"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
The speech was delivered amid which immediate crisis?
- A
Aftermath of King Philip's War
- B
Spanish reconquest of Florida
- C
Cherokee removal to Indian Territory
- Dcheck_circle
Pressure on Indigenous lands following the Louisiana Purchase
Explanation
Jefferson's 1803 purchase intensified white settlement and treaty pressure across the Old Northwest, prompting Tecumseh's resistance.