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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Jortner, Adam Joseph
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Sujets:
Tenskwatawa, > Shawnee Prophet.
Harrison, William Henry, > 1773-1841.
Harrison, William Henry, > 1773-1841
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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