The Hillsborough recorder., 1854-08-23


Pspss u Nonh c,rsli=a fsirnily 10 ths essss
are Issssasd io rssy The shaas.
NOBLE INSTANCE OF INDIAN FAITH.
A correspondent of the Detroit .Free
Press gives some interesting anecdotes
Of the great Indian warrior and pro-
phet Teeumsrh:
While the enemy were I'm fnll pos
session Of the country around MosrDe
and Detroit. Tceupseh. with large
band Of his warriors, visited the river
Raison. The Inhabitants along that
river had been stripped Of nearly every
means Of Subsistence. Old Mr.. Rs
ward. Frenchpan. who was lame. and
unable BY his labor 10 procure living
for hilgself and family. had coniriyed
tl keep out Of sight af the wandering
banfs oi sayages pair uf oxen, with
which his son was able to procure a
support for the family.
IL So happened that while at labor
with the oxen. Tecumseh. who had
come over fram Maiden. met him on
the raad. and walking up to him said |:
"My friend, | must have those oxen.
Ny young men are very hungry. they
have nothing 10 eat. We must have
the axen."
I Young Ri,ard demonstrated. lie
! told the chief that IL he took the oxen
his father would siarve "a death.
| Well" said Tecunseh, 1--WE are
the conquerors. and Everything We want
is ours. | must have the oxen. my
people must not starve but will not
be 50 mean as 10 rob you Of them. |
viii pay YOU for them, and Ear more
than they are worth. but we must have
them"
| Tecumseh got white man TO write
an order ON the British Indian agent,
Col. Elliot. who was on the river some
distance below. for the money. The
oxen were killed. large fires built. and
the warriors soon ieasting IN their
aesh.
Young Ri,ard took the order 10 Col.
EIlint. who refused 10 pay IL. saving,
!" We are entitled to our support from
the country we have conquered. I
will not pay il.
The Young man, with a sorr0wfnl
heart, returned with the answer to Te-
cumseh. who said. "IIe wort pay it.
will hes Stay all night. and to.morrow
we will 90 and see"
On the next morning he took ynang
Rivard. and went down to see the Co
lionel. 0n meeting him he said, .Do
you refuse to pay for the oxen
bought %
YES" said the Colonel, and he re-
peatrd the reason for the refusal.
81 bought them," said the chief, "lor
my young men were very hungry. I
promised to pay for them, and they
shall be paid for. | have heMd that
white nations went TO war with each
other and not with peaceful individu>
ais. that they did not rob aud plumber
poor people. | will not"
"Well," said the Colonel, 81 will
not pay for them"
You can do as YOU please" said
the chief shut before Tecumseh and !
his warriurs came TO fight the battles Of
the great king, they had plenty to eat,
for which they had only TO thank the
great Master of life and their good ri.
fies. Their hunting grounds supplied
them with fou,l enough, TO them they
can return"
This threatproduced a sudden change
in the Colonel's mind. The detection
ni the great chief, he well knew, would
Immediately withdraw all the nations
'f the red man from the British SER
iice; and without them, they were
Yearly powerless on this fruntier.
Well.v said the Colonel, "if must
pay, 1 will"
Give me hard moaey," said Tecum.
'eh, met rag money"-armv bills.
The Colonel then Counted out hun
lred dollars in coin, and gave them
o him. The chief handed the money
o youngRivard, and then he said to the
,oloncl, "Give me one dollar more.o
II was given and handing that a lso !,
. Rivard he said. "'Pake that, it will
ay for the time you have lost in get !
ng your money.
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