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Tecumseh (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə,-s i / tih-KUM-sə, -see; c. 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands.
Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief who organized a Native American confederacy to create a free Indian state and stop white settlement in the Great Lakes region.
Tecumseh, Shawnee Indian chief, orator, military leader, and advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed Indian resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley. In the War of 1812 he joined British forces for the capture of Detroit and the invasion of Ohio.
Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, opposed white settlement in the United States during the early 1800s. He was killed during the War of 1812.
In the summer of 1811 Tecumseh traveled south to meet with the Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw people. The Shawnee leader had promised a sign of his power, and as he arrived in Alabama a huge comet appeared, brightening the skies and fading after his departure.
Tecumseh (left) was a Shawnee warrior who made it his life's goal to organize Native American tribes together against the white man. His brother, Tenskwatawa (right), was known as The Prophet, and helped gather thousands of Native Americans from several tribes to side with the British against the Americans in the War of 1812.
Tecumseh, a towering figure in the early 19th century, remains one of the most revered and complex leaders in Native American history. Born in 1768 in the Ohio Valley, he emerged from the Shawnee tribe during a period of intense conflict and change.
Tecumseh was one of the greatest and most trusted leaders of the Shawnee nation. He aggressively resisted American settlement and influence in his native land and worked to build a united Native American front against the Americans.
Tecumseh , (born 1768, Old Piqua, in modern Clark county, Ohio, U.S.—died Oct. 5, 1813, near Thames River, Upper Canada), Shawnee Indian chief. As a boy during the American Revolution, Tecumseh participated in combined British and Indian attacks on American colonists.
Tecumseh, a Shawnee bent on resistance to white incursion on Native land, was all three—and during his brief life, he turned that resistance into the stuff of history, rumor, and legend.