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Tecumseh
(1768-1813)
was a Shawnee chief,
orator,
and military leader
who
advocated
for an intertribal Indian alliance
to resist white rule
in the Ohio River valley.
Tecumseh
refused to recognize
the Treaty of Greenville in 1795,
attacking
the chiefs who signed away land,
arguing
that land was a common possession of all Indians,
like
air and water.
Around 1808,
Tecumseh and
his brother Tenskwatawa,
the Prophet,
settled
in present-day Indiana.
They aimed
to persuade Indians
to abandon white customs and goods and to unite against the white invader.
With great energy,
Tecumseh began forming
an Indian confederation
to resist white pressure, journeying
from the Ozarks to New York and from Iowa to Florida
to gain recruits.
Seeing the War of 1812 approaching,
Tecumseh
joined British forces
at Fort Malden,
bringing together a formidable force that was decisive
in capturing Detroit and 2,500 U.S. soldiers in 1812.
After the fall of Detroit,
Tecumseh
traveled
to incite tribes,
leading to the Alabama Creeks' uprising.
He then
joined General Henry A. Procter in invading Ohio.
However,
following Oliver Hazard Perry`s victory in the Battle of Lake Erie,Harrison invaded Canada.
On October 5, 1813,
the British and Indians were defeated at the Thames River,
where Tecumseh was killed.
His death marked the end
of Indian resistancew
in the Ohio River valley and the Lower Midwest and South.
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