Col umb ian ▁times . ▁In ▁ret ros pect , ▁his ▁prop he cy ▁of ▁the ▁boy ▁se er ▁could ▁appear ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁conflict ▁between ▁n atives ▁and ▁Europe ans ▁( white ▁ser pent ). ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 8 0 5 ▁until ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁T ipp ec ano e ▁that ▁f als ified ▁his ▁predictions ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 1 , ▁the ▁" Sh aw ne e ▁proph et " ▁T ensk w ata wa ▁lead ▁an ▁Indian ▁al liance ▁to ▁stop ▁Europe ans ▁to ▁take ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁land ▁going ▁west . ▁He ▁reported ▁vis ions ▁he ▁had . ▁He ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁accur ately ▁predicted ▁a ▁solar ▁eclipse . ▁His ▁brother ▁T ec um seh ▁re - est ab lished ▁the ▁al liance ▁for ▁T ec um seh ' s ▁War , ▁that ▁ended ▁with ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 3 . ▁T ec um seh ▁fought ▁together ▁with ▁British ▁forces ▁that , ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁L akes , ▁occupied ▁essentially ▁today ' s ▁territory ▁of ▁Canada . ▁ ▁Francis ▁the ▁Pro ph et , ▁influenced ▁by ▁T ec um seh ▁and ▁T ensk w ata wa , ▁was ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁St ick ▁fa ction ▁of ▁the ▁Creek ▁Indians . ▁He ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 5 ▁as ▁a ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁" four ▁Indian ▁nations " ▁in ▁an ▁un success ful ▁attempt ▁to ▁get ▁Great ▁Britain ▁to ▁help