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Life Of Tecumseh And Of His Brother The Prophet With A Historic

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

Chapters

16. Chapter 16

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 31

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 20

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 32

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 28

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 23

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 24

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 19

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 22

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 21

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 26

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 30

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 29

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 25

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 18

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 17

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 27

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 4

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 13

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 8

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 3

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 6

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 10

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 5

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 7

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 12

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 2

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 14

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 9

11. Chapter 11

1. Chapter 1

15. Chapter 15