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In Negotiating the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809,William Henry

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In negotiating the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809,William Henry Harrison angered the Shawnee chief Tecumseh by


A) negotiating with chiefs who had no legitimate claims to the land they ceded to the U.S.government.
B) agreeing to exchange the land in Indiana only for less-fertile land west of the Mississippi River.
C) offering him gold and silver in exchange for land that Tecumseh claimed was "owned" only by the Great Spirit.
D) threatening to kill Tecumseh's brother Tenskwatawa in retaliation for the Battle of Tippecanoe.

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