With the courage and resilience embodied by their legendary leader
Tecumseh, the Shawnees waged a war of territorial and cultural
resistance for half a century. Noted historian Colin G. Calloway details
the political and legal battles and the bloody fighting on both sides
for possession of the Shawnees? land, while imbuing historical figures
such as warrior chief Tecumseh, Daniel Boone, and Andrew Jackson with
all their ambiguity and complexity. More than defending their territory,
the Shawnees went to war to preserve a way of life and their own deeply
held vision of what their nation should be.