Essay on Prophet and Tecumseh

The Europeans had became greedy and selfish. They had become reliant on the native Americans to do everything for them. They had made them do necessary tasks that they could have done themselves, but chose not too. They had made them carry them when they didn’t want to walk, feed them, fan them,carry their hammocks,etc. They had become conceited, thinking they were too “royal” to do anything for themselves. They had made the Native Americans slaves and servants to their every bidding no matter the circumstance. They had become puppets to the Europeans and they controlled the Natives and forced them to do whatever they wanted. They had made the Natives lose their dignity and sink so low by making them complete their every request. The Natives had been worn down and degraded to be known as nothing to the Europeans but servants and people who they could call to do something for them. Countless Natives had died because of what the Europeans had brought to them

The students “believe that whites [are] not quite human” they walk like angry wolves and terrify them (Maracle, 173). The white men have made themselves powerful. In One, two, three little Indians, the Whites do not help the Native Americans no

Tecumseh’s Speech to the Osages, which he is believed to have given to his fellow Native Americans around 1811, is extremely powerful and passionate. What makes his speech powerful is the fact that it is his response to the events carried out by the colonists toward the Native Americans, which included the stealing of their land and the killing of their people. This clearly has a large impact on Tecumseh and the audience, which is evident throughout the speech.

Tecumseh attempted to ally with many tribes, but did not have much success. Tecumseh has read many treaties, but he never signed one (Greenspan). He also made treaties and messages to tribes and governor Harrison. Tecumseh spoke to the Alabama creek Indians and allied with them (Tucker). Many tribes that he tried to join rejected him (Tucker). He allied with the British and pro British Indians to fight the Americans (Fixico). More than two dozen native nations participated

Tecumseh who continued to be infuriated by the whites expansion, led him to establish a British allied army against the United States. Terrestrial and Naval battles occurred with the British and Native American allies that in the end,made a significant victory for the United States. Tecumseh’s death at the Battle of the Thames, near the Canadian border, made the Indian alliance fall. This led a British retreat that ended the War of 1812. The events that killed Tecumseh had helped to secure the young nation in the world's ever growing

Tecumseh died on October 5, 1813 at the Battle of Thames. He was killed at the age of 45. He was a political leader and war chief for the Shawnee Indians. He fought in the War of 1812 to stop westward expansion of white settlers into native lands. He was born in Old Piqua, Ohio in 1768. His father, Puckeshinwa, died at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. His mother, Methoataske, migrated to Missouri with other Shawnees. Tecumseh was raised by his older sister, Tecumpease. He raided frontier settlements with his older brother, Chiksika. He raided more settlements up to the Treaty of Greenville, in 1795. By 1800 he was a prominent war chief among the natives. Later one of his brothers, Tenskwatawa, became a religious leader among the Shawnee

President George Washington realized that the Cherokee were at risk of being wiped out like the north eastern tribes. To subdue the warfare between encroaching settlers and the Cherokee, Washington began the United States Civilization Program. In a letter by Elizabeth Taylor a Cherokee, she describes learning that white people were once uncivilized also and that she hopes her

The battle of horseshoe was the catalyst of western expansion. The Indians occupied southern and western territories. Some land given by the US Government others have been occupied for centuries by the Indians. Compounding the situation, Indians considered certain areas as sacred and holy. The massacres (Fort Mims near Mobile, Alabama) at the hand of Red Stick Indians desensitized people to the Indians plea. The Red Sticks Indians, part of the Upper Creek nation in Alabama, were inspired by Tecumseh. Tecumseh preached to natives about unity and to stand up to the white culture and communities. He wanted Native Americans to maintain their cultural ways and hold onto their lands.

Tecumseh died October 5, 1813 in Chatham-Kent, Canada. He was 45. Tecumseh was born in March 1768 in Chillicothe, Ohio. He was a leader of the Shawnee Tribe and he fought in the War of 1812, Siege of Detroit and the Battle of Thames. His father, Puckshinwa, was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. His mother migrated to Missouri. Tecumpease, his older sister, was the one who raised Tecumseh. He and his brother, Tenskwatawa, participated in raids on frontier settlements. By 1800, Tecumseh had become an important war chief. Tecumseh built a confederacy of Indians to fight the white settlers moving into Native American land. While Tecumseh was in the South, the U.S. forces defeated Prophetstown, an Indian

In 1808, along with his brother and followers, he left the area and they moved northwest, here, Tecumseh hoped to recruit a confederacy involving other Indian tribes to fight off the white expansion. In 1811, the U.S. launched a defensive strike on the growing Tecumseh confederacy. Tecumseh’s brother, Tenskwatawa, led about 500 Native men against the U.S. invaders. Tecumseh and his followers allied with the British as the War of 1812 commenced. This war lasted for three years. During this war, Tecumseh discussed with Britain to get them to help him retrieve parts of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, which were forcefully taken by the U.S. In 1813, the Battle of the Thames began, which was a combined British and Native American effort against the U.S. forces. The British troops fled during the course of the battle, leaving Tecumseh’s troops to fight alone. He was then killed in this battle. There are not many historical sources that talk about Tecumseh’s wives or how many children he had. However, it is speculated that he married a Native American woman, with whom he had a son,

Tecumseh envisioned a day when Native Americans were not dependent even in the face of colonists that were approaching the west. He is famous for the Tecumseh’s War which aggravated into the War of 1812. The War of 1812 involved the Siege of Detroit and the Battle of Thames (Yagelski). Tecumseh's War is also known as Tecumseh's Rebellion.

     In Conclusion the author, Leslie Silko, displays the poverty and hopelessness that the Native Americans faced because of the white man. The Author elaborates this feeling of hopelessness in the Indians myth explaining the origin of the white man. As a result

Understandably, American Indians soon began to distrust and resent their white oppressors. Simon Pokagon put it nicely in his speech The Red Man's Greeting :

William Apess’s essay, An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man, serves as a prime representation of this 19th century Pequot writer’s common theme - white man’s behavior contradicts the peace and equality their God promotes. Apess’s burning sense of betrayal by the white culture and faith he was raised beside is expressed through bold rhetorical strategy, imagery, stylistic tendencies, and his preacher-like tone. This tension builds throughout the essay, albeit important factors set the essay’s mood immediately in the first paragraph.

Between 1790 and 1920 it was a tough time for the Indians. During that period Native Americans were forced to convert to the European-American Culture. Their whole life changed, the way of living, religion, and especially their children’s future. It was wrong of Americans to convert natives into a different society that they saw fit and not letting them express their own culture and treating them as an unworthy society.