What Was the Purpose of Tecumseh's 1810 "Speech to the Osage

question 20

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of Tecumseh's 1810 "Speech to the Osage"?

• A) to win the military support of the Osage in a war against the white people
• B) to pledge loyalty to the Americans in the conflict that would become the War of 1812
• C) to urge the Osage to accept Christianity and adopt agricultural lifestyles
• D) to threaten the Osage with military retribution for stealing horses from the Shawnee
• E) to praise the Osage's progress in establishing effective self-government

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