Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet / With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians

The book opens with a concise history of the Shawanoe people and portraits of notable chiefs, then proceeds to a life narrative of Tecumseh and his brother the Prophet. It traces their upbringing, rise to influence through oratory and spiritual revival, and efforts to forge an intertribal confederacy. The account follows escalating tensions with American authorities, councils with Governor Harrison, the Prophet's religious movement, and the confrontation at Tippecanoe. It then follows Tecumseh's alliance with the British, his participation in War of 1812 campaigns and frontier sieges, and concludes with his final campaigns, death in the retreat, and a critical appraisal of events.