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Tenskwatawa (/ ˌ t ə n s k w ɒ t ɒ w eɪ /; also called Tenskatawa, Tenskwatawah, Tensquatawa or Lalawethika) (January 1775 – November 1836) was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as the Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet. He was a younger brother of Tecumseh, a leader of the Shawnee. In his early ...
The Battle of Tippecanoe (/ ˌ t ɪ p ə k ə ˈ n uː / TIP-ə-kə-NOO) 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 associated with Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (commonly known as "The Prophet"), leaders of a confederacy of various tribes who ...
The following units of the U.S. Army and state militia forces under Indiana Governor William Henry Harrison, fought against the Native American warriors of Tecumseh's Confederacy, led by Chief Tecumseh's brother, Tenskwatawa "The Prophet" at the battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811.
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Led by Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh, thousands of Algonquin-speaking Indians gathered at Tippecanoe to gain spiritual strength. US government attempts, from the George Washington to William Henry Harrison administrations, to rid the area of the numerous Indian tribes eventually met with success as the Indians retreated westward by 1840 to avoid the ...
William Henry Harrison, nicknamed Old Tippecanoe, died just a month after taking office in 1841.His death is the first attributed to the Curse of Tippecanoe. The Curse of Tippecanoe (also known as Tecumseh's Curse, the 20-year Curse [1] or the Zero Curse [2]) is an urban legend [3] about the deaths in office of presidents of the United States who were elected in years divisible by 20.
Tenskwatawa, by Charles Bird King. In May 1805, Lenape chief Buckongahelas, one of the most important native leaders in the region, died of either smallpox or influenza.The surrounding tribes believed his death was caused by a form of witchcraft, and a witch-hunt ensued, leading to the death of several suspected Lenape witches.
In 1826, Tenskwatawa established a village at a site in modern Kansas City, Kansas. Tensquatawa, known as the Shawnee Prophet, was the younger brother of the Shawnee war chief , Tecumseh . Tensquatawa built Prophetstown near the present South 26th Street and Woodend Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.