Red Prophet

Did You Know?

• A twelve-part comic book version of the novel was printed by Marvel's Dabel Brothers Productions imprint.
• One issue of the comic series featured on its cover a copy of the painting Engaging the Shawnee Village by John Buxton.
• The painting Engaging the Shawnee Village had been commissioned by the Heritage Center of Clark County, Ohio.

Plot summary

Lolla-Wossiky, a one-eyed, whiskey-drinking Red, leaves General William Henry Harrison's fort and travels north seeking his dream beast. He meets Alvin Miller Jr. and helps Alvin make an ethical decision; in gratitude, Alvin heals Lolla-Wossiky's painful memories, enabling him to quit alcohol and reconnect with the land. Lolla-Wossiky becomes the Prophet, preferring the name Tenskwa-Tawa, and preaches pacifism and separatism, advocating that Reds live west of the Mississippi and Whites east.

Meanwhile, his brother Ta-Kumsaw tries to rally Reds to defend their land violently. Alvin and his older brother Measure are captured by Reds sent by Harrison to create conflict. Ta-Kumsaw, sent by Lolla-Wossiky, rescues them from torture. Measure leaves the Reds but is captured by Harrison's men and beaten near death.

Ta-Kumsaw accompanies Alvin to Eight-Face Mound, where they meet Taleswapper. Using the mound's spiritual powers, Alvin heals Measure from afar, and Measure then stops some slaughter of Lolla-Wossiky's followers by villagers and Harrison's men over the alleged kidnapping and murder of the Miller brothers.