Jacket's speech--Indian deputation refused--Interference of the
matrons--Council at Painted Post--Chiefs invited to Philadelphia.
CHAPTER VIII.
Expedition to the Indian country under General St. Clair--Washington's
charge--Approach to Indian villages--Sudden surprise--Disastrous
battle-- Indian victory--Retreat of American force to Fort
Jefferson--Boldness of the Indians--Friendly Indian
deputation--Welcome of the governor of Pennsylvania--Red Jacket's
speech in reply--Address of President Washington--Red Jacket's
reply--Cause of Indian hostilities.
CHAPTER IX.
Indian appropriation--Deputation to the west promised--Instructions--
Silver medal given to Red Jacket by the president--Military suits--
Washington's address at parting--Thayendanegea's visit--Council at Au
Glaize--Another Indian council--Delegation--British
control--Washington's letter--Army under General Wayne--Successful
campaign--Treaty concluded.
CHAPTER X.
Canandaigua at an early day--Facts in the early settlement of
Bloomfield-- Indian council--Its object--Indian parade--Indian
dress--Opening of the council--Speeches--Liberal offers of the
government--Mr. Savary's journal --Conclusion of treaty--Account of
Red Jacket by Thomas Morris.
CHAPTER XI.
Valley of the Genesee--Indian misgivings--Mill yard--Effort to obtain
their land--Council at Big Tree--Coming of the Wadsworths--Indian
villages--Refusal to sell--Discussion between Red Jacket and Thomas
Morris--Breaking up of the council.
CHAPTER XII.
Interview between Farmer's Brother and Thomas Morris--Mr. Morris
addresses the women--Distributes presents--Negotiations
continued--Treaty concluded with the women and warriors--Manner of
payment--Inquiries about a bank-- Their reservations--White
women--Young King's dissent--Final settlement-- Charge of
insincerity.
CHAPTER XIII.
Council at Canawangus--Interesting reminiscence of Red
Jacket--Address of Farmer's Brother--Jasper Parish--Horatio
Jones--Red Jacket's visit at Hartford, Conn.
CHAPTER XIV.
Cornplanter in disrepute--Effort to regain his standing--Red Jacket
charged with witchcraft--His defense--Further notice of
Cornplanter--Early recollections--With the Indians who defeated Gen.
Braddock in 1755--With the English in the war of the
Revolution--Takes his father a prisoner--His address--Release of his
father--Address to the governor of Pennsylvania-- Visit of President
Alden--Close of his life.
CHAPTER XV.
Change in Red Jacket's views--Causes producing it--Unfavorable to
any change in the habits of his people--Opposes the introduction of
Christianity among them--Visit of a missionary--Missionary's
speech--Red Jacket's reply--Unpleasant termination of the council.
CHAPTER XVI.
Tecumseh and Indian confederation--Aid given by Elskawata--Doings
at the Prophet's town--Great Indian council at the West--Red Jacket's
claim for precedence to be given the Senecas--His adherence to the
United States-- Hostilities encouraged by British agents--Warriors
gathered at the Prophet's town--Visited by General Harrison at the head
of his troops-- Hostilities disclaimed--Surprised by a sudden
attack--Indians defeated-- War proclaimed against England--Indians
take sides--Unfavorable commencement--Different successes--Part
taken by Red Jacket.
CHAPTER XVII.
Taking of Fort Erie--Battle of Chippewa--Service rendered by the
Indians-- General Porter's account of the campaign--Red Jacket
commended--Withdrawal of Indian forces--Other
successes--Conclusion of peace.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Pre-emptive right to the Indian reservations, sold to the Ogden
Company-- Council to obtain an extinguishment of the Indian
title--Red Jacket's reply to Mr. Ogden's speech--Indians refuse to
sell--Another council called--Account given by Hon. Albert
Tracy--Various utterances of the orator on that occasion--Indians
appeal to the governments of the United States and New York--Noble
response of Governor De Witt Clinton of New York--Final success of
the Ogden Company.
CHAPTER XIX.
Witchcraft--Case of Tom. Jemmy--Testimony of Red Jacket--Red
Jacket's philippic--Finding of the court--Remarkable interview of Dr.
Breckenridge with Red Jacket--Further expression of views.
CHAPTER XX.
Personal characteristics--Interview with General Lafayette--Visit of a
French nobleman--Col. Pickering reproved--Address on launching a
schooner bearing his name--Anecdote of Red Jacket and Capt.
Jones--His humor-- Strong memory--Its cultivation--Contempt for
pretension without merit-- Love of the sublime--Portraits--Acute
perception--Refined sense of propriety--First bridge at Niagara
Falls--Loss of his children--Care for his people.
CHAPTER XXI.
Views at the close of life--Incident--His lifework--Unfavorable
influences --Advance of Christian party--Conversion of Red Jacket's
wife--Leaves her --His return--Red Jacket deposed--Journey to
Washington--His restoration-- Rapid decline--Regards his end as
near--Talks with the people--Endeavors to unite them--Sickness and
death.
PLATES.
Portrait of Red Jacket Portrait of King Hendrick View of Johnson Hall
Portrait of Sir John Johnson Portrait of Barry St. Leger Portrait of
Joseph Brant Facsimile of Washington's Medal View of Seneca
Mission Church View of Red Jacket's House
CHAPTER I.
Name widely known--Interest naturally awakened in his history--His
origin --Development of his genius--Opinion of Capt. Horatio
Jones--Customs of his people--Their love of eloquence--Distinguished
orators among them--The inviting field opened.
Among the aborigines of this country, few names have excited a deeper
interest, or have been more widely and familiarly known than that of
RED JACKET. The occasion of this notoriety was the rare fact that,
though a rude and unlettered son of the forest, he was distinguished for
the arts and accomplishments of the orator. His life marks an era in the
history of his nation and his name like that of Demosthenes, is forever
associated with eloquence.
Other circumstances however, impart interest to his history. His was
the last great name of a nation, and he is entitled to remembrance, on
the soil which was once the home of his fathers. And though linked
with a melancholy association, as connected with the waning history of
a people that once
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