The first biography of the great Shawnee l eader to make clear that his misunderstood younger brother\, Tenskwatawa\, was an equal partner in the last great pan-Indian alliance against the Un ited States.
\nUntil the Americans killed Tecumseh in 1813\, he and his brother Tenskwatawa were the co-architects of the broadest pan-Indian confederation in United States history. In previous accounts of Tecumseh's life\, Tenskwatawa has been dismissed as a talentless charlatan and a dru nk. But award-winning historian Peter Cozzens now shows us that while Tecu mseh was a brilliant diplomat and war leader--admired by the same white Am ericans he opposed--it was Tenskwatawa\, called the "Shawnee Prophet\," wh o created a vital doctrine of religious and cultural revitalization that u nified the disparate tribes of the Old Northwest. Detailed research of Nat ive American society and customs provides a window into a world often eras ed from history books and reveals how both men came to power in different but no less important ways.
\nCozzens brings us to the forefront of the chaos and violence that characterized the young American Republic\, wh en settlers spilled across the Appalachians to bloody effect in their hast e to exploit lands won from the British in the War of Independence\, disre garding their rightful Indian owners. \;Tecumseh and the Prophet \ ;presents the untold story of the Shawnee brothers who retaliated against this threat--the two most significant siblings in Native American history\ , who\, Cozzens helps us understand\, should be writ large in the annals o f America.
\nSummary courtesy of Amazon.
\nhttps://reedlibrary.li bnet.info/event/7829341 URL;VALUE=URI:https://reedlibrary.libnet.info/event/7829341 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/reedlibrary/tecumsesh.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR