Since my residence at Tippecanoe, we have endeavored to
level all distinctions, to destroy village chiefs, by whom all
mischiefs are done. It is they who sell their land to the
Americans. Brother, this land that was sold, and the
goods that [were] given for it, was only done by a few....
In the future we are prepared to punish those who
propose to sell land to the Americans. If you continue to
purchase them, it will make war among the different
tribes, and, at last I do not know what will be the
consequences among the white people.
-Address to General William Henry Harrison,
Tecumseh
Why does the author discuss his plans to punish
others?
O to illustrate the governmental structure of
Indigenous tribes
to show how seriously he takes the act of selling
land to settlers
to emphasize a threat to White settlers who try to
invade Tippecanoe
to compare Tippecanoe to other lands that have
been purchased by White settlers
Done