Tecumseh (Shawnee chief) biographical sketch, 1857

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Tecumseh (Shawnee chief) biographical sketch, 1857

Biographical sketch by John Law. A reprint in Vincennes Western Sun, Dec.11,1857, from Law's "The Colonial History of Vincennes", 1958.

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Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813

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Tecumseh (born circa 1768, present-day Ohio – died October 5, 1813, Moraviantown, Upper Canada), Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Even though his efforts to unite Native Americans ended with his death in the War of 1812, he became an iconic folk hero in American, Indigenous, and Canadian popular hi...

Law, John

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