BT RICHARD SPILLANE.
IK AST age or by any race Tecumseh
would be. considered great. Of all
American Indians there, perhaps, is
no more patriotic figure. He loved truth
and had a contempt for everything mean
and sordid. In intelligence and humanity
he was superior to his people. He fought
against the United States, hut he fought
as a brave man fights. No charge of
barbarity or of crime stand 3 against
him. Clean living, courageous, noble In
spirit and in deed, ha was a magnificent
example of all that is good in the abor
igine. He had the imagination of a poet,
the zeal of the patriot and the patience
and fortitude of a stole. His dream,
like that of Pontiac, was to unite all
the scattered tribes into one great con
federation which would drive back the
whites or prevent them from further en
croaching upon the lands of the Indians.
He knew their weaknesses, their jeal
ousies and their centuries old tribal
feuds, so he took a leaf out of the book
of the missionaries and sought to join
them by the bonds of religion. For
years he labored to nationalize the In
dians. As an orator he had few supe
riors and in the councils of nearly every
trlbe between the Great 1-akes and the
Gulf, east of the Mississippi and west of
the Alleghenies. he was heard. His
brother, the Prophet, posed for a long
time as the leader in the movement, but
when a. crisis arose Tecumseh assumed
control.
Brothers Strangely Vnllkc.
Rarely were brothers more dissimilar
than these two. It is said they were
twins. Tecumsch means Shooting Star,
singularly appropriate in view of his
career. The Prophet's name, Laulowasl
kaw, signifies the Loud Voice. This,
too. was fitting. Later he changed his
name to Tenskwatawa, or the Open
Door. Tecumseh was majestic looking,
tall and magnificently proportioned. He
cared nothing for finely or for show.
He was kind and attentive to the old
and infirm. He abhorred liquor, and,
unlike most Indians, never was known to
overeat. When spoils of battle came to
him he distributed them with no thought
of himself. He dressed simply in deer
skin and never painted his face or wore
feathered headdress. Glory was his am
bition. In the hunt, in game's of skill
or strength and as a warrior, he waa un
rivaled. The Prophet was short, stout and one
eyed. Before announcing himself as a
prophet he had been a slave to liquor.
Whereas Tecumseh was frank, generous
and humane, the Prophet was crafty,
avaricious and cruel. In speech alone did
he surpass Tecumseh. He was eloquent
to a high degree and could spur others
to deeds of daring, but he was as cow
ardly as he could be. The Prophet's
skin was of the tiue Indian shade. Te
cumseh's was brown.
These two were the sons of Pusheshin
wau, a Shawnee brave. There were six
sons and one daughter in the family.
Five of the sons distinguished themselves.
For Tecumapease. his sister. Tecumseh
had the deepest affection. He showed a
respect for her that Indian rarely holds
toward woman, and he would do anything
within his power to gratify her whims.
Cradled in Strife.
The Shawnees were rovers by nature,
famed as warriors, and when Tecumseh
and the Prophet were born, in 176S or
1765. occupied a goodly portion of that
beautiful country that now makes up the
REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF MARY ZEAL
The occasion was a dinner given by
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones in their
brand-new home. It was while await
ing the arrival of the guests that Henry
Jones sought out Mary Zeal, and, lead
ing her behind the obscurity of a large
wedding present. pointed out a little
cloud peeping above the new horizon.
"You're the only person who can do
it:" he began. "I know it's asking a
lot of you. Mi as Zeal, but I'm hanged
if I can resist taking advantage of your
food nature."
"Don't w-aste time apologizing. " iid
Mary impatiently. "Have you been hav
ing your first scrap with the late Nancy
Billings'."'
"It hasn't come to that yet." he an
swered. "But. you see it's poor old Billy
Bender. You know he shared our bache
lor quarters, and he's still with the old
crowd. Well, he's an awfully good sort
and tremendously clever, but the home
liest man that ever trod the earth. And
bashful! He's a terrible frost socially.
The boys have guyed him so unmercifully
in Nancy's presence that she's preju
diced before she has even seen him.
