamp with two thousand warriors at the time...
25. CHAPTER IX.The late council at Vincennes having failed in producing any satisfactory results, and Tecumseh having gone to the south for the avowed purpose of extending his confederacy, the...
18. CHAPTER II.Birth place of Tecumseh--destruction of the Piqua village--early habits of Tecumseh--his first battle--effort to abolish the burning of prisoners--visits the Cherokees in the so...
17. CHAPTER I.There are not wanting authorities for the assertion that both the Anglo-Saxon and Creek blood ran in the veins of TECUMSEH.[A] It has been stated that his paternal grandfather w...
27. CHAPTER XI.On the 18th of June, 1812, the congress of the United States made a formal declaration of war against Great Britain. This gave a new aspect to affairs on the north-western front...
4. CHAPTER IV.Tecumseh's skill as a hunter--declines attending the treaty of Greenville in 1796--in 1796 removed to Great Miami--in 1798 joined a party of Delawares on White river, Indiana--i...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Tecumseh present at the second attack on fort Meigs--his stratagem of a sham-battle to draw out general Clay--is posted in the Black Swamp with two thousand warriors at the time...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Alarm on the frontier continues--a Muskoe Indian killed at Vincennes--governor Harrison sends a pacific speech to Tecumseh and the Prophet--the former replies to it--in July Tec...
3. CHAPTER III.Tecumseh attacked near Big Rock by some whites under Robert M'Clelland--severe battle with some Kentuckians on the East Fork of the Little Miami--attack upon Tecumseh in 1793, o...
6. CHAPTER VI.Tecumseh visits the Wyandots--governor Harrison's letter about the Prophet to the Secretary of War--British influence over the Indians--Tecumseh burns governor Harrison's letter...
10. CHAPTER X.Tecumseh returns from the south--proposes to visit the President, but declines, because not permitted to go to Washington at the head of a party--attends a council at fort Wayne...
5. CHAPTER V.Governor Harrison's address to the Shawanoe chiefs at Greenville--the Prophet's reply--his influence felt among the remote tribes--he is visited in 1808 by great numbers of Indi...
7. CHAPTER VII.Governor Harrison makes another effort to ascertain the designs of Tecumseh and the Prophet--Tecumseh visits the governor at Vincennes, attended by four hundred warriors--a coun...
12. CHAPTER XII.Siege of fort Meigs--Tecumseh commands the Indians--acts with intrepidity--rescues the American prisoners from the tomahawk and scalping knife, after Dudley's defeat--reported a...
2. CHAPTER II.Birth place of Tecumseh--destruction of the Piqua village--early habits of Tecumseh--his first battle--effort to abolish the burning of prisoners--visits the Cherokees in the so...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Retreat of the combined British and Indian army to the river Thames--skirmish at Chatham with the troops under general Harrison--Tecumseh slightly wounded in the arm--battle on...
9. CHAPTER IX.11. CHAPTER XI.1. CHAPTER I.15. CHAPTER XV.