The narrative opens with the historic confrontation between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh at Grouseland. The following chapters cover the Indian peoples of the Old Northwest Territory, Tecumseh's early beginnings through his warrior status, and his role as a major leader in the Indian community.
The volume concludes with a summary of Tecumseh's importance in Native American history and the history of the United States as a whole.
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Stefoff (Finding the Lost Cities, 1997, etc.) recounts with sympathy and empathy, how Tecumseh ``was determined to keep white settlers out of the Indian lands north of the Ohio River.'' Tecumseh's impressive, historic encounter with William Henry Harrison, the governor of the Indiana Territory, s...| Read Full Review of Tecumseh and the Shawnee Conf...