Now. I think the world of Billy and want
to make it pleasant for hint. Had all I
could do to persuade him to come to din
ner tonight. Nancy says- she doesn't
want to bore any girl here with him for
a dinner partner they'd never forgive
her. and all that sort of thing so "
Henry fixed Mary with a pleading gaze
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state of Ohio. There were four bands,
and the one into which Tecumsen was
born had its wigwams near the present
city of Plqua. Tecumseh was cradled in
the strife of the Indian wars of the Rev
olutionary period. Before he was 10
years old the Shawnees were engaged in
a deadly struggle with the Long Knives
the Virginians, who. led by Daniel
Boon. Simon Kenton, George Rogers
Clark and others, were crossing the Al
leghenies into the Shawnees' old hunting
grounds In Kentucky, or floating down
the Ohio River, were seeking sites for
homes along Its banks. His father was
' killed in the battle of ICanawa. in 1774.
and his mother soon after went south to
Join the Cherokees, leaving the children
to shift for themselves.
Where Tecumseh got the knowledge
of French, English and American his
tory, of which he gave good evidence
at various times, is a mystery. Per
haps some missionary lightened the
monotony of liis days in the Shawnee
village by telling- the Indian boy the
stories of France and England; of their
wars in Europe and their wars in the
New World: of the treaties' between
France and England and between Eng
land and the United States, and of all
three of these nations with the vari
ous Indian tribes. However, the in
formation came. It was stored in the
brain of Tecumseh, later to be brought
out in detail to illustrate his argu
ment when he told of pledges broken
by first one government and then an
other, of sacred obligations ruthlessly
Ignored, of dishonor piled upon dis
honor, and all to the injury, all at the
expense or the people the Creator had
put upon American soil first.
His I irst right.
Tecumseh, like Frederick the Great,
fled in his first battle. But he never
turned tail again. He was less than IS
when the village in which he lived was
attacked by Captain Ben Logan and a
party of whites-. Most of the braves
were away. Logan made 30 prisoners,
the majority of them squaws and chil
dren. Tecumseh, who had run at the
first fire, was broken-hearted when
he realized how poorly he had con
ducted himself, but within a year he
redeemed himself. In a fight near the
Ohio River he was foremost in the at
tack. All the whites were killed ex
cept one. and be was burned at the stake
the next day. This spectacle horrified
Tecumseh. He made a speech to his
companions so eloquent and so appeal
ing that they all agreed never to burn
a prisoner again.
Harmer, St. Clair, Wayne.
For the next year or two Tecumseh
hunted and campaigned. Twice he had
encounters with parties led by Simon
Kenton, and each time he distinguished
himself by his- coolness and courage.
Then the Shawnee fever for travel took
possession of him. and for three years
he wandered through the West and
South. Incidentally he joined the Che
rokees in their war on the whites.
When he returned to Ohio he found
his country in turmoil. The Federal
Government had sent 300 regulars and
1100 Kentucky volunteers into the
Miami district to destroy the Indians'
cornfields. The Indians, egged on by
the English, who retained various forts
in the Western country, had committed
various depredations, and it was con
sidered about time to punish them. Gen
eral Harmer, who commanded the ex
pedition, was led into ambush, and his'
force cut to pieces. Soon after Tecum
seh rejoined the Shawnees General St.
Clair, with 1400 men, attacked the In
dians, only to meet with disaster more
"so I hope you don't mind, but I told
her you just doted on Billy. That you
would be hurt if you didn't draw him
for a partner. She said if you liked him,
then he must be nice and she wouldn't
let her first prejudice count against him.
So " v
"And I'm supposed to be fascinated
with a masculine wallflower whom I've
never seen!" lnterruptd Mary. "Charm
ing prospect."
"I've told him all about you and that
you've agreed to be sort of a social step
mother to him." went on Jonesi fnthu
s4astically. "He'll be wax in your hands.
I bet you will be a liberal education for
that poor chap. You see, girls always
give him the cold shoulder, and a little
kindness "
"There he is now'.' whispered Mary.
