The Tecumseh Confederation

The Tecumseh Confederation

Tecumseh was many things and one was that he was a person with a lot of hatred toward the whites and led an intertribal Indian alliance rebellion against them who ruled in the Ohio River Valley.
The Americans started to take land of the Indians. Tecumseh, a Shawnee leader and a brave man, wanted to end the advancement of the whites. He decided that the only way to put an end to the advancement of the whites is to organize all the Indian tribes west of the Appalachians to form a huge confederation. The Prophet, Tecumseh’s brother, helped with the forming of the confederation. He preached his beliefs of religion and influenced many to follow him and Tecumseh.
When Tecumseh and his followers set up their new home called Prophetstown in 1808 in the Indiana Territory, Governor William Harrison feared of the growing numbers of Indians. He had many meetings with Tecumseh and the Prophet. He wrote many letters to them and received many r...