holy man which the whites referred to as the shawnee prophet.is movement was quite successful and attracted lots of followers. in 1808, he moved his headquarters to the confluence of the tippecanoe and wabash rivers. it was to become the new headquarters and training ground of an alliance that was forming and becoming rather large. you have profits down -- profit town set up on the wabash river that basically set up an international boundary between u.s. lands and native-held lands. in 1800, the indiana territory had been created out of the old northwest territory, and william henry harrison had been appointed governor. in 1809, the year after the founding of profits town harrison on behalf of the government negotiated a treaty with tribes in this area, which turned over about 3 million acres of southern indiana to the u.s. government. this is the event that really set the two sides on a collision course. the doctrine at prophetstown was all indian or native peoples are one people, and no land can be sold or turned over without unanimous consent

that's the view from shawnee this morning.t will thin out and you will get a few rain showers in the pocono mountains, while it will stay dry in philadelphia. you can see a little bit of fog there on the horizon. that's the view from the comcast center. really just very light fog right now in northeast philadelphia at philadelphia international. lancaster is seeing light fog as well. the visibility's down to 2 1/2 miles there. the wind, that will be going up. we'll see afternoon winds of 14, 15 miles an hour with gusts to 20 to 25 miles an hour. it's going to be a windy afternoon, but that's going to help blow the clouds out of here. right now just some scattered clouds in the area. no sign of any rain with one exception, areas north and west are seeing some rain and some of those rain showers are going to be pushing through the pocono mountains. right now, 7-mile-an-hour wind in philadelphia, a little bit stronger in the mountains at 12 miles an hour. your hour-by-hour future weather showing 45 degrees at 9:00. more clouds to

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so the shawnee leader is the most influential of the indian war cheese and he is trying to build the confederacy of indian nations that will be allied with the british empire. it is a much tougher question to answer why would native peoples support the united states? well, they are peoples who are living on reservations in which they are essentially surrounded by american settlements. and early in the war, the americans tell the indian peoples we don't want you involved. they insisted that it was barbaric for the british to be employing indians in the war, and the americans were going to take the high moral ground by not employing indians. this turns out to be disastrous because they are affective in the forced warfare which is what most of the war consistents of in canada and contribute to some very embarrassing defeats by american forces that invaded canada. so come 1813, many american officers are saying, ok, we tried the high road, now we want our own indians, and they put pressure on the indians within the reservations that, look, you need our friendship, and you better come and

1790 with the muskogee nations of the southeast and the treaty of canandaigua which was with the shawnee, the confederacy, and that was new york at the time, so what george washington wanted as president of the united states was some territory for the united states to govern over and wanted a definition of the state boundaries and a clarity of the muskogee nation and the haudenosaunee people's lands. what the president was trying to do was stop any possible encroachment by european nations. stop any overreach and harm to native people by the states. and to enter into secured peace and friendship forever arrangements. with the muskogee and the haudenosaunee peoples. they was trying to secure the western and southern borders of the united states. these were buffalo, savannah. we're talking really eastern western borders at that time. and that was the united states. so the muskogee nations and the haudenosaunee had similar goals. they wanted it as a matter of necessity as well as inclination. they wanted somebody to be in charge of stopping the aggressiveness and the lawlessness of the peop

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seen some areas in the pocono mountains with fog, but conditions have actually improved a bit in shawnee. you can see the slopes without any problem right now. 36 degrees in pottstown. the numbers are falling but slowly in northeast philadelphia. 44 degrees. 30s in chester county. brandywine at the airport, west chester, chadsport 37 degrees and 38 right now . it's warmer overall. everybody's above freezing and we don't have anything to show you in the immediate area on the radar, but there are some rain showers north and west. some of these are destined for the pocono mountains during the day today. just some scattered, light showers. the rest of the area will stay dry -- today, tomorrow, friday and most of saturday. but then, our attention turns to a storm that's coming together in the deep south. this is friday afternoon at 1:00. future rain-snow shows that that's all rain. but it's warmer to the south. and as this moves into our area saturday night, we could see some light snow mixing in with that rain. that's midnight saturday night and into sunday morning. we could see some very li

