 | 1874 - 588 pages
...Tecumseh's influence over his followers was manifested in other ways. Gen. Brock wrote of him as follows : " A more sagacious or a more gallant warrior does not,...has not only become, in every respect, abstemious, hut he has likewise prevailed on all his native, and many of the other tribes, to follow his example."... | |
 | John Charles Dent - Canada - 1880 - 342 pages
...sagacious and gallant warrior does not, I believe, exist. He is the admiration of every one who converses with him. From a life of dissipation he has not only...abstemious, but he has likewise prevailed on all his native, and many of the other tribes, to follow his example." General Brock had been misinformed about... | |
 | Egerton Ryerson - American loyalists - 1880 - 526 pages
...his notice was the Shawnee chief, Tecumseh, brother of the Prophet — a more gallant or sagacious warrior does not, I believe, exist ; he was the admiration of every one, and was as humane as he was brave.' -" General Brock, in General Orders of the IGth of August, 1812,... | |
 | John MacLean - Indians of North America - 1889 - 360 pages
...Tecumseh very high in his estimation. Concerning this courageous and faithful Shawanese chief, he said : " He was the admiration of every one who conversed with...abstemious, but he has likewise prevailed on all his native, and many of the other tribes, to follow his example." GLIKKIKAN. Glikkikan was a famous Delaware... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 524 pages
...carried on contrary to our remonstrances an active warfare against the United States. A more sagacious or more gallant warrior does not, I believe, exist. He...the admiration of every one who conversed with him." Brock consumed one day in making his arrangements with them, and decided to move his army immediately... | |
 | Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 518 pages
...carried on contrary to our remonstrances an active warfare against the United States. A more sagacious or more gallant warrior does not, I believe, exist. He was the admiration of every e who conversed with him." Brock consumed one day in making his arrangements with them, and decided... | |
 | John MacLean - Indians of North America - 1892 - 366 pages
...Tecumseh very high in his estimation. Concerning this courageous and faithful Shawanese chief, he said : " He was the admiration of every one who conversed with...abstemious, but he has likewise prevailed on all his native, and many of the other tribes, to follow his example." GLIKKIKAN. Glikkikan was a famous Delaware... | |
 | Robert Budd Ross, George Byron Catlin - Detroit (Mich.) - 1898 - 1568 pages
...Then he talked with General Brock aside. When the meeting was over Brock said to those about him: " A more sagacious or a more gallant warrior does not, I believe, exist." General Brock proceeded immediately to Sandwich, which had been abandoned by Major Denny and his invalids... | |
 | Richard Taylor Stevenson - History - 1905 - 546 pages
...British. On the morning of the 14th of August, Brock held a council with Tecumseh, and wrote of him : "A more sagacious or a more gallant warrior does not, I believe, exist." He threatened to let loose the Indians if Hull persisted in stubborn resistance. Hull was in a mood to... | |
 | United States - 1905 - 550 pages
...British. On the morning of the 14tl1 of August, Brock held a council with Tecumseh, and wrote of him : "A more sagacious or a more gallant warrior does not, I believe, exist." He threatened to let loose the Indians if Hull persisted in stubborn resistance. Hull was in a mood to... | |
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He who attracted most my attention was a Shawnee chief, Tecumset, brother to the Prophet, who for the last two years has carried on (contrary to our remonstrances) an Active Warfare against the United States — a more sagacious or a more gallant Warrior... 
