Native Name
Tekumthe
White Name
Tecumseh
Nation
Shawnee
“No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers ... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn’t the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children? The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided.” (Tecumseh)
After the American Revolution, the Ohio country looked like the perfect place for settlers to make their home. Tecumseh, Chief of the Shawnee, resisted this expansion by trying to revive the Western Alliance. Meeting resistance from Ohio tribes, he formed an Indian Confederacy with tribes from Wisconsin to Florida. He saw the Ohio River as the dividing line between the races. While he was away getting support for the union, his brother Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) gathered a warrior band at Tippecanoe. On November 7, 1811, the Prophet and his troops fought a premature battle with the Americans under William Henry Harrison and was defeated. Tecumseh had told him not to do anything while he was gone. This defeat had a profound effect on the future of the Confederation.
During the War of 1812, Tecumseh aligned himself with the British. American naval victories on Lake Erie under Admiral Oliver Hazard forced the British to retreat. Tecumseh chose to cover the retreat and was killed at the Battle of the Thames in 1813 at age 45.
Even though Tecumseh fought against the Americans, he was held in respect by them. He showed honor in battle, mercy toward his captives and had great oratory skills.
The Shawnee peoples were "removed" to a site west of the Mississippi River in 1827.
Resources
Tecumseh “Panther Passing Across”
http://ohiobio.org/tecumseh.htm
Tecumseh Ohio History Central
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=373
Tekumthe
White Name
Tecumseh
Nation
Shawnee
“No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers ... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Didn’t the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children? The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided.” (Tecumseh)
After the American Revolution, the Ohio country looked like the perfect place for settlers to make their home. Tecumseh, Chief of the Shawnee, resisted this expansion by trying to revive the Western Alliance. Meeting resistance from Ohio tribes, he formed an Indian Confederacy with tribes from Wisconsin to Florida. He saw the Ohio River as the dividing line between the races. While he was away getting support for the union, his brother Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) gathered a warrior band at Tippecanoe. On November 7, 1811, the Prophet and his troops fought a premature battle with the Americans under William Henry Harrison and was defeated. Tecumseh had told him not to do anything while he was gone. This defeat had a profound effect on the future of the Confederation.
During the War of 1812, Tecumseh aligned himself with the British. American naval victories on Lake Erie under Admiral Oliver Hazard forced the British to retreat. Tecumseh chose to cover the retreat and was killed at the Battle of the Thames in 1813 at age 45.
Even though Tecumseh fought against the Americans, he was held in respect by them. He showed honor in battle, mercy toward his captives and had great oratory skills.
The Shawnee peoples were "removed" to a site west of the Mississippi River in 1827.
Resources
Tecumseh “Panther Passing Across”
http://ohiobio.org/tecumseh.htm
Tecumseh Ohio History Central
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=373