Beadle's Dime Novels No. 138: Tim, the Scout — page 28: what you’re looking at

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30 TIM, THE SCOUT. both great in war and at the council-fire, where Tccumseh wing many by his eloquence and the Prophet by his cun- ning.” | Few Indians are impervious to flattery. Neither was the Prophet. He took the praise of the agent as his just due. “ My brother speaks truth. There are none like the two chiefs of the Shawnees. ‘We will drive the Yankees from the land, lest they let in the light on all the licks, so that there shall be no more deer in the forest. There was a time when they were very few in number, and weaker than the Sioux. They came to the Indians of the Ocean, and asked for a little land by the sea. They gave them that, for they said, these men are few, and they are very weak ; why should we not be friendiy to them? And now, where are the great tribes of the East? Where are the Mohawks, head of the Six Nations ? Where are the Pequots, the Narragansetts, the Delawares, and . the rest? Some have left their homes, and found new ones in the Far West, while others remain, and have taken a Jittle land as a gift, which was once their own. And they plant corn like the Yankees, and sell it for fire-water, and die like dogs, not like warriors. Is the old Indian spirit gone forever from their hearts? Where is Red Jacket, the great Seneca? How many hear his voice? It is silent now. But the Indi- ans of the West will strike.” : “Tt jis well,’ said the agent. “The Yankees must not possess the land of the Indians. We are gathering a great force at Malden, and we will beat the Yankees. But the In- dians must strike the fi first blow. The white men have sent a war-chief into the Indian country, and he lies ‘below Tippe- canoe. We must beat him. There are enough Indians to do that.” “The Indians are not fools,” said the Prophet, “ They are warriors, and they do not fear to take arms in their hands and fight. How many braves has the Yunkee chief brought with him ?” “They are many and strong. The slice labs will need all their men.” “There will be men enough when the time comes,” said the Prophet.. “ We will sweep the Yankees from the face of the earth. But, Indians can not fight like white men, in the comichooks.c Con 2