1. The Oppression of American Indians
... could not simply fight their way into land, but had to negotiate for it. As settlers moved into occupied Indian Territory, they received military protection. Governor of Indiana William Henry Harrison threatened, bribed and purposely intoxicated Indians to get them to move out of the land. Tecumseh, who was a Native American leader, opposed this invasion, and organized an Indian Confederation. In ... 1811 and 1812, Harrison fought and defeated Tecumseh at the battle of Tippecanoe, where the U.S. Army burned down the Indians' settlement and stole their food, (Tecumseh). The events that o...
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