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Tecumseh, 1768-
An Indian warrior, chief of the Shawnees; born in Old Piqua, near Springfield O., about 1768; was one of the boldest and most active of the braves who opposed Wayne (1794-95), and was at the treaty of Greenville.
As early as 1804 he had begun the execution of a scheme, in connection with his brother, The Prophet, for confederating the Western Indians for the purpose of exterminating the white people.
He made use of the popularity of his brother as a prophet or medicine-man, whose influence had been very great over large portions of the Delawares, Shawnees, Wyandottes, Miamis, Ottawas, Pottawattomies, Kickapoos, Winnebagoes, and Chippewas.
It was among the more remote tribes that a greater part of his converts were obtained.
In the summer of 1808 the Prophet removed his village to Tippecanoe Creek (a northern branch of the upper Wabash), among the Delawares and Miamis.
There throughout 1809 the Prophet attracted large numbers of Indians, when military exercise
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry tecumseh
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Great Lakes (search for this): entry tecumseh
Springfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry tecumseh
Tecumseh, 1768-
An Indian warrior, chief of the Shawnees; born in Old Piqua, near Springfield O., about 1768; was one of the boldest and most active of the braves who opposed Wayne (1794-95), and was at the treaty of Greenville.
As early as 1804 he had begun the execution of a scheme, in connection with his brother, The Prophet, for confederating the Western Indians for the purpose of exterminating the white people.
He made use of the popularity of his brother as a prophet or medicine-man, whose influence had been very great over large portions of the Delawares, Shawnees, Wyandottes, Miamis, Ottawas, Pottawattomies, Kickapoos, Winnebagoes, and Chippewas.
It was among the more remote tribes that a greater part of his converts were obtained.
In the summer of 1808 the Prophet removed his village to Tippecanoe Creek (a northern branch of the upper Wabash), among the Delawares and Miamis.
There throughout 1809 the Prophet attracted large numbers of Indians, when military exercis