Prophetstown” on view at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site through Dec. 1, challenges the idealized American version of ...

The Creeks were both divided and adrift when the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, and his brother Tenskwatawa, known as the Prophet, attended the annual Creek council in 1811 in present-day Alabama.

Led by Tenskwatawa initially, and later jointly with Tecumseh, thousands of Algonquin-speaking Indians gathered at Tippecanoe to gain spiritual strength. [3] Only the Miami opposed the treaty; they ...