'Don't give Nancy or any of the other
girls an opportunity to talk with him.
Introduce him to Nancy and bring him
to me at once. Oh. on second thought
don't introduce him to any of the
others."
"You have been kind enough to waste
your time talking to me." he said, "when
you might be having a pleasant time
with the others."
"Well why don't you try to make It
pleasant for me?" she asked bluntly.
"1 know $hat Henry Jones- has asked
you to bother with me." he said frankly.
"I don't flatter myself that a girl like
you would "
"So that's why you are not popular?"
broke, in Mary. "Your own attitude de
THTE SUNDAY
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crushing than Harmers. Tecumseh was
one of the scouts of the Indian force,
but was not present at the battle.
These two victories of the Indians
aroused the rerlmen to a high degree,
and perhaps started Tecumseh to-dreaming
qf holding the whites in check or
driving them back across the moun
tains. But the Indians had a far differ
ent man to deal with the next time the
Federal Government sent a force into
the Ohio country. "Mad Anthony"
Wayne did not fall into the traps that
brought disaster to Harmer and St.
Clair. He trained his men well before
he started, and when he moved he
struck right into the heart of the In
dian settlements on the Grand Glaize.
In the battle of Fallen Timbers, he
crushingly defeated the Indians. No one
fought more gallantly in this battle
than did Tecumseh. Time after time
he rallied the Shawnees, and it was not
until the day was lost that he retreated.
One of his brothers was killed by his
side. For a greater part of the battle
Tecumseh fought against a regiment
commanded by William Henry Harrison,
who afterward was to be his chief an
tagonist. Although neither had any
thing to do with the planning of this
fight, they acted well their parts.
Sorrowing Tor His People. .
The defeat broke the spirit of the In
dians. W"ayne had laid waste their vil
lages, destroyed their crops and taught
them a bitter lesson. They were
anxious for peace, and a deputation of
chiefs, headed by Blue Jacket, the
Shawnee, sent la flag to Wayne, but
British agents intercepted it. and it
was not until June. 1795, that the peace
of Greenville was signed. By this
treaty the Miamls and various other
Indian bands relinquished large
stretches of land for settlement. The
Shawnees, however, did not agree. Te
cumseh hated that treaty as he hated
everything that gave advantage to the
whites. By its terms he and his people
were driven further West. It brought
peace, or comparative peace, to the
borderland, but it also brought droves
of whites. Each year the influx was
larger and larger, and -each year the
Indians saw their lands encroached
upon more and more. They held coun
cils and discussed their wrongs. In
these councils Tecumseh was the prin
cipal orator. The interpreter, Dechou
set, found it difficult to translate the
lofty flights of Tecumseh, although he
was as-well versed in Shawnee as in
French, his mother tongue. He said
Tecumseh's speech sparkled with poetic
thought.- like that of the chief who de
clared "the very leaves of the forest
drop tears of pity on us as we walk be
neath." In 1801 the Northwestern territory,
which comprised the land between the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, was di
vided, the state of Ohio being formed
as it is today and the remainder be
ing called the Indiana territory. Of
this territory William Henry Harrison
was appointed Governor and Vincennes
was made the- capital.
Tecumseh, sorrowing for his people,
had been meditating for a long time on
a plan to unite them in a great con
federacy. Soon after the division of the
Northwestern Territory, Laulewasikaw
announced himself as a prophet. He
preached with much earnestness
against Indian women marrying whites.
He denounced drunkenness and witch
craft, and said that since becoming a
prophet he had gone up into the clouds
and in the home of the devil he had
found it peopled with men who had died
drunkards. Flames of fire issued from
their mouths. The duty of the young
fies a girl to be nice to you! Don't you
think it is rather a selfish pose?"
Bender gazed at the audacious Miss
Zeal in astonishment. "I'd never thought
of It in that light." he admitted at
length. "I'm so handicapped I never
feel that anything I may say or do would
interest any one."
" " o a are as tiresome as a self-complacent
beauty!" declared Mary tartly.
