Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-05

dramatic element OF the Shawnee tribe.
While the Prophet was said to have
been the ADLER orator OF the two, he
never spoke in council while Tecumseh
was present The idea of acting as n
broker between the Indians and the
Great Spirit first occurred to Tecumseh
and was acted upon by the Prophet,
who translated literally the
REMARKS OF THE GREAT SPIRIT
TO the red man, so as to DO we'll out OF IL
himself.
The prophet went to see Governor
Harrison in 1908, at which time he said,
among other things: "Father, / was
told YOU intended TO hang me. I was
also told, my father, that you wanted to
know whether was god or man, and
II was the former, you thought ought
not to steal horses. Is this truep"
Eyes," said the governor. "I said
that as q god you could not expect to
hold your position so long as you stole
horses. That is all / said about that"
"Then | heard also that you said we
must not drink whisky. Is that SO, my
fatherp"
"Well, said that I thought the red
brother of the Ban Baw forest and the
Jimson Weed Jungle should not drink
whisky so long as there was so much
suffering among the white men, and
also that rs a representative OF the
Great Spirit, it weakened your influ-
ence with the people and made your
prophesies read rather raw in the
papers when you got drunk. That was
VIII at / said"
The governor and Prophet soon came
to an understanding, but Prophet was
at heart free trader and loved King
George. This went on till 1910, when
ha n laftar IN prpnhnf "a
Tippecanoe, giving him further assur-
ances OF the good will OF the United
States If he would quit getting drunk
and prophesying at the same time. He
said that after the fatigue of editing q
prophecy he did not think it would be
wrong for him to take nip quietly,
especially as he was prohibitionist,
but he did not think it right for him to
try and combine prophecy and in
ebriety, "for," said Governor Harrison,
very truly and succinc tly, elf all OF US
were to put down as revelation all the
peculiar things we see while drunk our
literature would certainly suffer-"
Shortly afterwards Tecumseh was told
by the governor that he desired to see
him. Tecumseh then packed small
medicine bag made of the skin of
chipmunk with a change of clothing in
case he should be gone a long time,
and called on Governor Harrison,
during which time Tecumseh made
several ringing speeches. They
showed great thought,and were uttered
in a ''Fourth Reader" style that sounded
something like The Aged Indians
Sir John Moore" In the course of his
remarks, according to one OF the his
torians, he took occasion to say:
Father, we have been led to suppose
that you wished to land on our shores,
eat your luncheon, catch q few pickerel
and then go away. But you've come far
DER the sea, but you've went not back,
see. You have caught our largest and
most fragrant muskrats. You have
bored holes in our bee trees. You have
bathed in our rivers and especially in
Ohio river. Last fall white man killed
one of our warriors, who IS somnam-
shot while exercising one of your horses,
and then left him there till his friends
hesitated about going near him.
''Is that any way for brothers to treat
each other?
'sI know that our old chief sold to you
portion Of the United States in 1895,
but his wife did not sign the deed, and
if so, it was before she was taken apart
as required by the law.
HOW can we nave commence In tne
white people? When Jesus Christ came
on earth you killed him and nailed him
to. the cross. You admit it yourself.
The white people want the earth, and
they may get it, but in the happy hunt
ing grounds you will be able to detect
only slight flavor of white man, and
you will notice that in the SOUP"
This graphic description of the battle
of Tippecanoe will be continued next
| week. BILL NYE.