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 | | Tecumseh became angry, but before leaving, he stomped his foot on the ground, and proclaimed that the resulting tremors would shake the entire Mississippi Valley. |
 | | Inspired by the fiery eloquence of the Shawnee leader Tecumseh and their own religious leaders, Creeks from the Upper Towns, known to whites as Red Sticks, sought to aggressively resist white encroachment and the "civilizing" programs administered by U.S. Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins. |
 | | In the Northwest Territory, the War was, in a sense, a continuation of Tecumseh's War after his defeat in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. |
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