46. The Prophet called on his people to retain their own ways and reject those of white settlers. Tecumseh stressed to the native American nations that there was strength in unity,. William Henry Harrison, the governor and military commander in the Indian Territory met with Tecumseh in 1810. When Harrison refused to give up some land taken from the Native Americans, Tecumseh threatened war.
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