"Of course, if you don't try to be agree
able, girls do perfectly right in avoiding
you."
"They usually just look at me once
then turn away before I get a chance
to make good," he sighed.
"Would you like to be the lion, of this
occasion?" asked Mary.
"I'd luce to show some of these chaps
that I'm not suit a bump on a log a6
they think I am:" he muttered. "They've
got a new joke on me, and I suppose 1 11
never hear the last of it. You see, they
all go about a lot. and always' are talk
ing about the pretty girls they know
and it probably will sound very silly to
you that a man could be so sensitive,
but the other day I got a photograph of
an aunt of mine, who is rather young and
stunning-looking. I didn't tell them it
was only a relative, and for several days
they took a new Interest in me. Then
they stumbled on the truth:" Mr. Ben
der blushed sheepishly. At that moment
Harry Jones appeared. "Miss Zeal.
-Nancy- wants to speak to you just a
moment. "I'll stay here with Bender."
Nancy took Mary into another corner.
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to the aged and helpless he dwelt upon
as one' of the most sacred of obligations
and he proposed a community of prop
erty practically the same as that now
advocated by Communists. Innovations
in dress by the Indians he inveighed
against and he appealed to their pride
by declaring the Great Spirit had told
him they were his most, beloved people.
So far the prophet was not a bad teach
er, but lie was not content. He pro
fessed to have received power from the
Great Spirit to cure any disease, pre
vent death on the battlefield and crush
anyone who opposed him.
The Prophet's Kise.
There can be no doubt the Prophet
really sought the good of his people. He
got followers in large number.. They
were the young men of the tribes. Un
der his exhorting they abstained from
liquor and in many other ways prac
ticed their leader's precepts. But the
Prophet's teachings aroused the medi
cine men. They saw a powerful rival
rising and they combated him at every
turn. The Prophet retaliated by de
nouncing some of them as witches, and
this led to the most violent acts of fa
naticism. The reports of the religious unrest
among the Indians worried the officials
at Vincennes and at Washington.
Thomas Jefferson, writing to John Ad
ams, declared the Prophet was more
rogue than fool. Governor Harrison
addressed a letter to the Indians, beg
ging them not to be misled. "My chil
dren," he said, "tread back the steps
you have taken, and endeavor to regain
the straight road which you have aban
doned. The dark, crooked and thorny
path you are now pursuing will lead to
endless woe and misery. Who is this
pretended prophet who dares to speak
In the name of the great Creator? Ex
amine him. Is he more wise and vir
tuous than you are yourselves, that he
should be selected to convey to you
the orders of God? If God has em
ployed him, he has doubtless authorized
him to perform miracles that he may be
known and received as a prophet. If
he is really a prophet, ask him to cause
the sun to stand still, the moon to alter
Its course, the rivers to cease to flow,
or the dead to rise from their graves."
This challenge was unfortunate. The
Prophet took it up and announced that on
a certain day he would make darkness
come over the earth. On the day ap
pointed it became dark at noon. This
was the day of the eclipse of the sun in
1806. The Prophet probably had heard the
date from some whites. Thereafter his
followers grew more rapidly. From north,
west and south came pilgrims to the
Prophet. Within one year 1600 Indians
passed through Fort Wayne on their way
to visit the Prophet. Many of these wert
from 1000 miles away. The English w-ere
known to be assisting in the excitement,
and there was fear all along the border of
a general Indian uprising.
An Indian Confederacy.
Meauwhile Tecumseh traveled far and
wide visiting the tribes of the South and
those beyond the Mississippi and awaken
ing as far as possible through the reli
gious movement of his brother a spirit of
union and harmony. He added much to
the Prophet's power by his own noble
presence and influence. In the Spring of
1808 the Prophet moved his headquarters
to land on the Tippecanoe in Indiana. He
had visited Vincennes and had talked so
plausibly to the Governor that Mr. Harri
son was deceived into believing he meant
no harm to the whites.
-But Harrison soon was undeceived, and
in the Summer of 1S10 he demanded that
the Prophet visit him again at Vincennes.
