Pad bao cnn doh ine ie : a : - a te Ore =e. sptiget c 5 ie ‘ Ges \ ee Allan W €ckerts Ge patsi~ al | ANY Wiser cere! Adaptation By, iMinoting seen ] ; | : J Ten LTT LT = eT ms eit here ens ee! a -—- eno ell awe VAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVA here is a very special knack involved in taking the bare dry bones of history and fleshing them out so that the characters become living, breathing individuals whose actions and adventures we follow with excitement and whose pains and sorrows, joys and triumphs we can share as if we were a part of it all. Creating drama from history in this way has its unnecessarily melodramatic and, in the process, to lose the historical accuracy of what occurred and, as a result, the value of the finished work. In any work en- compassing so strong a character as Tecumseh and so complex a set of circumstances as the wresting of the Northwest Territory from the Indians, compromises must be made within the limitations of space and time; yet, | cannot help but to extend to Timothy Truman and others involved in the creation of this work my most sincere congratulations for the manner in which they have adhered to the concepts of maintaining historical accuracy in word, action, dress, and weaponry. Now, turn the pages and enjoy your plunge into history in this new and wonderfully exciting presentation. —Allan W. Eckert 1991 pitfalls, because it is all too easy to become — Ahhh hhh bh hh hh hhh hh hhh hh hh hh hhh hhh hhh hh hh hha Tecumseh! Allan W. Eckert Author Timothy Truman Artist Valarie Jones Editor Based on the play Tecumseh! by Allan W. Eckert Produced by The Scioto Society in Chillicothe, Ohio. Marion Waggoner, General Manager Text © 1992 Allan W. Eckert Art © 1992 Timothy Truman Published by Eclipse Books P.O. Box 1099 Forestville, California 95436 Dean Mullaney, Publisher Cat Yronwode, Editor-in Chief Jan Mullaney, Chairman Bruce Palley, Vice President Beau Smith, Sales Manager Rich Powers, Ellen Brinkley, Production First Printing, 1992 Softcover Edition ISBN 1-56060-157-4 Hardcover Edition ISBN 1-56060-156-6 Signed and Numbered Edition ISBN 1-56060-155-8 VAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVA i TECUMSEH! NAKUDE FANWI LIDAWA! TECUMSEH! THIS IS THE LAND CUHICH Gave BIRTH TO THE GREATEST SHALUNEE -- THE GREATEST INDIanN/ SOUTHLUARD OF HERE, MY CHILDREN, THERE STANDS CHILLICOTHE ON THE Banks OF THE SCIOTO RIVER -- NEAR WHERE OUR OLUN CHALAHGAWITHA was LOCATED, BEFORE THAT TOWN OF OUR FATHERS LAS DESTROUED,. NORTH- WaRDLU, ON THE PICKAWUAY PLAINS, (UERE THE VILLAGES OF HOKOLESQUA -- THE GREAT CHIEF KNOWUN as CORNSTALK! anD JUST ACROSS THE SCIOTO NORTH OF THESE WUAS KISPOKO TOMIN, VILLAGE OF THE (UaR CHIEF PUCKSINGAH, WHO Gavé HIS PEOPLE MORE THAN HIS STRENGTH anD HIS COURAGE,,, HE GAVE THEM A SON NAMED TECUMSEH: TECUMSEH Was a SON CUISE AND ABLE, FILLED CUITH VISION AND PURPOSE. BEFORE HIS TWENTIETH SUMMER HE Was RESPECTED BY ALL SHAWINEES aND FEARED BY ALL WHITES, bia cuas GOOD REASON,,, ponormaiiag | Apert in Re Ga i ai SEVERAL SUMMERS BEFORE, UITH HIS OLDEST BROTHER, | CHIKSIKA, TECUMSEH HELPED ATTACK a PARTY OF 3 WHITES ON THE OHIO RIVER SHORE NEAR THE MOUTH \, ~“4 OF THE he hate oF : » i A ht at pig Pereinns ea WaiceD Shh J ps OF 4 | ie fei) itt do 5 es iy 7 r anno TECUMSEH, THEN ONLY itianitaasnveseoiebitn: ar ef / +48 UEARS OLD, WORSHIPPED CHIKSIKA Se 7 - i gg, WITH a LOVE THAT ONLY BROTHERS Can SHARE. le a AOC FO eae re GS PESHELA ,,, NUGA,, , LUEPE-NIPE,,, STAND- 11-WUATER.., BIG OWL,., UUABETE,,, UAWILAWAY KITATE.., THIN CUARRIOR .,, OTHERS,,, hee Se nee remnaenrenowecee meio cone MANY WARRIORS, YOUNG anD OLD, WAITING THERE,,, WAITING,,, THE LONG KNIVES WERE cominG. 7 AWRIGHT, BOYS... I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED. SO AMI. BUT WE AIN'T GONNA CAMP HERE. ; LORD SAKES, SIMON KENTON /WHY NOT/Z YOU KNOW WE AIN'T ALL IRON MEN LIKE YOU / WE'RE JUST POOR DUMB HUMAN BEINGS WHAT GOTTA REST UP MAYBE ONCE'T, TWICE'T A WEEK,,,/ YOU MIGHT BE RESTIN' HERE LONGER'N YOU THINK, ™) SIKES! THIS 15 STILL SHAWNEE COUNTRY.., AND I GOT MEA BAD FEELIN“.,, LISTEN NOW -- I AIN'T GONNA SAY IT TWICE/ PUT OUT THAT FIRE! WE'RE GOIN’ BACK ACROSS THE OHIO‘FORE WE CAMP/ ANY OF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT I SAY, WELL THEN, YOU CAN CHIKSIKA! \ YOU'RE HURT IT'S NOTHING, LOOK ! THIS ONE VY TECUMSEH. GET RID OF 1S STILL ALIVE/ gimp THESE DEAD MEN/ Jin YOU ARE MY ENEMY, LONG KNIFE / FOR THAT YOU WILL DIE/ NO, PESHEWA! WE'LL ALL SHARE IN THE DEATH OF THIS TRESPASSER! VvevvvvRrRewewse VPS YOU TRIED TO STOP ME, TECUMSEH! WHYZ ARE YOU A LITTLE GIRL, AFRAID OF BLOOD Z RED HORSE / TECUMSEH / Stop! YOU FOUGHT WELL... ALL OF YOU! NOW IT'S OVER! WOULD YOU KILL EACH OTHER? BUT NOT BY YOU, RED YOUR LITTLE BROTHER ve wre IKA: ba HORSE! I’M THE LEADER TRIED TO STOP ME, CHIKS HE NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT A WHR HERE, AND I WILL DECIDE LESSON / 7 BS = WHO REQUIRES BEING /] TAUGHT! TECUMSEH FOUGHT WELL IN THE AM- BUSH. BETTER THAN L_,, BETTER THAN ANY OF YOU! ; hag a IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR WAY TO DESTROY ANY ENEMY WHO MIGHT FALL INTO OUR HANDS/ AM I TO BELIEVE THAT MY FRIEND, TECUMSEH, CONSIDERS THIS WRONG -- ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NO LESS THAN THE WHITES DO.TO US Z <4 I WOULD SPEAK, CHIKSIKA,,, 1‘M MARRIED TO YOUR SISTER! seSt eRIEND I obesfon rs EST FRI it. TOO, SAW HIM FIGHT ON MY TONGUE, BROTHER, TODAY! BUT MY EYES ALSO SAW HIM GO AGAINST OUR / TRADITIONS OF / (he oe eo ee 1 HAVEN'T YET PUT THE WORDS INTO wy 7) Neat 1 DO NOT WISH TO LISTEN My MOUTH,,, BUT THEY HAVE LONG BEEN eet a TO A CHILD SPEAKING TO IN MY HEART,,, me ae 4 HA/AND YOU CLAIM THIS WOMAN |S YOUR BROTHER, CHIKSIKAZ NOW, REDHORSE -- WILL LISTEN/ YOU ARE MY BROTHER BY WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE US DO BLOOD, CHIKSIKA/ THE REST OF 1S IT COURAGE TO TECUMSEH, WHEN THESE WHITES YOU ARE BROTHERS IN MY HEART/ TORTURE AND KILL A MAN WHO SLAUGHTER THE GAME WE NEED TO BROTHERS MUST SPEAK FROM THEIR CANNOT DEFEND HIMSELF 7 HEARTS IF LOVE 15 TO REMAIN. AND YOUNG I AM, YES,,, BUT SUCH MINE 16 HEAVY WITH SHAME AT AS THAT SICKENS ME! WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE/ FEED OUR FAMILIES 7 be I WILL GLADLY KILL ANY FOE IN BATTLE. | BUTI WILL NOT KILLA HELPLESS MAN! HE WAS OUR ENEMY. ri BUT HE DESERVED THE DEATH } OF AMAN, NOT A BEAST?! I WILL SPEAK AND YOU (= es ae SHOULD WE TURN OUR BACKS, WHAT DO T KNOW OF ge I CANNOT STAND ASIDE THEN, WHEN THESE MEN ENTER OUR SUFFERING 7 THE WHITES au AND WATCH THEM DO THIS. WE COUNTRY TO KILL US, TECUMSEH? KILLED OUR FATHER/ THEY 's MUST STOP THEM! BUT I SAY TO YOU HAVEN'T FOUGHT ENOUGH To DESTROYED OUR VILLAGES/ | YOU, RED HORSE, THERE 1S NO SPEAK AS YOU DO,,, NOR SUFFERED THEY FORCED US FROM THE ; ENOUGH J LAND WE LOVED/ ; HONOR IN TORTURING ANY_A — MAN/ ; A MOMENT AGO, YOU WERE ANGRY ENOUGH TO KILL ME! TAKE MY KNIFE/ PIERCE MY HEART NOW IF WHAT 1 SAY ISN'T TRUE! I --I COULD NOT KILL You IN BECAUSE THERE'S NO HONOR IN IT7 WHAT SUCH A WAY... HONOR, THEN, WAS THERE FORUSINHIS DEATH? IF THE CHOICE 1S BETWEEN TRADITION AND HONOR, WHO HERE WOULD CHOOSE TRADITIONZ i NOT I, I, TOO HAVE FELT THE SHAME = MY BROTHER SPEAKS OF, WHO HERE HAS NOTZ \ b wie I, FROG HUNTER, AM TECUMSEH, I : THE OLDEST HERE! 1 HATE VOW 10 YOU THAT ! THE WHITES, AND WITH THIS KNIFE Stee Sahl | a N y HAVE TORTURED MANY PRISONERS! CREATURE. BUT IT WILL DRAW\, 4 No co8 TECUMSEH'S WORDS ARE GOOD! WE WILL WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS. ALL GIVE THIS SHEMANESE SHAWNEES WILL LEARN NOT ONLY A BURIAL OF RESPECT TO SEAL OUR YOW. OF HIS BRAVERY THIS DAY, BUT ALSO OF HIS WISDOM! fi a om i di MEANUHILE, NOT FaR AWAY, THE BIG FRONTIERSMAN NaMED SIMON KENTON aids a FEC STRAGGLING SURVIVORS HURRIED TO CROSS THE OHIO RIVER TO SAFETU. WITH THEM Was a PRISONER id See eh am the .. WHAT'S WRONG WITH You, iy) «=©60KENTONZ/I GOT A RIGHT TO KILL THIS i INJEN IF'N I WANT-- ‘SPECIALLY AFTER WHAT A. THEY DONE TOUS! I'M TAKIN’ HIS SCALP/ YOU HEAR oer NOT ‘LESS You ™ AIM TO KILL ME FIRST, TOMPKINS, : HE'S A MAN, NOT A HAWG BEIN’ SLAUGHTERED. I AIM TO QUESTION HIM, $0 HE AIN'T BEIN’KILLED, \ NOT NOW... NOT LATER! ib ELS EB NOW GET OUT OF HERE. BOTH OF YOU. ‘FORE I LOSEMY jf o TEMPER,,, DANGED HEY...YOU SPEAK ENGLISHZ ALL MEN DIE... eSNG W You. INJEN-LOVER,., YOURE A MAKLIJAY SHAWNEE By. LEANING TREE GAH YOu... YOUR MARKIN’S. RECKON YOU KNOW NOT AFRAID... + R WHEN YOU AIN'T GONNA MAKE IT. f YOU SHAWNEE : “ MACKACHACK... HUH! WELL, YOUR WAR PARTY CHIKSIKA. HEARED TELL WHIPPED US GOOD, AND WITH LESS OF HIM, WHAT ABOUT THIS MEN THAN US, TOO. WHO FIGURED TECUMSEHZ YOUR ATTACK7 : ONE DAY, MAYBE,, HE KILL YOU. CHIKSIKA. AND... TECUMSEH. SONS OF WAR CHIEF PUCKSINWAH, WHO DIE... MANY SUMMERS AGO. SOON BE GREAT INDIAN... GREATER THAN FATHER. GREATER THAN BROTHER. ONE DAY EVERY- ONE SEE.,, s Hh THE SUMMERS PASSED, ANDALTHOUGH , (UE RESISTED, THE CUHITE MEN CON- TINUED TO FILL OUR LanD. THE LONG KNIVES CROSSED THE RIVER, BURNING OUR TOLUNS AnD CROPS, LOOTING anD KILLING. ve wwyv vwvTvvwvwvVvVvwWwvv wy $00nN, TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES SaFé, THE SHAWUINEES BEGAN F*MovinG NORTHWEST. IT UaAsS ATST, AND TECUINNSEH Was 49 YEARS OLD... TECUMSEH, I BEG You! WHAT YOU DO AFFECTS THE FUTURE OF OUR WHOLE TRIBE! THIS, THE SADDEST TIME IN ALL SHAWNEE HISTORY, COULD BE LIGHTENED IF ONLY YOU WOULD COME WITH US/ YOU HAVE ALWAYS LED US WELL, CHIEF KIKUSGOWLOWA. YET I CAN‘T AGREE WITH YOUR PLANS.,, AND I CAN'T GO WITH YOU! NOR CAN I SAY WHICH COURSE OTHERS MIGHT FOLLOW... ...1'M NO CHIEF. SO WHAT YOU ARE WRONG! ‘Your INFLUENCE / THAT'S WHY DO MEAN oF AMONG OUR PEOPLE 1S ALREADY MUCH { | CAN'TGO WITH } 1 SAY OR NE TITTLE 4) GREATER THAN THAT OF MANY CHIEFS / YOU. WE MUST YOU'VE FOUGHT MANY BATTLES WITH THE STOP THEM/ LONG KNIVES/ THEY'VE COME TO FEAR You/ BUT EVEN YOUR GREAT ABILITY COULD NOT PREVENT 4 THE WHITES FROM FLOAT- 62) ING DOWN THE SPAY- = LA-WI-THEEP! \N _,, AN’ NOW, SIMON, DO YOU ACCEP'MARTHA HERE AS YOUR LAWFLIL- WEDDED WIFE, TO HAVE A AN’ TO HOLD, TO LOVE AN’HONOR AN’ OBEY, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH AND ALL THAT BUSINESS, ‘TILL DEATH DO YOU PART 7 HOLD YOUR FIRE. HE'S ALONE AND UNARMED. STAY READV. I'LL SEE WHAT HE (Of ae” I COME IN PEACE. YOU KNOW ME, LETS KILL YOU TOOK A BIG YOU ARE THE ONE CALLED AND [ THINK I KNOW *{M, SIMON! RISK SIMON YOON I COME YOU. AIN'T YOU “ Diba?” BLUE JACKET7 A™ 5 Sinn, hee a yoy gaia as : YOU HAVE SHAWNEE % sr CMM STE: AND 994 ~_~PRISONERS. WE HAVE WHITE RESPECT THE TRUCE Ss a PRISONERS. WE WANT OUR PEOPLE FLAG. a 4 4 «BACK. YOU WANT YOURS. WILL You é 4 1} AGREE TO A PRISONER EXCHANGE? eae f (hh TECUMSEH AGAIN! EVERYWHERE I GO, I HEAR ABOUT HIM, { G Va ie WE HAVE ADOPTED MANY, Unley ped / BUT WE WILL GIVE THEM UP BECAUSE |; MOST OF YOUR WE WANT OUR OWN PEOPLE BACK PRISONERS. ; EVEN MORE. RRR «IE. |; MEET US ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE OHIO, ACKOSS FROM HERE, ON THE DAY AFTER THE NEXT FULL MOON. We SLL ME ET IN TEMPORARY EACE. , Loe o£ AMI COULD BE MORE'N JUST THAT I DONOT NO MORE THAN IF THERE |S TROUBLE, IT WILL THAT. MAYBE WE COULD TALK KNOW, BLT IT WEARE.ALL = START FROM YOUR PEOPLE, NOT ABOUT A PERMANENT PEACE 7 WOULD BE GOOD. } RIGHT,We'LL OURS. WE VE GIVEN OUR WORD TO MAYBE SET A NEW TREATY 7 OUR PEOPLEARE / BETHEREWITH COME IN PEACE. WE WILL! WEARY OF WAR. OUR PRISONERS. a pete JUST KEEP HOLD OF THEM HOT- HEADED YOUNG BUCKS OF YOURS, HEAR @ f aa THE NEW CHALAHGAUWITHA VILLAGE ON THE LITTLE Miami RIVER : btn: MY HUSBAND WASEGOBOAH,,, DO YOU THINK THERE MIGHT REALLY BE PEACE Z / L DON'T KNOW YOUR LITTLE BROTHER TECUMAPESE, TENSKWATAWA 15 TO BE INCLUDED I HOPE So. IN THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. I ONLY HOPE THAT HE WILL NOT LET HIS TONGUE WAGGLE TOO FREELY -- AS USUAL/ TECUMAPESE/ TONIGHT 15 THE TIME, SISTER! TODAY I AMAMAN, AND SIT AT MY FIRST COUNCIL WITH OTHER MEN/ CAN YOU REALLY BE SO / GROWN UP7AH, TENSKWATAWA WO/1 AM No ,, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY BABY BROTHER... 1-- I'M SORRY, TECUMAPESE,,. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SPEAK To You 50 SHARPLY, IT'S JUST THAT I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SIT AT COUNCIL, AND EXPRESS MY VIEWS,,, IN COUNCIL, LITTLE BROTHER, (T IS OFTEN MORE IMPORTANT TO LISTEN THAN TO SPEAK! BABY/IAMA yy / AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE HOME, SISTER mee CHIKSIKA! TECUMSEH! IT'S GOOD TO SEE You is ES eae aoe Sz Se 2] ray a = wy 2S aj oe jc Wy; A are) oO w~ S<- ZES< S

10 1791, OUR PEOPLE WON ' THEIR GREATEST TRIUMPH )) WITH THE DEFEAT OF THE E AMERICAN GENERAL ARTHUR ST. CLAIR’S GREAT ARMY! WE y MP LOST SIXTY SIX WARRIORS, m. BUT OF $T. CLaiR'S NINE HUNDRED and TMWENTY 4 SOLDIERS, (UE KILLED SIX , | HUNDRED anD THIRTY-TWO! *; | THE SNOW WUASREDWITH Ff | THEIR BLOODS Sento — ae ae « tae nie UET, THE NEXT GEAR, GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE DEFEATED US : OT CHE PLACE CALLED FALLEN TIMBERS. IN THE TREATY OUR CHIEFS SIGNED WUE LOST HALF OF OUR OHIO COUNTRY LanD..,, Z at tll & INCLUDING THE VERY GROUND UPON WHICH CHALAHCALUET HA . )-- THE TOWN OF TECUMSEH'S CHILDHOOD -- HAD stoop! | — acres act NSN Nae NR IO ET PE a andl m_ OPPOSED TO THIS TREATY, TECUMSEH, ALONG WITH a FECU FOLLOWERS, LEFT THE SHAE TRIBE, FOR HE COULD NO LONGER aGREE WITH THE TERMS ACCEPTED BY HIS CHIEFS. BUT DURING THOSE YEeaRs HE OFTEN RETURNED tO THE SITE OF CHALANGAWITHA, TO ONCE AGAIN FEEL BENEATH HI§ FEET THE LanD HE LOVED SO DEAaRLU... ALREADY, SETTLERS WERE CLaIMInG His PRECIOUS HOMELAND, OH, MOTHER! LooK AT / THE LOVELY FLOWERS: REBECCA GALLOWAY/ DON'T GO RUNNING OFF LIKE THAT IN THE Se JAMES! DON'T YOU BY HEAVEN, WE‘RE HERE THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING AT LAST! THIS IS THE PLACE, ALITTLE TOO FAR FROM MY DEAR/ THIS 16 WHERE WE THE WAGON 7 GALLOWAYS ARE GOING TO , SET ROOTS PERMANENTLY! $ WE CALL IT “CHILLICOTHE” BUT THE SHAWNEES CALL IT CHALAHGAWTHA 12, A THOUSAND HOMES, AND BEAUTIFUL TO BEHOLD BACKIN ‘62 / EVEN AS GENERAL CLARK ORDERED THE TOWN PUT TO THE TORCH, I MADE UP MY MIND THAT ONE DAY I'D CLAIM THIS LAND/ OH, FATHER! IT'S SIMPLY -- EASY NOW. DON'T BE AFRAID. WE'VE BEEN AT PEACE WITH THEM FOR ALONG TIME NOW. GREETINGS. MY NAME IS JAMES GALLOWAY. I SPEAK ALITTLE SHAWNEE. YOUSPEAK ENGLISH? YES! SPEAK ENGLISH! WHY ARE YOU HERE 7 WHAT DO YOU WANT 7 My FAMILY AND [ COME TO SETTLE HERE. AT LEAST,,, WE WANT TO IT WAS ONCE. IT SETTLE HERE, IF IT'S 15 NO MORE. I LIVE IN NOT YOUR LAND. WHAT YOU CALL’INDIANA COUNTRY,"FAR FROM HERE MANY DIP. THE HEARTS OF THE SHAWNEES STILL WEEP IN THEIR I'VE NEVER SEENA MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE, I ADMIRE THE SHAWNEES FOR HAVING PICKED IT FOR THEIR CHALAHGAWTHA. IT'S A LAND A MAN MIGHT WILLINGLY DIE FOR. AYE. IN WAS -HE- KEE- SHE- THAT WE KE NE CANA.,, I GREET YOU IN PEACE, JAMES GALLOWAY. IT'S GOOD THAT THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO LIVE HERE I$ ONE WHO LOVES THE LANDAND WILL NOT BREAK ITINTO PIECES TO SELL TO THIS ISMRS. GALLOWAY, WHO LOVES THI5 LAND AS I DO. AND THIS,,, - 15 OUR REBECCA, I WELCOME ALL OF YOU IN FRIENDSHIP. YOU'RE GOOD PEOPLE AND NEED NEVER FEAR HARM I MUST GO NOW. I’VE FROM THE SHAWNEES. BEEN AWAY FROM MY i PEOPLE TOO LONG. BUT I’LL COME BACK. i iNDiana TERRITORY, IBOT: DON'T HARBOR SUCH HATRED, INSTEAD, THINK KINDLY OF THEM. WHAT OTHERS SAY, TENSKWATAWA, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ONE EYE, THEY THINK YOU CAN'T BE WHOLE -- THAT YOU SEE NO BEAUTY IN THE WORLD! SISTER / THERE'S ONLY ONE WHO THINKS OF ME AS A MAN AND WHO 1 ONCE KNEWA HAWK WHO HAD ONLY ONE EYE/ALL HE COULD DO WAS FLY IN CIRCLES/ DON'T GET UPSET ABOUT YETWITH YOUR ONE EYE, YOU CAN SEE EVEN MORE.’ YOU CAN LOOK DEEPER THAN THE SURFACE OF THINGS 1.INTO THE HEARTS OF MEN / I'VE NO KIND THOUGHTS FOR THEM, DOESN'T MIND MY APPEARANCE, THAT'S MY BROTHER TECUMSEH / — ae = YOU'RE RIGHT, TENSKWATAWA. OFTEN | DON'T THERE'S NONE BETTER THAN UNDERSTAND HIM, TECUMSEH, HE DOES WHAT SISTER. YET HE LISTENS HE HAS TODO -- DESPITE TO ME, WANTS ME BESIDE ANY OBSTACLE/ HiM,,, LETS ME DO THINGS am. THAT HE ALONE COULD DO MUCH BETTER! FEW OF THE SHAWNEES HAVE FOLLOWED HIM, FOR FEW HAVE THE COURAGE To DEFY TRIBAL TRADITIONS. BUT TECUMSEH SEES THINGS THAT OTHERS DO NOT. HE ALWAYS HAS. BECAUSE YOU ARE PART HE WAITS FOR YOU OF THE PLAN BY WHICH OUR NOW, GO TO HIM. LOST LANDS WILLBE RETURNED TO US. TO- NIGHT HE'LL TELL You HOW THIS WILL BE. AT TIMES I THOUGHT THIS MOMENT WOULD NEVER COME! TELL ME/ AH, TENSKWATAWA,. THE TIME HAS COME TO PUT MY PLAN INTO EFFECT, AND TO TELL YOU WHAT YOUR VERY IMPORTANT PART WILL BE! MET out THEY WON'T AC- CEPT ME/ THEY WON'T OBEY ME AS THEY DO MY FIRST JOURNEY BEGINS TONIGHT-- THE FIRST OF MANY 5UCH JOURNEYS. I'LL BE GONE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. WHILE I'M AWAY, YOU WILL ACT AS CHIEF TO OUR FOLLOWERS. +e OL ee oe “es Ss TRAD 1Z How? you WERE GIVEN THE GIFT, NOT ME/ THEY WILL, AND THIS 15 WHY: YOU WILL BECOME A GREAT PROPHET TO OUR FOLLOWERS/ I'LL GIVE You PROPHESIES WHICH YOU'LL PASS ON To OUR PEOPLE. WHEN THESE COME TRUE, YOU WILL BECOME KNOWN ASA GREAT PROPHET ANDALL WILL Do YOUR BIDDING,’ | =6BUT INALL MATTERS, TENSKWATAWA, YOU MUST DO AS T Direct You! 1 UNDERSTAND, TECUMSEH / I'LL ALWAYS DOAS You SAY! YouR VISION 1S MINE / MY TONGUE 15 YOURS / a hh & h & th te ba ha te te te tn te han Ge tan ta th A eo “a | : BUT BE WARNED, TENSKWATAWA: AMONG THE ONE CALLED THE WHITES WE HAVE A SIMON KENTONZ GREAT ENEMY/ i of ‘i fy « & ie ; fe i a . BECAUSE HARRISON NO! NOT KENTON/ THE ONE I SPEAK OF 1S FAR MORE HARRISONZ HOW CAN THIS gee UNDERSTANDS US DANGEROUS/ HE COMMANDS THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS ONE SOLDIER BEA THREAT fae TOOWELL/HE'LL DO AT VINCENNES AND IS GOVERNOR OF THIS 50-CALLED TOUS 7 em «6 ANYTHING T. “INDIANA TERRITORY” “fat =! CRUSH US. HIS NAME |5 WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON / NOTHING MUST OCCUR WHICH WOULD I HAVE CONFIDENCE , NOW COME.,, IT GIVE HIM AN EXCUSE TO ATTACK! SUCH IN YOU, MY BROTHER f IS TIME FOR AN ATTACK WOULD LET DOUBT AND ) 1 i OUR COUNCIL. FEAR ENTER THE MINDS OF OUR PEOPLE! , =i | THEY WOULD DESERT US/ ALL WOULD in \ I'LL DO AS YOU SAY, TECUMSEH! ALWAYS! MY CHILDREN,,,, MY BROTHERS / YOU HAVE HEARD HINTS AND WHISPERS OF MY PLAN TO DRIVE THE WHITES FROM OUR COUNTRY/ NOW you SHALL HEAR ALL/ MY PLAN 15 READY, BUT IT WILL TAKE MUCH TIME/ I MUST TRAVEL TO Dis- TANT TRIBES TO GAIN THEIR SUPPORT! WITH THEIR SUPPORT, NO WHITE FORCE SHALL EVER AGAIN BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST us / BUT TECUMSEH,,, IF YOU'RE AWAY IN DISTANT | MY BROTHER, / LANDS, WHO'LL BE OUR CHIEF HERE AT ) TENS KW ‘TIPPECANOE 7 ae dees ondiges ¢. , THOUGHTS -- BUT LISTEN HAH/He's BuT Ji yes/AND A / WAIT/ 1 KNOW YOUR /| ~ A CHILD/ LITTLE DEVIL AT MY REQUEST, TENSKWATAWA HAS HARBORED A GREAT SECRET/ HE ISA GREAT PROPHET,,, THE GREAT- EST WHOHAS EVER LIVED! BY HIS PROPHESIES YOU WILL BE GUIDED AND DIRECTED-- AS WILL THE OTHERS WHO WILL SOON BE COMING HERE TO LIVE! YOU WILL FOLLOW HIS ORDERS AS THOUGH THEY WERE MINE/ I HAVE FOLLOWED YOU FOR MANY YEARS, a TECUMSEH. I BELIEVE IN YOU,,, BUTHOW f CAN WE HOPE TO DRIVE OUT THE WHITES WHEN WE ARE 50 FEW7 9 Se a | BLA N roe a) J bi 8) ry * A | Wh ag YOU KNOW, FROG HUNTER, THAT WITH EQUAL ARMS AND NUMBERS WE CAN DEFEAT ANY WHITE FORCE / WHEN WE FACE THEM THIS TIME, IT WILL NOT BE WITH JUST A FEW THOUSAND WARRIORS! IT WILL BE WITH A SINGLE, UNIFIED BODY OF FIFTY THOUSAND WARRIORS / SS EVEN NOW THE AMERICANS SEND MANY INDIANS WILL SOON COME WITH ALL TRIBES UNITED, THE EXPEDITIONS WESTWARD OF THE HERE TOLIVE. BUTHEARME/THIS AMER/CANS WILL BE SWEPT MISSISSIPPI/ THE FUTURE OF j VILLAGE WILL NOT BEA VILLAGE AWAY LIKE LEAVES BEFORE ALL TRIBES LIES ONLY IN UNION! OF SHAWNEES,,, OR CHIPPBWAS.,. - THE WEST WINP/ WE MUST BURYANY PAST HOSTILI- OR SIOUX,,,0R CHEROKEES! WE TIES THAT HAVE COME BETWEEN WILL BE INDIANS/ALEL OF Us/ THE WHITE LEADERS WILL SEE OUR POWER AND GIVE IN T0 OUR TERMS! IF POSSIBLE WE WILL AVOID WAR! BUT IF WAR COMES WE WILL NOT TURN ASIDE/ et Fh: aa VINCENNES, INDIANA TERRITORY, 1910. THE HEAD- QUARTERS OF GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, GOVERNOR : 7 pili ar Hine 1h oe ail TS eo OF COURSE YOU FOUND NOTHING SUSPICIOUS, CAPTAIN. THEY'RE BEING GOOD LITTLE INDIANS. THATS WHAT WORRIES ME. +1, WE FOUND NOTHING SUSPICIOUS, SIR. THE PROPHET REMAINS IN CHARGE IN TECUMSEH'S ABSENCE. THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE SINCE THE LAST RECONNAISSANCE 15 A CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THEIR VILLAGE ON THE TIPPECANOE. THE PROPHET CONTINUES PROFESS- ING PEACE, AND,,, AND WHAT ABOUT THIS 15 HIS THIRD MAJOR ABSENCE, SIR. TECUMSEH Z THIS TIME HE'S BEEN GONE ALMOST A YEAR. STILL WEST OF THE MISSI5SIPPI, WE PRESUME. THERE'S NOTHING TO INDICATE THAT HE'S PLOTTING AN UPRISING ,,, SIR... MAY 1 ee precy NO DISRESPECT, SIR, BUT THE MEN THINK YOU'RE STABBING AT SHADOWS, SOME SUGGEST THAT YOu HAVE STRONG POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS,,, AND THAT YOU WOULD BENEFIT IF A WAR BROKE OUT. a A 4 VW W tHeyreet.., f INDEED, CAPTAIN. 1 INSIST. LET ME FINISH FOR YOU, CAPTAINS THEY FEEL THAT, IF POSSIBLE, I'LL PROVOKE ANEW WAR, FOR PER- £= SONAL GAIN. 16 THAT IT 7 TH @ WELL, YES, SIR, LI GUESS THAT'S... i = ii Ss AND BYHEAVEN, THEY AREN'T FAR WRONG/ BUT THEIR REASONING IS FAULTY! IN TECUMSEH OUR GOVERNMENT FACES A GREAT AND IMPLACABLE FOE / TENSKWATAWA MIGHT BE THE VILLAGE CHIEF, BUT TECUMSEH’S OUR MAN/ GOVERNOR HARRISON, THERE'S A SCOUT OUTSIDE. SAYS HIS NAME 15 KENTON...! iF IT WERE NOT FOR US, HE WOULD ay AND WHEREVER HE GOES, PERHAPS BE FOUNDER OF AN EMPIRE THE TRIBES LISTEN,,, THAT WOULD RIVAL THE GLORY OF eo MEXICO OR PERU/ NOTHING DETERS HIM. HE'S CONSTANTLY INMOTION/ / as any ithe Puy alae dl ee a TECUMSEH SURE STIRRED UP SOME YOU HAVENEWSZ / DOWN SOUTH co" BLOOD DOWN THERE, WAY! HEAR IT, poveRNon y HE'S ALREADY SEEN THE IROQUOIS, :' a banter ee j . OTTAWA, SIOUX, AND A WHOLE PAS- BY TO SEE CHIEF BIG | mm THERE! 8 GONNA COME ABI G SIGN WARRIOR AT TUCKABAT WHEN IT HAPPENS, THEY'RE TO CHEE, INTHE ALA ' rte id get y COME A'RUNNIN’TO TIPPECANOE, : hw HAD COMP'NY, THOUGH,,, 4/7 a Me T & k ca WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME-IF IT WEREN'T ALREADY TOO LATE TO STOP HIM. GOVERNOR, I'M SCARED OF ONLY ONE INDIAN, AND HE'S TECUMSEH/ IF HE AIN'T STOPPED, THERE AIN'TGONNA BE NO UNITED STATES GUV'MINT/HE AIMS TO TAKE THIS WHOLE COUNTRY BACK! GENTLEMEN.,. WE HAVE 50ME SERIOUS. PLANNING TO DO... YOU KNOW,,, I REALLY DON'T KNOWA GREAT DEAL ABOUT YOU, EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. YOU RARELY SPEAK ABOUT YOURSELF, EXCEPT IN THE MO5T GENERAL WAY. WHY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW | IF YOU'RE MARRIED.,, DO YOU... WANT TO BEZ NO. IMNOT \ MARRIED, BECKY. YOU HAVEN'T YES, SOME DAY, THERE'S Bs ee, 430 ASKED HER ONE WOMAN IN PARTICULAR, I'VE KNOWN HER A LONG WHILE. NO. BUT 1 WISH I COULD,,, SOME DAY. HER PEOPLE MIGHT NOT APPROVE. AND IT'S HARD TO TELL HOW My PEOPLE,,, MY BROTHER.,, WOULD REACT. qyour BROTHER? THE eal 15 HE REALLY ABLE TO FORETELL THE FUTUR EZ AAAS ak Aaabaa THE PROPHESIES THAT HE IT'S GETTING LATE NOW GIVES OUR PEOPLE AL- BECKY. TIME FORME TO WAYS COME TO PASS. GET YOU HOME, THEN GOTO SEE MY BROTHER. vvyvvvvvvyvy GOODBYE, REBECCA. WILL YOU RETURN HERE SOON, TECUMSEHZ TECUMSEH, DEAR BROTHER! I'D HEARD YOU HAD RETURNED/ HEARD... YET YOU DIDNOTSTIRFROMYOUR HOUSE TOGREETME!S , !WE HEARD THINGS FROM OUR SISTER TECUMA- PESE AND HER HUSBAND WASEGOBOAH THAT YOU'RE GREATLY FEARED, BROTHER! THEY SAY YOU'VE MURDERED THREE OF OUR WARRIORS NOT MURDERED, BROTHER. EXECUTED, THEY WERE A THREAT TOME,,, TOUS. A THREAT 7 TECUMSEH, THEY WERE STIRRING UP ’ ape eas RESENTMENT... SAYING THEY HAD COME 1 PREDICTED THEIR DEATHS BEFORE TO FOLLOW YOU, NOTME! A SHOW MORNING. AND THE PROPHESY CAME OF POWER WAS REQUIRED / , TRUE/ RESPECT AND OBEDIENCE f WAS RESTORED. I SHOULD REMOVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE! WE DO WOT EXECUTE OUR OWN PEOPLE/ DO YOU UNDERSTAND? WH- WHAT'S WRONG HAS THE POWER I'VE LAID WITH YOU 7 YOU'RE ACTING #@ AT YOUR FEET RISENUP TO AS IF | WERE A BAD DEVOUR YOU 7 MUST 1 CHILD/ 1 AM THE TURN TO WASEGOBOAH Z PROPHET/ | TO LEAD IN My ABSENCE NO/ My ONLY PURPOSE IN LIFE 19 TO SERVE YOU/ I LIVE IN YOUR SHADOW GLADLY/ BUT TAKE AWAY MY PURPOSE ANDI WILL SHRIVEL AWAY/ MUST I BEG, TECUMSEH.,-4 SOON, WE WILL MEET WITH HARRISON! THEN, I MUST JOURNEY SOUTH! AFTERT MEET WITH THE SOUTHERN TRIBES, ALL WILL BE READY! sata _ MY BROTHER, I NEED YOUR HELP. CAN | COUNT ON YOuF REMOVE THAT COosTUME/ IT ONLY CAUSES FEAR AND RESENT- MENT/ HARM NOONE WHO COMES TO JOIN US/ DO YOU UNDERSTAND 7 Y- YES! OF COURSE! I'VE BEEN IM- PATIENT. FOR THAT, I'M TRULY THERE MUST BE NOMISTAKES NOW’ I'VE WARNED YOU OF GOVERNOR HARRISON / HE YEARNS FOR ANY EXCUSE TO ATTACK US/ IF HE SHOULD EVER MOVE TOWARDS THE TIPPECANOE, ABANDON THIS VILLAGE IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE OUR PEOPLE ' OUT OF REACH / 1 KNEW I COULD DEPEND ON YOU, LITTLE BROTHER. TOGETHER WE ARE STARTING A NEW WORLD FOR OUR PEOPLE. THEY'VE ARRIVED, SIR! THEY'RE ENTERING cAMp/ fle — ro ON itv a GREETINGS, TECUMSEH. I