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To fight against whites or not?

To fight against whites or not?. Tecumseh Vs Pushmataha. The Shawnee Indians. Fierce warriors Settled in Ohio Valley Related to Delaware and Ottawa indians (Algonquian language ties). The Fate of the Shawnees. Alliance with the French until 1740

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To fight against whites or not?

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  1. To fight against whites or not? Tecumseh Vs Pushmataha

  2. The Shawnee Indians • Fierce warriors • Settled in Ohio Valley • Related to Delaware and Ottawa indians (Algonquian language ties)

  3. The Fate of the Shawnees • Alliance with the French until 1740 • Fought British colonists alongside the French • Joined British forces against Americans in American Revolution

  4. The Fate of the Shawnees • General A. Wayne defeated the Shawnees – Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794). • Treaty of Greeneville – Shawnees surrender their land. • Remnant tribes left to Indiana territory

  5. Reclaiming the homeland • Tecumseh (Chief of the Shawnees) – unite indian forces to reclaim Ohio. • Defeat of Tecumseh – Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) by General William Henry Harrison • Shawnees divided into clans.

  6. Reasons for the War - Tecumseh • Eradication of the remaining Indian tribes • Fear of enslavement • Disgrace of the Sacred traditions

  7. Pushmataha and the Choctaw indians • Pushmataha – Chief of Choctaw tribes • Choctaw Indians – Adopted European culture (agriculture) • Fought alongside Americans against British (War of 1812)

  8. Reasons against the War - Pushmataha • Mutual trading interests with the whites (cotton, skin in exchange of guns, cloth) • White support for Indian education • Bound in peace with whites - Treaty

  9. Tecumseh Hero or Savage? Right to make war on whites? / Wrong to make war on whites? Pushmataha Saviour or Coward? Right to refuse to engage in war? / Wrong to refuse to engage in war? Tecumseh vs Pushmataha

  10. Thank you for your attention!

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