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Biography of TecumsehName: TecumsehBirth Date: c. 1768 Death Date: October 5, 1813 Place of Birth: Oldtown, Ohio, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: chief, warrior Tecumseh The American Indian Tecumseh (ca. 1768-1813), Shawnee chief, originated and led an Indian confederation against the encroaching white settlers in the old Northwest Territory. He was an ally of the British during the War of 1812.According to tribal tradition, Tecumseh or Tecumtha, was born about March 1768 in Oldtown near what is now Springfield, Ohio. His father, Pucksinwa, was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, yet Tecumseh grew to manhood a distinguished warrior even without a father to guide him. He also grew to manhood angry at the encroaching whites who were forcing his tribe farther and farther west. A chief by 1808, he led the Shawnee to a site on the Wabash River near the mouth of the Tippecanoe, where they settled with permission from the Potawatomi and Kickapoo Indians.Angry at the land hunger of the whites, Tecumseh was gradually coming to believe that no sale of land to …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…word was good.Tecumseh and his followers fought with the British at Brownstown, Ft. Meigs, and Ft. Stephenson. His aid is often cited as the reason that the Americans failed to take Canada during this war. Yet when the British chose to retreat, following Adm. Oliver Hazard Perry's victories on Lake Erie, Tecumseh chose to cover the retreat. At the Battle of the Thames on Oct. 5, 1813, he was killed, leaving a lasting dispute as to who actually killed him. Further Reading Older books about Tecumseh and his movement that are of value include Benjamin Drake, Life of Tecumseh (1841; repr. 1969); Edward Eggleston, Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet (1878); and John M. Oskison, Tecumseh and His Times (1938). Recent works are Glenn Tucker, Tecumseh: Vision of Glory (1956); David C. Cooke, Tecumseh: Destiny's Warrior (1959); John Sugden Tecumseh: A Life (1998); and a collection of documents by Carl F. Klinck, Tecumseh: Fact and Fiction in Early Records (1961). |