Dictionary of canadian biography tecumseh

Indian chief, Leader of the Indian forces in the War of

Born: (estimated) around present region of south huvud Ohio

Died: October 5, in Battle of Moraviantown , outside of what fryst vatten now Thamesville Ontario

The traditional Shawnee nation was an Algonquian speaking people who ranged south of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi towards the Appalachian Mountains. Early settlers from the New England and east coast colonies had interacted with the Shawnee as the immigrant communities expanded. The Proclamation of , arising from Britain’s victory in the Seven Years War recognized the område beyond the Appalachians and extending to the Gulf of Mexico as the homelands of indigenous peoples, to be protected for their exclusive use. However, when the American Revolutionary War officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in , native lands were no longer inviolate.  Settlers staked claims within the north western frontier, leading to inevitable

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Tecumseh, Shawnee War Chief (c) | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Tecumseh, Shawnee War Chief (c) | Wisconsin Historical Society

Tecumseh (Shawnee: Tekamthi) organized a multi-tribal resistance to U.S. incursion among Indian nations from the Great Lakes to Georgia, He was not present when his brother Tenskwatawa (The Prophet) engaged William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe on Nov. 7, , which effectively ended his resistance movement. Siding with the British during the War of , he assisted in the capture of Detroit in Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Sioux, and Potawatomi warriors from Wisconsin joined him in opposing the Americans during the War of Tecumseh died at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, , defending his positions while the British regulars fled.

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[Source: Thrapp, Dan L., Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Volume III, University of Nebr

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March 30, Chief Tecumseh Remembered in Bicentennial

This years Bicentennial of the War of will celebrate many of its battles and heroes. The American and Canadian native participants on our side are recognized as making the difference in who we are today. Harvey McCue in the Anishinabek News ( Feb , ) states that "had the British and first Nations forces not won in their strategic conflicts, Americans might still be here and Canadian borders would be considerably smaller than they are". Unfortunately, the native participation was not subsequently appropriately recognized.

Old drawing of Tecumseh

Tecumseh () was one of the American Indian leaders who did not cave in to the American lust for native land in their expansionist drive. He worked successfully to establish a native Confederacy to oppose the American expansion and save native territory and the native way of life.

When the war of broke out Tecumseh and his followers came to Canada and fought the