Evidently the center of the stage this
evening was not for her. "Oh, my dear!''
began the new Mrs. Jones. Tm in such
a dilemma! You know what a little cat
Suzanne Smith is? Well, she came to
me and said she thought it was awfully
mean of me to let you monopolize the
most Interesting-looking man in the room
she thinks he must be, since he's talk
ing ito you and she just has had a quar
rel with 9am Adams and she had the
nerve to ask if I couldn't make you
swap!"
Mary hesitated one tactful moment.
"Why, I'll do anything for you Nancy.
Even to giving up that fascinating Mr.
Bender."
"Is- he really anything but a stick?"
asked Nancy, with a puzzled frown.
"Is Mr. Bender a stick:" repeated
Mary, as if the idea stunned her. "Why,
Nancy'! I guess you don't know Billy
Bender"'
"Henry likes him," admitted Nancy.
''But even you must admit he looks er
rather unattractive and the other boys
make all kinds of fun of him."
"They must be jealous of him," sniffed
Mary.
"Jealous of whom?" demanded Rosa
mond Rhinestone, a tall, supercilious
blonde.
"Of Billy Bender:" supplied Mary
promptly. "Of course you know him.
Miss Rhinestone?"
"I don't think I do." said Rosamond.
Two other girls came up.
"Of course," elaborated Mary, "he
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Instead. Tecumseh went there with 40
warriors. In the council that was held
Harrison and Tecumseh each distrusted
the other's good faith at first. The Gov
ernor had intended the meeting should be
on the portico of his house, but Tecumseh
refused to go there. He suggested a near
by grove. "The earth r my mother, and
on her bosom will I repose," he said.
Tecumseh's speech was to the effect
that the Great Spirit had given this g-eat
island (America) to his red children and
had r"t the whites on the other side of
the .water. The whites, not contented
with their own, had taken that of the red
men. They had. driven the Indians from
the sea to the lakes, and the Indians
could go no further. The whites had taken
upon themselves to say this land belongs
to the Miamis, this to the Delaware?, and
so on. The Great Spirit intended the land
as the common property of all.
"Since the peace was made," he con
tinued, "you have killed some 3iiawnees.
Winnebagocs, Delawares and Miamis, and
you have taken our land from us. and I
do not see how we can remain at peace
if you continue to do so. You try to force
the red people to do some injury. It is
you that are pushing them on to do mis
chief. You endeavor to make distinc
tions. You wish to prevent the Indians
doing as they wish to do unite and to
consider their lands as the common prop
erty of the whole. You take tribes aside
and corrupt them. By your distinction of
Indian tribes in allotting to each a par
ticular tract of land you want them to
make war with one another.
'Brother, this land that was sold to you
was sold only by a few. If you continue
to purchase our lands this- way it will
produce war among the different tribes.
(Brother, you should take pity on the red
people and return to them a little of the
land of which they have been plundered.
The Indian has been honest in his deal
ings wilh you, but how can we. have con
fidence in the white people? When Jesus
Christ came on earth you killed him and
nailed him to the cross. You thought lie
was dead, but you were mistaken. You
have many religions, and you persecute
and ridicule those who do not agree with
you. The Shakers are good people. You
have Shakers among you, but you laugh
and make light of their worship. You are
counseled by bad birds. I speak nothing
but the truth to you."
General Harrison's answer was that the
lands recently bought belonged to the
Miamis. It was absurd to say the Indians
were one nation or the lands were owned
in common. If the Great Spirit had meant
the Indians to be one nation he would not
have put different tongues into their
heads. The Shawnees had no right to
com; from a. distant country and control
the Miamis in the disposal of their prop
erty. Almost a Row.
This angered Tecumseh and he spoke so
vehemently in reply and aroused his fol
lowers to such a pitch of excitement that
it was feared for a few moments there
would be " bloodshed. The Governor's
Guard was called out and the council
closed in confusion.
Next day Tecumseh and Harrison had a
talk with only a few persons present.
Harrison promised to submit Tecumseh's
argument to the Great Chief of the Sev
enteen Fires tthe President of the seven
teen United Stales).
