The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-11-25
SPEECH OF TECUMSEH.

| Hn Me name ef'the Indian Chfcfs and WarriOrs
| 10 Major General Proctor, as tAe rrfreatE-
| fattve effheir great father, fAs KiRy-
| FArRER-ListeD TO your children You
| have them now all before you.
The war before this, our British father
| pave the hatchet to his red children, when our
| old chiefs were alive They are now dead
| In that war our father wa. thrown on bis
| back by the Americans, aud our father took
the IN by the hand without our knowledge
and we are afraid that our father will do so
| again Ut this lime
Summer before last, when came forward
with my red brethren, and was ready TO take
up the Ratchet in favor of our British father,
We we're told not to be IN hurry, that he had
no, yet determined TO Ggh, tho Americans.
Listen When war WIS declared, our E,-
ther stood up and gave Us the tomahawk, aud
told us that he was then ready to strike ,he
Americans; THAT he wanted our assistance !;
and that he would certainly get US our land
back, which the American: ha,! taken from rs.
Listen You told us at that lio,e 10 bring
forward our families to this place, and we did
so and you promised TO take care Of them,
and that they should want for no,bing, while
the men would go and fight the enemy. Tha,
my's garrison that we knew nothing abo0,
them, and that our father would attend to tha,
part Of the business. You also told your red
children tha, you would take good care Of
your garrison here which made our hearts glad
Listen When we were last to he Rap
ids, il is true we gave you little assistsnce.-
Il is hard to fight people who live like ground
hogs
o. ka.
know they have fought, we have heard the
great guns, bu, know no'hipG Of what has
happened to our father with ore arm. Orr
ships have gone orc and We arc much as
,onisheGto zee our father tying mp every .hias
and preparing to FUN away another, withoa,
letting his red children know what his inicn-
tions are. You Away, told US to re main here
and take care OF our hands IL nsaese oev hearts
glad to hear that was your wish. Our great
father, the King, is our head, and you repre-
sent him. You always told rs that you would
never draw foot off b. ii.h ground but now,
father, we see you are drawing back, and we
are sorry to see our father doing SO, without
seeing the enemy. We mast compare our
fathers condIc. to a "a, animal, that carries
It's tail npon hs back, but when aHIi lighted, he
drops ii between his legs and runs OF.
Listen, father !-rhe Americans have not
yet defeated US by land; neither are we sure
that they have done SO by water; we, there
fore, wish 20 remain here, and fight the enc
my is they should make their appearance. II
they defeat Us, we will them retreat with our
father.
Al the battle of the Rapids las, war, the A.
mericans certainly defeated Us and when we
retreaied TO our fathers fort at sba, place the
gates were shut against u.s. We were afraid
tha, i, would now be the case btt Snstead of
that we now see our british father pre- pairing
to march out Of the gairiseR.
Father !--You have got the arms and ap-
munition which our great father sent Zoe his
red children. fyoo have ap idea OF going a.
way, give them to Us, aad you may go and
welcome, for US. Our lives are m the hands
Of the Grea, Spirit. We are ds,srmirscd 10. ETC.
fcnd our lands, AMI it IL be his viii we wish
tc leave o1r hooes upon them.
.fmhersthnyg, Seit tS, 1878