Editing Battle of Tippecanoe (section)

==Background==
{{Main|Tecumseh's War}}

[[William Henry Harrison]] was appointed governor of the newly formed [[Indiana Territory]] in 1800, and he sought to secure title to the area for settlement.<ref>Tunnell, p. 13</ref> He negotiated land cession treaties with the [[Miami people|Miami]], [[Potawatomi]], [[Lenape]], and other tribes in which 3 million acres (approximately 12,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) were acquired by the United States at the [[Treaty of Fort Wayne (1809)|Treaty of Fort Wayne]],<ref>Owens, p. 206</ref> the second of such treaties after the earlier [[Treaty of Fort Wayne (1803)|treaty of 1803]].<ref name = oxxiv>Owens, p. xxiv</ref>

The leader of the Shawnee, [[Tecumseh]], opposed the 1809 Treaty of Fort Wayne.<ref name = oxxiv/> He believed that land was owned in common by all tribes; therefore specific parcels of lands could not be sold without full agreement from all the tribes.<ref name = o212>Owens, p. 212</ref> The previous generation [[Mohawk nation|Mohawk]] leader [[Joseph Brant]] advocated a similar philosophy and called for unification of tribes.<ref name = l164165>Langguth, pp. 164–165</ref> Tecumseh's younger brother [[Tenskwatawa]], known as the Prophet, was a spiritual leader among the northwestern tribes, advocating for a return to traditional ancestral ways.<ref name = l158ff>Langguth, pp. 158–159</ref><ref name = o211>Owens, p. 211</ref> Though Tecumseh resisted the 1809 treaty, he was reluctant to confront the United States directly. He traveled through tribal lands, urging warriors to abandon their chiefs to join his effort, threatening to kill chiefs and warriors who adhered to the terms of the treaty, building a resistance at [[Prophetstown State Park|Prophetstown]].<ref name = o212/><ref name = l164165>Langguth, pp. 164–165</ref>