Tecumseh. A famous Shawnee chief. Born on the Scioto River, OH, about 1768. He headed an Indian alliance against the whites in the Northwest, and was defeated by the American General Harrison at Tippecanoe, in 1811. In the War of 1812, Tecumseh became an ally of the English, obtained the rank of brigadier-general in their service, and commanded the right wing in the Battle of Thames, in 1813, where he fell mortally wounded.

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