Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-01-26
Tecumsehs Honor.
~ NDr,>'s VOID ,>O o,.rrrrDs.

A. NurIN's NoEo lNo o,,rlrrDs.
A cousspo.dcn, Of N, Detroit Free Pres,
rive, some deeply Interesting ansciole, of
lhs great Indian warrior an! prophet, re-
eum,sh
While the enemy ~as in fll possession n
the country around Monroe anj Detroit. T,.
eumssh, with large band II hi, W,rriou
visited The riv,r RaSin. The inhabitants
along the river had been stripped Of nearly
every mean, Of Subsistence. Oh Mr R,-
ard "a fr,nchman,) who w, lame, and m.
able nv his labor to procure living for him.
,rlr and hml', conirivrJ to keep oa, Of ,.ghi
Of the wiijerins binds Of 'a'arcI, pair Of
oIer. -i,h which hi. son w,s able io pro.
cure 'rlAly support or the family. It 50
happened. that, ~hlsl, labor With the oIer,
TscumIeh, who bad come over from Maiden.
met him in the ralI suI wall o.. up 20 hin, ,
saG
NV fisnd must have those srcu Nv
yosrr men ar- v.ry hungry and th,y have
have no,sin- to ea'. We nu;, have The ol-
IN.
Youor R.arl r-m,n'ui'sd. IIc told rh-
chlsflha, ifh- TOOK rhe OI,n his h,hsr would
S,Ir,- IN death
"Wc'l, >" slid Tssumseh, "vs arc the con.
qu-rors, and everything We van, Soup !
mus, have rba o,-r nv people will ~, ,'arvo
BUT | will not Ia so mean a. 10 rob YOU Of
them. Twill pay vou 500 tol,r' icr them.
and tha, i' iar more than they are worth, bur
We must have them"
Tceum'sh .o,l white man In write an or-
der on tho British Iuliar Agent. Col. Elliot,
Who was m the rvor SONS distance bslos,
rrr the money The oxen rcre killed. large
Ere, built. ard ,h. for.,, warriors were soon
tsI.ling On their hesh.
Y-urs Rivard ,ook the order tn Col. IL
lot, wso promptly refused to paw it, saving
ave are sniilled to our support from the
country We conquered. ! will No, pay III
The yonnr man, with sauoviul heart,
returned With the answer to Trcun'sh, who
said, "ro.morrow ", will 90 ,nd s--"
In the morning 10 took Young Rivarl and
wen, to see the Colonel. On meeting him he
said
"Do you refuse to pay for the oxen Z
bought"
YES" sad the Colon,l, and no reiistaisd
the reason ior refusal.
I "I Iogch rhsm," said the chief, "ior nv
Young men. who were yer, hungry. J pro.
missed 10 pay for them, and they shall be paid
for. Ihaye alwav heard that white natioss
wen, to w,r with ,srh other, and no, with
peaceful individuals, thA,tisy did Dot rob and
rluuder poor people. Twill not"
"well," said the ColOnsl, 81 will not pay
for them"
"You ran do as you please, said the chief
-"bu, bcfor. T.,umseh and his warriors
came 10 frhl the battles Of the great Risg,
thoy had enough to eat, for which they had
only 10 thank the Master Of life and their
GOOD rifles. Their hunting grounds sup
pli,d them With food enough, TO them they
can return.
Thi, ,hrsa, produced a sudden change in
the Co'orel's mind The detection cl the
great chief h. we'll knew, would Immediately
Withdraw all the nations Of the Red Men
rrum til. British service. and, without them
they were nearly powerlsss on the frontier.
/ "wsn," said the Colonel. "If must pay
Twill
"Giye me hard money aid TOcum,ch,-
"no. rag mcney"--army bills.
The Colonel then counted out a hundred
dollars in coin, and gave them TO him. The
chief handed the money 10 young RiVard, and
then said 10 the Colonel, "Give me one dol
/ lar more" 1t was siven, and handing that
also TO Riyard, he said, Take that, 1t will
pay you for the time you have lO', in getting
your money.
MeL are frequently like tea The resl strength
and goodness is no, properly drawn out Of
them until they have been short time in hot