Elkswatawa : $b or, The prophet of the west. A tale of the frontierFrench, James Strange
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Elkswatawa : $b or, The prophet of the west. A tale of the frontier
French, James Strange
Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811 -- Fiction
We must now return to Kenah, the Prophet's messenger. Having left the
wigwam of Netnokwa, dissatisfied with his visit, and vowing vengeance
against its inmates, he continued his wanderings for the purpose of
still farther disseminating his doctrines. Journeying among her own
tribe, every day gave him proofs of the great influence she wielded,
and he saw that it was vain to attempt to effect any thing, while in
her own lodge she permitted the doctrines of the Prophet to be
ridiculed, and his agents to be treated with derision and disrespect.
Satisfied with the correctness of this opinion, and not being able by
his own means to counteract the effect which the sentiments there
uttered were likely to produce, he at once bent his steps towards the
camp of the Prophet, determined to lay the matter before him, and to
ask his interference. In doing this, besides the desire he had widely
to disseminate the doctrines he was preaching, he was angered to find
himself thwarted by one of that hated race, whose destruction he was
plotting; and he resolved within his own mind, that if he could obtain
the Prophet's consent, she should expiate her offence by death.
Having arrived in the country on the Wabash, he lost no time in
searching out the Prophet, whom he found engaged as he had left him,
in exciting and preparing the Indians for the part they were to act.
Seeking an opportunity, he gave a detail of his wanderings, and dwelt
particularly on the reception he had met with at Netnokwa's lodge, and
the opposition he had encountered to the propagation of his doctrines,
in the person of a pale face girl. He urged the necessity there was
for removing her, together with the Indian maiden, who was entirely
under her influence; and likewise, the propriety of adopting some
strong measures relative to Netnokwa. He urged this the more, because
he believed her at most lukewarm in her support of his doctrines, and
feared that from the high place she held in the affections of the
Indians, she might, if permitted to waver in her opinions, destroy at
any moment, the influence which he had already obtained among them. He
was angered, and his thirst for vengeance caused him to urge with
great eagerness, the immediate adoption of some strong plans.
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