Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-31
Teoumseh's Honor.
Az lnplAr,p wenp AND oaAEltyal.


IA Coresnondent orlhe Detroit Free PrssS gives
Tie following, among other deeply Interesting mn.
6odotss Of the Rfeat Indian warrior aud prophet,
pecumseh:
Willie The enemy was In full possession Of the
country around Monroe and Detroit, lecumselb
with large bani OF his warriors, visited theIiveT
Raisin. Ihenhnbitnnts along tie river had been
stripped OF subsistence. Old Mt kIVaEd, "a
Plencbman,) who Yves lame aud unable TO procure
living for himself and family, had conlTived 10
keep out OF sight Of the wandering bands Of sa-,
vares paiT OF oxen with which bis son was nbl5
70 ptoonIs a sCanty support for The faulty lts0,
happened that, while at labor with the oxen, Te'
ouinseh, who bad come over iIOh Maiden, met him
IN The road, and walking up 10 him, Faid.
'My friend, ] must have these oxen My young
men aLe very hungry aud they huve nothing TO
eat. We must have lhs oxen"
Young RlyaTd RECONSTRUCTED. He told the chief
that II he TOOK tho oxen bis father would alaIy1 10
death. wsh A Hii.i t4i9 ~ aHa17A"
"Wel," said Fecumseh 1--WE ore the conqer-
OTs, and everything we want is ours. must have
tue OGeni my people must not slaIYej but will
not be so mean as 10 rob you Of them, viii pay
you one bundled dollars for llsn, aud that is far
more than they ore wollhj but we must have
Them" a aiil aIg r
Tecumssh got a white man to write on order on
the British Indian Hgent, Col. Elliott who prompt
ly Felusedt 10 poyili saying, Owe ore entitled 10
our support from the county we have conquered
/ will not pHyit." H
TIE young man, with scrrowlul heart, return
ed with the answerto Iecumsshj who said, "lO
morrow we will go and see" Ite Ijht
. In The morning he took young Rivnld and went
TO see The Colonel. On meeting him he said;
"Do you refuse TO pay tOr The oxen bOughtW
eyes" sald the CUloneli and he reieIated the
reason loI refusal,
al bought tlem," said the chief for my young
men, WIN were very hungry. lpTomisedl 10 pay
for them, and they shall be paid for / lGye al.
ways heard that white nations went 10 war with
each otheb andnol with.peacelul individuals; TINS
they did nolTob and plumber poor people. will
not" .HlOklitH Aldi lHFd
"WelL" said The Colonel, ~ will moi pay for
them"
'You can 10 as you please" said the chief
"but before Tecumseh and his warriors came 10
fight the Oallles Ollhe great king they had enough
TO eat for which they lad only to think tile Mas
Ter Of Life and their good niles, Their hunting
grounds supplied them with food enough, aud 10
them they can return" r.1 '.r't
This threat produced sudden change IN the
Colonel's mind. The detection O(lhe great chleI,
he well knew, would Immediately withdraw all lie
nations OF the red men from the British servlcei
and, without them, they were nearly poweIsSs on
The frontier, as GOA iEi - aHulNHA.
"Wen,p said the Colonel ''if l must pay,
will" an e.A Ne rrl ~
N"Give me hard money" said Tecumseh, "not
rag money'-(army Oils.)
| The Colonel lhen counted out n hundred dollars
| In coin, aud gave them TO him. The chief banded
the money 10 young RiYaEd, and then said 10 tie
Colonel, "give me one dollnt more" ltwOS given,
md hunding thGt also to RivaTd, he said, "l'ake
thOij il will pay you for the time you have lost IN
getting your money. a.