= Tenskwatawa = '''Tenskwatawa''' (''prophet'') was a spiritual leader of the [[UnitedStates/Shawnee|Shawnee nation]]. <> ---- == History == Tenskwatawa's brother, [[UnitedStates/Tecumtha|Tecumtha]], emerged as a martial leader to complement his spiritual movement. He experienced visions of the future and correctly predicted an eclipse. ---- == Reign == Tenskwatawa's spiritual movement led to the establishment of '''Prophetstown''' on the Tippecanoe. A multi-tribe confederacy gradually emerged from it. [[UnitedStates/WilliamHenryHarrison|Harrison]] was charged with the elimination of the movement led by the brothers. This conflict became known as '''Tecumtha's War'''. Tenskwatawa led a military offensive in what became the disastrous '''Battle of Tippecanoe'''; Prophetstown was burned, he lost legitimacy as a leader, and the confederacy dissolved. The war effectively ended when [[UnitedStates/Tecumtha|Tecumtha]] was killed at the '''Battle of the Thames'''. ---- == Legacy == Tenskwatawa lived in exile in [[Canada]] for about a decade. He returned to join the [[UnitedStates/Shawnee|Shawnee]] in their removal to Missouri following the '''Treaty of Lewistown'''. He died at the Shawnee settlement, which eventually developed into [[UnitedStates/KansasCity|Kansas City]]. ---- CategoryRicottone