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Links of Interest:
(1809-1817) "Knowing their leader, Tecumseh, would be absent, William Henry Harrison marches on the Pan-Indian capital, Prophetstown. On 7 November 1811 William Henry Harrison, Governor of Indiana Territory, with 1,000 American troops destroy Prophetstown. This is known as "The Battle of Tippecanoe" and makes Harrison a national figure. When Tecumseh hears of the destruction of Prophetstown he rallies his native American allies in December 1811. He declares his revenge on the U.S. will shake the earth. Interestingly, three earthquakes of the New Madrid fault along the frontier occur the next night on 16 December 1811 and the native Americans see it as a spiritual sign to follow Tecumseh. Tecumseh makes an alliance with the United States' strongest enemy, the British. Therefore, the "Battle of Tippecanoe" can be seen as the first engagement of the "War of 1812" with the British. The British have been seizing American ships and sailors, and arm and provoke American Indians in the West, so on 18 June 1812 President Madison declares war on Great Britain." See 1812. Source: The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen"This 2018 four-episode, high-quality documentary offered on Amazon Prime or the History Channel is well worth watching. The episode titled "Never Surrender" covers the time period from 1792-1812 including the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Shawnee Tecumseh's fight against American settlers." |