"Well," said Tecumseh, "I hope' the
Great Spirit will put sense enough into
his head to direct you to give up this
land. He is so far off he will not be
injured by the war. He may sit in his
town and drink his wine while you and
I have to fight it out."
The Governor said he had one request
to make. In case of war he hoped Te
cumseh would prevent the cruel and
disgraceful method Indians practiced
doesn't care for the average sort of
girls. And perhaps they wouldn't care for
him for the simple reason that they
wouldn't understand an unusual type.
He's so refreshingly different and origi
nal." Henry Jones overheard this last re
mark and whispered in Mary's ear:
"Keep up that line of advertising and
you'll make Billy as popular as a new
religion in Boston!"
Mary just had time to prompt Billy in
his new role before he was introduced
to the young women, now eager to make
his acquaintance. She told him several
things to say to each one. which he
took the precaution to put down In
shorthand on his cuff.
His sudden success brought wisdom to
the shy Bender, accustomed to hiding
his light under a bushel. Yet it turned
his head just enough to relieve the self
consciousness that usually held him
tongue-tied.
After dinner Mary did some lobbying
for her bashful protege. Henry' Jones
called it hypnotism. He was delighted
to see the four good-looking and popular
young men with whom Bender shared a
home glower at the ugly duckling of the
flock as he developed swan qualities
right before their eyes.
"Say. Rusty." complained Sam Adams,
buttonholing Jones, "that Bender is a
wolf in sheep's clothing! Here we've
been warting our pity on him all along."
Henry thought the age of miracles had
returned when, as their guests were de
Tretinoin
toward women and children and those
no longer In a situation to resist. Te
cumseh agreed and kept his promise.
From the council with Harrison Te
cumseh turned South. He visited the
Semlnoles, the Creeks and the Musko
gees and was successful in getting their
promise to take the warpath if the time
for a general Indian uprising came.
From one nation to another he traveled
in the Southern country, and in only
one in Mississippi was he opposed.
There Tecumseh, who probably had im
bibed a little of his brother's mysticism
and pretentions to prophecy, turned on
the chief who opposed him and said:
"Your blood Is white. You do not be
lieve the Great Spirit sent me. You shall
know. I leave here directly and go
straight to Detroit. When I arrive there
I will stamp "on the ground with my
foot and shake down all your houses
here." Tecumseh departed, A few
weeks later there was an earthquake
and every house in the village was de
stroyed. The Indians shrieked, "Tecum
seh has got to Detroit!" It is an estab
lished fact that the earthquake oc
curred the very day Tecumseh reached
Detroit.
Tecumseh found all the work of years
wrecked when he reached Detroit.
While he was in the South General
Harrison had gathered a large force of
regulars and volunteers and marched
on the Prophet's town. The Prophet,
disregarding Tecumseh's orders to
avoid an open rupture, had roused his
followers to frenzy by his incantations
and his promises that the bullets of the
whites would not harm them. The In
dians attacked Harrison before daylight
on November 7, 1811, and after a des
perate fight were routed. The Prophet
kept at a safe distance and fled 'when
he saw his force defeated. He explained
the defeat by saying he made a mis
take in compounding his concoction.
But Tecumseh was not to be checked
by this disaster. He went to work
gathering his scattered people and
brought order out of chaos. Early in
the Spring he visited Fort Wayne and
asked to be sent to Washington to see
the Great Chief of the Seventeen Fires.
Permission was refused. Then he asked
for ammunition. This, too, was refused.
He felt exceedingly bitter toward Har
"TEACHING A WORM TO TURN"
BY HELENA SMITH DAYTON
parting, he heard Nancy urging Mr.
Bender "to come over to dinner next
Tuesday to meet her friend Miss John
son from Chicago!"
Henry Jones overtook Mary on the
avenue one afternoon two weeks later.
"I want to talk to you about that
erstwhile shrinking violet Bender." he
said abruptly. "He's malving no end of
trouble. Can't you think of some way
of putting him back in his shell?"
