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The gods of Prophetstown : the Battle of Tippecanoe and the holy war for the American frontier / Adam Jortner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jortner, Adam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811.
- Shawnee Indians--Biography.
- Shawnee Indians.
- Governors--Indiana--Biography.
- Governors.
- Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.
- Indians of North America.
- War--Religious aspects--History--19th century.
- War.
- Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Indiana--History--19th century.
- Indiana.
- United States--Territorial expansion.
- United States.
- Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet.
- Tenskwatawa.
- Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841.
- Harrison, William Henry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It began with an eclipse. In 1806, the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa (""The Open Door"") declared himself to be in direct contact with the Master of Life, and therefore, the supreme religious authority for all Native Americans. Those who disbelieved him, he warned, ""would see darkness come over the sun."" William Henry Harrison, governor of the Indiana Territory and future American president, scoffed at Tenskwatawa. If he was truly a prophet, Harrison taunted, let him perform a miracle. And Tenskwatawa did just that, making the sun go dark at midday. In The Gods of Prophetstown, Adam Jortner pro
- Contents:
- Prologue: The eclipse
- Thrown away
- Master of life
- Primogeniture
- Defeat
- The careerist
- Grouseland
- Prophecy
- Witchcraft
- Conspiracies
- Greenville
- The nation of Prophetstown
- The bargain
- The gathering
- Fiasco
- "A war of extirpation"
- Epilogue: The funeral.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-991270-X
- 1-283-34918-3
- 9786613349187
- 0-19-990959-8
- OCLC:
- 761694611
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