Native American History - Tecumseh
History Channel (2009) www.history.com
Shawnee Indian political leader and war chief Tecumseh
(1768-1813) came of age amid the border warfare that ravaged the Ohio
Valley in the late 18th century. He took part in a series of raids of
Kentucky and Tennessee frontier settlements in the 1780s, and emerged as
a prominent chief by 1800. Tecumseh transformed his brother’s religious
following into a political movement, leading to the foundation of the
Prophetstown settlement in 1808. After Prophetstown was destroyed during
the Battle of Tippecanoe, the Shawnee chief fought with pro-British
forces in the War of 1812 until his death in the Battle of the Thames.
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