Tecumseh

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Other Names: Tecumtha;Tekamthi

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1768

Birth Place: Chillicothe

Death Date: 1813

Death Place: Ontario

Affiliations: Shawnee indians

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.

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