A Frontier in Flames, War On the U.S.-Canadian Border-- Part 6: Tensions Between Indians and Whites

Tecumseh protested that the tribes had no authority to sell the land, which was commonly held.  In August 1810, he and a band of several hundred warriors met with William Henry Harrison at the governor's home. Grouseland, in Vincennes, Indiana Territory.

Tecumseh demanded that Harrison rescind the Treaty of Fort Wayne, which the governor refused to do.  The discussion grew more and more heated.  At the end, Tecumseh warned Harrison that if the treaty stood, they would ally with the British.

Attacks on American settlers began to increase in what was known as Tecumseh's War.  Harrison asked for federal troops to help restore order.

--Brock-Perry