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Show TECUMSEH'S MISSING BUST. Tho Reason It Was Taken From Its Niche In the Capitol. "Whcio Is tho bust of Tecumseh that used to ho In n nlchq on tho senate sen-ate sldo of tho capltol?" Richard Livingston, Liv-ingston, n student of American history, his-tory, nsked recently. "I know that years ngo thero was a Ono bronze bust of an Indian, nnd tbo narao Tecumsoh was on tho pedestal, , and ns Tecumseh was about tho most famous Indian chief of our school his-tory his-tory books every Amerlcnu boy took more Interest in surveying his features fea-tures than In looking over the fuee of eminent white men In the big building. build-ing. I walked all over the building and saw Indians enough In paintings nnd statuary, also some live ones, but no Tecumseh. Then I hunted up my congressman, and ho went through n guidebook no use. Then we questioned ques-tioned the guides. They had not heard of n Tecumseh bust, and most of them nsked, 'What state was the senator from';' "I wns about to give It up Then n somber soit of chap with a sill; hat nnd n red Mower In his buttonhole relieved re-lieved my anxiety. He explained what I had not thought of befuie, nnd thnt wns the fact that Tecumseh wns killed In liattle wearing the uniform of n British general. He died lighting light-ing thu American ling. Why should ho be honored with n bust In the capltol? cap-ltol? "And then I wns told that the To-cumseh To-cumseh bust realty had been In the cnpltnl for many yoars until one day n wle senator, familiar with the history of his enuntiy. made n protest. That sent the Tecumseh bust to the cellnr or to lome museum hero In town." Washington Post. |