Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24
IATARRIOR anu ltes1nan, He Founded Religion
~ to Draw His Iac, Into One United Body
Died on the Battlefield Bnsadier General in the
Service of Fneland. ~ ~ ~ II

dered through the west and south Incl
dentally he joined the Cherokees in thell
war on the whites.
When he returned to Ohio he found his
country In turmoil. The Federal govern
ment had sent 300 regulars and ] 100 Ken
lucky volunteers into the Miami d1stric
TO destroy the Indians cornfields. Inc
Indians, egged on by the Engl1sh, VINO
retained various forts in the western
country, had committed various depreda-
lions. and it was considered about time
to punish them. Gen. Harmer, who COM
manded the expedition. was led into
ambush and his force cut to pieces soon
after Tecumseh rejoined the ShaWnees
met with disaster more crushing than
Harmer's Tecumseh was one of the
scouts of the Indian force, but was not
present at the battle.
These two victories OF the lnolans
aroused the red men to a high degree and.
perhaps, started Tecumseh to dreaming
of holding the whites in check or DRIVING
them back across the mountains But the
Indians had a far different man to oea
with the next time the federal govern
ment sent a force into the Ohio country
Mad Anthony" Wayne did not fall into
the traps that brought disaster to Har-
mer and st. Clair. He trained his men
well before he started, and when ne
moved he struck right into the heart OF
the Indian settlements on the Grand
Glaize. In the battle of Fallen Timbers
he crushingly defeated the Indians. No
one fought more gallantly m this bat
tie than did Tecumseh. Time after time
he rallied the Shawnees. and 1t was not
until the day was lost that he retreated.
One of his brothers was killed by his
side For a greater part of the battle
Tecumseh fought against regiment
commanded by William Henry Harrison.
who afterward was to he ms cn1ei an
tagonist Although neither had anything
to do with the planning of this hght, they
acted well their parts.
The defeat broke the spirit of the In
dians Wayne had laid waste their VII
lagos destroyed their crops and taught
them a bitter lesson. They were anxious
for peace, and deputation of chiefs.
headed by Blue Jacket. the Shawnee.
sent a flag to Wayne. but British agents
intercepted it. and it was not until June,
1885 that the peace of GreenVilie was
signed BY this treaty the MiamiS and
various other Indian bands relinquished
large stretches of land for settlement.
The Shawnees. however. did not agree.
Tecumseh hated that treaty as he hated
everything that gave advantage to the
whites. BY its terms he and his people
were driven farther west 1t brought
peace or comparative peace to the bor-
derIand, but 1t also brought GROVES OF
whites Each year the influx was larger
and larger. and each year the Indians
saw their lands encroached upon more
and more They held councils and dis
cussed their wrongs In these councils
Tecumseh was the principal orator. The
interpreter, Dechouset, found it difficult
to translate the lofty flights Of Tecum-
sch, although he was as well versed In
Shawnee as in French. his mother tongue.
He said Tecumseh's speech sparkled
with poetic thought. like that Of the chief
who declared 1.-The very leaves of the
forest drop tears of pity on us as We
walk beneath
In 1901 the Northwestern territory.
which comprised the land between the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. was divided.
the state of Ohio being formed as 1t is