this is a view from shawnee, where the fog is thick to start with, but not everybody is seeing it. everybody's seeing the warmer temperatures, including the mountains. 39 degrees in mt. pocono, 45 in trenton. wilmington and philadelphia have dropped to 42 degrees. the visibility down below two miles in coatesville. it's hazleton that's seeing some thick fog in the mountains, while mt. pocono has good visibility at 3 miles. and 5-mile visibility for wilmington. just light fog for northeast philadelphia, mt. holly and wrightstown. yesterday during the morning hours, we saw dense fog in dover, millville, atlantic city, but right now, 5 to 6-mile visibility, looking good. we'll see sunshine today. the fog will leave us and the wind will be picking up, too. a breezy day ahead. the first alert traffic report right now with jillian mele. good morning, jillian! >> good morning to you, bill. we're following some overnight construction out there. pretty typical construction for drivers in new jersey. 295 southbound, the off-ramp to route 42 is blocked until about 5:00 this morning due to the

this is from shawnee which is seeing more sun than delaware and south jersey. see the clouds are clearing out of new castle camden county getting sunshine there. high pressure is moving in. that will push clouds out of here and give us sunny skies as we head into the new year. clear skies leads to colder temperatures. we will see that over the next couple of days. by tomorrow afternoon, we will see temperatures only in the middle 30s. a little chillier than today. the wind will be stronger tomorrow. so the winds will be a factor. when we ring in the new year midnight temperatures in the 20s to right around 30 degrees in the philadelphia area. the wind will be blowing. it will feel like it's in the low 20s at midnight. then it gets colder into thursday morning. we will see lower 20s to begin with and 30s in the afternoon. cold to take us into the new year. clouds and sunshine this afternoon with winds out of the northwest eight to 12 miles an hour. temperatures will get close to the 40 degree mark, but probably won't reach it today and certainly won't tomorrow.

. >> shawnee mountains in the pocono mountains. its is certainly cold enough. down here it is 34ish. >> thirty-four, it feels like it is in the 20's with the wind chill. >> but they are in the 20's. >> ballpark. >> will we see any snow this coming week or just too warm. >> well, when we get into next week and we will show you in the seven day forecast we have a little bit of the possibility because colder air is moving in after sunday. so all of the more reason to enjoy the the sunshine we will get later on today. can't find any precipitation in the entire north east on ultimate doppler radar, including our area. so, we've jumped in the future, and saturday looks like a vry day, mix of sun and cloud, pretty nice, it is not until sunday morning that the clouds roll in first with the cold front and then by 8:00 in the morning, sunday it does look like we will see some rain around, it is widely scattered showers, should not be a big deal but will keep us cloudy and glummy throughout the day on sunday and then once that cold front passes through we will have really

. ♪ >> here's live look at shawnee mountains in the poconos.re in for another foggy night and tracking some rain. scott will be back in just a few with how that will impact your holiday. >>> a mother who drove her children into the atlantic ocean is being sent to state mental hospital. a judge ruled today that 33-year-old ebony wilkerson will be involuntarily hospitalized. wilkerson drove her ann van into the ocean back in march with three kids and side. people who witnessed the crash were able to free the children from the van. the judge said today that she found the south carolina mother incompetent and in need of further psychiatric help. stories making headlines around the world. another week of air strikes against islamic state terrorists and today the pentagon released brand new video one big strike in iraq from last week. central command says the attack targeted a car bomb planned by isis militants. officials say the explosion was so powerful the shock waves blacked out the video momentarily. the department of defense says three air stri

that my friends is shawnee mountain from our pocono mountains camera. and, yeah, upping what, those pictures right there might be the closest a lot of us get to a white christmas. look at the skiers coming down. i love that. chief meteorologist scott williams with that early look at what to expect. hey, scott. >>> hi there lucy. no snow right now for the pocono mountains but they do have the threat of some freezing rain before changes all over to rain. look at ultimate doppler right now. we're looking at rain to the south. rain off to the west and all of its headed in our direction. a few pockets of sprinkles in south jersey sections of delaware and then you can see the highlighted counties. carbon and monroe. we have that freezing rain advisory until 4:00 a.m. so watching out for a light glaze before temperatures there rise above freezing. it's 32 in the pocono mountains but above freezing area wide upper 30s to low 40s. if you're stepping outdoors, doing holiday shopping, light jacket and sweater. otherwise we're looking at some scattered showers movi