Lalawethika, Tecumseh's "ne'er do well" younger brother wasn't very well liked. He never developed the skills of a warrior that Tecumseh possessed, and was a poor provider for his family. He was a hardened alcoholic by his mid-twenties. After a failed attempt at being a shaman, Lala

I also liked the explanation of the Indian family system. In movies you often hear them call each other Brother. I never realized how true this was and/or the reasons behind it. Edmunds says, "Although the system is too complicated to delineate in this space...” I think his short explanation was enough for the purpose of this book. I feel Edmunds points out one of the downfalls of the Indians in that they were sometimes stubborn. "If white settlers wished to scratch in the dirt like old women, let them, but Shawnee warriors had too much dignity for such menial chores." It seems as though the Indians couldn't cope with breaking from tradition in some ways.

wethika went into a deep trance one night after he had had too much to drink. It was so deep in fact that his wife and neighbors thought he was dead. When he awoke he claimed that the Master of Life had chosen him to return and lead the Indians to salvation through his new religion. Now known as Tenskwatwa, or more commonly in the book as the Prophet, he began to expand his new religion. The religion spread quickly and soon had many followers, but by 1809, following the Treaty of Fort Wayne, Tecumseh stepped from behind the shadow of the Prophet and became the main leader of the Indian movement. Being a war chief however, Tecumseh believed that "only assertive political and military leadership could protect the Indian land base." After a meeting with William Henry Harrison, one of Tecumseh's greatest adversaries, Tecumseh traveled to the south to meet with Indian leaders. Overall, he had little success in his talks with the southern tribes of Choctaws and Chickasaws. During Tecumseh's travels to the south, Harrison took advantage of his absence and decided to attack Prophetstown, the town where most of Tecumseh's followers lived. In the ensuing battle, The Battle of Tippecanoe, the Prophet led the Indians in a major defeat. This was a major blow to the Indian movement and many of the followers blamed t

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