"Brothers — When the white men first set foot on our shores, they were hungry; they had no place to spread their blankets. They were feeble; they could do nothing for themselves. Our fathers commiserated their distress, and gave them food. The white men are like poisonous serpents: when chilled they are feeble; when warmed they sting their benefactors to death." — Tecumseh, Speech to the Osages, 1811
Tecumseh's argument was intended primarily to
- A
Encourage assimilation into farming
- Bcheck_circle
Build a pan-Indigenous confederation against U.S. expansion
- C
Negotiate trade terms with Spanish Louisiana
- D
Convert Osages to Christianity
Explanation
Tecumseh traveled widely to recruit tribes south and west into a confederacy he and his brother Tenskwatawa hoped would halt American settlement.