Excerpt from Elkswatawa, or the Prophet of the West, Vol. 1 of 2: A Tale of the Frontier

During the intervals of leisure in a profession which has hitherto employed but a small portion of my time, I traced out for my own amusement the following story. It having fallen to my lot to reside for some time in the western part of the Union, and to have visited personally many of the Indian tribes along the frontier, I was naturally led to observe with much attention, their customs and habits of life. The more I saw of their customs and habits of life. The more I saw of their peculiarities and traits of character, the more I found my feelings aroused, and my sympathies enlisted in their behalf, and from the contemplation of what they now are, I was carried back, by a natural train of thought, to reflect upon what they once had been.

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