USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organized resistance prompted Governor William Henry Harrison to lead roughly 1, 000 soldiers and militiamen to destroy the Shawnee village “Prophetstown, ” named for Tecumseh’s brother Tenskwatawa, “the Prophet, ” and designed by Tecumseh to be the heart of the new Native American confederacy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tecumseh’s War began in 1811 as a result of the aspirations of the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa (also known as the Prophet), to create a First Nations confederacy.

Detailed explanation-4: -William Henry Harrison won a landslide victory in the presidential election in 1840, in part because of his reputation as the hero of 1811’s Battle of Tippecanoe.