Last name | Tecumseh |
Display name | Tecumseh |
Other names | Tecumtha;Tekamthi |
Birth date | 1768 |
Death date | 1813 |
Birth place | Chillisquaque Creek |
Death place | Ontario |
Gender | m |
Affiliations | Shawnee |
Bio notes | Shawnee chief and leader of a large tribal confederacy (known as Tecumseh's Confederacy) which opposed the US during Tecumseh's War. Became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812. Incited a dispute between American settlers and Indians in 1811 with his brother Tenskwatawa. Responsible for the execution of Tarhie. Killed in the Battle of the Thames. |
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804