Tecumseh and Rebekah.(read-aloud for children)(Short Story)

Saturday Evening Post | July 1, 2005| | Copyright

"Rebekah! Rebekah! send your visitor home. It's suppertime."

Her mother's cheerful yet persistent tone startled 16-year-old Kebekah Galloway, lost as she was in conversation with the handsome Shawnee chief, Tecumseh.

Tecumseh was a frequent guest at the Galloway house in chillicothe, Ohio, where he and Rebekah spent Long hours in her father's library, reading shakespeare, the Bible, and short stories from America's history. For Rebekah, time with Tecumseh passed all too quickly. Although he was 23 years her senior, Rebekah and Tecumseh got along like best ...

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