Tecumseh: His Life and Times Trivia Quiz

Answer: Shooting Star

He was the second son among seven siblings. His mother was called Methoataske and his father was Pucksinwah.

Answer: Battle of Point Pleasant

With his dying breath, he made Tecumseh's older brother, Chiksika promise to train him in the ways of a warrior and to never make peace with the whites. One of his younger brothers (Sauwaseekau) was killed at the Battle of the Fallen Timbers.

Answer: Panther (M-se-pa-se)

Some of the others are: Owl (M'-ath-wa'), Turkey (Pa-la-wa'), Deer (Psake-the'), Raccoon (Sha-pa-ta') and Snake (Ma-na-to').

Answer: He had a vision

Raised without his parents' guidance, Lalawethika (literally: 'he makes a loud noise') never learned sucessfully to hunt or to be a good warrior. He was an alchoholic, he was also blind in one eye from a hunting accident and he had fallen into a deep depression when he had the vision that would change his life forever.

After this experience, he took the name Tenskwatawa and never drank again.

Answer: Prophetstown

Originally called Tippecanoe, it was established sometime in 1808. Prophetstown was located in Indiana, near the Tippecanoe and the Wabash rivers. New Echota was the Cherokee capital established around 1825 in Georgia.

Answer: William Henry Harrison

Harrison waited until Tecumseh had traveled south. Tenskwatawa took his warriors out to meet him (giving the women and children time to escape), Harrison then burned the village to the ground. Even though they had suffered twice the casualties, Harrison claimed a victory for the U.S.

Answer: False

As a matter of fact, many of the Shawnee considered him a trouble-maker, and preferred to try to make peace with the whites. Members of the Ottawa, Huron, Winnebago and Objibwa tribes (among others) helped make up the population of Prophetstown. Tecumseh dreamed of uniting all the Indians from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes into one nation.

Answer: True

The man fought for his country every way he could. The British would eventually crumple under attack and retreat, leaving Tecumseh and his warriors to fend for themselves.

Answer: Treaty of Fort Wayne

This treaty gave 3,000,000 acres of land to white settlers of Illinois and Indiana. The negotiations were not meant to include the Shawnee (who had already been asked to leave the area by the Miami) but Tecumseh was incensed that so much land was being sold.

He has been quoted as saying,"No tribe has the right to sell a country, especially to strangers". Later Tecumseh asked Harrison to nullify the treaty, his refusal to do so began what became known as 'Tecumseh's War'.

Answer: Battle of the Thames

He had a premonition of his death the night before this battle. Although noone knows who fired the fatal shot, many took credit. With the Great man gone, the dream of uniting the nations would die.