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Life of Tecumseh and of his brother the prophet

by Benjamin Drake

Benjamin Drake was an early settler in Cincinnati and a newspaper editor, who also wrote books on Cincinnati, Black Hawk and William Henry Harrison. Although the publication date of this book was 1853, the author had finished the book in 1841 and conducted his research in the 1820s and 1830s, interviewing a number of people who were personally acquainted with both Tecumseh and the Prophet. The anecdotes he heard are included here.