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The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier /

It began with an eclipse. In 1806, the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa ("The Open Door") declared himself to be in direct contact with the Master of Life, and therefore, the supreme religious authority for all Native Americans. Those who disbelieved him, he warned, "would see darkness come...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jortner, Adam Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The eclipse
  • Thrown away
  • Master of life
  • Primogeniture
  • Defeat
  • The careerist
  • Grouseland
  • Prophecy
  • Witchcraft
  • Conspiracies
  • Greenville
  • The nation of Prophetstown
  • The bargain
  • The gathering
  • Fiasco
  • "A war of extirpation"
  • Epilogue: The funeral.