WELCOME YOU IN FRIENDSHIP. THE COLDNESS IN MY , HEART, GENERAL HARRISON, LEAVES LITTLE ROOM FOR FRIENDSHIP/ oe \. J THE UNITED STATES THE LANDS YOU HAVE JUST TAKEN TE ae a IN THIS “INDIANA TERRITORY“ ARE OUR WHUNTING LANDS/WE WILL NOT GIVE LANDS FROM THEIR RIGHTFUL THEM UP. YOU MUST LEAVE THEM: aa ries FS OF THE WHAT YOU SAY IS NOT TRUE! NO : : VILLAGE CHIEF CAN SELL THOSE tere [fase A peng S LANDS 10 YOU! WE WILL PUNISH ALL INDIANS/AND WHAT You THOSE WHO TRY/ - oh HAVE TAKEN 15 /A/D/AVV LAND/ WRONG! THE MIAMIS OWNED IT. DO NOT INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELL YOU AMERICANS ARE ENGLISH, THEIR LAND IF THEY WISH. IF YOU GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH,,.ALL FEEL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CHEAT- SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, ED OF YOUR SHARE, WE HAVE ’ BUT UNITED AS AMERICANS / BROUGHT GIFTS FOR YOU. | . 17'S RIDICULOUS TO SAY THAT THE Pe oe a ey ONE PEOPLE: T SPIRIT MEANT THIS 7 TH : THUS, TOO, ARE THE MANY DIFFER- 0 BE, THEN WHY DO THE DIFFER ENT TRIBES UNITED UNDER MY ENT TRIBES 3 Dee cies ) DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP! WINNEMAC/ You WERE ONE OF THOSE WHO ARRANGED THE SALE OF OUR LAND TO THE AMERICANS! TELL THIS GENERAL BY WHAT RIGHT YOU DID $0/ Bo, gio ey Sica a THIS 1S HOWGOOD'YouR TITLE 16 / THERE ARE THE TRUE CHIEFS Vt fe THIS WINNEMAC WAS A OF THIS TERRITORY! THERE ig . ARE THE CHIEFS OF THE Bee MINOR VILTAGE CHIEF WYANDOTS, THE POTAWA- : TOMIES, AND THE WiINNEBAGOS/ WHITE LOON, CHIEF OF THE MIAMI5, WILL SAV IF HIS TRIBE SOLD YOU LAND/ NO MORE / HE HAS NO MORE RIGHT TO I AMROUNDHEAD, CHIEF OF THE WYAN- SELL LAND THAN ACHILD HAS TOSELLA ff DOTTS/ WHAT TECUMSEH SAYS 1S TALE! FATHER'S HORSE/ AND YOU HAD NO WE ARE TRIBES NO MORE ! WE ARE / RIGHT TO BuY/ INDIANS/ AND THIS IS INDIAN LAND! WE BOUGHT THIS LAND FAIRLY! IF NECESSARY, OUR TITLE WILL BE DEFENDED BY THE SWORD/ I DO NOT WISH TO MAKE WAR ON THE UNITED STATES! BUT IF YOU HAVE NOT LEFT THIS LAND IN FOUR MOONS, WE WILL TAKE tT FROM YOU/ S00n aFteRwarD, Tecumsen LEFT FOR THE SOUTH, and HIS LasT GREAT MEETIN WITH THE SOUTHERN TRIBES. aS always, He LEFT THE VILLAGE aT TIPPECANOE IN THE HANDS OF HIS BROTHER, Tenskwatawa, THE PROPHET, DURING THIS TIME, THE PROPHET = MaDe A GREAT MISTAKE. WISH: | | 7 é €243 om : Ing TO Make HIS POWER KNOWN : , | | GiILLiIam HENRY LO THE AMERICANS, TensKwatTawma sore | HARRISON, THE BENT $0ME OF His aRRIORS ON : Py GREAT ENEMY, & RAID, THE THEFT OF a FEMI COWS \ ee - Wasas Smart | and HORSES (UAaS ALL THE EXCUSE : i. - as HE Wuas f _ THAT HARRISON NEEDED TO LAUNCH | oe Eon pangeRous. ~ A RECONNAISSANCE IN- FORCE! cee’ oom _ TECUMSEH as ea ay SF NE, AND THE ROPHET HAD BE- COME ARROGANT. ; j r, x ye» + ne - HarRison's Government THE ENEMY IS BEFORE US! c Hap eeeBiDDen HIMtO 4 THE PROPHET | THEY WAIT FOR DAWN TO tH Ly FIRST! WHITE. | attack THE INDIANS On EX TO COME TO | ATTACK! MEN CANNOT FIGHT IN THE TIPPECANOE DIRECTLY. INS Hia/ ' THE DARK! WE MUST RE \ SMASH THEM BEFORE , | BA THE SUN RISES/ NO! WE MUST NOT ATTACK! TECUMSEH CHAU- BE-NEE/ YOU ARE CHIEF TENSKWATAWA/ YOU KNOW ME Wwe LL! WARNED THAT THEY MIGHT COME AGAINST IE OF THE SAC TRIBE, BUT YOU I SAY THERE 15 EVIL IN YOUR HEART! US! HE'LL BE BACK SOON/ WE MUST FALL ARE NO CHIEF HERE/ YOU WE MUST MOVE AWAY/ THIS WAS BACK AND AWAIT HIS ORDERS/ - : TEMPT DEATH BY TECUMSEH'S ORDER! ING YOU LIE, WASEGOBOAH / 2 YOU WISH TO TAKE POWER oepiaat cteco ae ied FOR YOURSELF / TECUMSEH PROPHESIES BY WHICH SENT HIM AWAY/ NEVER ANERROR7 TENSKWATAWA! You SILENCE! S/LENCE, TECUMAPESE, KNOW THAT TECUMSEH | OR I WILL ORDER YOUR DEATH/ WOULD NOT PERMIT THIS: HEED THE WORDS OF CHAU- BEE-NEE AND WASEGOBOAH AND-- L'VE SPOKEN TO THE GREAT SPIRIT/ HE EASED MY FEARS, AND NOW HE SHALL | EASE YOURS/ I CALL ON HIM NOW TO SAY TO YOU WHAT HE TOLDME/ OH, GREAT SPIRIT... SPEAK! SPEAK! “WARRIORS OF TIPPECANOE! DO NOT FEAR THIS ARMY/ IT CANNOT HARM YOU! THOUGH AT FIRST SOME OF YOU MAY FALL, YOU WILL RISE TO FIGAT, AGAIN. “THE WORDS OF THE PROPHET ARE TO BE OBEYED, FOR HE SPEAKS MY WORDS / “YOU CANNOT BE HURT! YOU CANNOT DIE! THERE CAN ONLY BE GREAT VICTORY! *G0/ PAINT your Faces! | $EE TO Your WEAPONS | “wie THEM! WHEN YOU,,, HEAR MY DRUM.., suledieonate isa TECUMAPESE,..OH TECUMAPESE! LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TOME! PLEASE,,, HELP ME / 'T WOULD BE A FAVOR TO KILL YOU, ' TENSKWATAWA, WERE I TO LET MY HAND HAVE ITS WAY / MANY OF OUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD. THOSE WHO WEREN'T KILLED HAVE FLED BACK TO THEIR OWN TRIBES, WITH WORD OF YOUR DEFEAT AND THE SMELL OF FEAR AND DEATH FOLLOWING THEM/ IN ONE DAY You'VE DESTROYED YOU ARE A LIAR, ACHEAT, A FOOL : I WILL NOT KILL YOU, BUT YOUR WHAT IT HAS TAKEN OVER TEN FILLED WITH THE LUSTFORPOWER.A DEATH BEGINS THIS DAY. IT WILL SUMMERS TO BUILD--AND WHICH YOU ARE NOLONGER THE PROPHET/¥ BE YEARS INCOMING, FOR EACH NOW CAN NEVER BE REBUILT/ IN YOU ARE NO LONGER MY BROTHER/ DAY YOU WILL DIE A LITTLE MORE. ONE DAY, YOU'VE DESTROYED THE YOU WILL BE WITHOUT FAMILY OR HOPES OF ALL INDIANS / : FRIENDS. AND-WHEN AT LAST : DEATH COMES FOR YOU, NO LIVING CREATURE WILL MOURN. GO NOW. I AM FINISHED WITH YOU. ON DECEMBER 16,1811, a MONSTROUS EARTHQUAKE ROCKED THE EASTERN HALF OF-THE CONTINENT. THE LAND ROARED. © THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLED. ENTIRE _ FORESTS FELL INTO HEAPS OF SPLINTERED TIMBER. