236 hopin 12 The Second Wa or Independence and be son, the aggresive governor of Indiana Terror, ad! negoiaed a sos of land. [ebbing agoemonts wilh tbe Indias, culminating in te Treat) of Fort Vane (1905) Fen Tadin tbe, (goring the right of al ocbers, sold 3 mailion their ancesra ions for a ptance. The gifted Sbaunse chief Teams, together teith bis ustonarybrctber Tho Prope, was then ergantzing We Indians aga, lute encroachments. Absent when the Teal of Fort Wayme xs negotiated, Tet seb journeyed angry to Vincennes Indiana), where, tm a stormy sone, be con Jonted Governor Hanson and treated fo rst white occupancy of 8 ded ands. How oad was bis main grievance? ‘would not then come to Govesnor Harion to a im to tar the satya to obliterate the land But I would sy to him Sir you have Uber 10 een wo “he Being within, consmuning with past ages, tells me tha... ut tly there ‘vaso white man on this continent that then all belonged to zed men, cen bf the same parents, placed on it bythe Great Spit that made them, to keep i 1 traverse 0 enjoys productions, and 0 flit withthe same rco—cace + happy face, sace made miserable by the white people, who ace never contented, bo ‘ways encroaching The waj—and the any way—to check and sto this el for ‘lle red mento unke in aiming a common equal ght in the led, s was a first and should be yt For never was divided, bot belongs to all forthe se of ccich That no pa has 8 nght to sel even to each ocher, uch less to strange, those who wart all ad wil aot do with Tess, ‘The white people have no right wo take the land fom the Indians, because they had it ist thes They say so, ut ll must on, Any ste not made by all sot vl. The lt sl eb asmade by 2 part aly. Pare do nc know howe bell it esuines ll to make 2 bargin fr al All ed men have equal igs to the un ‘ccipled land, The right of cccipancy i a8 good la one place asin another. Thee ia hunting or tnvling, for there the Same ground wl serve many, as they may fellow each ral day. us the camp ir stationary, and that ss occupancy. tbe Jonge he ist who st dowa on his blake o sins wh the ground; and le lesves no thor hss 8 right he ha thrown apo 2. Representative Flix Grundy Demands Wer (181) owing Tecumseh's speech and the subsequent Indian raids om the {roti {Gouerior Harri ld an army prowoeately toward te headquarters of be Ind fans. On the night of November 7, 1811, at Mppecavce near the Wabash River 12), be succeed in ating back anda tack This bol but ety tor) fare lame the We, from which carne Honry Clay and ober leaders of be war ‘a Congress in 1811. Among them wae Fete Grands of Tennesse, thre of tease brothers bad son led by tbe Indian. As tbe mcs famous cal layerA, The Coulron of ar 237 fn the Smubuess, be bad olan cheated the gallos by reducing tbe fury to tars Jin is eloquent speech in Congres, which aieuances were peculiarly wast and sabich ones sere nationide? What interest aid vwestrnars have bn freedom of 1 wil nw state the reasons which inuenced the Commitee fon Foreign AF fair) ia secommending the (wae measures ow before us "ts nor the (anil earying trade propery so called about whlch this nation and Great Bruin ae at present contending Were this he any question now under ‘consideration, I should fe geat unwillingness (however clear our lal mgt be) to lavelve the nacion in war fr the azeeion ofa right ia the enjoyment of which the communi at lage ae not more deeply concerned ‘The ue question in controversy is of avery diferent character involves the Interest ofthe whole ealon Ir te sigh of exporting the prodocions of our own soll and industy to foreign markets. i, our vessels ate now capaured when des lined 10 the pors of Bunce, and condemned by the Bish Covi of Adm, ‘witout even the preter of having on board contishend of wir, eines! proper), ‘oc having in any her respec: volta the hws of nations These depredations on our lnwfal commerce, uader whatever ostensible pre tenve commited are not be waced © aay maxims of rales of public lw, bu ‘he maritime supcemacy end pride ofthe Beh nation, Tai hoe nd nist po ley ofthat country eowands us is act to be wondered at wen we recollect the United States ate ateady the second commercial nation In the world. The pid ‘goth of our commerll importance has net only awakened the jealousy ofthe emmercial eres of Great Briain, ut her sateen, no dow, aniate with deep concer the martime greatness ofthis republie. "Whar, te Speaker are we now called onto decide? Is whcther we will rst, by force the atemp, made by the [bash government, to subject oar mame sigs to the abizary and capris rle of her wl For my part am aot prepared (say that tis county shal submit have her commerce interdict, or restate, yay foreign nation. Sir 1 prefer war 1 submission ‘Over and above the Unjust pretensions ofthe Britsh government, for maay years past hey have beea in the practice of impressing our seamen fom merchant ‘vessels. This bust and lawless asin of personal Hbery eal loudly fo thei ‘erpostion of this government. Ta those beter aequtnted mith the faci in elation tof leave 10 fillup the pice My mind Is iressubly dawn to the Wea. athough others may nat scongly feel the bearing which the late transactions in that quarer (Tippecanoe have on this subject, upon my mind they have grett nuence. i cannot be beleved, By any man wi wil reflect, thatthe savage tbes, uninlsenced by ether power, would think of making war on the United Stste. They understand too wel thie low weakness and our skengih. They have already fel the welght of our am they Know they hold the very sol on which they lve as tenants in sence, How thes, safe we to account for thet late conduc? in one way only: some power nation muss have intrigued with them, and tued Unir peace dopostions to ‘wards us into hoses. Grea Britain alone has ieercorae wth thowe Northern tebe. therefore infer that f Bish gold has not been employed, tel baubles and238 hapier 12 The Sond Wa for aden te tarps of Nationa, 1812-1624 HARRISON CAMPAIGN, 1811 tal 1 sm ight i this conjecure nd. Kis ready begun, and some of the richest bicod of rex Shed. The whole Westen county i rex 0 march they caly wait for our tmision: And, sky war once declared, 1 pledge myself for may people-shey Wil ienge he deat of hee bretren fok the Nother man ade wil ell you that any sate of things Is bewer than the present. Inui ofthe Western people why thei exops are not equal 0 wat their surplas pods have no market his wor cared om sucessful, wll hove its aantges. We sll dive the bth from our continent. Tey will 69 longer have an opportunity of ini twin our Indien eeighbos and seaing on the rtless savage 1 tomahawk our Sromen andl eiléen, That nation wil lve her Canaan trade, and, by having no ‘esting place In this county, ber means of aneying us wil 3. Causes ofthe Wer (1812, 1813) oy the Momane Bata and Thee Worthy Ales, may ave boo tn iy the August 1812 ‘Massacre of Chicago” tn which twas reported tha Bi officers bad pre tas, The second scene, The Tory Ear and Ts Apes Give The ercan Salle presi