Tenskwatawa (March 1768 - November 1836) was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe. He led a purification movement to return his people to their traditional ways, and to extirpate the evils represented by the Americans. His followers followed him west to form a large multi-tribal community known to the whites as Prophetstown (Tippecanoe) in 1808. The site was also a geographic central point to the political and military alliance that was forming around Tenskwatawa's brother Tecumseh. Late 1811, Tecumseh journeyed south to meet with representatives of other tribes, leaving Tenskwatawa in command. While Tecumseh was away, an American force under command of William Henry Harrison surrounded the village. Harrison arranged to meet with Tenskwatawa the following day, but the next morning, warriors from Prophetstown attacked. Harrison and his men stood their ground and the Natives were ultimately repulsed. The Indians buried their men in the night, stripped The Prophet of his powers, and Prophetstown was burned down. He died in 1836 at his village in Kansas City, Kansas.