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Tecumseh was born in what is now Ohio at a time when the far-flung Shawnees were reuniting in their Ohio Country homeland. During his childhood, the Shawnees lost territory to the expanding American colonies in a series of border conflicts. Tecumseh's father was killed in battle against American colonists in 1774.
There are conflicting versions of the American loss in the battle. Harrison stated that 7 were killed outright, 5 died of wounds, and 17 more were wounded. Major General Isaac Shelby said that 7 or 8 were killed outright, 4 died of their wounds, and about 20 more were wounded. Participant Robert McAfee gave 10 killed and 35 wounded, while Peter ...
Overall, Tecumseh's confederacy played a crucial role in causing the War of 1812, and in early operations in the west. In 1812, Tecumseh's warriors, as shock troops, assisted a small force of 700 British regulars and Canadian militia to force the surrender of 2,500 American soldiers, by threatening to massacre any captives of the Siege of Detroit.
The war lasted for two more years, until 1813, when Tecumseh and his second-in-command, Roundhead, died fighting General / Governor William Henry Harrison's Army of the Northwest of the United States Army, at the Battle of Moraviantown (a.k.a. Battle of the Thames) in October 1813, further north across the border in Upper Canada, of British ...
O'Grady said Tecumseh probably learned of the eclipse from settlers on one of his travels, possibly running into a group of "eclipse chasers" who traveled to the area for the phenomenon.
William Henry Harrison, nicknamed Old Tippecanoe, died just a month after taking office in 1841.His death is the first attributed to the Curse of Tippecanoe. The Curse of Tippecanoe (also known as Tecumseh's Curse, the 20-year Curse [1] or the Zero Curse [2]) is an urban legend [3] about the deaths in office of presidents of the United States who were elected in years divisible by 20.
Sep. 20—A recent graduate of Tecumseh High School and the Springfield-Clark County Career Technology Center died Saturday after a motorcycle crash in Springfield. Keith Evans, 19, of New ...
The Prophet moved to Canada and became one of Tecumseh's subordinates during the War of 1812. [39] The end of the Indians' military resistance to the U.S. occurred in Canada, where Tecumseh and his warriors participated in the defence of the Canadian colonies. Tecumseh fought and died at the Battle of the Thames in October 1813. [40]