"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 confederacy was decisively weakened by which 1813 event?
- A
Andrew Jackson's victory at Horseshoe Bend
- Bcheck_circle
His death at the Battle of the Thames
- C
The burning of Washington
- D
The Treaty of Greenville
Explanation
Allied with the British, Tecumseh fell at the Thames in Ontario, ending organized pan-tribal resistance in the Old Northwest.