fearlessly denied the validity of these pretended treaties, and openly avowed his intention to resist the further extension of the white settlements upon the Indian lands, he disclaimed all intention of making war upon the United States.  The result was, a conviction on the part of the governor, that no immediate danger was to be apprehended from the Indians, at Greenville and fort Wayne; and, as a consequence, the militia which had been called into service were ordered to be disbanded, and the chiefs returned to their head quarters.

[Footnote A:  John A. Fulton, formerly mayor of Chillicothe, communicated by general James T. Worthington.]

In the autumn of this year, a white man by the name of Myers, was killed a few miles west of where the town of Urbana now stands, by some straggling Indians.  This murder, taken in connection with the assemblage of the Indians under Tecumseh and the Prophet, created a great alarm on the frontier, and actually induced many families to remove back to Kentucky, from whence they had emigrated.  A demand was made by the whites upon these two brothers for the Indians who had committed the murder.  They denied that it was done by their party, or with their knowledge, and declared that they did not even know who the murderers were.  The alarm continued, and some companies of militia were called out.  It was finally agreed, that a council should be held on the subject in Springfield, for the purpose of quieting the settlements.  General Whiteman, major Moore, captain Ward and one or two others, acted as commissioners on the part of the whites.  Two parties of Indians attended the council; one from the north, in charge of McPherson; the other, consisting of sixty or seventy, came from the neighborhood of fort Wayne, under the charge of Tecumseh.  Roundhead, Blackfish, and several other chiefs, were also present.  There was no friendly feeling between these two parties, and each was willing that the blame of the murder should be fixed upon the other.  The party under McPherson, in compliance with the wishes of the commissioners, left their arms a few miles from Springfield.  Tecumseh and his party refused to attend the council, unless permitted to retain their arms.  After the conference was opened, it being held in a maple grove, a little north of where Werden’s hotel now stands, the commissioners, fearing some violence, made another effort to induce Tecumseh to lay aside his arms.  This he again refused, saying, in reply, that his tomahawk was also his pipe, and that he might wish to use it in that capacity before their business was closed.  At this moment, a tall, lank-sided Pennsylvanian, who was standing among the spectators, and who, perhaps, had no love for the shining tomahawk of the self-willed chief, cautiously approached, and handed him an old, long stemmed, dirty looking earthen pipe, intimating, that if Tecumseh would deliver up the fearful tomahawk, he might smoke the aforesaid pipe.  The chief took it between his thumb and finger, held it up, looked at it for a moment, then at the owner, who was gradually receding from the point of danger, and immediately threw it, with an indignant sneer, over his head, into the bushes.  The commissioners yielded the point, and proceeded to business.