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Page 189 - Father, you have got the arms and ammunition which our great father sent for his red children. If you have an idea of going away, give them to us, and you may go and welcome, for us. Our lives are in the hands of the Great Spirit. We are determined to defend our lands, and if it be his will we wish to leave our bones upon them.
Page 48 - My son, the Great Spirit has seen fit that we should die together, and has sent you here to that end. It is his will and let us submit; it is all for the best...
Page 188 - Father, listen ! our fleet has gone out ; we know they have fought ; we have heard the great guns ; but we know nothing of what has happened to our father with one arm. Our ships have gone one way, and we are much astonished to see our father tying up every thing and preparing to run away the other, without letting his red children know what his intentions are.
Page 189 - You always told us to remain here and take care of our lands ; it made our hearts glad to hear that was your wish. Our great father, the King, is the head, and you represent him. You always told us...
Page 125 - Governor Harrison had made arrangements for holding the council on the portico of his own house, which had been fitted up with seats for the occasion. Here, on the morning of the fifteenth, he awaited the arrival of the chief, being attended by the Judges of the Supreme Court, some officers of the army, a sergeant and twelve men, from Fort Knoz, and a large number of citizens.
Page 188 - Father, listen to your children! you have them no-wall before you. "The war before this, our British father gave the hatchet to his red children, when our old chiefs were alive. They are now dead. In that war our father was thrown on his back by the Americans ; and our father took them by the hand without our knowledge ; and we are afraid that our father will do so again at this time.
Page 102 - Indians from the most distant parts of the country, "to listen to a fool that speaks not the words of the Great Spirit ; but the words of the devil.
Page 92 - These lands are ours. No one has a right to remove us, because we were the first owners. The Great Spirit above has appointed this place for us, on which to light our fires, and here we will remain. As to boundaries, the Great Spirit knows no boundaries, nor will His red children acknowledge any...
Page 108 - Governor, had declared that all the land between Vincennes and Fort Wayne was the property of the Seventeen Fires. " I also heard that you wanted to know, my father, whether I was God or man ; and that you said, if I was the former, I should not steal horses. I heard this from Mr. Wells, but I believe it originated with himself.
Page 122 - My son, keep your eyes fixed on me; my tomahawk is now up; be you ready, but do not strike until I give the signal.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Life of Tecumseh and of His Brother the Prophet: With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians Indigenous Peoples: North America |
| Author | Benjamin Drake |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | E. Morgan & Company, 1841 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Dec 18, 2007 |
| Length | 227 pages |
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