USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1805, his younger brother Lalawethika experienced an alcohol-induced vision and declared his intent to lead Indians on a quest to reclaim their lands and culture. He changed his name to Tenskwatawa and became known as “the Prophet.”

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1811, when Tecumseh was in the South recruiting allies, Americans under William Henry Harrison defeated Tenskwatawa at the Battle of Tippecanoe and destroyed Prophetstown. In the War of 1812, Tecumseh joined his cause with the British, recruited warriors, and helped capture Detroit in August 1812.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tecumseh was trying to form a united front of American Indian nations west of the Appalachian Mountains. He believed that, if the American Indians worked together, they would be able to stop white encroachment onto the their western lands. Tecumseh’s Confederation became linked with his brother’s religious movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Prophet, byname of Tenskwatawa, (born c. March 1768, Old Chillicothe, Ohio-died 1834, Argentine, Kan., U.S.), North American Indian religious revivalist of the Shawnee people, who worked with his brother Tecumseh to create a pan-tribal confederacy to resist U.S. encroachment in the Northwest Territory.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the War of 1812, a combined British and Native American force is defeated by General William Harrison’s American army at the Battle of the Thames in Ontario, Canada.