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOWED BACKWARD anD NEI LAKES APPEARED. | |, JUST aS TECUMSEH | HaD PREDICTED. BUT BECAUSE OF THE Damage ™—™ THAT TENSKWaATAWA HAD CAUSED J TO THE TRIBAL UNION, THE FINAL, — GREAT GATHERING THAT TECUMSEH HaD LABORED FOR DIDNOT OCCUR. | INSTEAD OF 50,000 TRIBESMEN, ONLY 2,000 CAME TOHIS SIDE. | STILL, TECUMSEH ANDHIS PEOPLE FOUGHT Be JOG CHE BRITISH IN THEIR NEW Wak >. AGAINST THE AMERICAN INVADERS | in canada. | a /,,NOU CAN'T EAPECT THESE SAVAGES TO GRASP PROPERMILITARY STRATEGY! WHEN HARRISON TIRES OF CHASING US, WE'LL FALL ON HIS REAR | BY SURPRISE. IT'S A WISE GENERAL WHO RUNS AWAY TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY, EH, GENTLEMEN 7 U ARE NO WARRIOR, PROCTOR! ber SHOULD BE WEARING PETTICOATS. i 1 WANT YOU TO FIGHT, NOT RUN/ HARRISON IS ALMOST UPON US! IF YOU RUN AGAIN, MY f f. WARRIORS AND I WILL ABANDON len YOU NOw/ HOW DARE You/ I'Lt NOT 1 aS TAKE THAT SORT nS OF TALK FROM-- { 4 - oe | : HOLD! witH THESE WORDS I AM mG YOU KNOW THAT PROCTOR'S - FINISHED! 1 ASK YOU: WILL YOU ---WELL,,, NEVER WORD'S ARE HOLLOW, STAND AND FIGHTZ MIND. YES, BY TECUMSEH! DO WE FIGHT ’ iy HEAVEN, WE'LL THE AMERICANS, OR AGAIN ili ne a ; WATCH THAT FATANIMAL _ DROP HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS AND RUNZ SAD THING WHEN A COMMANDER em OF THE KING MUST TAKE ORDERS fv FROM A foe A ee WE RUN NO MORE, MY BUT, MY CHILDREN, HEAR ME IN THI5 BATTLE,,, L FRIEND, WE'LLSOON BE WELL THIS WILL BE OUR FINAL WILL BE KILLED! IN OUR ENEMY'S SMOKE, BATTL E WITH THE ) TO NOU, MY CLOSEST FRIENDS, 1 GIVE MY WEAPONS... MY KNIFE, MY SWORD, MY RIFLE, MY TOMAHAWK, I KEEP ONLY MY WAR CLUB, WHICH L'VE USED SINCE MY FIRST BATTLE BESIDE CHIKSIKA, LONG AGO. WASEGOBOAH, WHEN YOU See sanarr ean << IF THIS CAN'T BE DONE, SEE ME FALL, STRIKE MY BODY 7, Ve yi RETREAT AT ONCE.FURTHER FOUR TIMES WITH THIS RAM- 1 \ — FIGHTING WILL BE ROD. IF THIS CAN BE DONE, 1 ff vaiy) Y : i USELESS. WILL RISE AGAIN AND LEAD ms YOU To VICTORY “NOW, LETUS GOT MEET OURBNEMW.” : be a HE OCTOBER S, 1813, > ee Me tHe BATTLE OF THAMES RIVER, BUGLER/ COMMIT MM COLONELIOHNSO A es OF CE recuse! THAT THE LEFT WING! (QW ZAM CAPTAIN DAVIDSON! (UM AMR —<—angy FAT ANIMAL PROCTOR KNEE FIRE! BE STRONG, MY. ” BROTHERS / BE BRAVE / HEN IT Was LEARNED THAT TECUMSEH HAD FALLén, THE WARRIORS IMMEDIATELY RE-F TREATED, JUST AS THEIR LEADER HAD ORDERED, ONLY MUCH LaTeR as THE HOT SUN Beat DOWN UPON THE DEAD, DID THE Great Enemy HARRISON RETURN. HARRISONNN- Xie KENTON WITH US, PRIVATE Z YES, SIR, BUT ONLY AS AN OBSERVER, SiR! KENTON KNOWS TECUMSEH, IF ANY- ONE DOES--DEAD OR ALIVE/ 5EE IF KENTON CAN FIND HIM OUT THERES I'LL SEE WHAT 1 CAN DO, GEN’REL, LOT OF DIFFERENCE ‘TWEEN THAT'S HIM, AIN'T IT, SIMON 7 THAT'S TECUMSEH, ALIVE MAN AND A DEAD ONE, AIN'T ITZ BUT,,, YEAH, SURE, I RECK- : ON THAT'S HIM. LOOKEE HERE! GOT ME WHOO-EEE! GOT HEY/ HANDS OFF / ME HIS SCALP / SOME SKIN FER A THEM MOCCASINS! ) *BACCY POUCH / ' THEY'S MINE / ~ THEY'S COWARDS HERE, TECUMSEH. YOU DESERVE BETTER'N THAT. NO WHITE Man KNOWS... OR ree WILL EVER KNOUL.,, WHERE WE TOOK THE BODY OF OUR BELOVED TECUMSEH and BURIED HIM. Bur Tecumser ONLY SLEEPS: ! tecumsen! NAKUDE-FAN- Wi UDAWA/ f (yell CUMSEH, A hho he ha ha hh 7v7 3 v4 % VAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAY his adaptation is proof that wonderful projects are sometimes born under very surprising circumstances. I became acquainted with Allan W. Eckert in 1988, while working on my graphic biography of frontier renegade Simon Girty, Wilderness. Eclipse sales manager Beau Smith and I are ardent admirers of Allan's Narratives of America series (and every other book that the man has brought us). Allan frequently mentions Girty in his books—always in a more forgiving light than is usually afforded in the works of other historians—and Beau suggested that we contact Mr. Eckert regarding sources for rare research material that might shed more light on Girty's overly-vilified career. Thanks to Beau's efforts, Allan and I established contact. Not only was he enthusiastic about the Girty biography, he also seemed very excited about the illustrated story format that I'd decided to use. Allan applauded the chances I was taking in presenting Wilderness in a non-traditional format, and supplied me with many leads. Later, when I prepared Straight Up To See The Sky, an illustrated history of the Trans- Allegheny region in the late 18th century, Allan was again very helpful. Soon after that, while flipping a sizzling hamburger in the skillet, an idea occurred to me. I dialed Allan and asked, "Allan, would there be any trouble in acquiring the rights to adapt your outdoor drama Tecumseh! into