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Title: Indian history for young folks
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885 Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876-
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Wars
Publisher: New York London : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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hat a comet would soon appear, and told the excited warriors thatthey should see the arm of Tecumseh, like pale tire, stivtched out on thevault of heaven at acertain time, and thatby this sign theywould know when tostrike. He declaredthat those who joinedthe war party shouldbe shielded from allharm, none of themwould be killed inbattle, and that thev c> would finally expelthe Georgians fromthe soil as far as theSavannah. It was al-most morning whenthe council adjourn-ed, and more thanhalf the braves pres-ent had resolved onwar against the Amer- •O icans. The most distin-guished of the chiefswhom Tecumseh gain-ed over was Weath-erford, a half-blood,powerful, sagacious,brave, eloquent, andhandsome. Of thosewho withstood hispersuasions, the mostnoted was Tustenug- gee-Thlucco, the Big Warrior. Tecumseh tried hard to win him over,but without avail. Angry at last, he said, as he pointed his finger in theBig Warriors face, Tustenuggee-Thlucco, your blood is white. You have taken my red
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TKCUMSEIlS SPKECH. 384 INDIAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS. sticks and my talk, but you do not mean to tight. I know the reasonYou do not believe the Great Spirit has sent me. You shall believe it.I will leave directly, and go straight to Detroit. When I get there I willstamp my foot upon the ground and shake down every house in Tooka-batcha. The event gave tremendous effect to Tecumsehs words. The comet—the blaxing arm of Tecumseh —appeared, and at about the time whenTecumseh was supposed to have arrived at Detroit there was heard a deeprumbling in the ground, and there was a heaving of the earth that madethe houses of Tookabatcha reel and totter as if about to fall. The startledsavages ran out of their huts, exclaiming, Tecumseh is at Detroit! Te-cumseh is at Detroit! We feel the stamp of his foot! It was the shockof the earthquake that destroyed New Madrid, and that was felt over theGulf region in December, 1811. The effect was electrical. The message Tecumseh had delivered to theBi

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