Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume VII (1876)

              416 state historical society in 1810 tecumseh after meeting governor harrison in council at vincennes came west for the purpose of enlisting the different indian tribes in repelling the encroachments of the whites on a warm afternoon in the early part of indian summer tecumseh ac companied by three other chiefs , all mounted on spirited black ponies arrived at the village on the following day a dog was killed a feast made and the succeeding night spent in songs and dances shau-be-na accompanied the yisitors to a number of villages on the illinois river and listened to tecumseh's stirring eloquence in behalf of his great scheme of uniting all the western tribes in a war against the whites after visiting many pottawat tamie villages they went on rock river among the winnebagoes and menomonies touching at green bay and prairie du chien and descending the mississippi as far as rock island at this point shau-be-na parted from his companions and returned home while tecumseh and his friends continued their journey as far south-west as missouri the ensuing summer shau-be-na was with tecumseh in his coun cil with governor harrison at vincennes and accompanied that chief south spending the summer and fall among the different southern tribes in efforts to induce them to join tecumseh's in dian confederacy it was late in the fall when they reached home about two weeks after the battle of tippecanoe and passing over the field of slaughter they saw the remains of the soldiers which had been disinterred by the indians and scattered over the ground runners from tecumseh visited many of the pottawattamie vil lages in the ensuing summer of 1812 informing the people that war had been declared between the united states and great brit ain and offering the warriors large rewards to fight for the latter they also wanted a force raised to go immediately to chicago and take fort dearborn before the garrison was aware that war had been declared shau-be-na intended to stay at home and take no part in the contest but on learning that a large company of war riors from other villages as well as a few of his own band had gone to chicago he mounted his pony and followed them arriving there after the soldiers were massacred the part he took unde the leadership of black partridge in saving the lives of prisoner1 and guarding the house of john kinzie was thus related by shau be-na himself to the writer