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The Prophet is a prisoner, & Tecumseh is soon to be one also...



Item # 709761

January 18, 1812

THE WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Jan. 18, 1812 (misprint of 1811 in dateline).  Page 2 has: "Louisiana" with a prefacing note: "The following are the principal features of the constitution...".
The back page has: "The Shawannoe Prophet a Prisoner" which reports: "...that the prophet was surrendered a prisoner to gov. Harrison by some Indian Chiefs; that Tecumseh, his brother, was to be surrendered also, in like manner--and that the Indian Chiefs stated that in the late engagement on the Wabash, the Indians lost 214 killed, besides a number wounded."
Sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 9 3/4 inches, very nice condition.

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Category: Pre-Civil War