Tecumseh's 1811 diplomatic mission among the various Indian tribes rallied the Upper Creeks, but most of the southern tribes rejected it. As a result, most of his efforts remained centered in the Old Northwest, where he drew together the Shawnee, Delaware, Miami, Potawatomi, Wyandot, Kickapoo, Saulk, Meskwaki, Ottawa and Ojibwe.
To Tecumseh, the Americans were set on domination of the continent and the Indians were in the wat and must be removed.
William Henry Harrison's victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe might have ended the Indian conflict, but it didn't. He was sure of it, but was very wrong about it. Tecumseh and his brother, The Prophet, regrouped their people around a powerful ally, Britain, America's opponent in the approaching maritime war.
Again, Tecumseh's aspirations were frustrated by circumstance. Still hoping for an Indian confederacy, Tecumseh found his hand forced by the War of 1812.
For the next three years, the incomplete Indian alliance challenged American armies across the Native homelands. They pummeled the Americans at the River Raisin, took Fort Dearborn (Chicago), chased settlers out of the borderlands, and orchestrated a three-pronged offensive against the remaining American forts.
--Brock-Perry
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