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

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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.
Subjects:
Tenskwatawa, > Shawnee Prophet.
Harrison, William Henry, > 1773-1841.
Harrison, William Henry, > 1773-1841
Tenskwatawa, > Shawnee Prophet
1750-1899
Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811.
Shawnee Indians > Biography.
Governors > Indiana > Biography.
Indians of North America > Wars > 1750-1815.
War > Religious aspects > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > United States.
Bataille de la Tippecanoe, Ind., 1811.
Shawnee > Biographies.
Gouverneurs > Indiana > Biographies.
Peuples autochtones > Guerres > États-Unis > 1750-1815.
Guerre > Aspect religieux > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Frontier and pioneer life
Governors
Indians of North America > Wars
Shawnee Indians
Territorial expansion
War > Religious aspects
Indiana > History > 19th century.
United States > Territorial expansion.
United States > Colonial question.
Indiana > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale.
Indiana
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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.

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