"What! Undo one of the most artistic
bits of work I've accomplished in a long
while?" demanded Mary. indignantly.
"I'm proud of that . negative I devel
oped." "I don't, mind his taking Suzanne
Smith to see 'The Watched Kettle," nor
going to musicales with Miss Rhinestone
and suffrage meetings with Miss Telham.
nor calling two evenings a week on
Elizabeth Evans and cutting out the
other fellows. But when I hear nothing
else from Nancy but 'Billy Bender this'
and 'Billy Bender that,' it's going too
far:"
"I thought you wanted Nancy to like
vour dear old friend Biily:" reminded
Mary-
"I wanted her to . tolerate him,"
growled Henry.
"I can't prevent Mr. Bender being as
fascinating as nature intended him to
be!" declared Mary innocently. "And I
think it serves those conceited bachelor
friends of his perfectly right for him to
et back at them for some of the un
8
rison for the destruction of the Froprn
efs town and he announced that if he
could not go to the Great Chief or if h
could not get ammunition he would so
to his British father and would not be
denied by him.
And lie did. The first battle of thw
Warof 1832 was fought at River Raisin.
A force of 70 Indians and 40 Brit
ish soldiers, commanded by Tecumseh,
defeated an American detachment un
der Major Van Home. Thereafter Te
cumseh was the most brilliant soldier
in the British service in the lake dis
trict. For his stubborn bravery at the
battle of Brownstown he was made a
brigadier-general. The surrender of
General Hull added much to Tecum
seh's influence among the Indians and
his force of redmen outnumbered the
British. Tecumseh was successful in
nearly all his engagements in 1812, but
in 1813 there was a turn in the tide.
With General Proctor he besieged Har
rison in Fort Meigs and made such,
headway that he thought the fort sure
ly would fall. But it didn't. In July
there was another attempt to capture
Fort Meigs, but this, too, failed. An
attack on Fort Stephenson, which was
defended by the youthful Major Crog
han, was equally unsuccessful, and then
came the Battle of Lake Erie between
Perry's fleet and that of Barclay. This
contest was witnessed by Tecumseh. It
vessels lie ever naa seen ana ne was
deeply Impressed.
After the Battle of Lake Erie Proctor
retreated up the Detroit River. It was
not until he reached the Thames that
he halted. Early in the battle of Oc
tober 5. 1813. Tecumseh was killed.
When he fell the Indians fled. Before
the battle Tecumseh had predicted his
death. With liim fell the Indian con
federacy. He erred in supposing the
whites could be turned back. Had he
lived a century earlier he might have
had a larger measure of success. He
waa greater than Pontiac, far greater
than Joseph Brant. He was defeated,
but through the inherent superiority of
civilization rather than through lack
of ability. As commander, diplomatist,
orator and statesman he ranks the
Inchest of his race.
Copyright. 1910. by Richard Spillan.
merciful guying he's endured at their
hands: Besides, It s not as if they really
were engaged to any of. the young1
ladies:"
"They might be if this incredible stats
of affairs hadn't developed," said Jonea
gloomily,
"No accounting for feminine taste,"
murmured Mary.
"How much longer have we got to keep
up this Bender business?" groaned Suz
anne Adams. The other girli !ookd
questioningly at Mary Zeal, as sh nib
bled one of Nancy's "hand-made" tea
cakes. "Relief is at hand," said Mary calmly.
"And I want to congratulate you girls on
the success of the scheme. Now this is
to be kept secret until certain gentlemen
have been brought to time. Encouraged
by his success. Mr. Bender has gained
courage to win a girl whom he always
has admired and who, it seems, always
has liked him. The engagement will be
announced soon."
"May I use your phone, Nancy?" asked
Suzanne. "I think I'll accept Sam's invi
tation for this evening. He has been
teased enough."
"The only danger of helping a worm
to turn," remarked Mary, "is that onca
started it is liable to roll like a hoop. If
I hadn't known about that other girl I
never would have dared suggest Wm
plot.. A turned worm is a dangerous nl-,
mai."