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Blue Jacket, or Weyapiersenwah (c. 1743 – 1810), was a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country.Perhaps the preeminent American Indian leader in the Northwest Indian War, in which a pantribal confederacy fought several battles with the nascent United States, he was an important predecessor of the famous Shawnee leader Tecumseh.
After Moluntha, the principal Shawnee chief, was murdered by an American soldier, Kekewepelethy emerged as his successor. Under Blue Jacket, the principal Shawnee war chief, the Native confederacy won early victories against the Americans in the Northwest Indian War, but were soundly defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.
Portrait of Charles Blue Jacket. Charles Blue Jacket (1817 – October 29, 1897) [1] was a Shawnee chief in Kansas, as well as a Methodist minister. He was the grandson of the Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket by his son George Blue Jacket. Charles' mother is unknown, but is believed to have been a Shawnee. His maternal grandmother was the daughter of ...
Blue Jacket (1745–1810), Shawnee war chief known for his defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country Charles Blue Jacket (1817–1897), 19th-century Shawnee chief in Kansas, and Methodist Minister Jim Bluejacket (1887–1947), one of the first Native Americans to play in major league baseball
The different nations were grouped by similar language groups in a crescent-shaped formation at the start of the battle. Little Turtle of the Miamis, Blue Jacket of the Shawnee, with Buckongahelas and Captain Pipe [20] of the Lenape formed the center. [18] Egushawa was among the leaders of the Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibwe units to the left.
According to Shawnee custom, in time of war, civil chiefs like Kisinoutha yielded leadership to their war chiefs. Now Cornstalk, as head warrior, took command, leading war chiefs that included Blue Jacket, Black Snake (Peteusha), and Pukeshinwau. [12]
Blue Jacket was convinced that another decisive battle would secure a final victory in the war, and he gained support from the Shawnee, Odawa, Potawatomi, Lenape, and Ojibwe. [3]: 318–9 The Miami war chief Little Turtle did not want to engage the Legion without artillery, and dissuaded most of the Miami from joining this expedition. Blue ...
His early popularity was fueled by the support of Blue Jacket, a prominent Shawnee war chief. Tenskwatawa's growing influence quickly posed a threat to the influence of the accommodationist chiefs, to whom Buckongahelas had belonged. [6]