r/AskHistorians • u/BellonaKid • 1d ago

Would the speeches of Shawnee warrior Tecumseh have circulated among an American reading public in his liftetime?

I have been reading some of Tecumseh's speeches, particulalrly interested in the 1810 Speech at Vincennes. Were these speeches conducted in English or translated? And would they have been printed in newspapers and circulated beyond their context? Generally, I'm curious if the print culture of the early 19th century America included reporatge and/or dispatches of Native American responses and statements to the expansion of the United States.

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