Toastie on Nostr: If he could get support from the Five Civilized Tribes in the south, Tecumseh was ...

If he could get support from the Five Civilized Tribes in the south, Tecumseh was sure his confederacy would be strong enough to liberate Natives from their greedy oppressors and drive the Americans back from whence they came.

When he got to Choctaw country, he gave an impassioned speech, saying it was time to decide between war and extermination. “You have too long borne with grievous usurpation inflicted by the arrogant Americans. Be no longer their dupes,” he said.

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