DNA 11/17: Daily Checklist You will have 5 minutes to complete the following once the bell rings: [ ] Take out your social studies folder and notebook from your backpack. [ ] If you have any “assignments due now,” please take this out and have it ready to correct in a few minutes. [ ] Write down today’s homework assignment in your agenda book (write “none” if no homework is assigned). [ ] Write down any upcoming assignments, such as quizzes, projects, or tests, in your agenda book. Include the due date too! [ ] Read the AIM. This is what you should learn during today’s lesson. Be aware of this! [ ] Do this Do Now Activity (DNA): Turn to pages Which Native American man united many of the tribes to fight against the white man? [ ] Be ready to listen to your teacher and pay attention during class activities…your grades depend on it! - Thank you for choosing to be organized.

Section 3.5 The Prophet & Tecumseh

 Why did the settlers push further west?  How did the Prophet and Tecumseh try to stop white settlement?  What new war was declared in 1812?

 Settlers had yet another reason to fight the Indians.  They claimed that Britain was arming Native Americans on the frontier and encouraging them to attack settlers.

 Major reason for issues on the frontier was increasing settlement  With Ohio joining the union in 1803 many settlers were pushing farther west into the Indiana Territory  Another “Treaty” forced Native Americans to sell much of their land in Ohio  Settlers create problems  Settle on Indian lands  Killed game they needed to survive

 Sometimes Indian nations protested to the federal government about new settlements  Other times small bands attacked settlers to drive them off the land  But Native Americans found it hard to unite against the settlers because many times they were enemies before  Many Native Americans were determined to halt the flow of settlers…led by two Shawnee brothers  The Prophet  Tecumseh

THE PROPHETTECUMSEH

 One winter in 1804 a 30 year old Shawnee was sitting by the fire when he suddenly gasped and fell to his side as if dead  The Prophet  People came from all around to see what had happened, the man wasn’t dead  The man had said that his soul had been taken to the spirit world  There he learned the path that all Indians must take if they were to live happily  The Prophet continued his message to all those who would listen

 According to the Prophet Native Americans must “give up white ways”  Indians had learned the white people’s way of life from settlers  Many Native Americans became dependent on muskets, cloth, iron cooking pots, and whiskey  Called for no more trading for white goods  If they stopped they would gain the power to resist the settlers  In 1808 he built a village for his followers along Tippecanoe Creek

 His message brought hope to many  People came from as far away as Missouri, Iowa, and Minnesota  Tecumseh  Was the Prophet’s older brother  Organized many Native Americans into a confederation  Became the spokesperson as his brother was the leader  In 1809 the governor of the Indiana Territory signed a treaty with several Indian chiefs  The Indians gave up 3 million acres for less than half a cent an acre  Tecumseh said that the chiefs had no right to sell the land ▪ The land belonged to all Native Americans

 In 1810 he delivered a firm message to the Indiana Territory Governor  He and 75 warriors marched to Vincennes in the Indiana Territory  He refused to sit on the Governor’s porch and insisted they sit in the grass in the forest

 Tecumseh addressed the governor and warned of the need for change  “You are continually driving the red people [from their land], when at last you will drive them into the [ocean] where they can’t either stand or work. Brother, you ought to know what you’re doing with the Indians…It is a very bad thing and we do not like it.” ▪ This impressed the governor  Tecumseh insisted that he give his message to President Madison  The governor agreed but said it would not change his mind  Tecumseh knew that if whites did not stop moving onto Indian land that war would surely come

 Old rivalries among Indian nations kept Tecumseh from uniting Native Americans east of the Mississippi River  In 1811 governor Harrison marched with 1,000 soldiers to Prophetstown on Tippecanoe Creek  He knew that Tecumseh was away and that the Prophet was in charge  The Prophet decided to meet the danger with a surprise night attack on Harrison’s troops  Neither side won a clear victory  Whites in the east celebrated the Battle of Tippecanoe as a victory

 The Battle of Tippecanoe marked the beginning of the long and deadly war on the frontier  The fighting spurred the War Hawks to call even louder for war with Britain  They were still convinced that the British were arming these Indian savages!  In June 1812 Madison asked Congress to declare war on Britain  The House voted 79 to 49 in favor of war  The Senate vote was 19 to 13  Americans soon found that winning the war would not be as easy as declaring it!

 Answer the 3 questions: 1. Why did the settlers push further west? 2. How did the Prophet and Tecumseh try to stop white settlement? 3. What new war was declared in 1812?

 Video: We Shall Remain  Tecumseh’s Vision ▪ Ch.2  Ch.5