[Footnote 2: Tecumseh (Te-kum'seh).]
[Footnote 3: Prophet (prof'et): one who tells what will happen in
the future.]
[Footnote 4: Fire-water: the Indian name for whiskey.]
[Footnote 5: Pumpkins (pump'kins).]
203. Who William Henry Harrison was; the march to Tippecanoe; the
"Prophet's" sacred beans; the battle of Tippecanoe.--At this time
William Henry Harrison[6] was governor of Indiana territory. He had
fought under General Wayne[7] in his war with the Indians in Ohio.
Everybody knew Governor Harrison's courage, and the Indians all
respected him; but he tried in vain to prevent the Indians from going
to war. The "Prophet" urged them on at the north, and Tecumseh had
gone south to persuade the Indians there to join the northern tribes.
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