Review: SHOULD BE CALLED  'Tecumseh'
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2013
Though the history of the Shawnee is long and noble, this book is devoted to the history to two members of the tribe: Tecumseh and his brother, known as The Prophet. Strange, then, that the most famous tidbit of Tecumseh's history was left out.Tecumseh was nothing if not a preservationist. He could see the European settlers for what they were: greedy. Like a child unwilling to share a toy, these new colonists wanted everything within sight, and they didn't care who they had to kill to get it.The Shawnee's ancestors were mound builders. Yep, they had been here THAT long. Even the other tribes had an unspoken agreement that the land better the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River was the home of the various Shawnee tribes.But Tecumseh saw what was happening. He could even name a few tribes that were now extinct.I'll let you read the particulars of the battles. But I have to tell you about the omitted prophecy.When you read the book you'll discover that there was no love lost between Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison. Tecumseh had a special prophecy created just for him."Starting with William Henry Harrison, and continuing every 20 years, every President elected in a zero year will be assassinated."Go ahead. Check your history book or Bing, Google or Yahoo. (That's in alphabetical order.) That curse held until Reagen. He was shot, but he lived. Since he lived, the curse seems to have fizzled out.I agree with everything in the book that Tecumseh says, I just think the book should have done more than dwell on him and his brother.