a graphic novel?" Allan is a very frank person. You always know where your ideas stand with him. Suffice it to say that Allan liked the idea. No more than five minutes later, I was talking to Marion Waggoner of the Scioto Society, the organization that produces the drama. Marion, too, was enthusiastic. Everything seemed to be fated to be. One week later, I sat with Allan in the impressive outdoor complex in Chillicothe, Ohio, where Tecumseh! is presented. Upon viewing the play for the first time, the Tribal Chairman of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe ran up to Allan, buried his face in Eckert's chest, and wept: "You have brought Tecumseh to life again!" Not long after, contracts were signed in what both Eclipse and the Scioto Society have termed the smoothest-running negotiations ever. Everyone wanted this adaptation to happen. Unlike some of my other historical comics, this adaptation should not be viewed as a chronological, authoritative history of Tecumseh. This book and the play it's based on were concieved as drama. However, both are deeply rooted in fact. Tecumseh! reminds me of a living, moving memorial garden. Let this book have much the same function. Perhaps Tecumseh! can go a long way towards amending the fact that Native American leaders in this country have not been canonized as heroes. I'd like to thank Mr. Eckert, the Scioto Society, and Eclipse for their assistance and support of this work. A tip of the hat to Roger Petersen for assistance in the studio. Also thanks to the actors who bring the play and the people it represents so vividly to life for me and millions of other people. This work is dedicated to the members of the Shawnee Nation...a people still very much a living forceful society in our country. Nakude Fanwi Udawa. And to my mother, Judy Truman, with much love. —Timothy Webster Truman 1991 VAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAYVAS Other books by Timothy Truman you will enjoy: ; pie AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WILDERNESS THE TRUE STORY OF ; "THE RENEGADE. VVVVVVVVVVYVYYVYYVYVY The true story of the Revolutionary War-era frontiers- man is told in this fully illustrated graphic album by Timothy Truman. Acclaimed by historians, critics, and educators as a ground-breaking work that combines thorough research with rivetting visuals, Wilderness captures the life and times of Simon Girty. It provides a fascinating new look at the “White Savage” who was captured by Iroquois as a boy, served in the colonial army as a young man, and then at the height of the American Revolution, joined the it | i -— ae British and their Native American allies, leading y 3 fy Ut fom IS “ Indian raids on American forts. AMAAAAAAAAAA AA AA A AAA AAA A AAA AA STRAIGHT Up LO SEE THE SKy= AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDEBOOK TO THE GREAT TRANS-ALLEGHENY ADVENTURERS AND CHIEES The tale of America when the “frontier” was the area just beyond the Ohio River. Covering the period from the 1740s through the 1790s, Straight Up to See the Sky contains nearly twenty concise yet detailed biographies—each illustrated with a full-page portrait by Timothy Truman—and offers a fresh, updated look at the woodsmen, warriors, captives, settlers, and explorers of the eastern American frontier. In this book, Truman succeeds in conveying both the mythic and the human sides of such people as Selim the Algerian, Colesquo, ““Mad” Anne Bailey, Daniel Boone, The Zanes, Sam Brady, Mary Ingles, and Lewis Wetzel. ueumnty AOU] 7661 © | _ © 1992 Timothy Truman “Remarkable. ..the text is very exciting and the art is, expectedly, <2 jm ; Cd r, ia just great. I commend it most heartily.”—Allan W. Eckert “aE ee Ms i i ‘ MAAAAAAAA AA AAA AAA AA A AAA A AAA To order send a check or money order to ECLIPSE BOOKS * Box 1099 « Forestville, CA 95436. All prices postpaid. WILDERNESS QO Trade paperback $20.95 O Hardcover $40.95 STRAIGHT UP QO Trade paperback $15.95 O Hardcover $25.95 O Signed/Numbered Limited Hardcover $55.00 CREDIT CARD ORDERS CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-468-6828 While the burgeoning United States was deeply embroiled with Great Britain in the bitter War of 1812, 50,000 mounted Shawnee warriors gathered along the frontier‘s edge under their leader, Tecumseh. He did not want war, All he wanted was the return of the Shawnee land west of the Ohio River, but his red brothers had more grandiose plans—an onslaught that would drive the white man off the American continent! Tecumseh! is the pOrtrayabet the. boundless love of a great man...a love for his land and people... a love for his god, Moneto...a love for the beautiful Rebecca Galloway, daughter of an Ohio settler. This true story is adapted from seven-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Allan W. Eckert's play Tecumseh! by illustrator Timothy Truman, and is released in honor of the Scioto Society's 20th Anniversary outdoor production of Tecumseh! in Chillicothe, Ohio. ECLIPSE @ BOOKS” epeue) G6 LI$/S'N S6°6$ wh b-LS1-0909S-1 NASI