Tenskwatawa
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Tenskwatawa was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee people, known as the Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet. He was a younger brother of Tecumseh, a leader of the Shawnee. In h
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Portrait by Charles Bird King
The view from Prophet's Rock, looking toward the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe
Battle of Tippecanoe
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The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and tribal forces assoc
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…while Tecumseh was away, Tenskwatawa ordered the pre-dawn attack on a hostile, encroaching military force encamped near Prophetstown that initiated the Battle of Tippecanoe. The American Indians retreated after a two-hour engagement and abandoned Prophetstown, which the Americans burned to the ground. The battle did not…
19th-century depiction by Kurz and Allison, American troops under the leadership of General William Henry Harrison fighting the Indian forces of The Prophet, Tenskwatawa (the brother of Tecumseh) in a forest.
Tecumseh by Benson Lossing in 1848, based on an 1808 drawing
William Henry Harrison as painted by Rembrandt Peale in 1814