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How Do You Summarize Chief Tecumseh's Speech
I chose to summarize the speech of Shawnee Chief Tecumseh’s address to General William Henry Harrison. Chief Tecumseh starts his speech by addressing what type of person he is and who he has made himself to by. He is speaking to General Harrison about the division, loss, and sale or Indian lands. He believes the land is provided for everyone not for division among men. He warns of the trouble to be foreseen if village chiefs are continued to be destroyed and the war it will create between the different tribes and the unknown consequences for white people. If boundaries are crossed and the land is not given back it will produce great trouble between the Indians and white people. He asks for pity to be taken upon the red people and explains
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