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Shawnee war leader, 1812-13
Answer for the clue "Shawnee war leader, 1812-13 ", 8 letters:
tecumseh
Alternative clues for the word tecumseh
- Chief ____ ( Fought for Canada in the war of 1812)
- Shawnee war chief
- Shawnee leader who fought against William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and sided with the British against the US in the War of 1812
- Shawnee chief at the Battle of Tippecanoe
- A famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
- Shawnee chief in the War of 1812
- William ___ Sherman
Word definitions for tecumseh in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Native American leader (1768-1813), his name is Shawnee (Algonquian), perhaps literally "flies across;" compare Menominee /takhamehse:w/ "flies straight across."
Gazetteer
Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 8574 Housing Units (2000): 3651 Land area (2000): 5.167075 sq. miles (13.382662 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.233230 sq. miles (0.604064 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.400305 sq. miles (13.986726 sq. km) FIPS code: 79120 Located within: ...
Usage examples of tecumseh.
It had been offered the day before by General William Tecumseh Sherman to Barboncita, Manuelito, Ganado Mucho, and other clan leaders.