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Noodle

21 November, 02:17

Brothers: Since the peace was made, you have killed some of the Shawnees, Winnebagoes, Delawares, and Miamis, and you have taken our land from us; and I do not see how we can remain at peace if you continue to do so. You try to force the red people to do some injury; it is you who are pushing them on to do mischief. You try to keep the tribes apart, and make distinctions among them." Read the quote and then answer the question below. The Shawnee chief Tecumseh felt that the United States was trying to prevent the Native American peoples from becoming stronger by uniting. Which U. S. government official is he especially addressing in this excerpt from an 1810 speech in Vincennes, the Indiana Territory? a. President James Madison c. Henry Clay b. the Prophet d. General William Henry Harrison