The Shawnee Leader Who Almost Built A Native American Nation — And Why His Plan Was The Last Real Chance
The failure of the confederacy at the Battle of the Thames was not a failure of vision.
It was the result of a specific set of circumstances — the premature battle at Tippecanoe, the death of Brock, the defeat of the British fleet on Lake Erie, Procter’s retreat — that came together in a way that left Tecumseh’s small force facing an overwhelming American army in an indefensible position.
Different circumstances at any of these specific points might have produced different outcomes.
The confederacy, had it survived, would still have faced enormous long-term challenges.
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