Tecumseh (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə,-s i / tih-KUM-sə, -⁠see; c. 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands.

2025年1月1日 · Tecumseh, Shawnee Indian chief, orator, military leader, and advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed Indian resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley. In the War of 1812 he joined British forces for the capture of Detroit and the invasion of Ohio.

2009年11月9日 · Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief who organized a Native American confederacy to create a free Indian state and stop white settlement in the Great Lakes region.

Tecumseh began life in the Shawnee village of Piqua, Ohio on March 9, 1768 as a great meteor flashed and burned its way across the heavens. This event accounts for his name: The Shooting Star, or Celestial Panther Lying in Wait.

2014年4月2日 · Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, opposed white settlement in the United States during the early 1800s. He was killed during the War of 1812.

Tecumseh was born around 1768 into the Kispolo clan. At the time of his birth, his father was a chief of a band living near what is now the Scioto River in south central Ohio. The Shawnee pushed back against encroachment on their hereditary lands. Both Tecumseh’s father and one brother were killed in skirmishes with American militias.

2023年5月11日 · He was one of the greatest Native American chiefs in North America, a man of nearly clairvoyant vision who launched a massive campaign against whites marching west, the first—and last—best hope for Native Americans to save their ancestral lands. Along with General Robert E. Lee, he is the most eulogized enemy warrior of the American military.

Tecumseh was a leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and became an ally of Britain in the War of 1812. He was considered a natural and charismatic leader and participated in numerous conflicts on the frontier.

2017年8月15日 · In 1811, the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh tried to negotiate with the American government to stop western expansion into native lands. He formed a confederacy of native tribes and represented the interests of many natives.

A chieftain of the Shawnee tribe in what is now the Ohio region, Tecumseh worked to unite other Indian tribes of the Northwest, South, and eastern Mississippi valley to oppose white expansion into the west in the early 1800s.